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From the West Gate in possibly becoming a future officer, please let ei-
ther myself or one of the Pedestal Officers know.

Greetings from the West, Fraternally from the West,

Brethren, I just came in from the cold Steve B
having spent the better part of the
morning shoveling snow. You may or may not
know this about me, but I attended college in Buf- Lodge Breakfast Schedule
falo, New York. You would tend to think that I
use to cold and snowy weather, however having The Monthly Lodge Breakfast is held
been out west since ’92, my blood like my hairline on the Third Saturday Each Month
has thinned out. Starting at 9:00 AM
I want to take a moment thank all who attended
and who also helped in making this past Saturday’s Speaker Schedule
Masonic Family Breakfast another great success. March 16
If you couldn’t be there you truly missed out on
learning all the new business developments occur- Kel Palguta
ring in the town of Prescott Valley. Marnie Uhl, Mayor of Prescott Valley
CEO of the Chamber of Commerce shared with us
upcoming new business openings like Dunkin’ Do- April 20 ( Tentative)
nuts and Basking Robbins, as well as shared some Frank Shankwitz
interesting statistics regarding the town itself and Founder of Make A Wish Foundation
the chamber’s signature event Valley of Lights
(Video to follow).

Brothers, please mark on your schedules for next
month. Mayor Kel Palguta of Prescott Valley will
be our guest speaker. Mayor Palguta is a first time
Mayor and recently won a close campaign. For
April, I am still trying to get Frank Shankwitz,
Founder from the Make a Wish Foundation, but he
is currently traveling the country promoting his
upcoming movie. In lieu of Frank, I am currently
in the process on confirming an Arizona State
Court of Appeals Federal Judge, who just so hap-
pens to be a long time Prescott resident. My goal
is try to get speakers who we normally would not
interact with on a daily basis, and that are enter- Parade Committee
taining. If there is someone who you would like to
hear or learn more about, please let me know and I Money was approved at the last Stated Meeting for
will try to reach out and get them scheduled. participation in several parades. If you are interest-
The Bill Fain Memorial Outdoor Degree is sched- ed in participating please contact
uled for September 7, 2019. Please mark that date Richard Guinn
on your calendars. I am in the process of putting
together Team Captains for various functions for
this event. Once they have been confirmed you
should start expecting calls each individual Team
Captain as they start to recruit for their respective
teams.

As you all know, there are many great things cur-
rently occurring and being planned for Aztlan
Lodge. Should any Brother wish to participate in
some capacity at a degree or even have an interest

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