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At Meridian Height ren of the lodge on this occasion. We had a
great turnout (I’m starting to see a trend
Beauty and glory. here) of brothers on the sideline, and I want
each of you to know that your attendance is
Good day, Brethren. Even as we are
still early into this year, I am pleased always appreciated. I feel that having a
to say that we have had a busy start, full of fellow- good number of brothers at a first degree is
ship and greatness. I foresee this year continuing especially important, this is the first time
to have excellent turnouts for the breakfasts, stated that most of these guys get to see the lodge,
meetings, degrees, and other events. and having full lines in the north and south
at that special moment is a great way to
For those of you that have not attended all the show a new brother the light by which we
meetings and events so far, let me give you a brief work.
recap of a couple of the things that I have had the
pleasure of being a part of, thus far, and look for- Before I send this off, I wanted to express my
ward to continuing with for the rest of this year. gratitude to all the brothers that have been coming
together to make all my above points, each and eve-
Breakfast: Our January and February break- ry one of you that have been with us at these meet-
fasts have been averaging about 50 people ings and events has really helped to bring a great
in attendance, including brothers, friends, feeling to the year. Let’s keep up this momentum
family, guests, and very good guest speak- and all the excellent moments of fellowship!
ers from our local government offices. An-
other notable point lately is that the stew- As always, I look forward to sitting with you in
ards and I have really enjoyed having a full lodge and to all the good work we will continue to
crowd to serve and this has brought a new accomplish during 2019 and beyond.
level of excitement and fun to the morning Zach Cagley
preparations. We are hoping these high
turnouts will continue throughout the year.

Traveling: We were visited by a good number
of brothers from Central 14 lodge during
our January stated meeting, and we re-
turned that with 9 of us visiting them, for
their stated meeting in February. Traveling
is not only a lot of fun for the brothers do-
ing the traveling, but it shows other lodges
that we want to visit them and see their
work. If anyone in the Prescott Valley area
wishes to attend our next visit or others in
the future, I have more room in my truck
and am happy to pick you up and drop you
off.
Degrees: I had the pleasure of opening, clos-
ing, and conferring the first degree recently
and I must say that it was a wonderful feel-
ing that I look forward to experiencing
again soon. I also greatly appreciated all
the good words and support from the breth-

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