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 Here I am again, the interim Editor of the Valley
News. Tired of hearing that? Then I’ll bet both of us wish someone
would step forward and volunteer to become Editor of the Valley News.
I guess I should count my
blessings, last month I was Interim Secretary and Editor. I thank God daily for someone like Paul
Ingram, 33° for stepping up to the plate and taking on the job of General
Secretary of the Valley
of Bellingham. Paul is doing a great job of walking up
the gang-plank and getting aboard.
He is doing this in the middle of the flood of incoming dues for
2007.
The first of the year is
always a difficult time for the Valley, the annual assessments of the
Supreme Council are due in December and the insurance also is due in
December. Further we have the Orient
assessment that must be paid early in the year for each member. This year the dues billing was late and
we didn’t control expenses well last year, when income didn’t match expenses,
making cash flow now even more difficult.
You can help the Valley by getting your dues in and if you can
afford an extra donation to the General Fund it would be of great help.
The hardest part of our new
Valley budget for me is the loss of our monthly newsletter, I enjoyed
receiving up to date news of the Valley and I’m sure others did, too. The newsletter is the only way some
Brothers hear anything from the Valley.
The newsletter was
costing the Valley about $500.00 a month last year before we cancelled its
production due to cash flow. I send
a questionnaire out with our November newsletter and most of the returns
indicated that our members don’t want to pay any more dues or a fee for the
newsletter, most voted for one free annual newsletter.
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Valley News is a publication of:
Scottish Rite
Valley of Bellingham
1101N. State Street #100
Bellingham, WA 98225-5066
360-733-1103 message
& FAX
Editor (Temporary)
Steve Cronkhite, 32°KCCH
Grand Commander
Ronald Seale, 33°
SGIG of Washington
William Miller, 33°
Personal Representative of SGIG
G. Winton Smith, 33°
General Secretary
Paul Ingram, 33°
Valley Officers
Venerable Master
Gene Gilbert, 32°KCCH
Wise Master
Mark Wiggins, 32°
Commander
Dale Fluaitt 32°
Master of Kadosh
G. Winton Smith, 33°
Treasurer
Charles Anway, 32°
Almoner
Byron Swedberg. 33°
Degree Director
James Moen, 33°
Scottish Rite Temple of
Bellingham, Inc
Jim Moen, President
Wayne Deming,
Vice-President
Steve Cronkhite,
Secretary
Chuck Anway, Treasurer
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