We rescheduled the Master Mason degree for Bro Bill Mulvaney to Thursday, July 10. 2003.  Bro. Mulvaney was to be Raised on May 29^th, which evening was also the funeral service for WB Styron.  Linwood instead went dark that night.   Bro Mulvaney is very excited about becoming a Master Mason, so we are going into July with his degree.   

      Brethren, if you can, please come on down that evening and join us in this once-in-a-lifetime experience for our brother.

      We had a great time on June 5^th welcoming Peter Bronson to the lodge.   You may recall that Peter is an editorial writer with the Cincinnati Enquirer.  Bro. John Phelps prepared a stick to your ribs meatloaf dinner for all that evening, after which we retired to the lodge room for Peter's presentation.  He talked about police and crime in Cincinnati, and the response to both developments from the decision-makers in the city.   He then took questions from the audience in what turned out to be a wide-ranging discussion.  It was a great time!  Thanks to Peter Bronson and to all who were able to attend.

      Don't forget that we have a fundraiser for the lodge: we will be working July 4^th at Crosley Field in Blue Ash.   We will be working a 4-man booth serving pop from
3 to 11 pm.  Hopefully this fundraiser will pay for the repairs to the back steps this summer.  I will be making calls for manpower.  I am not asking for all day - an hour or two could spell another brother and make a big difference.

If you can help and I haven't yet called you, please call me, either at the office (245-1000) or at home (859-331-4827).  The lodge and I would deeply appreciate your help.

      We are combing our picnic this summer with Gerard Lodge.  There is additional information about the picnic elsewhere in this bulletin, so in this space I will only encourage you to mark the date - July 26^th - on your calendar.