April 2000 Newsletter

Lodge Position	Name	Telephone #	Lodge Position	Name	Telephone #
Worshipful Master	Gordon Bane	(612)447-2585	Trustee	Don Case	(612)445-8325
Senior Warden	Steve Scheffert	(612)707-0135	Trustee	Tom Hone	(612)448-2074
Junior Warden	Don Rieck	(612)492-2558	Trustee	Charles Marston	(612)492-6148
Treasurer	Robert Davis Jr	(612)466-2461	Trustee	Marc Peterson	(507)364-5539
Secretary	Randy Maluchnik	(612)368-4460	Trustee	Ned Pilling	(507)248-3544

1/4/00 – 25	1/15/00 – 15	2/1/00 - 24
2/19/00 - 21	3/7/00 - 24	3/18/00 - Table Lodge
4/4/00 - 16	4/15/00 - 13

A FORCE FOR GOOD

Our lodges should maintain that high efficiency of moral rectitude, in both principles and practices, which would be helpful and beneficial to the neighborhoods in which they are located.
While masonry is neither religious, political nor financial, yet it should stand among all these giving that moral support, to those just and correct relations, that each should sustain to the other.
Masons, as men of the community, should in their conduct and conversation create and maintain that healthy public opinion, that assures respect to our churches and sanctity to our religion; that upholds our government and gives dignity to the enforcement of our laws; that sustains our various industries, and promotes honesty and fair dealings in all our financial relations; that creates the community stamina and loyalty; that brings peace and security to our homes, and joy and happiness to our hearts.

As many of you read in the last newsletter the lodge is planning a flower sale in Chaska in May. PLEASE MAKE A NOTE THAT THE DATE OF THIS HAS CHANGED TO MAY 6. The location of this event will be held at the SW METRO Station in Chaska, located by the Auburn Manor and the Theater in Chaska. The time for the event is still from 7:00 am – 3:00 pm. We would like to encourage those that can make it to help to call WM Gordy Bane, Tom Hone or Steven Scheffert to let us know what time you would like

to work. Their telephone numbers are at the top of the newsletter. You can work 1 hour or the whole day if you would like. We would need the most help around 7:00 am and 1:00 - 3:00 pm as we unload and reload the truck.

We also have available gift certificates that we can sell to others that can be redeemed at Holasek Greenhouses in Chanhassen. The gift certificates can be used between May 1, 2000 and December 31, 2000. If you are interested in some gift certificates please call WM Gordy Bane or pick them up at the day of the sell.

The sale will also be ran in several local papers that will promote this fundraising event. Please look for them as you can promote this to people that you know in the area.

Another event that has been planned in May is the Help a Brother and Road Clean Up Day. This event will take place on May 13, 2000. We would like to start the day off at 7:00 by meeting at the lodge hall and having some breakfast and fellowship.

After which we will be going to Brother Bob Slavicek’s house in Jordan for the First Annual MN River Valley Lodge #6 Help a Brother Day. We will be working around Bob’s to help clean up the yard and then making a few need repairs to the house.

We will also try to form a second group to go to Chaska to work on our Adopt A Highway section. This group will pick up the trash along the one mile stretch of Hwy 212 west of Chaska.

If you have any questions about the Help a Brother event, you can Brother Don Conn at (952)758-3506. If you have questions about the Road Clean Up event, you can call Brother Arnie Peterson at (952)448-4950.

April has been a busy month for the Girls. They have been involved in Grand Bethel which was held at Craguns in Brainard, participated in the Flag ceremony at Grand Lodge, participated in a fundraiser with the Shriners at their pancake breakfast. They helped Initiated new members at Bethel 17 in Owattana, Held a meeting on 17 April Honoring Parents and Masons, And done it all with much enthusiasm and fun. We look forward to our Elections to be held on 1 May 2000 at 7:00p.m. and Initiation which is scheduled to be held on 21 May 2000 (time to be determined). We would also like to wish everyone in the Masonic Family a very Happy Easter and let you know you are always welcome to come visit Bethel 85. Our meetings are held the first and third Mondays of each month.

Again we must pass along the sad news that; we lost two more Brothers of our Lodge. Brother Elmer Huber, who joined us from King Hiram Lodge #31 in Jordan and Brother Don Libby, who was from King Solomon Lodge #44 in Shakopee.

There will be a memorial service held on Saturday, June 3^rd for Don Libby at the Lodge Hall in Shakopee. More details will follow in the newsletter in May about this event.

The Financial Committee will meet on April 25 at Clancys Bar and restaurant in Jordan at 7:30. Several items must be decided, do not forget this date.

I would like to promote a few more events that will be happening in May and a little bit about June. The first event is the next lodge meeting. At the next lodge meeting we will hold the election of officers for the next lodge calendar year (June – May). We will be electing the following positions:

The number behind the Trustee is the numbers of years that they will have left to serve. Each year the Trustees will move up in their years of term remaining and the out going Master will fill in the number 5 spot. Please plan on attending this night to elect the new officers to lead the lodge.

The second item that I would like to promote is the pre-planning meeting with the Knights of Columbus and Mason chicken dinner that is held in New Prague. This was an event that King Hiram Lodge #31 started over 30 years ago with the Knights of Columbus in New Prague. We will be meeting on June 5 at 7:30 pm at Richters Woods in Montgomery. Take Hwy 13 to Montgomery and turn right at the Car Wash (County Rd 26) and follow the road about 2-3 miles and then take a left to Richter’s Woods. It is a County Park and there are signs that will indicate its location. I will have these directions again in the next newsletter.

There are other events and many summer activities that are being planned by the Membership Committee that will make this upcoming year a lot of fun. We will have much more in the next newsletter about the summer events and meeting dates.