We may have only a few more weeks before we go dark for the summer, but they will be action packed!  We will start June off with a tribute to our veterans at our Stated Meeting on 6/1 at 7:30 PM.  Please encourage all Masonic veterans to attend!  Middletown Commandery will be posting colors that evening.  Our annual Craft Team Picnic is on 6/8.  It is open to all Masons. EAs, FCs, and the One-Day candidates are welcome.  Food goes on the grill at our Temple’s picnic shelter at 6 PM.  Our last degree before we go dark will be on Monday, 6/15.  We will be doing two EA degrees that evening. 

The Grand Master’s Class (One-Day class) is Saturday, 6/13.  All attendees need to arrive between 7 and 8 AM.  Candidates should bring the letter they received from the Secretary.  Masons (including mentors) must buy a $10 ticket from me.  This cost includes breakfast and lunch.  Afterwards, there will be a free dinner at the Middletown Temple afterwards.  All 2008-09 candidates are encouraged to attend.  Family members are welcome to join us for dinner. 

In July I hope you will join Jefferson Lodge in Middletown’s Independence Day parade.  Though I have no official information yet, I imagine we will line up on Verity Parkway somewhere south of the cemetery around 9 AM.

Other Masonic events this summer include Ohio Masonic Home Day is the next day, Sunday, 6/14, in Springfield.  The Outdoor Raising is in Waynesville on Saturday, 6/20, starting at 4 PM.  Bring a ball cap, a lawn chair, and a few bucks for dinner.  There will be cook-out!  If you have attended at least 21 inspections this year, please attend the Outdoor Raising and let a DDGM know how many inspections you attended.  You will receive a small gift!  Please check the district’s website, www.secondmasonicdistrict.org, for more details on these and other events.

If I don’t see you at any of these events, I hope to see you at September’s Stated Meeting on 9/14 (no meeting on 9/7 due to Labor Day).  Please spend the summer being safe!  I will attempt to send out a Trestleboard prior to our September Stated Meeting.  If there is anything I can do for you, I can be reached at 937-514-7658 or at KLJOHNSON@cinci.rr.com.

Fraternally,

WM Kevin Johnson