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1 Masoic Times Moroe Letchworth Otario/Seeca/Yates & Waye Districts Servig the Masoic Commuity Sice 1963 Website: Volume 54 Number M\E\ James A Ghet, Jr. dressed i the Mitre, Joshua Robe ad Breast Plate, represetig the Twelve Tribes of Israel, as Grad High Priest i this 2011 photograph. Committee ad was Recordig Secretary for the 2003 ad 2004 Grad Covocatios. Also a member of the Scottish Rite, Ill\ Jim was Coroetted a 33 Maso i 2004 i Utica Cosistory No. 45, Syracuse. Survivig are his wife, Jeae, ad three childre. Masoic, Royal Arch ad Cosistory Services were coducted o August 12th. Brother Skip Waterstreet with Brother Jim Ghet at Haggai Chapter s 10th Aual Social ad Commuity Awards Dier. What s Iside? Dated Material Brotherhood Fud, Area 15 4 Camp DeMolay 2 Correctio 2 Damascus News 7-10 Editor s Corer 2 Fidelity Triagle 14 Lalla Rookh Grotto 11 Letchworth District 4 Lookig Ahead 1 MSB Awards 3 Masoic War Veteras 14 Memorials 15 Moroe District 5-6, 11, 15 Order of the Easter Star 11 Rochester Chapter, DeMolay 14 Scottish Rite News Tall Cedars of Lebao 14 York Rite News 14 masoictimes@gmail.com Rochester, New York USPS M\E\ James A. Ghet, Jr. M\E\ James A. Ghet, Jr., Past Grad High Priest, of the Most Excellet Price Hall Grad Chapter, Holy Royal Arch Masos, of the State of New York ad its Jurisdictios, was called by the Great Architect of the Uiverse to the Celestial Lodge o August 6th, Brother Ghet was Presidet of the Masoic Service Bureau i 2006 ad He was istrumetal i establishig the Policies ad Procedures maual for the Bureau. Sice the expiratio of his term, he cotiued to serve as liaiso for the Service Bureau with the Price Hall Orgaizatios i Rochester. Brother Ghet affiliated with Eureka Lodge No. 36 whe he moved to Rochester. His Mother Lodge was Bethay Lodge No. 31, PHA, i Newark, New Jersey. He was the foudig High Priest of Haggai Chapter No. 41, Rochester, participated as the Secretary for the HRAM Grad Chapter Costitutio Circulatio 2718 September 2016 Apros Preseted to Moroe Grad Lodge Officers The ewly appoited, soo to be commissioed, Grad Lodge Officers for received their Apros o Jue 22d at the Damascus Shrie Ceter. Followig a catered Buffet Dier, the guests moved ito the meetig room for the presetatios. The Geeral Chairma was Past District Deputy Grad Master, R\W\ Phil Hurwitz, who also acted as Master of Ceremoies for the eveig. The first itroductio was for the retirig District Deputy, R\W\ George Foeher. Brother Phil thaked Brother George for all the time ad hard work he put i durig his two years i Office. I tur, Brother Foeher exteded his thaks ad appreciatio for the support from the Lodge Brothers ad his Travelig Compaios, Apro upo the ew District R\W\ Steve Micheer ad Deputy, R\W\ Stepha P. R\W\Roy Moses. Micheer, with Gia assistig. R\W\ Hurwitz the itroduced R\W\ Derek Va Houte, Past District Deputy, Masoic Activities Lookig Ahead OCTOBER 1-2 Hilto Apple Fest 8 Fall Sportsma s Raffle, Shrie Ceter 8 Triagle Girls Covetio, Erie-Moroe District OES Grad Sessios, Bighamto 15 Masoic Developmet Course, Fairport 22 Scottish Rite Fall Reuio, Shrie Ceter NOVEMBER 12 Scottish Rite 32, Buffalo 17 Scottish Rite Vetera s Appreciatio Program, Shrie Ceter 29 Grad Lecturer s Covetio, Fairport 10 ter DECEMBER All-Masoic Childre s Holiday Party, Shrie Ce- who had the hoor of itroducig the ew Grad Director of Ceremoies, R\W\ Joseph E. Bourcy III, ad presetig him with the Apro of his Office. Brother Joe was assisted by Susa i doig his ew attire, Brother Steve also had the opportuity to say a few words to the audiece. The Brother Phil itroduced the keyote speaker, R\W\ Joh E. Zabel. ~~~~~ 2017 ~~~~~ 31 JANUARY Moroe Purple Club Meetig FEBRUARY Road to the East, TBD Scottish Rite Ladies Night, Artisa Works 4 29 MARCH Road to the East, TBD Moroe Purple Club Meetig At the coclusio of the ceremoies, all guests were ivited to the diig room for light refreshmets. Thus begis the term of the followig which he addressed ew Leadership Team for the those i attedace. Brother Hurwitz the had Moroe District for the 2016 the privilege of bestowig the 2017 Masoic year. Damascus News see page 7

2 2 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com Are you a fa of Broadway Musicals? I am! I have tried to work i a performace wheever I have had the opportuity to visit New York City. I would watch the Toy Awards to see what shows ad performers were cosidered the best. This iterest i theater goes back to whe I was a youth ad wet to see Charlto Hesto i a Summer Stock Theater productio of The Detective Story ad Ady Griffith i No Time for Sargeats i the City. I laughed so hard, I early fell out of the balcoy. I leared, the, that I preferred the more etertaiig shows over the dramas that made me thik ad, sometimes, feel ucomfortable. That is how I feel as I write this. From Spamalot, a variatio of the old Moty Pytho shows o TV, with some of the same writers/creators, comes the sog, Always Look o the Bright Side of Life. While this has bee a great, if hot, Summer i the Rochester area, it has bee tough to look o the bright side of life. I ve lost a few good relatives, Brothers ad frieds, oce agai, ad it s gettig tougher to watch the eveig ews programs! Califoria is burig up. We have a so livig there ad, so far, his area has ot bee directly affected but we stay tued. Louisiaa ad Texas are drowig! Ca someoe figure out a way to tilt the globe so we ca sed the rai to Califoria to put out the fires ad reduce their drought coditios? I fid it heart-wrechig to watch the people stadig i the street i frot of what was their home, viewig the ashes or the rubble. I ca t imagie their pai. They are alive, but a life-time of their treasures are oly memories. Seseless deaths - shootigs, stabbigs, the bombigs i Syria, - our Service Persoel still i harm s way i Afghaista ad Iraq. May other sad stories that could be told. There is some good ews, too! The woma who provided ad solicited fas for a seior livig facility, where the hot temperatures were draiig their eergy, is amog them. You ca look at the facig page to get some other local good ews. Look at the bright, smilig faces of our Studet Grat recipiets. There is so much hope i their lives ad dreams. They are our future! Ad the future looks pretty good! I do t wat to forget the groups that solicit our Charity Grats either. There is so much good i the hearts of their supporters ad the work they do, especially providig food for those i eed. We Masos (ad frieds) ca be proud of our efforts, as small as they may seem i the scheme of thigs. We eed to keep up the good work! Camp DeMolay. Sodus Poit, NY Oly half a doze dates were booked at Camp DeMolay this Summer as this facility cotiues to be uder used. Show i the photo above are Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts ad parets who spet a chilly weeked i May at the Camp ad had a terrific time, accordig to reports. Quee Christia Court No.13 Order of the Amarath Order of Amarath cordially ivites all to atted our 1st Aual Masoic Tastig evet (see ad, right). We have bee blessed with a Brother Maso from the Buffalo area who is doatig his time. He is associated with Premier Liquor, ad is providig a very RARE Mezcal selectio for samplig. This is a oce-ia-lifetime experiece. Other Masos i the Buffalo area, who work with Merritt Wiery, are doatig the wies. So, Quee Christia Court Ladies hope you ll be able to come out ad support ot oly their efforts, but the Brothers who have doated their time ad the wies for this evet. If you have ay questios, please cotact Royal Matro Ms. Jessica Kerr at: jessica.kerr029@gmail.com or at our Evet Page o Facebook: evets/ / We hope to see you there! As this is writte, we have two more scheduled uses for this seaso - the DeMolay boys ad a Girl Scout Troop. We ecourage you to use this facility for your evets. Further details to reserve your time may be obtaied by callig the Masoic Service Bureau, Quee Christia Court No. 13 Order of the Amarath State of New York Cordially ivites you to atted the 1st Aual Masoic Tastig Saturday, September 24th ~ 7 p.m. Palmyra Masoic Hall 161 East Mai Street Premier Wie & Spirits will preset the Wie Tastig Surprisig Choices of Beer Tastig SAVE THE DATE! 150th Aiversary Celebratio Valley of Rochester AASR April 22, 2017 featurig College of Freemasory Aiversary Baquet at Woodcliff I, Perito Pla NOW to Atted! CORRECTION We asked our doors, listed i the chart i the Jue issue of the Masoic Times, to cotact us if they oted ay errors or omissios. We have received oe message ad wish to set the record straight. A cotributio from Haggai Chapter, No. 41, Most Excellet Price Hall of Holy Royal Arch Masos, State of New York ad its Jurisdictios, was icorrectly posted i the ame of the High Priest of the Chapter, who siged the check. We are grateful for the support of Haggai Chapter ad apologize for the error. Charles Waterstreet Executive Director Haggai Chapter #41 HRAM PHA 16th Aual Social ad Commuity Awards Dier Friday, September 9th Lodge o the Gree 2888 Ridgeway Aveue 6:00 p.m. Social Hour 7:00 p.m. Dier 2016 Recipiets Israel Cuyler CEO of Shee & Shie Charlie Williams Fiacial Adviser MetLife Isurace Compay Light sacks ad o-alcoholic beverages will be available, provided by Quee Christia Court Masos are FREE - All others, miimum $10 Doatio Must be 21 years of age or over; Limited Space Available RSVP is preferred by September 10th to: Royal Matro H.L. Jessica Kerr (585) or jessica.kerr029@gmail.com - Masoic Tastig All doatios will be beefittig Order of the Amarath Diabetes Associatio September 2016 Masoic Service Bureau of Greater Rochester, NY Ic. 979 Bay Road, Suite 2 Webster, NY Tel: bmasoic@rochester.rr.com Presidet James De Lorezo Vice-Presidet Garry Craker Treasurer Roy Moses Secretary Elaie Miler Executive Director Charles Waterstreet Office Maager Jaet Porter Website: Periodical postage PAID at Webster, NY ad additioal mailig offices POSTMASTER Sed address chages to: Masoic Times 979 Bay Road, Suite 2 Webster, NY Phoe: Submit articles & photos to: masoictimes@gmail.com Busiess bmasoic@rochester.rr.com Website moroemasoic.com Published Mothly except July ad August. Closig Date for Articles is the 5th of the Moth precedig the Moth of publicatio. Staff Editor Skip Waterstreet Compositor Ja Porter Computer Graphics Mike Bocklage Productio Assistats Garry Craker Barb Goodrich Doree Rhodes Richard T. 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3 Website: September 2016 N masoictimes@gmail.com 2016 Grats to Charitable Orgaizatios ad Eligible Studets for Educatio Assistace Taylor Smith Rebecca Nugesser Nicholas Ackerma Charyssa Ellsworth Abbey McClellad Matthew Stephay Jeffery Ouimette Cassidy Brea Jack Tiffay Coor Colema Mega Sedita Sea Clark Emily McClellad Rebekah Ebersole ebratio at the VA Facility. Lookig for Masoic War Veteras Baer. I ad my staff will be callig o most Masoic Lodges i perso, hopefully with Grad Post Officers, i Moroe ad Waye Districts to explai what the Masoic War Veteras is about ad who is eligible to joi. I will cotact all Masters to have them iform their Lodges that we are lookig for ew members. Truth be told, our members are agig ad we eed ew ad youger members to remai viable. Aother project we have is the Mothly Birthday Party at the Caadaigua VA Facility. Oce a moth, o the 3rd Wedesday, we meet i Buildig. 7, where we pass out cake ad ice cream i celebratio of all Vets who have a birthday that moth. We have bee asked to expad our Birthday Party to Buildig 8. We are hesitat to do this because we are ot sure we will have eough people. If ay Maso would like to help us out, your voluteerig would be a great help to us. You do t have James A. Hard/ Waye Charter Post No. 12 Commader Ferado Palmeroi fpalmeroi@gmail.com Adjutat Vace Collom vcollom1@rochester.rr.com I thak the members of James A Hard/Waye Charter Post No. 12 Masoic War Veteras for choosig me to be the Commader for the esuig year. I will do my best to fill the shoes that JayMcCullough left behid. The Executive Board, which cosists of Vace Collom, Do Osbore ad myself, met o August 3rd to review our Fiacial Records ad discuss a path forward for the upcomig year. The mai topics resultig from this meetig are: Icreasig our membership Expadig our birthday cel Chadler Colema 3 Qualified high school seiors ad curretly erolled college studets may apply for a oe-time Educatio Assistace Grat from the Masoic Service Bureau. She or he must submit a applicatio ad other requested documets. Complete istructios come with the applicatio. To get oe, or call the Bureau: bmasoic@rochester.rr.com; Requiremets iclude a letter from a sposorig Maso, either relative or fried, recommedig the studet ad iformatio from the Guidace Office of a high school studet or a Advisor of a college studet. Most importat is a persoal letter from the studet explaiig your qualificatios (brag about yourself!). For 2017, the deadlie for completed applicatios to be cosidered is MARCH 31st. Icomplete applicatios will ot be cosidered or reviewed. The selected studet or a represetative must be preset at the Awards Ceremoy i Jue to receive the Grat. Other questios may be directed to the Bureau. Charitable orgaizatios may also apply for fuds by submittig a letter to the Charities Committee explaiig how much they are askig for, what the requested fuds will be used for ad icludig fiacial iformatio. Frot Row (l-r) Laure Silveri ad Sharo Mathiaso, Mooshadow s Spirit; Christie Burke, Aurora House; Laurie Holmes, Suset House; Gleda Hastigs, Advet House; ad Kristi Catalao ad Cadace Easto, Isaiah House. Middle Row (l-r) Diaa Dolce, Hope Hall; Jeie Papki, Camero Commuity Miistry; Jessica Herzog, America Red Cross; Joyce Horer, Literacy Voluteers of Livigsto Couty; Robert Steigerwald, Saits Peter & Joh Soup Kitche (Aubur); Kevi Sciacca, Jourey Home; ad Grat Kotheriger, Masoic War Veteras. Back Row (l-r) Frak Hamm, Corig Lodge of Perfectio-AASR; Richard Stewart, Hoor Flight Rochester; Patty Loreze, St. Peter s Kitche; Laurie Prizel, Dimitri House; Mark Feto, W.A.S.P.; Vace Collom ad Jay McCullough, Masoic War Veteras. Frot Row (left-right) Taylor Smith, Cassidy Brea, Charyssa Ellsworth, Rebekah Ebersole, Emily McClemot, Abbey McClemot, Sea Clark ad Nicholas Ackerma. Back Row (leftright) Jack Tiffay, Matthew Stephay, Rebecca Nugesser, Mega Sedita, Chadler Colema, Coor Colema ad Jeffery Ouimette. to be a Masoic War Vetera to participate. There has bee some discussio about movig our Post Meetig from the 4th Thursday of each moth to the 3rd Wedesday of each moth to coicide with our Birthday Party celebratio at the Caadaigua VA Facility. The schedule would be 11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. for luch; 1 p.m. 2 p.m. would be our Post meetig; 2:30 p.m. 4 p.m. for the Birthday Party. This schedule would have the advatage of oly havig to meet oce a moth istead of twice. This would also be help- ful i the Witer. Save the Date Wedesday, September 21st; check your for the time ad place of the ext Post meetig ad Birthday Party at the Caadaigua VAMC. DON T OUTLIVE YOUR RETIREMENT INCOME! GUARANTEED! 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 Letchworth District District Deputy Grad Master R\W\ KENNETH R. HOWE, JR (R) ; (C) (B) krhowe74@gmail.com Grad Steward R\W\ ROBERT P. COX (R) ; (C) robertpcox56@aol.com Assistat Grad Lecturer R\W\ RICHARD J. TRESCOTT (R) ; (C) rtrescott68@gmail.com District Deputy Grad Master Letchworth District R W Keeth R. Howe, Jr (H) (C) krhowe74@gmail.com O May 3rd, the ew Letchworth District became official. The cosolidatio of two Wester New York State Districts (Livigsto ad Geesee-Wyomig) became oe. Uder the leadership of R\W\ Charles Roberts ad R\W\ Neil Bedford, we pulled together a committee for the purpose of writig ad approvig the By-Laws that would guide the ew District. R\W\ Mike Rhodes had bee duly appoited District Deputy Grad Master of the Geesee-Wyomig District ad I had bee duly appoited District Deputy Grad Master of the Livigsto District. Cosesus dictated that we would serve as Co-Deputies while we brig the cosolidatio ito completio. We ve divvied up the Lodges amog us with each servig some from the East side of the river ad some from the West side of the river. We will serve those respective Lodges for oe year ad the ext year we will switch. Thus we will get acquaited with all of the Brothers. Of course, we will support each other as time ad commitmets allow. We look forward to this trasitio with great ethusiasm. Our Trestleboards are published ad the work has already begu. Our District Staff Officers, R\W\ Bob Cox ad R\W\ Bob Ball have sched- District Deputy Grad Master R\W\ MICHAEL E. RHODES, SR (R) ; (C) mrhodes1@frotier.com Grad Director of Ceremoies R\W\ ROBERT G. BALL (R) rgball13@gmail.com Assistat Grad Lecturer R\W\ JOHN D. WIKTOROWSKI (R) (716) ; (C) (716) fwiktorowslo@etzero.et uled the Master s Chair ad will have preseted this Program by the time this is published. I July we had a semiar o the MORI Program preseted by R\W\ Charles Kapp. The purpose was to help our Secretaries become more comfortable with the MORI Program, ad help preclude the eed to pay a full-time perso to eter data i the system at Grad Lodge. Our Assistat Grad Lecturers are R\W\ Dick Trescott ad R\W\ Joh Wiktorowski ad they are workig closely with the Grad Lecturer o schedulig the Grad Lecturer s Covetio ad also workig with our Lodges beig proficiet with the Opeig ad Closig Ritual. The District has already Raised several Brothers. O July 16th, West Star Lodge i Varysburg Raised Brothers Jake Becker, Luke Becker ad Robert Kig to the Sublime Degree of Master Maso. I had the privilege of witessig some very stellar Ritual work. Cogratulatios to all who participated ad to our ew Master Masos. O August 27th, Mout Morris Lodge was scheduled to host the Raisig of seve ew Master Masos. Three were from Mout Morris Lodge, oe was from Avo Sprigs Lodge ad three were from Arcade Lodge. (if all wet as plaed). More o this ext moth. File Tax Returs We have bee pushig hard for all our Lodges to produce their 990s ad other pertiet tax documets. Most are i compliace ad others are workig o gettig their documets take care of. I trust that all will be vigilat i this edeavor. I September, our Official Helpig Families Share Memories sice Visits begi ad oward ad upward we go. Please get your reservatios i for the Grad Master s Receptio o October 22d i Buffalo. Olive Brach Lodge No Bak Street, Le Roy st Wedesdays, 7:30 p.m. Master - W Joh F. Flit Secretary - R W Neil R. Bedford (H) ; (C) bedford67@gmail.com By R\W\ Neil R. Bedford Welcome back for our work i the quarries of Olive Brach Lodge for the esuig year. We have had a hot, dry ad humid Summer i LeRoy; ow we embark o a ew year with some ew Officers i our Lie, alog with some seasoed Brothers. We are startig out ruig this year. Our District Deputy Grad Master, R\W\Rick Howe, will have his Official Visit at Olive Brach o September 21st, at 7:30 p.m. There will be a dier prior to the meetig for the Official Visit at the Masoic Commuity Ceter at 6:00 p.m. Please call i your reservatios to W\ Jack Flit or myself. District Cosolidatio A remider to all our Brothers. At the 2016 Grad Lodge Commuicatio, it was aouced that the Geesee-Wyomig ad Livigsto Districts were merged ito the ew Letchworth District. The DDGMs, Staff Officers ad AGLs for both Districts had already bee chose. Because of this, Grad Lodge decided that for the Appoitmets, the Letchworth District will have two DDGMs, Staff Officers ad AGLs. The ew District has bee divided evely betwee, the ew Grad Lodge Officers with half of each of the Lodges i the previous old Districts beig the resposibility of the Co-DDGMs. Some of the Brothers from Olive Brach are goig to do some travelig to the other Lodges i the ew District to meet our ew Brothers ad get reacquaited with some of our log time Brothers. We received some disappoitig ews over the Summer. The Masoic Times will cease publishig with the December 2016 issue. It was primarily a fiacial decisio. Due to the decliig membership of the Fraterity, the subscriptio price was ot coverig publishig costs. It would require beig subsidized 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) by the Masoic Service Bureau, which the Board of Directors decided ot to approve. Our Master, W\ Jack Flit; Seior Warde, W\ David Beswick; ad Secretary, R\W\ Neil Bedford, have decided that, at some poit this year, we will start publishig a Olive Brach mothly ewsletter. We would prefer that this ewsletter be set out electroically due to the extra cost ecoutered for mailig them. I order to do this, we would appreciate it if you would sed your address to: olivebrachumber39@gmail.com To the Brothers who do ot have , we will mail the ewsletter to you. NorthStar Project Grad Lodge has implemeted the NorthStar Project a ew Program outliig how ad whe to accept Petitios from prospective ew members. Uder this system, you do ot just had out a Petitio to the prospective members. Over a four-moth period, you have to iterview the prospective member four times ad his family oce before decidig to offer or ot offer him a Petitio. That is the short form explaatio. W\ David Beswick, our Seior Warde, has writte a more iformative report ad it will be set with our first ewsletter. As always, please try to atted Lodge ad support your ewly Elected ad Appoited Officers. Area 15 Brotherhood Fud Chairma W Melvi Hussey mhussey486@ aol.com (315) I am writig this report o a hot July ight. Nights seem to stimulate thikig. My thoughts wet back to whe I joied a Masoic Lodge i I had bee asked three times i two years to joi. Whe I fially releted it was with, Great, all I eed is aother meetig to go to. It was the I said to myself, Now that I m here, I might as well do somethig with it. Freemasory is arguably the greatest Fraterity i the world. Their motto is, to make good me better. That goes alog with, ask ot what your Coutry ca do for you; ask what you ca do for your Coutry. It is absolutely o differet tha beig a Free ad Accepted Maso. It takes a Applicatio fee, Degree work ad Aual Dues to become a Maso. Assumig September 2016 you are ear your Lodge it takes a certai commitmet to make the meetigs. If you do t take part i Masoic doigs, how are you goig to become a better ma through Masory? I ve foud through the years, the love of labor with the Craft to be fulfillig to where it has irrevocably chaged my life for the better. I doig so, my Aual Lodge Dues plus my Brotherhood Fud cotributio each year equal my Lodge s real Aual Dues! They are iseparable. My Brothers, we are agai at the begiig of aother Masoic Year a opportuity to make ourselves better through Masoic teachigs. I caot say it eough make your meetigs, visit earby Lodges ad make a ote to be preset at your District s mothly meetigs. I promise that you ll ever regret it, especially i later years. The Homeless Ma I was walkig dow the street whe I was approached by a smelly, shabby-lookig homeless ma who asked me for moey. I took out a $10 bill ad said to him, I ll give you this moey if you will buy beer rather tha food with it. I gave up drikig years ago, said the homeless ma. Will you use it to go fishig the? No, I do t waste my time fishig. Will you sped it o hutig equipmet? I asked. Are you uts? I have t huted i years! Well the, I m takig you home to a dier made by my wife. Wo t she be mad? said the homeless ma? Yes, but do t worry. It s importat for her to see what a ma looks like after he has give up drikig, fishig ad hutig. By Chuck Wells, Waye Times Columist 2017 editio of SaveAroud Rochester Coupo Books are ow available from the Masoic Service Bureau Office Price Icrease More Features Stop by to pick up your copy ow or call to reserve a copy SAVE THE DATE! 150th Aiversary Celebratio Valley of Rochester AASR April 22, 2017 featurig College of Freemasory Aiversary Baquet at Woodcliff I, Perito Pla NOW to Atted!

5 September 2016 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com 5 Moroe District District Deputy Grad Master R\W\ STEPHAN P. MICHENER smichee@rochester.rr.com Grad Director of Ceremoies R\W\ JOSEPH E. BOURCY III jbourcy3@hotmail.com Assistat Grad Lecturer V\W\ LANCE J. DAUL lace.daul@gmail.com District Deputy Grad Master Moroe District R W Stepha P. Micheer smichee@rochester.rr.com It s time to get back to work i the quarries of our Lodges. We have bee charged with the task of makig ourselves better me. I order to do that, we eed Lodges i which to fuctio. A vital part of ay Lodge is commuicatio. Commuicatio of iformatio is the lifeblood of ay orgaizatio. A Lodge MUST commuicate with its members ad Masters of Lodges are i the positio of resposibility for makig sure that happes whether they do it themselves or assig a Brother to do it. Estimates are that oly percet of a Lodge s members atted meetigs o a regular basis. That leaves percet of members who, for whatever reaso, may ot get to Lodge. It is critical that those Dues-payig, ivisible members are ot forgotte ad that they receive regular commuicatio from the Lodge. The Masoic Times is the best tool for doig this. Every moth this publicatio arrives at your home ad provides iformatio about all the goigso i the Masoic World i our Regio. All that iformatio is foud i oe place - i the pages of this ewspaper which you hold i your hads. Ad you get that iformatio for ONLY a dollar a issue. That is a icredible bargai! It s also easy ad coveiet. Yes, there is , Facebook pages ad websites, but ot every Brother uses those forms of commuicatio. Also, it is very easy to overlook regular access to , Facebook page or website. That oe from the Lodge ca easily get lost i the 500 s i the ibox. Electroic commuicatios are easily missed i the myriad distractios of a computer or smart phoe. As the sayig goes, Out of sight, out of mid. Like the rough ad smooth Ashlars we have i every Lodge, which we ca touch ad feel i order to uderstad the cocept of our trasformatio as me, so, too, is that physical hard copy of the Masoic Times. We ca hold it, read it, mark it up ad tur its pages as we see what s goig o. It serves as a physical remider of everythig our Masoic World has to offer as we pla what to do. Heck, we ca eve take it ito the bathroom! I would urge every Lodge to cotiue to support the Masoic Times through subscriptios for your members. It is ot a burdesome cost i your aual budget. Istead, it s a ivestmet i a commuicatio tool with your members, which is a ivestmet i the lifeblood ad logevity of your Lodge. Official Visits ad Fiscal Audits I am lookig forward to visitig all Lodges to see how thigs are goig ad to deliver Grad Master, M\W\ Jeffrey Williamso s Address to the Craft. As part of that visit, I will eed to see evidece that the Lodge has performed a Aual Audit of the fiacial books by three disiterested Brothers. Aother requiremet which the Grad Master has directed is that the District Deputy Grad Master, together with the Staff Officer ad AGL, certify the Lodge s ability to Ope ad Close with its ow members. Sice there will ot be a Edict Degree this year, the Lodge s proficiecy with Opeig ad Closig will be closely scrutiized. Please make sure you have practiced ad that ALL your Elected ad Appoited Officers are preset for the Official Visit. I would like to see the Secretaries ad Treasurers Ritual icluded i your Opeig. Failure to have all preset will prevet a certificatio. Schedule of Official Visits Clio September 20th Uity September 26th Ispiratio September 27th Northfield October 6th Uio Star October 10th Waka-Hubbard October 24th Oatka October 26th Webster November 3rd Seeca November 8th Fairport-Flower City November 14th ERAC November 28th I look forward to visitig your Lodge as we work together as Brothers i our quarries. Let us keep our light eterally shiig! Grad Director of Ceremoies R\W\ Joseph E. Bourcy III jbourcy3@ hotmail.com As the days get a little shorter ad Summer is widig dow, it is time for those of us who are Masos to get back to work i the quarries. I hope all of you had a very ejoyable Summer ad are lookig forward to the esuig Masoic Year. There is much to be doe ad it seems there is ever eough time to accomplish it. Masoic Educatio I have scheduled the follow- ig Masoic Courses for this comig year: Masoic Developmet Course October 15th at Fairport Masoic Hall, 87 Mai Street. This Course is for everyoe, from the ewly Raised Brother to the seasoed Brother who wats to further his Masoic Light. This Course was developed to educate our members i each of the Masoic Degrees, regardig the Ritual, History ad Symbolic meaig of Masory. If you are ew to Masory or just wat more iformatio about our great Fraterity, come ad joi us for a elighteig day. If this date does ot fit ito your schedule we will be presetig the same program o May 1st. Place TBD. Road to the East If you are a Lodge Warde ad have aspiratios of becomig Master of your Lodge, you should pla to atted this Course. The scope of the Road to the East is to educate the future leaders of our Lodges i the proper methods, attitudes, fuctios, Rituals ad skills required to be a effective leader of the Craft. We will be presetig this i two sessios: February 18th ad March 4th. You are the oe who will decide what kid of leader you wat for your Lodge. Be prepared for a special year i your life ad for your Lodge by attedig this very importat course. I look forward to seeig all of you i the quarries. Assistat Grad Lecturer V\W\ Lace J. Daul lace.daul@ gmail.com Greetigs, my Brothers! I hope you all had a woderful Summer. Summers always go by too quickly but it s that time agai whe we all pick up our Workig Tools ad head back ito the quarries that we so love. I hope to be able to brig Masoic Light throughout our District this year ad live up to the stadard those icredible Brothers who have bee i this positio before me have set. I wat to make this year a elighteig ad educatioal oe. I will most certaily promise to help brig Light to all Brothers. At our Schools of Ritual I will strive to make sure everyoe walks away with ew iformatio or perspective o our Ritual. I will also focus o more esoteric subjects icludig the spirituality of our Ritual. Our Ritual is what sets us apart from a multitude of other service orgaizatios. Without it, we could just as easily be a Rotary, Kiwais or Lio. Without it, there would be o Freemasory. This is why it is so importat to ot oly have it memorized, but to also uderstad it o deeper levels. Should we perform like a automato - regurgitatig the work without kowig the value or meaig of what we just performed? V\W\ Lace J. Daul Appoited Assistat Grad Lecturer for Moroe District Lace Daul was raised i Northfield Lodge i Jauary of Durig , Lace served as Master of Northfield Lodge. He also affiliated with Clio Lodge. He is a active member of the Aciet ad Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Rochester, Hiram Chapter, Doric Coucil of Cryptic Masos, Cyree- Moroe Commadery, Damascus Shriers ad Lalla Rookh Grotto. Lace ejoys participatig i these orgaizatios activities, helpig out i ay way he ca. Has successfully acted i ad directed Degrees for his Blue Lodge, the Scottish Rite ad York Rite. Havig the Ritual memorized is just the first step. You truly ow the Ritual whe you are able to memorize it ad are coscious of the value cotaied therei. I certaily still have a log way to go o the path to memorize all our Ritual ad a eve loger oe to fid all the value cotaied withi those words. I ecourage every Brother to keep strivig ad pushig towards that ed though! Schools of Ritual Thursday, September 29th, is our first School of Ritual this year. It will be held at Pittsford Masoic Hall, 17 Church Street. Dier will be served at 6:30 p.m. ad the School will start at 7:30 p.m. The School will be focusig V\W\ Daul atteded high school i Brockport ad graduated from Empire State College with a B.S. i Computer Sciece. He curretly lives i Pittsford ad is a sigle paret who retired from the work force ad ow cocetrates o raisig his 7-year-old so Noah. The two of them ejoy visitig the may local attractios for childre i the area ad they love amusemet parks. Brother Lace is a avid golfer i his spare time. He lists his curret game as beig horrible but is hopeful that, with a lot of practice ad playig this year, he ca improve to just beig bad! o the scripture lessos, their importace ad, also, reviewig a ofte-eglected role of the Coductor. Grad Lecturer s Covetio The Grad Lecturer s Covetio is scheduled for November 29th at Fairport Masoic Hall, 87 South Mai Street. Dier will be served at 6:30 p.m. ad the Covetio will start at 7:30 p.m. You ever wat to miss a Grad Lecturer s Covetio! Dier reservatios for both these evets may be made with me at: lace.daul@gmail.com or by phoe: I look forward to this upcomig year ad, if I ca be of assistace o aythig, please do ot hesitate to reach out to me. Purple Club of the Moroe District Mark Your Caledar The ext four meetigs of the Purple Club of the Moroe District will be: Wedesday, September 28th Tuesday, Jauary 31st Wedesday, March 29th Wedesday, Jue 28th at the Bay Frot Restaurat 1075 Empire Boulevard, Webster All meetigs will start at 7 p.m., preceded by Dier at 6 p.m. Mike Huesto, Presidet Remember to Support the Masoic Brotherhood Fud

6 6 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com Moroe District Membership Developmet By W\ Bruce Katz, District Chair A corerstoe of our success as a Fraterity is our ability to help Brothers get the most they ca out of their membership ad to build themselves as better me. Idividual Lodge Leadership ad the idividual Brothers have key resposibility for their Masoic growth ad the Membership Developmet Committee is a opportuity to assist i this. I have spoke with several Brothers about expadig this Committee to havig active Brothers i each Lodge. Brigig i ew members i a orgaizatio that does ot solicit for membership is a uique challege. Retaiig Brothers who previously did t kow much about our Fraterity util after Iitiatio is aother log-time challege (a Short Talk Bulleti from 1923 o this topic reads as if it were writte today!). We will succeed, however, by our diligece i guardig the West Gate, ad sicerely welcomig our ew Brothers. The NorthStar Program (icludig Lodges adoptios of its priciples ad adaptatios of its processes) should help potetial Cadidates better uderstad what is ivolved with our Fraterity to help them make a better decisio about submittig a Petitio. Commuicatio is oe of the keys to retetio. Oe of the ways that Masters ad Lodges have commuicated to Brothers has bee through the Masoic Times. With the impedig discotiuatio of its publicatio, ew ways will be eeded to support the importace of commuicatios. Masters ad Wardes are ecouraged to actively participate i Masters ad Wardes ad share best practices ad cocers. Oe of our key opportuities lies i the fact that every Brother has made the promise to improve myself i Masory. This takes may forms. For some, it is commuity service, preparig a meal at Roald MacDoald House, repairig a moumet i a cemetery, learig a piece of Ritual, visitig or phoig a Brother, persoal Masoic readig, helpig a ew Brother lear Questios ad Aswers, or discussig life s challeges. Each of these requires a actio to actually DO somethig Log Pod Road South of Maide Lae The upcomig year, 2017, is the Tri-Ceteary of the formatio of the first Grad Lodge i Lodo. Aiversary years are importat milestoes to egage us to reflect o the past ad to look forward to the future. Have we lived up to the hopes ad dreams of those Brothers who came this way before us? If give the chace, how would you have re-lived the past, whether it is the past year or past 20 years? We are blessed with the opportuity of the begiig of each ew day to restore our jourey o a better path ad equally blessed with the opportuity to share our experieces as metors to those begiig the same paths that we have already travelled. What does it mea to be a Maso? The aswer depeds o the idividual. But, above all, make sure it meas somethig special to you. My thaks to R\W\ George Foeher for appoitig me, ad to R\W\ Steve Micheer for re-appoitig me, to the Chair positio for Masoic Developmet for Moroe District. Please let me kow if you would like to participate i this team or if I ca be of assistace. RONALD JOHN ARNDT SHARI L. ARNDT Ispiratio Lodge No Bay Road, Webster d & 4th Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. Master - W Rya M. Rampli (610) ; rya.rampli@gmail.com Secretary - R W Derek VaHoute ; derekhoute1@mac.com website: By W\ Rya Rampli I hope all of you are as excited as I am to retur to the quarries. Sometimes I wish I were a teacher, so I could have the Summer off to ejoy myself, but I also fid myself wishig we did ot go dark for those same moths. We have a excitig year ahead of us, if I do say so myself. As you are readig this, I hope we had a successful eveig at our Aual Past Master s Dier, alog with the ewly Elected Officers, o August 16th. August 20th was the Aual Clambake ad Picic at the Shrie Ceter; the merger betwee Ispiratio Lodge ad Fame Lodge has bee fialized; ad, lastly, a few very successful reheasals were held, with a surprise visit from Brother Bria Bell. More details to come o these evets. September Evets The moth of September will be very busy. Not oly are we welcomig may Brothers to I- (585) l Pre-plaed Fueral Arragemets By Appoitmet l Formal Chapel o Premises l Complete Fueral Arragemets At Oe Coveiet Locatio l Persoal & Digified Service For All Faiths l Geeral Price Lists Available l Cetral Greece Area l Locally Owed R\W\ Richard Syder preseted Medals, Citatios for Military Service Retirig from the Military i 1991, R\W\ Richard Syder received three recogitio Medals ad Certificates from New York State. From left, the Cospicuous Service Star, the Cospicuous Service Cross ad the Medal for Merit. State Seator Richard Fuke made the presetatios o Jue 21st. spiratio Lodge, we will be celebratig our Brothers who have achieved Masoic milestoes. O September 13th, we will have our Aual Awards Night. This is a Ope meetig; please brig the family; ad, as always, Widows are welcome. RSVPs due to Juior Warde, Brother Adam Gerke, by September 8th. For our secod meetig o September 27th, we will welcome our ew District Deputy Grad Master, R\W\ Stepha P. Micheer, for his Official Visit. He is expected to be accompaied by his Staff Officer, R\W\ Joseph E. Bourcy III, Grad Director of Ceremoies. (RSVP iformatio to follow). October Evets October will be equally as busy ad excitig we will begi visitig other Lodges for programs ad fellowship. Our first meetig, October 10th, will be a Uity Lodge No South Uio Street, Specerport d & 4th Modays, 7:30 p.m. Master - W Patrick M. Schwartz ; partsguy1@rochester.rr.com Secretary - R W Clifford H. Short ; short4us@rochester.rr.com I hope everyoe is well ad ejoyed the Summer. It has bee a very busy Summer. Now we are startig our ew Masoic Year. Sice our Istallatio, we had our Family Picic at Pieway Pods Park o Jue 20th. We had a ew locatio this year; the Lodge we reted was absolutely beautiful close eough to the splash park for the kids to ejoy, but far eough to be private. A game of horseshoes eve broke out as we had our ow pits. It was very well atteded with over 70 Brothers ad family members as always, the food was excellet. Our ext major Summer adveture was our Pacake Breakfast durig Specerport Caal Days. I give may thaks to Cliff Short for takig the lead o gettig the kitche ad hall set up; Brothers Jim Robb ad Garry Craker for the shoppig; ad all Brothers ad my lovely Wife who devoted their time to work servig, cleaig ad cookig to make it a success. I believe we will have a fial report o the success of the evet at our first meetig. Walk-About the Lodge ad a discussio about Opeig ad Closig a Lodge. This will be a very iformative meetig - especially for our ewer Brothers. The October 25th meetig will utilize some ewer techology with Brother Bria Bell presetig from afar. Celebratios The followig Brothers of Ispiratio Lodge advace a year this moth: William Kaufma (2d); Robert Waldeck (3rd); Alle Luccitti (4th); Robert Shartra (10th); Joseph Steffe (14th); Frak Sackett (16th); Joh Shao (18th); Rob Steiorth (19th); Roger Braiard (20th); Bria Bell (21st); Edward Schmitt (23rd); Matthew Zodarecky (27th) ad Roald Yacoe (30th). Happy Birthday to each ad every oe of you. I look forward to seeig you all i the upcomig moths! Speakig of our first meetig, it is o Moday, September 12th, ad is goig to be a great eveig. To start, our ew Officers have bee workig hard to make sure they are prepared, so I m sure they would appreciate your support. Our first meetig is also our Aual Steak Roast, ad Brother Edelema always does a amazig job. Lastly, but certaily ot least, we will be havig a Awards Night. Several of our Brothers have passed importat milestoes, ad it is our hoor ad duty to give them the recogitio they have eared ad deserve. We will be takig photos afterwards to be published i the Masoic Times. Officers, please wear your tuxedos. September 26th will be our Official Visit. I kow our ew DDGM, R\W\ Stepha Micheer, ad Staff Officer, R\W\ Joseph Bourcy, are excited to share the Grad Master s Message ad their visio for the District for the ext two years. There will be a dier before our Official Visit, so stay tued for details. Agai, Officers are requested to wear your tuxedos. I sicerely hope everyoe ejoys the remaider of the Summer; I look very much forward to seeig all of you back i Lodge. September 2016 Seeca Lodge No Orchard Street, Webster d Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. Master - W Waye C. Feto ; wfeto@rochester.rr.com Secretary - W Raymod G. Glegg ; secy@seeca797.com website: Greetigs from the East at Seeca Lodge. As I write this, the mercury is 95 degrees. I hope you are all doig better tha the crispy brow laws. Thigs are well for us at Seeca Lodge thaks to the dedicatio of our Trustees - the smart policy decisios they make ad the uflichig support ad participatio of the Brethre who keep the wheels i motio. I, like all successful leaders, am lucky to be surrouded by me who happily led their wisdom, experiece ad ethusiasm, all of which results i prosperity. I welcome Waka-Hubbard Lodge to the Webster Masoic Hall. They have fially ad successfully cleared themselves of the buildig busiess by sellig it this past Sprig. They ow reside with us at 30 Orchard Street. Of ote this past Summer: It was my hoor to preset a 70- Year Pi ad Apro to Brother Bob Leavitt. This was held at a special lucheo for him i Jue. Thaks to just-recetly past DDGM R\W\ George Foeher for attedig. This evet had a special tur to it. After the presetatio, Brother Leavitt gave the Lodge a gift - a Master s gavel carved from the plaks of, oe other tha, the USS Costitutio. The wood was obtaied whe the ship was replaked durig Brother Leavitt s time i the US Navy. Per his wishes, the gavel will be used oly for meetigs with uique ad special purposes. Thak you agai, Brother Bob. Fially, if you are readig this ad it s bee a while sice you ve bee to Lodge ad you re feelig like gettig back ito it, stop by ad visit us. We meet o the 2d Tuesday, usually 5:30 p.m. It s o secret we have excellet meals, refreshmets ad great fellowship. Thaks for readig ad we ll see you o the Level. Waka-Hubbard Lodge No Orchard Street, Webster d & 4th Modays, 7:30 p.m. Master - W Alle C. Heidrick (386) ; alleheidrick@hotmail.com Secretary - R W Joh E. Zabel ; zabelj@midsprig.com website: By R\W\ Joh Zabel A ew Masoic Year is about to start. We had a good Summer. It started with the Istallatio of W\ Alle Heidrick as our ew Master. Summer cotiued with a joit picic with Seeca Lodge held at the Shrie Ceter o Saturday, August 13th. All those who atteded had a great time ad got to meet Brothers from Seeca Lodge, who share Webster Masoic Hall with us. We recetly foud out that the Webster Masoic Hall has istalled heat pumps i the diig area. This will allow the area to Cotiued o Page 11

7 September 2016 Website: Damascus News Damascus Shrie Ceter No. 2 September 2016 Shrie Meetigs Dier Reservatios Required Call: (585) or (585) Shrie Office Hours Moday Friday 9:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. Website: By Kevi Skis Faro, Potetate Welcome back to the quarries, Nobles! It s bee a very busy Summer; hope everyoe ejoyed it. Cruz Nights We had record umbers show up for Cruz Nights agai this year. What a great buch of dedicated voluteers we have who show up every week way too may to list, but you kow who they are so just go up to them ad say thaks. We eve had the Perry Shrie Club show up i July with the mii-cars o Cruz Night. Ride ad Rally Evet The Wheelers had a very successful Ride ad Rally i cojuctio with Illustrious Sir Lace Ward s Screeig Cliic. Both evets were highly successful. A Tip-of-the-Fez to both our Recorder, Sea Nooa, ad Illustrious Sir Lace Ward, for pullig these two evets off without a hitch. Fall Sportsma Raffle Assistat Rabba, Jim Rya, is gearig up for the Fall Sportsma S Raffle. kevi faro Potetate Tickets are available at the Shrie Office or give Jim a call. If EVERY Noble sold TWO tickets, this would be the most successful raffle to date. Thik about it if you ad your Lady each bought a ticket, we would go over the top. Remember, the ticket price ot oly gives you a chace at 20 gus, but also icludes food, beer ad soda which pays for the price of the ticket. Our October 5th meetig will be Ope to the Public for a recogitio ad appreciatio dier for all the people who helped with the Cruz Night. Come out ad support those who do all the hard work for the kids. There will be award presetatios, a few laughs ad a few surprises as well. Ladies ad frieds are ivited; reservatios a must. November 5th is the Harvest Dier that is beig chaired by your High Priest ad Prophet, Jerry Lack. You ca make reservatios through the Office ad see if Jerry eeds ay help puttig o the dier. Oe last ote If you re ot part of the solutio, you re part of the problem. Attetio! Nobles & Frieds of the Sportsma s Raffle We are havig a special drawig this year For every 10 tickets that are tured i before September 30th by 2:30 p.m., you will be etered ito THREE special drawigs of $100 each. Tickets will be draw o September 6:30 p.m. at the Shrie Ceter while ejoyig free Beer, Hots ad Hamburgers. Lyle Maldoo, Emeritus Member of the Board of Goverors at Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Erie, presets a check i the amout of $250 to Bob Lee, P.P., Chairma of the Board of Goverors. Dedicated to the Memory of Nobles Millard A. Fairley July 19, 2016 Richard A. Hederso August 6, Damascus News Boosters ~ ~ Kevi & Deb Faro Dea & JoA Smith Skip & Diae Waterstreet Cy & Olga White Potetate, Kevi Faro (back row ceter), pictured with a group of ew Shriers (i alphabetical order): Stephe Goebert, Steve Lu, Athoy Molio, Michael Pettiato, Robert Shaff ad Mark Sulliva. Be sure to welcome them at the ext evet. Lilac Festival Parade Damascus Trestleboard 2016 September 5th Diva Meetig 7th Shriers Meetig October 3rd Diva Meetig 5th Cruz Night Appreciatio Night; Ope, Ladies & Frieds Ivited 8th Fall Sportsma s Raffle ovember 2d Shriers Meetig 5th Harvest Dier

8 8 Website: September 2016 September Birthdays David Aleksadrowicz Deis Adrews James Bailey Ala Bartholomew Jaso Bortle Keeth Buckley Doald Cambisi Eugee Choma Lee Coller, Sr. Doald Davis Erest Day, Sr. David Dez Carlto Ellis Joh Frost Christopher Guether William Hockeberger We are lookig for drivers to take childre to the Hospitals primarily Sprigfield, MA, ad Erie, PA. We have a core group ad eed additioal drivers with the pedig screeig cliics to be held i Geeva early this Summer. We might be called o to provide trasportatio for kids goig to the cliics i additio to our curret schedule. We are busy, averagig oe Hospital trip per week sice December, Drivers do ot use their persoal ve- Doald Jeks, Jr. C. Lee Johso Norma Johstoe Jeremy Kox Howard Kravetz Christopher Kremer Alle Luccitti Richard MacCoell Roald Mack Richard Marcher Douglas Maso Peter Matthews, Jr. Thomas McMulli Stepha Micheer Gregori Mooeko Sea Nooa Frak Paczyszy James Pearso Charles Roberts Michael Roberts George Romayshy James Rya Frak Sackett Lawrece Schulma C. Acker Smith Joseph Steffe Rob Steiorth Harold Stewart, Jr. Paul Vick Thomas Watso Russell Whitehead Joh Wright, Jr. Drivers Needed for Hospital Trasportatio Former Patiet becomes a Certified Prosthetist ad Orthotist Amiotic Bad Sydrome (ABS) is a rare coditio characterized by Amiotic fluid formig ito bads, wrappig aroud a baby s extremities ad cuttig off circulatio. I Malachi Kauff s case, the ABS was so severe that his left arm, below the elbow, was amputated i utero. Fortuately, followig his birth, he was referred to Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Erie. Baseball ad Beyod Kauff visited Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Erie o a regular basis, receivig treatmet from the physicias, rehabilitatio from the occupatioal therapists ad overall support from the urses ad other staff members. By the time he was 5 years old, Malachi dreamed of playig baseball through high school. He fodly remembers learig how to swig a bat by usig the stateof-the-art equipmet provided by the Erie Medical Ceter. He also leared how to shoot a basketball ad, evetually, to drive. Ispirig Others Throughout his 18 years of treatmet, Malachi was fitted for custom-desiged prosthetics by the skilled, professioal staff. Whe it was time to decide about his future, he chose to become a certified prosthetist ad orthotist (CPO). He speds his days desigig ad fittig devices for people with missig limbs or with other medical limitatios. He creates artificial limbs, braces ad other medical ad surgical products. Comig to Shriers Hospitals for Childre through my childhood ispired me to give back by becomig a CPO, Malachi said. It allows me to help others as others helped me through a difficult time i my life. Now married ad livig i Colorado, Malachi Kauff has come a log way ad credits much of his success to the physicias, urses, therapists ad staff at Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Erie. hicles. We ret vas from Eterprise, have a EZPass ad GPS. All expeses are put o issued credit cards. Both Sprigfield ad Erie Hospitals have full-service cafeterias. Meals are covered. We will be orderig jackets ad hats for our drivers. Get o the list by callig the Shrie Office at (585) 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 Sea Nooa RECORDER recorder@damascusshriers.org What s New i Erie Timmy s Garde The iitial platig of Timmy s Garde got uderway i Jue. May of the patiets cared for at SHC-Erie had a opportuity to plat vegetables. Occupatioal therapists will work with childre i the garde, which will help them to get back to ature. It will offer the patiets therapeutic beefits as well. The Timmy s Day Out Program allows childre who have Spia Bifida to experiece such thigs as public trasportatio, makig healthy food choices ad participatig i may other fu activities. The program was developed by the hospital s Myelodysplasia Specialty Care Team with iitial fudig from Cady Bolle, (whose so, Timmy, was bor with Spia Bifida) ad the Ladies of Dedarah Court No. 10 of the Ladies Orietal Shrie of North America of Toledo, Ohio. The goal of the program is to help childre grow up to be as healthy ad idepedet as possible. Damascus Legio of Hoor Wedesday, September 14th Damascus Shrie Ceter; 979 Bay Road, Webster Social Hour - 5:30 p.m. (Appetizers ad Cash Bar) Dier - 6:30 p.m. ~ Meetig - 7:15 p.m. Chef Salad * Roast Beef * Smashed Red Potatoes Kerel Cor with Butter Sauce Rolls & Butter * Coffee or Tea * Dessert $12 per Perso RSVP o later tha oo o Friday, September 10th at (585) or cylegalrx@hotmail.com 979 Bay Road, Webster, NY (585) Fax - (585) office@damascusshriers.org Kevi Faro POTENTATE skis6603@aol.com Skip Waterstreet, EDITOR Damascus News (585) masoictimes@gmail.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 Vace R. Collom, Jr. DIRECTOR STAFF vcollom1@rochester.rr.com Shriers Jammers Seaso a Slam Duk Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Erie Wheelchair Basketball Team, Erie Shriers Jammers, wrapped up their 6-week seaso with outstadig participatio. The program, which bega over 10 years ago, allows physically disabled childre the opportuity to compete o the court agaist a team from the Erie Commuity. The patiets who participate i this program recogize may beefits icludig icreased self-cofidece, learig to be part of a team ad learig to play by the rules. Oe paret commeted, My child beefits from the socializatio ad beig aroud other kids who are similar to him. His self-cofidece has soared! The team has played agaist members of the Gao Uiversity Football Team, McDowell High School, Lud Martial Arts, Behred Studet Nurses ad the Eerie Roller Girls. The fial game is followed by a party ad awards ceremoy. Directors Staff Dier Meetig Wedesday September 28th Yellow Mills Dier 2534 Route 31, Palmyra Order off the Meu Social Time - 5:30 p.m. Dier - 6:00 p.m. Ladies ad Guests Ivited Casual Attire RSVP ad questios to Vace Collom (585) vcollom1@rochester.rr.com

9 September 2016 Website: By Kriste O Shepa Public Relatios Specialist 2016 DAISY Award Wier! Celebratig the Compassioate Care of Extraordiary Nurses The Shriers Hospital for Childre - Sprigfield celebrated Natioal Nurses Week with a special dier hoorig the Nursig Staff i May. Durig the celebratio, members of the Hospital s Leadership Team expressed their gratitude to the urses for their commitmet to providig exceptioal care to patiets ad families. Guest speaker, Joa Harovas, RN, from Itegrative Medicie at Sait Fracis Hospital provided a excellet presetatio o the importace of care of self ad the 2016 Daisy Award Recipiet was aouced. This year, ie urses were omiated by colleagues ad families for the Daisy Award. Marie Kae Dais, RN a 35-year employee of the Hospital ad the Ipatiet Nursig Supervisor was this year s worthy recipiet. Marie was omiated for her dedicatio to the care of childre ad her effective leadership ad commuicatio style with everyoe she ecouters. Upo acceptig her award, Marie stated, I am so hoored ad emotioally moved to receive such a prestigious award. I cogratulate the other omiees ad feel they are all equally deservig. The purpose of the DAISY Award at Shriers Hospitals for Childre is to hoor ad pay tribute to the special huma cosideratio our urses give to our patiets ad families as a very importat part of their healig experiece. Diae Bruelle, MSN, RN, Director of Patiet Care Services ad Chief Nursig Officer at Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Sprigfield said of Marie, She is truly a dedicated, kowledgeable urse; she truly cares about the childre at Shriers Hospital i Sprigfield ad is most deservig of the DAISY Award. I 1999, the DAISY Foudatio was formed by the family of J. Patrick Bares, who died at the age of 33 of complicatios of Idiopathic Thrombocytopeic Purpura (ITP). Patrick approached life with a positive spirit, befriedig others ad helpig i ay way he could. He was a atural metor ad shared his pheomeally positive outlook o life with a wide etwork of family ad frieds aroud the Coutry. The DAISY Foudatio was established by the Bares family to keep his special spirit alive. DAISY is a acroym for Diseases Attackig the Immue System. (l-r) Michelle Salva, RN, BSN, Nurse Educator; DAISY Award wier, Marie Kae Dais, RN, Ipatiet Nursig Supervisor; ad Diae Bruelle, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Director of Patiet Care Services ad Chief Nursig Officer. Employee Spotlight Shriig Star Award Each Quarter, oe staff member from Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Sprigfield is preseted with the Shriig Star Award. Nomiees are recogized by fellow colleagues as people who epitomize ethusiasm, owership, passio, egagemet, fellowship, reliability ad pride i their work each day. Agie Lis, a Chef i the Food Services Departmet, was preseted with this well-deserved award durig the mothly Shriers Hospital for Childre - Sprigfield s Sprigfield Shriers Hospital s Board of Goverors meetig. Agie has bee o staff at the hospital for 11 years, ad makes it a priority to serve healthy ad delicious meals to patiets, families ad staff every day. Employees who omiated Agie were very complimetary - highlightig her cotagious eergy ad positivity - ad her willigess to go above ad beyod for others. Cogratulatios, Agie! (l-r): Steve Behe, Chairma of the Board of Goverors; Agie Lis, Food Services; ad Lee Kirk, Hospital Admiistrator. Smith & Wesso Support Recogized The Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Sprigfield recetly preseted Smith & Wesso with its Beefactor Crystal Recogitio Award. To date, Smith & Wesso has doated over $204,000 to the Hospital. These geerous fuds were raised by Smith & Wesso employees who participated i a umber of activities ad compay-sposored evets throughout the year, such as the Holyoke St. Patrick s Day Road Race, A Night of Laughter Comedy Show ad the Aual Leprechau Pluge held at Bruelles Maria i South Hadley, MA. Smith & Wesso has also bee the Presetig Lead Sposor for our Aual Love-to-the-Rescue Radiotho held each October. The Compay recetly aouced that it will support the Hospital's Radiotho for the fifth year i a row, which will be held o October 20th ad 21st, with a $15,000 Sposorship. O had to receive the award, were Mark P. Smith, Presidet of Smith & Wesso s Maufacturig Services Divisio ad Elaie Stellato, Commuity Relatios Maager for Smith & Wesso. (l-r): Elaie Stellato, Commuity Relatios Maager for Smith & Wesso; Mark P. Smith, Presidet of Smith & Wesso s Maufacturig Services Divisio; Steve Behe, Chairma of the Board of Goverors; ad Kare Motyka, Director of Developmet at the Shriers Hospital for Childre - Sprigfield. Pediatric Developmetal Program By Lawrece Kapla, MD Dr. Lawrece Kapla, Neurodevelopmetal Pediatricia, joied Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Sprigfield i October, Referrals cotiue to grow, reflectig a wide rage of developmetal questios. After a year of program buildig ad resource idetificatio, we would like to provide you with more specific guidace i aswer to your frequetly asked questios: Frequetly Asked Questios from Primary Care Do you see childre with autism disorders ad/or to rule out autism? "I would like to cotiue to cofigure this program to be a true comprehesive Child Developmet Cliic cosistet with the curret America Boards of Pediatrics ad Developmetal-Behavioral Pediatrics defiitio of the field ad the populatios it serves. That populatio may iclude autism disorders, the most commo developmetal cocer we have today, ad we are absolutely committed to seeig those childre. To facilitate a more iformed processig of referrals, we ask, however, that referrals come from the primary care provider or Early Itervetio Team. Parets should discuss their cocers with their primary care providers rather tha self-refer. This way we have importat prelimiary history which we will expad upo whe we see the child ad a relatioship with the Medical Home that becomes crucial should we see the child. We are ot ad caot be exclusively a Autism Assessmet Program per se. To be that at this poit ad to do that well, icludig educatioal cosultatio ad feedig support, especially exceeds right ow our staffig capacity ad expertise. From a "geeral developmetal/eurodevelopmetal service" stadpoit, ay child with ay disablig coditio which you, as a primary care provider, feel requires further assessmet ad maagemet, we welcome. Agai, this could iclude ot oly may of the childre typically see at Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Sprigfield, our host istitutio, but also those childre whose eeds are idetified i the commuity who may eed the expaded services that derive from a comprehesive assessmet. "I essece, the, our program at Shriers serves childre with a wide rage of developmetal cocers ad we are tryig to serve them all as we cotiue to grow as a program." What is your role i the care of childre with severe behavioral problems? "Whe the immediate eed is the assessmet ad maagemet of childre whose behavior puts them ad others at risk for harm, or sigificatly impacts day-to-day care at home -or for whom you believe represets sigificat pathology - we suggest referrig the child to a behavioral health specialist or cliic (child psychiatry, psychiatric social work, behavioral cliics, etc.) for stabilizatio ad appropriate treatmet. Oce this has take place ad there are ogoig or ew cocers that the atypical behavior represets a developmetal problem icludig, but ot limited to, autism spectrum disorder, commuicatio disorder cogitive or itellectual disability, the we would be happy to see them. "We rely, therefore, o the primary care medical home provider or Early Itervetio providers to make that determiatio. For questios about toiletig, sleep hygiee, commuicatio ad school performace, we would be happy to see those childre with the expectatio that they have bee evaluated to some degree by their primary care providers." Do you provide europsychiatric testig at Shriers Hospitals for Childre? "Curretly, we do ot have the expertise; however, we are curretly expadig the program to iclude the capacity to do more advaced psychometrics. We also cotiue to work with specialists i the commuity." Does psychometric testig have to be accomplished prior to iitiatig a referral to Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Sprigfield? "No; however, I would appreciate childre to have bee pre-screeed i the primary care provider office with the stadard developmetal screeig tests, examples beig PEDS, M-CHAT, Vaderbilt, Achebach, ad BASC." If you have ay other questios for Dr. Lawrece Kapla, please feel free to cotact him through Sue Tapases, RN BSN at (413) or at: lakapla@shrieet.org Kids Get Lupus, Too By Peter Blier, MD, PhD Lupus is a commoly used term for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or SLE, a chroic autoimmue disease where the body reacts agaist its ow tissues. It ca ivolve early every orga system. The most commo sigs or symptoms iclude characteristic rashes, arthritis, fever, weight loss, fatigue, low blood cell couts ad, i some patiets, kidey, liver, lug or cetral ervous system ivolvemet. The cause is ot kow but ivolves a complex combiatio of geetic ad evirometal factors. SLE is ot a ucommo disease it is estimated that as may as 1% of the US populatio have Lupus. 20% of the cases start durig the first two decades of life, but it is very rare before puberty. It is far more commo i females tha males (about a 9:1 ratio after puberty) ad i certai ethic groups. The degree of severity varies eormously ad flares ad remissios are commo. I geeral, youger patiets ted to have a more challegig disease course, but it is importat to kow that mild disease does ot always become more severe, ad every patiet's case is uique. It is a commo miscoceptio that there is a test for Lupus. The so-called ANA (for "ati-uclear atibody") is positive i almost all patiets with Lupus, but because it is positive i so may people without SLE it is ot a helpful test for makig the diagosis. I fact, i some studies as may as 25% of completely well childre have a positive ANA! Other more specific laboratory tests, however, ca ad do help us i diagosig Lupus. Treatmet is focused o reducig iflammatio i order to prevet orga damage ad to allow childre ad adolescets to have the best possible quality of life. The specific medicatios used vary depedig o the maifestatios of disease. Some patiets may eed 12 or more differet medicatios to maage various aspects of their Lupus. It is critically importat, as well, for kids to have a balaced diet, adequate sleep ad appropriate ad adequate physical activity. Do't forget su protectio (good suscree frequetly re-applied, maybe cool-lookig hats) whe outdoors. Although there is o cure for Lupus ad the disease ca be very serious, we have come a log way i improvig outcomes ad allowig kids to be kids, eve with Lupus. More iformatio about pediatric SLE ad research ito its cause ad cure is available from CARRA (the Childhood Arthritis ad Rheumatology Research Alliace), the Lupus Foudatio of America (LFA), ad the Arthritis Foudatio (AF). Dr. Peter Blier is (alog with Dr. Law Cotiued o page 10

10 10 Website: September 2016 Mark Your Caledar & Joi Upcomig Evets Damascus Shrie Ceter; 979 Bay Road; Webster, NY ~ Reservatio Lie: (585) Saturday, October 8th ~ 1 5 p.m. Ticket Iformatio: Call Ticket icludes Hots, Burgers, Sausage, Salad, Soda ad Beer... Available all Day! All proceeds to beefit Damascus Shrie Ceter, 979 Bay Road, Webster 1. Hery Golde Boy.22 Cal. 2. Weatherby Uplad Combo 12-Gauge 3. Marli 336W-W/S Cal. 4. Browig BPS Huter, 12-Gauge 5. Remigto 100 Sportig 12-Gauge 6. Thompso/Ceter Impact.50 Cal. Muzzleloader 7. Ruger 10/22.22 Cal. News from Sprigfield Cotiued from page 9 rece Zemel) a member of the Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Sprigfield Rheumatology Program; he works full time as a rheumatologist with Baystate Childre's Hospital. Jue was Scoliosis Awareess Moth The 2016 Scoliosis Positio Statemet (released Jauary 2016) Screeig for the Early Detectio of Idiopathic Scoliosis i Adolescets is a joit statemet betwee the America Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeos (AAOS), the America Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) ad the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS). The revised statemet was made public via a press release oly six moths ago. For years, routie Scoliosis screeig has bee cotroversial with studies both supportig ad disco. However, the 2013 multi-ceter Natioal Istitutes of Health (NIH)-fuded study, Bracig i Adolescet Idiopathic Scoliosis Trial (BrAIST), documeted sigificat success i prevetig spial curve progressio ad surgery i childre who were screeed, diagosed, ad treated with a custom brace. "The BrAIST study provided highquality evidece that bracig for Adolescet Idiopathic Scoliosis ca decrease the rate of progressio of spial curve to the surgical level," said M. Timothy Hresko, MD, co-author of the revised statemet. "Early detectio of Scoliosis is essetial to idetifyig patiets who may beefit from the use of a spial brace. The ew, 2016 joit positio statemet released joitly by four promiet child health orgaizatios reflects the importace of early Scoliosis detectio." 2013 BrAIST Study strogly recommeds that: Screeig examiatios for spie de- Damascus Shriers FALL sportsma s raffle at Damascus Shrie Ceter, 979 Bay Rd, Webster Doatio: $20 * Proceeds for this evet are ot tax-deductible * 8. Beretta A300 Outlader, 12-Gauge 9. Browig A-Bolt.270 Cal. 10. Mossberg Patriot Cal. 11. Legacy M1 Carbie.22 Cal. 12. Ruger America.243 Cal. 13. Steves 555 O/U 12-Gauge 20 Gus i All! formity be part of medical home prevetive care visits for girls at age 10 ad age 12; for boys, oce at age 13 or 14. Screeig programs have well-traied persoel who ca appropriately admiister forward bedig tests, ad the use of a scoliometer, to correctly measure ad idetify abormal spie curvature, ad to refer patiets for additioal tests ad imagig as eeded. Ay imagig tests adhere to the priciples of ALARA (As Low as Reasoably Achievable) stadards to miimize radiatio exposure i youg patiets. Bracig is a effective o-operative itervetio to reduce the risk of progressio to surgical treatmet. MyPar Golfers Lear Life Skills By Cary Frace, MSPT The MyPar Golf Program, which was recetly held at Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Sprigfield, was developed by the Hospital ad Sprigfield College usig the pricipals of the First Tee Program. The First Tee is a atioal orgaizatio that uses golf as a activity to work o youth developmet. This iitiative helps shape the lives of kids ad tees from all walks of life by itroducig them to values iheret i the game of golf, such as itegrity, respect ad perseverace. For six weeks, the program participats, ragig i age from 8-18 years, gathered i the Hospital's backyard to lear a ew sport ad importat life skills. Twety coaches made up of physical educatio physical therapy ad occupatioal therapy studets from Sprigfield College voluteered weekly to coach ad metor the athletes. Orietatio started with a twohour traiig sessio to educate the coaches o how to seamlessly fit the life skills ito Red Nose Day Hery Stadard.22 Cal. 15. Steves 320 Pump 12-Gauge 16. Mossberg MVP Predator Mossberg 500 Combo 12-Gauge 18. Remigto 870 Express 12-Gauge 19. Savage Axis Cal. 20. Browig BPS Huter 20-Gauge the program while workig with the athletes. Each week, previous life skills were reviewed with ew oes added. These skills iclude hadshakes with eye cotact, perseverace, positive attitudes, askig for assistace, hoesty with scorig, patiece with themselves ad others ad decisio-makig. They also leared basic golf etiquette. Modified golf equipmet was used, cosistig of lauches, rollers ad mii teislike balls. The targets cosisted of various shapes ad sizes (surrouded by Velcro ). We used the atural ladscape ad coes as obstacles. By the fial week, the athletes were playig seve holes aroud the playscape ad outside courtyard. The program culmiated with a field trip to the First Tee Golf Course located at the Touramet Players Club i Cromwell, CT. The athletes, their families ad metors, all armed with various golf clubs ad balls, tackled the par course together. They were able to practice ot oly their chippig ad puttig, but more importatly, the life skills that were worked o durig the previous six weeks. The families were amazed at the athletes' performace ad talked opely about lookig for local courses to keep playig this summer. Golf is a great game that ca become a family activity. "MyPar is a ew program that focuses o life skills through the game of golf. This program is oe of may iitiatives Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Sprigfield has developed ad implemeted to better meet commuity eeds i the area of Sports Health ad Welless," stated, Deise M. Gloekler, PT, DPT, PCS, cndt, Rehabilitatio ad Motio Aalysis Laboratory Maager, Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Sprigfield. Mark Your Caledar! Saturday, November 5th Aual Harvest Dier Details Comig...

11 September 2016 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com 11 Waka-Hubbard Lodge Cotiued from Page 6 be cooled i the Summer moths ad supply heatig i the Witer. I also saw the plas for the Master s carpet to be istalled this year. Our ew home is improvig its Masoic footprit. Mark Your Caledar O September 12th, we will review plas for the upcomig year ad the presetatio of Service Awards. This year our Master has determied that we will be givig Certificates for 5-year icremets, startig at 5 years. So the presetatio ceremoy will iclude may Brothers who Lalla Rookh GROTTO News M.O.V.P.E.R. Roy Moses Moarch roymoses46@gmail.com have reached oe of these marks. We will also be presetig 60- Year Apros to several Brothers. You will have to be there to see who is beig hoored for their legth of service i the Lodge. September 26th will be a Brother Brig-a-Fried evet. The details are still beig developed as of this writig, but pla o brigig a fried who may be iterested i becomig a Freemaso. The Fraterity has a lot to offer me ad our Master has plaed a year of great programs ad evets that will help our Brothers icrease their kowledge ad experiece i Masory. O aother ote, our Brother I hope everyoe had a woderful Summer. I expected the caledar to be pretty ope over the last two moths, but it filled i like ever before. I was out of tow for three of six weeks ad was busy i betwee. I am sorry the evets we had thought of for the Summer did ot pa out, but Jeff had problems with Camp Good Days ad we both said, forget it. My beig out of tow put a damper o us gettig to a Red Wigs Game. The Golf Touramet was a huge success 60-some golfers took to the course i late Jue. Ulike last year, the day could t have bee better. The steaks were cooked to perfectio ad everyoe had a great time. My thaks to Prophet George Foeher for the excellet job i puttig o this evet. Oe of the weeks I was away was for the Natioal Grotto Covetio i New Orleas. My wife, Susa, ad I had a great time. I atteded all the meetigs, a couple of semiars ad leared a few thigs. I reported these at the Board of Directors meetig o August 29th. I also thak Prophet Jeff Ross for all the work o the Grotto shirts we purchased. The price was t bad either. Great job, Jeff! Upcomig Evets September 21st - Regular Meetig, 5:30 p.m. Gatherig; 6:30 p.m. Dier; 7:00 p.m. (or so) Speaker; 7:30 p.m. Meetig. September Birthdays Easto Kelsey (13th), Frak Habitzreuther (21st), Richard Bull (25th), Steve Mitcheer (28th) ad Bob Seils (30th). I am expectig a visit from the District Deputy early i the year, so if you ca make the meetigs, it would be appreciated. A good showig always makes for a great meetig ad fu time. 103 N. Washigto Street, East Rochester (585) Over 100 YEARS OF SERVICE 1118 Log Pod Road South of Maide Lae RONALD JOHN ARNDT SHARI L. ARNDT (585) l Pre-plaed Fueral Arragemets By Appoitmet l Formal Chapel o Premises l Complete Fueral Arragemets At Oe Coveiet Locatio l Persoal & Digified Service For All Faiths l Geeral Price Lists Available l Cetral Greece Area l Locally Owed W\ Natha Shoff ad his wife, Melissa, were blessed with the birth of their so, Julia Peter, o Jue 24th. Make ote of this ad offer cogratulatios whe you see Brother Natha at our meetig. Speakig of W\ Brother Natha, I read a paper he wrote for the Wester New York Lodge of Research o the Aciet Ladmarks. The paper was very extesive ad ca be a topic of coversatio with Brother Natha. I was able to purchase a copy of the trasactios of the Lodge at St. Joh s Day i Utica, which cotaied the paper. The Lodge Trestleboard for the Moroe District OES HiLights DDGM R.W. Doree Rhodes busyrhodes1@hotmail.com DGL M.W. Neil Laudry eillau@hotmail.com Welcome back; I hope everyoe had a good Summer - except for the humidity. Plas have bee goig well for the rest of the year ad we re all ready to get goig. Summer evets of great success ad camaraderie The District Chicke Bar-B-Que i Webster ad District Picic at Camp DeMolay i Sodus Poit. September Evets September 3rd - Lie Officers at Uity Lodge Hall; 9 a.m. coffee, etc.; 10 a.m. - Meetig. Etoleah Chapter OES will have a Food Booth at Hilto Apple Fest Saturday ad Suday October 1st & 2d Be sure to stop by Etoleah s Booth for Apple Fritters, Douts & Hot Beverages! While celebratig the Fall Seaso of Harvest, ejoy the Food, Car Show, Music, Arts & Crafts, ad Activities you ll fid at this aual evet. year will be available at our meetigs. You may have picked oe up at the Istallatio. If you would like a copy, cotact the Secretary ad oe will be mailed. Also, if you eed a copy of the Stadard Works ad Lectures (Ritual Book), the Secretary has copies of the latest editio for sale at Lodge meetigs. The cost is $18. District Cosolidatios For Brothers who are ot aware, there were several District cosolidatios voted o at Grad Lodge. Oe ear us is the cosolidatio of Geesee-Wyomig ad Livigsto Districts ito the ew Letchworth District. Grad Lodge voted to make a District cosolidatio a sigle vote ad it really does ot chage the Costitutio, just chages the admiistrative boudaries of a District. Keepig chage i mid, there are proposals for chages to come closer to home. We will be discussig these i our meetigs to keep the Brethre iformed what is happeig Masoically aroud us. We hope that you have had a great Summer ad are ow ready to participate i our Lodge activities ad programs. We are plaig for a exceptioal year ad will always liste to commets ad suggestios for improvemet. Order of the Easter Star September 4th - The Mystery Trip Yes! It is sold out! For those with reservatios, please be at the parkig lot of Uity Lodge Hall i Specerport by 12:45 p.m. We will leave PROMPTLY at 1 p.m. The horses will ot wait! You may brig a deck chair. September 24th - High Tea; 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. As I write this article, I have 24 reservatios, but ca still take more. Just call me at October Evets October 1st & 2d Hilto Apple Fest; Be sure to stop by the Etoleah Chapter Food Booth for Apple Fritters, Douts ad Hot Driks. Chage of Date No Lie Officers meetig o October 1st. Meetig will be held October 8th, after the Harvest Festival. October 8th - Harvest Festival; 10 a.m. 10:45 a.m. This ew evet is a Eglish traditio that is always i October they do ot have a Thaksgivig. It is ope to all members of the District. Please brig a o-perishable item for the food shelf. There will be a thakful-forthe-harvest service by the Revered ad R.W. Bradi Woote ad music by R.W. Beverly Murray. After the service, there will be a Lie Officers meetig for the purpose of fializig plas for Grad Chapter Sessios. October 15th 18th Grad Chapter Sessios i Bighamto. October 21st - District Baquet at Uity Lodge Hall, Specerport; 6:30 p.m. Dier, Meetig to follow. Grad Officer Appoitmets Our cogratulatios to our ew Grad Officers for the esuig year: District Deputy Grad Matro Boie Shaffer District Grad Lecturer Keeth Miler Grad Represetative of South Carolia (February 2017) Patricia Pearso Util ext time, keep well. Harvest Festival Ope Evet for Members & Frieds Saturday October 8th Brig No-Perishable Food Item for a Local Food Shelf Gather at 9 a.m. Service at 10 a.m. RSVP by October 1st Call Support the Masoic Brotherhood Fud Campaig

12 12 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com September 2016 SCOTTISH RITE NEWS I joied Scottish Rite Freemasory, after havig bee a Master Maso for over te years. Durig those iterveig years, I had bee both approached to joi ad ivited to iformatioal sessios. I just was t iterested did t see the poit of it. Why did I evetually joi? Both the Shrie ad Scottish Rite were offerig a erollmet special - ot quite a 2 for 1 special, but a reduced rate. I still remember beig part of a class of other Brothers ad the effort of the Valley to make us feel welcome. Nearly te years have goe by sice I first became a Sublime Price of the Royal Secret ad it was ot util this past April that I fially witessed all 29 Degrees. So why did I stick with it, especially sice I did t thik there was ay poit to joiig the Valley? Two reasos First, the allegorical plays. For me, they resoated, ad fulfilled that eed to seek further Light i Masory. Each Degree cotais a lesso which I ca use - if ot for buildig the spiritual temple withi, the i avigatig this thig we call life. A example is a scee i the 16th Degree. Zerubbabel voices his frustratio i ot makig sufficiet progress i rebuildig the temple because he is forced to labor with the trowel i oe had ad the sword i the other. Progress ca be a struggle. My secod reaso for remaiig i the Valley is for the fellowship. With my membership i the Valley comes the opportuity to meet other Brothers who belog to other Lodges ad all uder oe roof. Further elightemet does t have to take place Rochester Lodge of Perfectio By Neil Bedford, 32, DSA Thrice Potet Master Welcome back Brothers; I hope everyoe had a great Summer. We ow look forward to a ew year of workig i the quarries of Masory. Remember, we are members of the Scottish Rite because we are Third Degree Masos. Please remember to support your Blue Loge ad the Rochester Valley of the AASR. The Valley of Rochester Aual Meetig will be o September 15th. This is a importat meetig to help all Brothers uderstad the operatio ad fiacig of the Valley of Rochester for Budget. Fall Reuio Our Fall Reuio is o October 22d at the Shrie Ceter. There will be four Degrees preseted i the morig sessio. There will be o afteroo sessio this Fall because of the presetatio of the 32d Degree by all Valleys i the Norther ad Souther Masoic Jurisdictio o November 12th. We will be joiig with the Valley of Buffalo i the presetatio of the 32d Degree at the Valley of Buffalo. This is a historic evet for the Norther ad Souther Masoic Jurisdictio s to be coferrig a Degree i both Jurisdictios o the same day i all Valleys. More iformatio about this historic presetatio of the 32d Degree will be comig soo. Please try to joi us i Buffalo for this historic occasio. Joh Flit is the Director for our portio of the 32d Degree presetatio i Buffalo o November 12th. There are speakig ad walk-o parts he eeds to fill. Please call him at ad offer your help i a part. He especially eeds to fill walk-o parts. I thak everyoe for their ecouragemet ad support of me as Thrice Potet Master last year. I believe that helped me grow ad will make me more proficiet as Thrice Potet Master i the esuig year. Phillip Hurwitz, 32 MSA Commader-i-Chief withi the Lodge; it ca be foud i the world-at-large. Ad who says that jourey ca t iclude your family; or ayoe who is importat to you? That s why your Valley will be hostig or facilitatig family evets. We are plaig a Ladies Night o February 18th at Artisa Works. Other evets will iclude visits to Fort Niagara, Museum of Play, Eastma Museum ad theatre (Geva, Nazareth, Dowstairs Cabaret are possibilities). The Valley will also be aoucig Pop-up evets. A pop-up evet is somethig to see aouced o short otice. Keep your eye o our Valley Facebook page for those aoucemets. Here are other evets goig o i your Valley: September 15th - Aual Meetig (By-Law readig ad vote o Aual Budget) September 30th - Coucil of Deliberatio, Syracuse October 20th - Meetig; 12th Degree (DVD) October 22d - Reuio- 4 (video), 19, 21, 31 (video) November 12th - 32d Degree; Valley of Buffalo (Notable evet!-come fid out more) November 17th - Vetera s Appreciatio Program - Documetary o the Draft will be show. All meetigs are at the Damascus Shrie Ceter uless oted otherwise. As with all Stated Meetigs, a dier is available, but advace registratio with the office is required (paymet made at the door). We keep movig forward, opeig ew doors, ad doig thigs because we re curious ad curiosity keeps leadig to ew paths. Walt Disey Rochester Coucil of Prices of Jerusalem By Bruce Katz, 32, Sovereig Price The Degrees of the Coucil focus o the re-buildig of the Temple. Let s dedicate the comig year to rebuildig ourselves, our relatioships ad our Lodges to the gradeur that is possible. My thaks to the Sublime Prices for my beig reelected to the role of Sovereig Price for our Valley. Oe of the aspects I most ejoy about Scottish Rite Freemasory is meetig Brothers from beyod my Lodge. Scottish Rite evets - whether it is a regular meetig ad program or special evet with the ladies - builds camaraderie of our Fraterity. Participatio i Valley evets beefits us all. If you ve bee away for a while, please make this the year to come back. Rochester Chapter of Kights of Rose Croix By Lace Daul, 32 Most Wise Master It is great to be able to ejoy our Summer! It is eve better to get back to regularly dwellig amog your Scottish Rite Brethre. As I write this article, our world seems as divided as I ca ever remember. Divisio has bee occurrig o our Plaet for some time, but lately it feels like that divide is growig larger. I am remided of a lesso taught to us through our 17th Degree. This Degree teaches us about where a ma s loyalty should lie. We fid that a ma s primary loyalty should be to God above all. Ma should ot place a temporal govermet above GOD. The temporal govermet will evetually fail while GOD will always triumph. If you re ot already a Scottish Rite member, I strogly suggest you look at all it has to offer. There will be a Reuio o Saturday, October 22d. The 32d Degree will be preseted at Buffalo o November 12th i a very special Degree program! Reuio - October 22d 32 - Buffalo - November 12th 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 Master Neil Bedford, 32 Rochester Chapter of Kights of Rose Croix Most Wise Master Lace Daul, 32 Allegiace Rochester Coucil of the Prices of Jerusalem Sovereig Price Bruce Katz, 32 Rochester Cosistory Commader-i-Chief Phillip Hurwitz, 32 MSA 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 Gail N. Kemp, 33 Grad Lieuteat Commader Ill David P. Specer, 33 Deputy for New York State Ill Stephe R. Whittaker, 33 Grad Master Geeral of Ceremoies Ill Steve C. Stefaakos, 33 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 Past Grad Miister of State; Past Deputy for New York Active Members for New York Ill Bruce Widger, 33, Past Deputy/New York Ill Gary A. Heigse, 33 Ill Edward R. Trosi, 33 Ill P. Michael Nielse, 33 Deputy's Represetative - Ill Joseph E. Bourcy, 33 Assiged Active - Ill G. Michael Morris, 33 Secretary Ill Jack VaElzakker, 33 Garry Craker, 32 MSA (2019) Ill M. Doald Darroh, 33 (2018) Trustees Treasurer Ill Robert L. Aderso II, 33 Ill Gle A. Stahl, 33 (2017) 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 Scottish Rite Ambassador Program By Bruce Katz, 32, Membership Developmet Membership Developmet is tasked with the Three Rs Recruitmet, Retetio ad Re-istatemet. Ulike Craft Lodge Masory, we ca - ad must - actively ivite worthy Brothers to the Scottish Rite. For me who are truly iterested i improvig myself i Masory, it is a great way to expad o our Masoic ideals. Retaiig membership is also vital; the Executive Committee ad various committee members have plaed a great program for the year. If you have feedback, please cotact the Valley Secretary, ay of the Officers or me. Reistatemet of past members is aother fuctio. Sadly, we ve lost members from Scottish Rite over the years for various reasos. A goal is to ecourage Brothers to try agai to see if they ca fid that which was lost somewhere i their Masoic travels. While every Brother should be reachig out to other members, the Lodge Ambassadors are Brothers who will be cotactig other Brothers ad providig persoal, ogoig cotact. The District Ambassadors will be coordiatig these cotacts withi the Districts. My thaks to these Brothers for takig the roles of Lodge ad District Ambassadors. Please cosider reachig out to your District Ambassador if you would like to help i this importat iitiative. Curret District Ambassadors Letchworth District Neil Bedford (585) bedford67@gmail.com Moroe District Bruce Katz (585) brucek8189@aol.com Orleas District Garry Craker (585) gcraker@icloud.com Steube District Mike Koval (607) mpksek@gmail.com Waye District Erest Ouellette (315) eouellet3@aol.com

13 September 2016 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com 13 News ad Notes from the Valley of Corig Lodge of Perfectio A historic broze sculpture, created by legedary local artist Frederick Carder, has recetly bee loaed to the Corig Lodge of Perfectio. The broze facial bust of Frak B. Hower, the major door of fuds for the Valley of Corig Masoic Cathedral, was created by Carder i Whe the Cathedral closed i 2005, the bust was purchased by Marshall Ketchum, a member of the Carder Steube Club. Ketchum, a Arizoa ative, stated I just thik it belogs i Corig, loaed the piece to the Frederick Carder Gallery at the Corig Museum of Glass. The Gallery displays early pieces, hudreds of the objects he desiged whe he maaged Steube Glass Works betwee 1903 ad Recetly the bust became available for loa. Through some cotacts, we were able to obtai a By Distiguished Brother Frak Hamm, 32 MSA The Travelig Ma Returs permaet loa of the bust for our Lodge of Perfectio. It is ow promietly displayed ear our memorabilia case. Ill\ Frak B. Hower, 33, of Buffalo, was a good fried of Corig Cosistory. I 1915 he had become a Hoorary Member at Corig ad proposed to give $40,000 to the Valley to assist i startig a move toward costructio of a Cathedral here. Some years later he preseted the costumes ad sceery for the 21st Degree. The Cathedral bears his ame. Ill\ Frederick Carder, 33, was a paiter, sculptor, glass architect, ceramist, physicist ad chemist. He has bee aptly described as a Reaissace Ma who worked with the itesity ad productio of the 20th Cetury Idustrialist. Masoically, Carder was Raised a Master Maso i Paited Post Lodge No. 117, F.&A.M. o December 6, He joied Corig Cosistory ad Cocordat Bodies o February 19, 1908, ad served as a 1st Lt. Commader. He was created a Sovereig Grad Ispector Geeral, 33, Hoorary Member of the Supreme Coucil o September 20, 1927, at Bosto, Massachusetts. He was also a member of Corig Chapter No. 190, RAM, Corig Coucil No. 53 R.&S.M. ad Kalurah Temple, AAONMS, i Bighamto. Carder also desiged ad created the Calcite glass chadelier globes that hug i the Corig Cathedral for may years ad are ow i the Lexigto Headquarters. SAVE THE DATE! 150th Aiversary Celebratio Valley of Rochester AASR April 22, 2017 featurig College of Freemasory Aiversary Baquet at Woodcliff I, Perito Pla NOW to Atted! New York DeMolay Aouces Regio Goveror The followig release from William Sardoe, Grad Master of DeMolay Iteratioal ad Executive Officer of New York DeMolay, was received just before this issue of the Masoic Times wet to press. Dad Gary Burke agreed to assume the role of Goveror of the Lakes Regio. Quotig the release, Sardoe said, Dad Burke really is t ew to the scee. He has always bee here supportig DeMolay. While I have his resume, it reads pages log. Let me just say that Dad Burke is a Seior DeMolay, Past Master Coucilor, Chevalier, holder of the Cross of Hoor, Advisor of the Year, Youth Leader of the Year ad a Legio of Hoor. Brother Burke is well kow i Masoic circles i the Rochester area. He is a Past Master of (ow) Ispiratio Lodge; has served o may Grad Lodge Committees; is a member of the Valley of Rochester, ad is a 33 Hoorary Member of the Dad Gary Burke Supreme Coucil, Aciet Accepted Scottish Rite, Norther Masoic Jurisdictio. He is a Past Potetate of Damascus Shriers ad, as Smirky the Clow, has participated at may evets to support Shrie ad Masoic activities. Two that come immediately to mid are the Have-a-Heart Booths at the Malls i February ad the All Masoic Bodies Childre s Holiday Parties at the Shrie Ceter i December. Brother Burke is a Past Presidet of the Masoic Service Bureau ad is curretly servig as a Trustee. He is married to Debi, they are parets of two, ad gradparets to two, with aother o the way. Dad Burke succeeds Dad Michael Storck, who has bee asked to be Proctor for the Grad Lodge of the State of New York. Our cogratulatios ad best wishes to Brother Gary. 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 Valley of Rochester AASR Fall 2016 SEPTEMBER September 15th - Aual Meetig at Shrie Ceter Social - 5:30 p.m. ~ Dier - 6:30 p.m. (**) Meetig - 7:30 p.m. Budget approvals, Aual Reports, recogitios ad Program plas. Special Electio for Treasurer. September 30th - Coucil of Deliberatio Meetig i Syracuse Cotact the Office if you are iterested i attedig. OCTOBER October 20th - Meetig at Shrie Ceter Social - 5:30 p.m. ~ Dier - 6:30 p.m. (**) Meetig - 7:30 p.m. Program - 12 Video October 22d - Fall Reuio at Shrie Ceter Presetatio of 4 ad 31 Videos plus 19 ad 21 Coffee & Douts - 8 a.m. Cadidate Orietatio -8:30 a.m. ~ Degrees - 9:30 a.m. Will fiish before Luch NOVEMBER November 12th - 32 Day Across USA at Buffalo All Valleys i both NMJ ad SMJ will coduct the 32 i each of their ow Sites. Carpool from Rochester to arrive at Buffalo Scottish Rite Ceter by 2 p.m. Special program for Ladies. Baquet followig Degree. Dress Code - Tux November 17th - Vetera Recogitio at Shrie Ceter Social - 5:30 p.m. ~ Wurst Plate Dier - 6:30 p.m. (**) Meetig - 7:30 p.m. BBB (Ivite a Vet) Ladies ivited. DECEMBER December 3rd - Cap Presetatio Breakfast at Specerport Masoic Hall Bottomless Pacake Breakfast - 8:30 a.m. Ladies ivited. Special program hoorig ew recipiets of MSA Red ad DSA Blue Caps December 10th - All-Masoic Childre s Holiday Party at Shrie Ceter 11 a.m. 2 p.m. ~ For ALL Masoic kids ad gradkids ad their frieds (age 10 ad uder). Adults welcome to observe Brig a wrapped gift with the full ame attached for each child. Visit Sata ad ejoy the fu ad games with his Helpers. ** 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! Please otify the Office if you have a special diet requiremet. We will do our best to help so you ca atted diers. Lots of Scottish Rite Activities listed above for this Fall. Clip ad Save the Rite Caledar above ad post it o your refrigerator so you wo t forget ay of these evets.

14 14 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com September 2016 York Rite Hiram Chapter No. 62 R E Joh Zabel, High Priest H) zabelj@midsprig.com R E Charles M. Roberts, Secretary cholyoe@rochester.rr.com 17 Church Street, Pittsford What s Happeig The Chapter hosted the York Rite Picic o July 7th at Kigs Bed Park. The picic was a Bar-B-Que from Diosaur BBQ with extra sides supplied by the Compaios. It was a good time for all who atteded. A added evet was the presetatio to R\E\ Joh Zabel as the York Rite Maso of the Year by Geesee York Rite College No. 25. It was a surprise for Compaio Joh, but greatly appreciated by him. The July timeframe for the picic was a experimet to ot have the picic i Jue ad was ot as successful as we had hoped, so we will be makig some more chages for ext year. Comig this Fall will be the exemplificatio of the obligatios of the four Degrees for our AGL ad DDGHP to review. Sice we have Compaios who have bee learig these obligatios, we will be plaig to cofer the Degrees i the com- Fidelity Triagle No. 4 By Kristia Bradt NEWS 2d & 4th Thursdays 7:30 p.m. Durig the Summer, the Ladies of Fidelity Triagle have bee busy travelig aroud the State ad spedig time with their Triagle Sisters all over New York. While they took a break from their regular meetigs, they atteded the State Represetative s Homecomig, which took place o Jue 18th i Liverpool. State Represetative, Aliso Wright, was welcomed by her Home Triagle of Bal- O-Se Triagle to a Westerthemed Degree ad collatio. I July, Seior Lady-i-Waitig, Haah, wet to the Orgaizatio of Triagles Leadership Weeked at Old Forge. Eve though it raied most of the weeked, she ad other members took part i leadership exercises, ice breakers, fu activities ad a movig re-dedicatio ceremoy. ig year. To make this successful, we will be lookig for Masoic Brothers who are lookig for more out of Masory ad ca fid it i the York Rite Degrees. We will be usig the Phoevite system we started usig last year to iform the Compaios of upcomig meetigs ad evets. We fid this is a good way to remid everyoe what is happeig so they ca pla to atted or be remided that there is somethig iterestig comig. The cost is omial ad fits well withi our budget. We will be ecouragig discussio of the Rite ad the meaig of the Degrees i our meetigs where a Degree is ot beig coferred. There are may o-speakig parts i our Degrees that ay Compaio ca step ito, easily. By beig ivolved, you will lear more about our Rite ad its teachigs. Give it a try. Musigs There is a ew Masoic book out for New York Freemasory. It is Symbols i the Wilderess, Early Masoic Survivals i Upstate New York, by Joscely Godwi ad Christia Goodwillie; published by Richard W. Couper Press of Hamilto College Library ad Upstate Istitute of Colgate Uiversity. I got a copy from the Livigsto Library table at St. Joh s Day i Utica. The book is about the Masoic art that was doe i Lodge buildig prior to Most of the Lodges talked about are betwee Albay ad Aubur. The cotet has pictures of the art that still exists i old Masoic Lodge buildigs, some of which still house a Lodge. What does this have to do with the York Rite? As it turs out, there was much Royal Arch imagery put i Lodge buildigs i the early part of the 19th Cetury. Oe of the places pictured ad described is Scorpio Lodge No. 110 i Aurora. I have bee i the buildig ad was amazed that the Lodge Hall cotais a plethora of Royal Arch imagery ad implemets. If you get the opportuity to visit the Lodge, do; you wo t regret the experiece. The buildig was built i 1819 by Aurora Chapter, but they ra ito fiacial problems ad ivited Scorpio Lodge to joi with them. Aurora Chapter is goe, but the buildig ad Scorpio Lodge still exist. I believe that Kig David Chapter may be movig to Aurora for their meetigs, a spectacular place for a Royal Arch Chapter to meet. The book lists other Lodge buildigs ad, i may of them, there is defiite Royal Arch imagery, so there must have bee a Chapter that met i the Lodge hall i the early 1900s. I would recommed the book to ay Maso iterested i Masoic history of New York. If you are iterested i the book, cotact Joh Zabel for the ISBN umber, or look it up o Amazo. September Meetig The girls are ready to get back to work this September with their first meetig o September 10th at 7 p.m. at the Northfield Masoic Lodge i Pittsford. This is a Ope Meetig so all are welcome to atted. We ivite you to come ad lear about our Orgaizatio ad help support these youg Ladies as they become the strog leaders of tomorrow. Membership i Triagle is ope to youg Ladies betwee the ages of 10 ad 21; o Masoic affiliatio is required. To ask about membership or to lear more about Fidelity Triagle, please cotact Juior Deputy, Mrs. Jeaie Parks, at j9parks@aol.com. Empire State Weeklies, Ic. Webster Pritig Corporatio 46 North Aveue Webster, NY (585) Specializig i Newsletters Priters of this Publicatio SAVE THE DATE! 150th Aiversary Celebratio Valley of Rochester AASR April 22, 2017 featurig College of Freemasory Aiversary Baquet at Woodcliff I, Perito Pla NOW to Atted! Rochester Forest No. 133 Tall Cedars of Lebao of North America Lookig for a few good Woodsme Fu ~ Frolic ~ Fellowship Philathropy Muscular Dystrophy Research Fud Oe Meetig a moth 4th Wedesday Jauary thru May; October ad November Aual Activities: Sprig Sausage Roast Fall Steak Roast Witer Holiday Party Degrees at October Meetig! Short Form iductio at ay meetig! For more Iformatio, Call (585) or (585) 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 We have edured oe of the hottest Summers i recet history. I m ot exactly wishig for sow, but a little less heat ad some more rai would be ice. Our Aual Sausage Roast this Sprig was ot well atteded. There were oly eight at the Roast ad oly oe Widow. I am sure that the late chage-of-date (oe week later) had a lot to do with it; we apologize to the members for this. Our Scribe set out otices of the chage, but I guess most of our usual attedees had already made other plas for the ew date. Our reservatios at the Rotary Camp are made moths i advace ad should ot be chaged; it was a bad decisio DeMolay News By David A. Locke Master Coucilor Rochester Chapter Order of DeMolay was very busy this Summer. We atteded the State Covetio where we had a to of fu ad the hoor of seeig the presetatio of some very rare awards. Rochester Chapter was amed the most-improved Chapter i New York State. We cotiue to hold our mothly meetigs o the 1st ad 3rd Modays of each moth. Please come ad visit. If you whe the Masoic Times has goe to press, the die is cast. We hope o oe showed up o the posted date. Let the GTC kow your feeligs. Mark Your Caledar Our Fall Seaso will commece with the Aual Steak Roast. It will be at Camp Smile o September 28th. We will be sedig out a card for your reservatio. Remember our social evets are good times to brig a guest ad his spouse whom you thik will be a good Woodsma. The Fall Meetigs will start i October at Pittsford Masoic Hall o Church Street, Pittsford. October is the time for our Degrees. If you eed a Petitio or iformatio o the Tall Cedars, please cotact our Scribe. November will be the Electio ad Istallatio of Officers. The Nomiatig Committee will be submittig a Slate of Officers at the November meetig. If you feel you wat to serve as a Elected or Appoited Officer, please cotact our Scribe. Remember, a Cadidate ca be obligated i short form at ay meetig. If you kow of ay Woodsma who is ill or i eed, please call the Scribe; if a member is i eed of trasportatio to a meetig, please let us kow. kow of a youg ma betwee the ages of 12 ad 21, please cotact the Scottish Rite or Joh Truebger at Upcomig Evets September 5th - No meetig due to Holiday September 9th 11th - Camp DeMolay Campout September 19th - 7 p.m., Stated Meetig October 3rd - 7 p.m. Stated Meetig October 17th - 7 p.m., Stated Meetig October 28th - 4:30 p.m., Red Wigs Game at Frotier Field