Well hello and welcome back. I trust that everyone had a good summer.
Your Lodge
would like to welcome you back starting with our annual corn
roast on
September 5th. As always, RWB Cygan finds some of the best corn
on the cob
in the area and grilles it to perfection. We will also have hot dogs
and
hamburgers to round things out.
We have several things to discuss at our meeting, among which is one
proposed By
Laws change. It would change the number of stated meetings
from two to
one. Please see page 9.
I was informed that our second stated meeting, September 19th, fell on
international
“Talk like a Pirate” day. Worshipful Brother Stitak has put
together an
interesting educational program about piracy, both historical and
current. It
sounds like it will be informative and enjoyable meeting that you
will not
want to miss, especially if you already have an eye patch. So, be
prepared to
talk (and look if you so choose) like a pirate!
September 26th we will be trying out something new, “Trivial Per-Soup”.
For starts
I’d like everyone to make and bring in a crock-pot of soup, DO
NOT tell
anyone what you are bringing, when you arrive, you will be given a
random
number and your pot set on a table, small taster cups will be available
to taste all
the soups available, larger bowls will be passed out later. If you
cannot bring
a pot, feel free to bring something that will accompany soup.
Everyone
will then have two votes for their favorites. Meanwhile, each table in
the Lodge room
will have a box of “Trivial Pursuit” cards on it. Young player
edition and
“Disney” edition will be available as needed. Everyone at the table
will take
turns asking and answering questions, if you answer correctly, you
keep the
card. At the end of one hour, the person with the most cards from
each table
will enter a showdown round where six questions will be asked and
the one who
answers the most correctly will be declared the “Trivia King” (or
Queen). at
that time the soup with the most votes will be announce. We hope
this will
become an entertaining family night and who knows, you might even
discover a
new favorite soup.
On October 10th, the Lodge will be conducting a memorial night for all
our
departed
Brethren and October 31st, we will be dark so as not to be “tricked”
by
disappointed “treaters”.
As you can see, John W. Barkley Lodge is a very busy and active Lodge and
we look
forward to seeing YOU at any, or all our events.
WB Robert Wakefield
Worshipful Master
