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March Elections
By Steve Cronkhite
At the Stated Meeting on January
3rd the Venerable Master, Gene Gilbert, 32° KCCH appointed a
nominating committee. The chairman
is John Stafford, 32° and the members are Ron Fine, 32°KCCH and John
Sleeth, 32°.
On March 7 we will be
electing those nominated or those nominated from the floor to hold the
elected positions in the Valley.
Revised Bylaws
to be voted on
March 7
Both the Temple Board and the Lodge of Perfection
are bringing forward new bylaws to be voted on March 7.
If you are interested in
getting a copy of the bylaws you can contact Paul Ingram, ( ing@clearwire.net
) General Secretary of the Valley
of Bellingham for the Lodge of
Perfection bylaws or Steve Cronkhite,
( steve@cronkhite.com )
Secretary of the Temple Board for the Temple Board
bylaws. You can also mail your request to: Scottish Rite
1101 N. State Street #100
Bellingham, WA 988225
Greetings from South Dakota
continued
from page 3
The photos are of my home on the lake that is
frozen over and of people ice fishing in my front yard. Now I can think of
a lot of things I would rather do than spend a cold day on ICE hoping a
fish swims by and is attracted to a baited hook in a lake that is a mile
wide and 35 miles long. How often do you suppose a fish would actually swim
by my baited hook? I think I would rather sit in front of my fireplace
doing a puzzle and watching the fishermen wait for a fish to swim by. It
will be much more comfortable.
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Well that is about it from South Dakota except that we really do
miss the Northwest and all our friends there. I really miss the Brethren of
the Valley of
Bellingham and look
forward to a visit there sometime in the future. God bless you all.
Fraternally
Don Higgerson
Past Secretary
Changes in the
Valley – Continued from page 1
In March we
will elect new officers and this will also mean a change in leadership in
the Valley as Gene Gilbert has stated he is not available to serve next
year as his duties in the Divan of Nile Shrine will preclude his serving in
the Valley for about three years.
Are you
available to serve or do you know someone who would be willing to
serve? Your Valley needs your
help. Let the nominating committee
(Ron Fine ronefine2@aol.com ) know
if you can serve.
Roof Damage
By Steve Cronkhite
In January we
had part of our roof blow off of our building and the downspouts freeze up
and split. We are in the process of
working with the insurance company and the roofing company to have about
one third of the roof and the downspouts replaced.
This is a
wake up call to the board to fund reserves for roof replacement and
building repairs. During the
remodeling cash flow was used to fund the remodel instead of going in
debt. Now that the remodeling is
nearly complete we need to fund the reserve accounts out of cash flow.
As a side
note, we have never had any cash reserves for the building since I became
the Building Manager in 1996.
Luckily, with the areas of the building that we have leased out we
now have the ability to start funding those reserves.
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