posted Feb 22, 2012 8:35 PM by Kurt Gazow
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North Bank Serves the Community
This past month, in addition to conferring a Master Mason's Degree, the Brothers of North Bank have been quite busy hosting events for the Washougal community. Each year, North Bank Lodge #182 has the opportunity and the pleasure to host two fantastic events focused on our Washougal community organizations. Many of our brothers turned out to assist with two of our favorite nights: the Washougal Volunteer Firefighter's Dinner, and the Washougal High School Wrestling Team Award's Dinner.
Volunteer Firefighter's Dinner
On February 15, 2012, North Bank Lodge provided dinner to the Washougal Volunteer Firefighters. While our Lodge members served dinner, our volunteer fire fighters were able to enjoy a well deserved evening with their families. WB Cobb and his wife prepared a fantastic meal of roasted pork loin with all the fixings!
Our firemen and women were in good spirits, taking an evening to reflect on the events of the past year, as well as welcome new members of the department. WM Malcolm Parker spoke briefly, after which the Chief MC'd the event, presenting several awards to outstanding members of the department. Washougal Mayor Sean Guard was also in attendance, who praised the Fire Department for all of their efforts. He also thanked our Lodge for taking the time to honor those who serve our community so selflessly.
As a thank you for the evening, Washougal Fire Department presented the brothers of North Bank with Washougal Department coffee cups, as well as a donation to the Ward Hoxsie Scholarship Fund. Their donation will go directly back to the community as one of two $1,000 scholarships, presented to a graduating senior from Camas and Washougal High Schools.
Wrestler's Dinner
On the evening of February 22, 2012, the brothers of North Bank put on its second event in the month of February: a dinner for the Washougal High School Wrestling Team. Washougal wrestlers had a great season this year, sending several wrestlers to the state tournament.
Over 120 wrestlers and family members visited North Bank for a spaghetti dinner put on by the lodge, along with a little ice cream for dessert! The dining room was alive with youthful exuberance and very hungry wrestlers! After dinner, the team and family members proceeded upstairs to the lodge room to present awards to the wrestlers and enjoy a few reflections about their season from their coaching staff.
It Takes A Lodge
Events like this would not be successful without the efforts of all the brothers who took time out of their weeks to honor our fireman and our communities youth. From the extra efforts by WB Jim Cobb and his wife to prepare the meals, to all the brothers who assisted in serving and cleaning up, it was a team effort to make it successful. Those of us lucky enough to enjoy WB Cobb's pork loin roast count ourselves as extra-lucky for attending; what a meal!
Please check out other photos from these events at our Photo Gallery. Thank you to all the brothers who assisted in presenting these fantastic events for our community! If you haven't had a chance to visit North Bank lately, we encourage you to visit. We'd love for you to join in the fun!
On Monday, February 21, 2012, North Bank Lodge presented a Master Mason's degree in excellent form, raising a new Master Mason to our ranks. The degree was presented by a team including both North Bank Lodge members, as well as assisting brothers from Washington, Silver Star, and Mt. Hood lodges.
While being raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason, Art carried with him the 33rd degree certificate his father received from the Scottish Rite. It was truly a family event for him; he couldn't wait to contact his brother to let him know that he had advanced to the next step of his Masonic journey. We are truly thankful to have Art as part of the North Bank family!
Art began as an Entered Apprentice at North Bank in September of this year, working with Frank Moxley as his coach. Art has been quite active in the lodge, assisting with many lodge events, and is an ace on his memory work! We are very happy to have been able to present this degree to Art, and look forward to his continuing active membership in our Lodge.
posted Dec 30, 2011 9:58 AM by Kurt Gazow
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Greetings! At our first Stated Communication of 2012, we will be Passing our brother James Copeland to the Fellowcraft Degree. Please come by the lodge on Monday, January 16th; we'd love to have you there to help welcome Jim on his second step in his continuing Masonic journey.
The last meeting of our 100th
year celebration is now fin-
ished. Election of officers for
2012 (our 101st year) are completed. The following is the
roster of your 2012 officers.
I’m sure most of you will not be
surprised by this selection:
In an earlier publication, I stated
that North Bank Lodge #182 is
growing and said ‘why don’t you
come and watch us and take part
in our future.’ In each of our last
three meeting we have conferred
the EA Degree on a new Brother.
We will be conferring the FC Degree on two of these Brothers at a
Special meeting on Saturday, 17
December beginning at 10:00 am.
We will take a lunch break and
then present the lectures. I would
be honored to have you come out
and support our new Brothers.
It has certainly been a busy start of the year at North Bank! At our meeting before last, we welcomed a new brother, Anthony Crawley, to our Lodge. We are very happy to have three new brothers thus far choosing to begin their Masonic journey at North Bank Lodge.
In addition to three new brothers in our midst, at our next Lodge meeting we will receive our official visit from the MWGM of Free and Accepted Masons of Washington, MWB Michael L. Sanders. This will mark the third time this year that MWB Sanders has visited North Bank this year; he has previously visited our Lodge for both our Rededication and our 2011 Past Master's Night.
There are many other activities going on around District #19 this December. Our District #19 Masonic Calendar has been updated, and can be found at the 'Schedules' link to the left. Please feel free to pass this along to brethren from other lodges around District #19.
Thank you for your time; I look forward to seeing you at our next Lodge meeting!
It has been a busy start of the year at North Bank Lodge! Right after our return from the darkness, North Bank initiated two fine new brothers into our lodge. Please assist me in welcoming Brothers Jim Copeland and Arthur Liss as our newest Brothers in the Northeast corner of the lodge! Bro. Jim (pictured to the left) is an IT technician in the US Coast Guard, while Bro. Arthur formerly worked in the insurance industry, now retired. We are all excited to have our new brothers joining us in the Lodge, and look forward to working with them on their respective proficiencies! North Bank Lodge may be adding another Entered Apprentice to our ranks at our next stated communication! Interested in participating in the degree work? Please contact WM Mac Parker for more information. We would love to have visit us at the lodge.
Please take a moment or two to read the latest Trestle Board, located under the 'Masonic Library' link on the left navigation bar. And don't forget about the Eastern Star Harvest Dinner, coming up this October 30th. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children, and runs from noon to 5PM. See you at Lodge!
posted Oct 2, 2011 9:56 AM by Kurt Gazow
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Greetings Brethren! As we return from being dark over the summer months, we have some new digital publications for you to enjoy! In addition to our North Bank Lodge Trestle Board, edited by WM Mac Parker, we also have a digital version of the Masonic Tribune! Both of these publications have great information about Masonry in Washington, and in our own Lodge. Please take a moment to take a quick read:
Did you know that many of the Trestle Board's from North Bank Lodge #182 are archived online? Take a look at our Trestle Board Archive when you get a chance! Another fantastic Masonic newsletter is the District #19 Masonic Times, edited by VWM Ray Zimmerman. An email subscription is only $5; contact the Vancouver Masonic Center or the Masonic Awareness Committee for more information.
The MWGL of Washington had a few fantastic photographers at the North Bank Lodge rededication. Those pictures have been posted on the photo site for the MWGL of Washington.
In addition to a large attendance from our local Masonic community, nearly all of the Grand Lodge team was in attendance at this auspicious event in the history of our Lodge. If you get a chance, click over and take a look; the photos are fantastic!
The rededication ceremony at North Bank Lodge #182 on 23
July 2011 was a very special event for
the history of our Lodge. I‘m
sure you all would have been impressed with the ceremony. The
Grand Lodge Team, led by MW
Michael L. Sanders, Grand Master, did an outstanding job. Nearly all of the Grand Lodge team members were in attendance at the event, as well as many visitors from around the states of Washington and Oregon. In addition to a wonderful rededication ceremony, the Grand Orator gave a wonderful speech outlining the history of both North Bank and Clarke Lodges. Take
time to visit our web site to view
some of the pictures from this
event. We also had a great lunch
following the ceremony.
posted Jun 15, 2011 1:51 PM by Kurt Gazow
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Brother Aaron Lutz recently received a service award on behalf of Lutz Hardware from the Camas Washougal Rotary Club. As recently posted in the Columbian Newspaper:
"The Rotary Club of Camas-Washougal presented two service awards May 19 during the first of what will become an annual event.
"Lutz Hardware, represented by Barry, Rosie and Aaron Lutz, received the business award, and Ron Carlson won the individual award for his work in the Washougal School District. The awards were presented by the club’s Vocational Service Committee chairman Tom Crozier."
Lutz Hardware has been an institution in the Camas/Washougal community for many years. When you get a chance, please congratulate Brother Lutz on his award!
