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sents Ohio Rainbow Pre Volume 1, Issue 5 May, 2018 Inside this issue: Final Edition! Why I Rainbow 2 Assembly Articles 3&4 Alumni Gathering 5 Sundae Progress 6 Flocks & Pics 7 New Members Progress 8 Mom Whitney s Mentions Happy Spring, Ohio Rainbow! includes the cost of your housing for 3 nights, breakfast/lunch/dinner This year is already flying by. starting on Thursday's dinner Remember those New Year's and lasting until Sunday's Resolutions? Yea, me neither. breakfast (8 meals total), and admission to every session at Grand Assembly including the Grand Assembly will be here before we know it, July 12-15th. Friday Night Party and Saturday's Super Teams! It's Be sure to ask your Mother going to be a rockin' good Advisor about the deadline for time with our GWA Kate and signing up to go! (To Mother the Grand Officers. Advisors - reminder that your Assembly's registration forms are due to Grand Executive I'd like to say congratulations Committee Member Crystal to our Grand Worthy Advisor Crisler, Kate on the success of her crystal.crisler@iconex.com, on May 18th.) Your Grand Assembly Statewide Dance this past registration fee of $175 isn't due April the 13th. Everything was a hit and all had a sockuntil Grand Assembly which is different than year's past when it hoppin good time! Thank you was due at the time of sign-up. If for your hard work throughout this entire year. you're not familiar, this price Ohio Rainbow is so proud of you! Lastly, I'd like to finish by congratulating Ohio Rainbow on having a net positive gain in membership last year! Actually, we initiated the same number of girls in 2017 as we did in 2016 but our net increase was possible because we suspended fewer members in 2017 than 2016. Retaining our members is key! Keep this in mind as you're planning your membership goals for 2018. Focus 1st on keeping our existing members, then focus on finding new ones! Looking forward to seeing you all soon! Mom Whitney y May 13th, Mother s Da ic June 10th, Ohio Mason Home Day, Springfield y June 17th, Father s Da June 21st, Jobs Grand Session June 30th Grand Floor ge Practice, Northwest Lod Grand Assembly! July 12-15 Kenyon College, Gambier, OH. Supreme Assembly! July 29-August 1, Hampton, Virginia

Kate s Corner Why I Rainbow. Hello Ohio Rainbow! As you may have noticed, every edition of the newsletter has contained a Why I Rainbow from each member of the Grand Line and this time it s my turn! I joined Rainbow at the age of 12 after Mom Blubaugh talked to me about Rainbow. I joined as the friend of a Rainbow Girl because at that time, I didn t know that I had any Masonic family. I joined with 10 other girls and am very happy but bittersweet that I will receive my Majority this year with one of those girls by my side. A while after I joined, I found out that my father, my grandfather, my uncle and cousin were all Masons! I never knew about my Masonic connections but it felt like fate that I still found Rainbow somehow. It wasn t long after I joined that I knew I wanted to be a member of the Grand Line, but I took a long time to decide what I wanted to do. I soon fell in love with the office of Faith and made up my mind that, one day, I would be Grand Faith. Soon after, I was installed as Sister of Hope in my Assembly and loved the lesson of Hope and what it taught and wondered if maybe I should change my mind and run for Grand Hope. I skipped being Sister of Charity my first time through the line and was so relieved! My Mother Advisor at the time was a Past Grand Charity and I didn t want to disappoint her, but thought it might be fun to follow in her footsteps one day and be Grand Charity. My first initiation as Worthy Associate Advisor was an Inspection and I totally failed at it! I messed up so much and was very ready to become Worthy Advisor and never be Worthy Associate Advisor again. But as luck would have it, my first initiation as Worthy Advisor came and I royally messed up again, the current Grand Worthy Advisor had to step in and cover for me and I was mortified. I cried the entire way home. A month later we had another Initiation and I could not have been more prepared. I breezed through the meeting because I had done so much work to be better that time. Who knew that the two offices I hated having the most would end up being my Grand Offices one day? Throughout my Rainbow years, there have been many times that I wondered, Why am I doing this?. I wondered why I was chosen as a certain Grand Office when I had been hoping for a different one, but looking back now, every event, every Initiation gone wrong, every Grand Office led me to exactly where I am supposed to be. People always say that hindsight is 20/20 but that phrase wasn t one I understood until I had the entire experience to look back on. This year I turn to a new chapter in my life, a chapter in which I m not an active Rainbow Girl anymore, a chapter that I m both excited and scared to enter. But I know that I will still have the support of my Rainbow family, I know that my eight amazing years in Rainbow have prepared me for the real world, and I know that being Grand Worthy Advisor this year has been the best year of my life thus far. I have met so many people and had so many experiences this year that I will remember for the rest of my life. As you go to Grand Assembly this year, and turn to a new page in your Rainbow journey, your life's journey, remember that every moment leads you on to the next one, and each new moment will be one you cherish forever. In Rainbow Class and Sass, Kate R, Grand Worthy Advisor Page 2 The Scoop

Huber Heights Happenings! Huber Heights Assembly has been busy since our institution in May of 2017. We participated in the July 4th parade. We made Thanksgiving placemats for the Masonic Home in Springfield. On January 19, Huber Heights held a Mystery Dinner Theatre for the Advisory Board and parents. It was lots of fun and such a success that we have been asked to hold one at the Masonic Home in Springfield. The girls were assigned parts by the Mother Advisor, Terrie and were asked to dress their part. The girls were very responsive and seemed to enjoy both the mystery and the dinner. We plan to hold the mystery dinner at the Masonic Home in the fall. We had our first initiation in April and will reach our goal of 12 girls so that we can become constituted. We are looking forward to Grand Assembly this July. Page 3 The Scoop

Painesville Assembly Rocks! Hello Ohio Rainbow! Greetings from Painesville Assembly #14 formerly of District 31. We have had quite a year and we would like to share some of our highlights with you. At Grand Assembly, we were honored with three grand appointments. We wish to congratulate: Erin, Grand Rainbow Flag Escort and Grand Representative to Texas; Katie, Grand Choir Director; and Rhiannon, Grand Religion. We are all looking forward to attending Grand Assembly and watching you rock on the grand floor. Within hours of arriving home from Grand Assembly, Katie immediately started the social media game and got us awarded our blue scoop. She started texting everyone to get them to add the Grand Worthy Advisor's Instagram and Snap Chat accounts. Kate R. had the information for our first scoop really quickly! Mom Merchant, our Pledge assembly mom, is always busy with our pledge group. The Raindrops are going strong, and just recently celebrated their second anniversary with a visit to the Perambulator Museum. Our pledges join us for our social activities and anything else we can invite them to. Our girls love our little sisters. We were all excited when Mom Frantz was appointed Grand Deputy of (formerly) District #5. This gives us more sisters to have rainbow fun with, and we are excited to share Super Teams and Grand Assembly with these ladies. This current term, we do not have a Worthy Advisor. We have Past Worthy Advisors filling in and teaching our girls important things like the importance of learning your ritual, how to plan social activities and proper dress and behavior in the assembly room. It's turning out to be fun and educational. One of the social activities we planned was a prospect party. We had an ice cream social and had the Rainbow Olympic games on February 18th. We ate ice cream sundaes and played Minute to Win it type games. We had one prospect attend, and she is now a member of our assembly. Tri-Youth Day was March 10th. We had four ladies participate. Ashley and Selena were flag escorts, Erin was Treasurer, and Katie was Sister of Hope. The corp of officers that were put together of the day did a great job, and they initiated 7 new sisters into Rainbow, two of whom are members of our assembly. We wish to welcome Veronica and Lorelai. Lorelai is a "graduate" of our pledge assembly, and Veronica attended our prospect party. We are excited for a Rockin' Rainbow good time at Grand Assembly. We hope to see you there! Volume 1, Issue 5 Page 4

Ohio IORG Majority & Alumni members Are you a former Rainbow Girl? Are you a member of the Ohio IORG Majority and Alumni Group and have you joined us on Facebook at https://tinyurl.com/ohioiorgalum, if not, what are you waiting for? Join over 1340 of your sisters to find old friends and make new ones, learn about current Rainbow events and history. Do you know someone that was a Rainbow Girl, share this information with them as our Alumni & Majority group is for all former Rainbow Girls, whether they received Majority or not. Join us for our 4 th Annual Majority & Alumni Reunion. We ve been moving it around the state, this year we re at Huber Hts Masonic Temple, just off RT 70 in Huber Heights, Sunday, August 12 from 2-4. Casual attire welcome (no jeans, no short shorts) and bring a dish to share. Also, bring memorabilia such as scrapbooks, quilts, gavels, dresses, installation décor whatever you have! While this event is not for active Rainbow Girls, your parents, former advisory board members and such are welcome as they also made friends during your Rainbow years. Join us for a fun, casual afternoon of socializing and catching up! We ll be conducting the Majority service during our reunion for those who are eligible but never participated in the service. Contact Ohio s Jurisdictional Alumni Rep, Kris (Boles) Truthan at truthank@gmail.com if you never received your majority certificate, if your assembly closed before you received majority or if you were suspended for non-payment of dues but would like to catch up and receive your majority, we may have options for you. Rainbow helped make you who you are today, look at your own friends and contacts and notice how many wouldn t be there IF IT WERE- N T FOR RAINBOW. Reach out to them, invite them to come with you it s always more fun with a carload, especially if you invite an older sister who no longer drives.

Building Your Rainbow Sundae How is your Assembly doing so far in building your Rainbow Sundae? Please check your progress below and let Kate know if you have completed a scoop that isn t accounted for. Remember to send pictures to Kate and post pictures on your social media. Check the Mother Advisor s packet from Grand Assembly for detailed explanations. The deadline for turning in scoops is June 1st! We will accept SPRINKLES and final service hour totals at Grand Floor Practice June 30th. Let s get the word out about all the wonderful things Ohio Rainbow is doing throughout the year! Ritual Flocking Prospect Party Grand Assembly Communications Getting Social Service Pledge Group Each Member of Ohio Rainbow Maumee Middletown Mason Marie L Hamilton Painesville West Farmington Marysville Columbus Fairborn Fremont Logan Findlay Ohio Valley Beth Scott Memorial Huber Heights Steubenville Medina North Olmstead Sandstone Page 6 The Scoop

Where are the Flocks????? Help Ohio Rainbow, the flocks are missing!!!! Have you seen them? Neither of our two flocks has made an appearance recently in Ohio and were afraid they may have just flown south because they re tired of our Ohio weather! We would love some more assemblies to get the chance to be flocked before Grand Assembly so if you have them please send them flying off to another Assembly. Kate will even help wrangle them to their next destination if needed! These Assemblies, to our knowledge, have NOT been flocked yet! Middletown Lima Maumee Steubenville Sylvania Sandstone Genoa Xenia Lotus Millennium Emerald Marysville Columbus Amelia Brecksville Mason MIS! G N SI Rainbow is growing!!! Check out these recent Initiations Volume 1, Issue 5 Page 7

Ohio Rainbow Presents Kate Ricketts, GWA ricketts_kate@yahoo.com Welcome to Ohio Rainbow s Newest Members!! @OHIOIORG OHIO Rainbow Girls IORG @OHIOIORG www.ohiorainbow.org Sandstone #123 *Audrey H. 3/10/18 *Leslie M. 3/10/18 Millennium #10 MacKenzie G. 9/16/17 Syncerytiti L. 12/02/17 Maumee #30 Ava S. 6/30/17 Macy A 11/6/17 Destiny D. 11/6/17 Sara M. 11/6/17 *LeeAnn P. Emerald #44 Casey H. 7/9/17 Fairborn #50 Breonna B. 10/28/17 Antoinette C. 10/28/17 Harlie W. 9/14/17 Serenna Y. 09/14/17 Medina #106 *Madison F. 3/10/18 Genoa #107 *Jessalyn M. 11/24/18 Xenia #60 Kimi C. 10/28/17 Sikora M. 10/28/17 Allison M. 10/28/17 Juliana P. 10/28/17 Norah S. 10/28/17 Alyssa W. 10/28/17 Kaydynce W. 01/16/18 Alexa H. 01/16/18 Middletown #68 Amethyst F. 12/16/17 Rebecca J. 12/16/17 Jae'sha D. 01/06/18 *Kaylin M. 3/3/18 *Angel I, 5/5/18 *Jenna L. 5/5/18 Lima #78 Salina B. 6/30/17 West Farmington #116 Icelina D. 10/21/17 Kasey E. 10/21/17 Alexis C. 01/06/18 Desirae L. 01/06/18 North Olmsted #132 Alayanna J. 11/21/17 Grace K. 11/21/17 *Alexandra B. 3/10/18 Mason #135 Sarah (Gracie) D. 9/25/17 Alex R. 12/8/17 Hailey S. 12/8/17 *Christy R. 4/23/18 Marysville #145 Mila B. 10/28/17 Maggie H. 10/28/17 Painesville #14 *Lorelei M, 3/10/18 *Veronica S. 3/10/18 MLH #170 Genaviene M. 11/15/17 Olivia Y. 11/15/17 Olivia R. 11/21/17 Sophia R. 11/21/17 Gina F, 01/30/18 Adasyn T. 01/30/18 *Madison C. 4/17/18 Columbus #172 Isabella T. 6/30/2017 Ohio Valley #209 Savannah S. 10/28/17 Makayla K. 11/7/17 Elizabeth M. 11/7/17 Steubenville Assembly LT Samantha C. 09/30/17 Lindsey B. 09/30/17 Marian C. 09/30/17 Jasmine H. 09/30/17 Mackenzie W. 09/30/17 *Mackenzi S. 3/10/2018 Findlay #173 *Abigail L. 4/7/18 Beth Scott Memorial #210 *Ayla H. 4/10/18 *Hailey C. 4/24/18 *Kailey C. 4/24/18 Huber Heights LT *Kaitlynn C. 4/24/18 *Natalie W. 4/24/18 Logan #164 Ainsleigh B. 9/27/17 Alina K. 9/27/17 Rylie B. 12/13/17 Rainey C. 12/13/17 *Clara M. 3/14/18 *Names added since the last Scoop Edition.