Greetings from the East

At the last meeting on Saturday we went over last years financial audit. Not one of the Committee Chairmen turned in a report on their activities so we don’t have a very good basis to set next year’s budget. So, I will have to wing it:

Expense Budget for 6.1.01 – 5.31.02

            Fixed Expenses

Rent                                         $4,080

Cleaning                                   $  770

Insurance                                  $  400

Newsletter & Web                   $3,000

Variable Expenses

Membership Committee            $4,000

Financial Committee                 $   500

Properties Committee               $   500

Donations                                 $4,000

Supplies (1 year)                      $1,000

Equipment (+ 1 year)                $6,000

Misc.                                        $   750

            Total                         $25,000

I have copies of the audit report so if any lodge member would like to read it they are welcome to do so.

Fraternally yours,

Don Reick  WM

Kid’s I.D. Program

MN River Valley Lodge did 200 kids ID at the Scott County Fair, thanks to all that worked this project and made it successful. This was well accepted by the public and they stood in line without too much complaining.
Thanks,

Don Case

Membership and/or Activities Committee 

We have talked about it, but we just have not been able to get the members together for a formal meeting this month. This month we will get it done. 

In one way or another our committee has had a hand it helping plan, organize, and participate in the summer picnic, K-days in Montgomery, and the Kids ID program at the fair. The members of the committee would like to give a great big thank you and well done to all the brothers that worked so hard to make the recent events a big success. Special note should go to:

Picnic - Mike Pierce, Marvin Jakes and Dallas Horejsi  

K-days – too many to mention, but especially Bill Boyle for heading up the project

Kids ID - George Miller and Don Case did a super job.

Thank you Brothers for caring enough to participate.

Upcoming events are the: 

Mason – Knight Chicken Dinner on Aug 16^th 

This is held at the K-C hall in New Prague. Social hour starts at 6:00 Dinner at 7:00 and program to follow.  I don’t need to remind you just how social those knights can be; it will be a great time. 

Fishing trip  - Stay tuned for further developments – I know Gary Eagen and Jim Hedya are planning a great event.

Kolacky Days Result

I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the Brothers who came to Montgomery to help with our Kolacky Days celebration and fundraiser. I don't have the final figures in yet, but the initial returns are leading us to believe that this was one of the most profitable events yet. This does not just happen without a tremendous amount of work on many Brothers part. Brother Dallas Horejsi did a tremendous job heading up the stand construction.  MRVL was the talk of the food venders and the envy of most. Several Brothers put in many hours of hard work over the weekend cooking, selling and traveling to pick up materials as well as cleaning up.

Thanks to Marc Peterson and Marvin Jakes who helped me tremendously when I had other commitments and needed someone to attend meetings and run. We can always use lots more help on this weekend and we need more Brothers to help run the stand. Many hands make a heavy load light, plus we feel sorry for those of you who don't show
up and miss all of the fun we have. As a good Mason, I cannot feel right about keeping this a secret from those of you who were not in attendance. Again, a sincere thank you to all of those who helped so graciously with this event.

Bill Boyle, Kolacky Chairman

Rudyard Kipling, who was honored as the poet laureate of the British Empire and lived in the time of Queen Victoria, was devoted to Masonry. Kipling writes of the universality of Masonry in his poem titled “The Mother Lodge”. See it here in next months Newsletter. Hope to see you at the next meeting!

MRVL # 6

c/o Paul Tuttle

34771 270^th Street

Henderson, MN 56044