Grand High Priest Reception13th District

Tonight was the GHP reception and awards night for the 13th Capitular District being held in Athens. The night may not have started out the best as one of the companions fell down the stairs and broke his arm but trust me it did get better (and his dad told us it was just a broken arm and no worse). The evening began with a dinner prepared by the Eastern Star and afterwards went right into the awards. It was good to see REC John Jarvis out and doing well. Unfortuantely, REC Rod Carr texted us at the end of the reception that he had to stay late at work so we missed them this evening.

Covenant Thacher Chapter #222 Stated

Tonight I headed up by Cleveland in Fairview Park to attend a stated Chapter meeting. I had originally planned to attend their Inspection but do to the change in some other commitments, I had to postpone the visit until last night. It was nice that the meeting was short and we all then came out and sat around the tables fellowshipping and it actually gave me a better opportunity to talk with them and hear their concerns. I heard the same themes that I've heard when talking with the Companions, they are busy working in all the Masonic bodies and sometimes it is hard to plan the needed education and social events as they are too busy just doing the mundane of stated meetings, paying bills and reading minutes, etc. ... something I really think we need to come up with a better way of handling.

MWB Kaylor Honors Recognition

Tonight my Council had a special program to honor MWB Kaylor who is a member of our Council and actually helped us out with ritual parts for a while. It started out with a dinner and then the Mayor Dick Church (also a member of our Council) presented him with a special certificate from the city as MWB Kaylor also lives in Miamisburg. The MIGM Ed Herrick was also in attendance with some of his officers. PGHP George Shell, PGIM Bobbie Campbell, Arch Inspector Mike Smith and State Rep Scott Lipps all who are members of our Council. We then went upstairs to listen to some high school singers.

Summit Baker # 74 Stated Chapter Meeting

Tonight I traveled to Twinsburg Ohio near Cleveland. This is REC Bob Nielsen's chapter who is DDGHP  for the 16th district.  It is also the last chapter in Ohio that I had not been to yet.  They have several new members and were practicing the MEM  degree tonight to get some new people prepared to help them with the degree. The High Priests ran a very efficient  meeting.  I could definitely see tonight why it was mentioned that this chapter has really made a good turnaround. Unfortunately on my way home the highway was closed for about an hour so we were stopped in traffic during that time.   Glad I don't have to get up early in the morning.

Grottto State Meeting

This morning I went to Perrysburg to attend the state meeting of the Grotto. As the new Secretary for our Grotto I definitely wanted to attend as I knew the Executive Secretary and Grand Monarch would be present and could help me out with a couple issues I had run into. Our State President, Josh Anderson, is also a younger very enthusiastic guy and the meetings are always efficient and entertaining. I wasn't disappointed as we covered lots of items and still finished on time.

9th District GHP Reception

MEC Addis keeping up updated on the Kentucky Derby

This evening was the Grand High Priest Reception for the 9th District held in Norwalk Ohio. They had a nice turnout and as always a nice reception including appetizers for their socializing. Since our Grand High Priest, Jeff Addis, is a retired police officer they had plenty of police themed items but I thought the best was the give aways which were a small package of donuts. MEC Addis also brought one of his Aides with him for the evening. After dinner they presented awards and had a Scottish Bag Piper and Drummer entertainers.

3rd District Annual Meeting

Tonight was our Annual meeting for the Chapter District and we had a nice dinner with the ladies and then went up to elect officers for next year and discuss plans for the future. PGHP George Shell and Steve Duncan were present while PGHP Jerry Craword continues to recover from his lastest fall. Our President elect Alf Butler has some big plans for the District from a social events standpoint and I really happy with the quality of our officers this year. While our discussions for improvement in the future went a little long, it was a very good discussion.

Trinity Chapter

Tonight I went to my Chapter stated meeting and we also portrayed the Royal Arch Degree for 3 candidates. The work moved right along and all work was done by members of our Chapter (and believe it our not, we had people on the sidelines as well). They did a good job with some performing their parts for the first time. After the degree work we went downstairs for Anne Hoskins famous Lemon Pie ... glad I didn't miss this meeting as it was delicious.

Hi 12 Meeting

Today I went to the Dayton Hi 12 Club at the Dayton Temple. We were in a different room today since they had a party where we normally meet over the weekend and they had yet to clean up the room. As normal we had lunch and then a speaker. One thing I like about Hi 12 is you get to see many of the men who worked in the lodge for years but now like to travel during the day as they have trouble seeing at night.

PDDGM Dinner Meeting

Well tonight I headed back up to the Dayton Temple as we meet for dinner with the PDDGM's. Our crowd this evening was a little smaller than normal as some were at a 32 club meeting for Scottish Rite. I really like hearing what the Grand Lodge is discussing in their meetings and also hearing about what is going on with the various lodges in our District. After fellowshiping for a while after the meeting, we all headed home.