Hello to all my brothers. I hope all is well with you and yours. At this time we must remain vigilant in our safety and not let our guard down during these extreme times where the virus is continuing to grow within our community.

I would like to take the opportunity to express my delight in our step up night. Acting master Tori Thompson did a superb job as well as our senior Warden Greg Moore and our step in John Freeman as Junior Warden and light-heartedly I think I did okay as Junior Deacon. I found it refreshing to go back to the lower chair as Junior Deacon knowing I've been there done that and yet the recall was pretty easy with the assistance from Junior Warden John Freeman. As we get older it's challenging to do the recall on our memory and for some it is harder than others but who are we if we aren't up for a challenge and that leads me to my next topic.

As we all know during this pandemic the need is always there and as I called upon the lodge and the individual Brothers to help with this need that is out there I was astounded by the reply that I received and am very grateful. I will be contacting all the brothers individually to inform them of the developments as they happen. I am working out the details as to location and how many meals we will be able to gather - stay tuned.

As we all know I have a tendency to get long-winded so to keep it short my brothers God Bless and may we all remain healthy. Reminder that all meetings will require face masks and gloves until further notice. Be safe Brothers.