June Monitor Entry

Our May 5th Stated Meeting was indeed another event to remember. The event was highlighted by the official visit of DDGM in District 6, VWB Alden D. Sarmiento, of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of F&AM of Washington. He delivered a very inspiring and revealing speech that I thought very relevant to maintaining the health and welfare of the lodges. Having been inspired by the message, I requested for the script of his pitch and asked permission to publish it in the Alki Lodge No. 152 website at http://alki152.org/ . You can view it along with this article in June.

We would like to extend our appreciation to the following brethren for preparing such a great dinner for our May 5th event: VWB Alden D. Sarmiento, WB Dick Syson, WB Don Moore, WB Alvin Taylor, WB Marcel Maddox, WB Neil Quinn and Bro. Scott Marshall.

We have some quite successful events for the month of May: May 19th - Awarding of scholarships awards to the outstanding students of West Seattle High School and Chief Sealth High School. It was a big turn out at the lodge. May 24th - the District 6 Meeting was held at Alki Lodge No.152. DDGM, VWB Alden D. Sarmiento and Lodges in District 6 welcomed MWB Wayne I. Smith, Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of F & AM of Washington. The dining hall was just about full capacity with this grand reunion and fellowship with the Grand Master. May 31st - we concluded the Pasta Dinner Event for the benefit of the Order of Rainbow Girls, Assembly #18. Our utmost appreciation to those who supported the event.

Our sincere congratulations to our new Master Masons: Bro. Jason Tharpe and Bro. Alex Madlangbayan who have been raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason on May 26, 2008.

We have lined up the following events for the month of June:

June 2nd - Stated Meeting, Filipino-American Night, 7:30 PM Our Honorable Guest Speaker is MWB Sat Tashiro. Attire is Filipino Barong and/or Hawaiian outfit. We will serving a combination of Filipino and American food at 6:15 PM dinner time. Main dishes will be prepared by WB Sonny DeJesus, VWB Alden D. Sarmiento, Bro. Lozano Canlas and Bro. Rick Dusatko. We are also encouraging members to bring their home-made specialties.

June 10th -14th : Annual Communication in Wenatchee Alki Lodge No. 152 will send it’s delegation to this special event

June 16th - FCM Degree Conferral of Bro. Scott A. Marshall, 7:00 PM

June 18th - Visit to Delta White Center Lodge #172, 7:30 PM

June 28th - Visit to Tyee Wayfarers Daylight Lodge # 115, 10:00 AM

Our activities will continue on through the dark months of July and August and they are as follows:

July 5th - Alki Lodge No. 152 Family Picnic at Lincoln Park, West Seattle. Event Coordinators: WB Wes Spridgeon, WB Alvin Taylor, WB Dick Syson and Bro. Geoff McNeely.

July 21st - Third Degree Conferral of Bro. Scott A. Marshall, 7:00 PM

August 1st -3rd: Joint Camping of Alki Lodge No. 152 and LuzviMinda Lodge #317 at the Masonic Park, Granite Falls, WA. Event Coordinators: WB Wes Spridgeon, WB Alvin Taylor, WB Greg Martin and Bro. Robb Gray

August 16th - Visit to St John’s Lodge # 21 at Ladysmith, B.C. Event coordinators: VWB Scott Wells and WB Kent Evans.

September 1st - Official Visit of the new Grand Master, 7:30 PM. This event will be dubbed as “Western Night” with everybody wearing a Western outfit. It will catered by the OES and they will prepare food to suit the occasion. RSVP will be required for the 6:15 PM dinner. Cost of dinner will be announced later. We will try to provide entertainment during dinner time. Event Coordinators: VWB Scott Wells, VWB Boyd Jackson, VWB Tee Jackson and VWB Alden D. Sarmiento

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