I would like to wish all of our Brothers a Happy New Year, and invite you to attend Lodge sometime in the coming year. I know that many of you live a great distance from our meeting place in Oceanside, so I would request you to attend the lodge nearest to the place where you live.

I would like to welcome our new brothers, John Wise and Blake Lynch who were initiated on December 13th. We also have one more candidate, Jessie Heisler, who will be receiving his First Degree this month.

The Grand Master’s Project is “By Your Side” with the purpose of assisting nurses to be certified in oncology nursing. The Grand Master, Bill Bray, and his wife, Linda, are both cancer survivors and were helped by nurses with oncology training. The presence of a Certified Oncology Nurse can make an incredible difference in the quality of care, communication with patients and family, as well as the management of the fight against cancer. I would also hope that each of you, individually, would support this project to the best of your ability. I am planning events that will show the lodges support for this very worth while project. The first will be an afternoon poker tournament at 3 PM on Saturday, January 22nd at the home of our Sr. Stewart. For a $30.00 entry fee, snacks will be provided, and prizes for the last three chip holders.

I have included in the budget money for the lodge to comp your dinner prior to the stated meeting in the month that you were born. I am doing this as an incentive, in these financially hard times, to get you to come to lodge at least once this coming year. I hope that I will have the opportunity to greet you several times in 2011.

Fraternally,
Drew Middleton
Master

Make one of your New Years resolutions to attend Lodge. We meet on Mondays at 7 p.m. Check the trestleboard calendar for the scheduled activities.

When in Lodge siting next to a brother that you do not know and extend your acquaintance in your Lodge. You will never know many of your own brethren unless you make the attempt. It is better for Masonry to hunt out he men whose humble opinion of his importance causes him to hang back than to rush forward and shake hands with the prominent man who has plenty of friends. If you do not know him, shake his hand and introduce yourself.

I look forward to meeting you in the near future.

I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year.

Fraternally,
John Brooks, PM
Senior Warden

Congratulations to the new officer corps that was installed on December 11th. The installing team did an outstanding job, and is to be congratulated on a wonderful installation.

The Lodge performed a double First Degree on December 13th, so we are off to a busy start!

It appears that 2011 will again be a busy year for our Lodge– our new officer corps is up to the many tasks ahead.

I again wish to thank the brethren for electing me to serve as the Junior Warden for the ensuing Masonic year. I look forward to performing the duties assigned to that station and assisting the Master and Senior Warden.

Please make every effort to support the Lodge by attending our Stated Meeting Dinners and our Degrees.

Fraternally,
David Lonergan, PM
Junior Warden

INFORMATION UPDATE
On December 1st a postcard was mailed to all members of the Lodge asking that the information be checked for accuracy. So far any about 10% have responded. Any information that has not been corrected will be published in the Lodge Roster.

2011 LODGE ROSTER
The Lodge Roster will go to the printer on January 4th after the budget is approved at the Stated Meeting on the 3rd. I hope that it will be in the mail by the 7th.

Job’s Daughters is an organization for girls between 10 and 20 years of age. The purpose of Job’s is for the girls to have fun while learning leadership skills and to work with adults.

For more information contact Beverly Youngblood, the Bethel Guardian, and attend the installation.

The age for Rainbow Girls is 11 to 20. Girls do not have to have Masonic affiliation. It is a great organization, which helps girls ready for life and has lots of fun. For more info go to the state web site at www.gorainbow.org or call Sissy Pitts at 760-724-0118.

Service is important to the girls. Pacific View’s favorite community service is to bake cookie and deliver them to the Oceanside fire stations, we usually do this twice a year.

George Schrum – Hospital for tests

Eric Sims & Oscar Ruada – Home from Afghanistan – recovering from combat injuries

If you know of a brother needing a little Masonic Sunshine call (760) 722-9363 and let us know.

Another year is quickly coming to a close. I have been honored to serve as your Master and I thank your the allowing me this privilege. This year was very successful for the Lodge, but was, once again, very difficult for me during the middle of the year. I would like to thank everyone in the Lodge for their help during this time, but I would especially like to thank Worshipful Brothers Roy Youngblood, John Brooks and Tom Traver for all of their assistance. Also, I would like to thank the Officer’s for all of their great work throughout the year.

I would like to congratulate Drew Middleton for being elected as the Worshipful Master for 2011—the Lodge is in good hands!

Also, Brethren, I would like to thank your for once again electing me to serve as Junior Warden for 2011.

The Installation of Officers will take place on Dec. 11, 2010. All of the Officers look forward to seeing you there!

Please attend the Stated Meeting in December.

Fraternally,
Dave Lonergan
Worshipful Master

I thank you for your vote of confidence by electing me to serve our lodge as the Master for 2011.

One of the tasks that our Inspector has given us is to create a strategic plan for the lodge. A strategic plan consists of a mission statement with goals, objectives and activities. This is not a task that can be accomplished by just a few brothers; it will take in put from the members – the more the better.

A mission statement: is a clear description of the reason the organization exists. Your suggestions will help establish the reasons the lodge exists and guidelines for our lodge to follow for years to come.

Specific goals help break down the mission into individual elements, and we can then pursue the goals as objectives, which are closely related and similar to goals but are more concrete, well defined and measurable.

We will then go a step further and plan activities and programs based on the goals and objectives, which hopefully will help us, communicate with our members to get them re-involved in the lodge, and inform the public about exactly what we do.

Your participation in this project can greatly help in getting our members involved in the lodge and maybe attract new members.
I will be scheduling a meeting to discuss in put on all of the parts of the strategic plan. If you have any ideas you would like to have considered, please let me know what they are.

Fraternally,
Drew Middleton
Senior Warden

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my Brothers for their confidence and support by electing me to serve as Senior Warden for the ensuing Masonic year.

I take this responsibility very seriously and will endeavor to serve with the dignity and honor that this high office demands.

One of my duties as Senior Warden is verifying the proficiency of all Candidates prior to giving their proficiency in Lodge. As such I will be asking those Brothers who have given their proficiency in the Third Degree to assist me in coaching our candidates. It is a very rewarding experience.

The Installation of Master-Elect Drew Middleton and the Officers for the ensuing Masonic year will take place on Saturday, December 11th at 7 p.m. You and your families are cordially invited to attend this annual Masonic event. Refreshments will be served immediately following the ceremony in the dining room.

Again thank you to the Brethren for electing me to serve as your Senior Warden.

Fraternally,
John Brooks, PM
Junior Warden

I will be spending the time this month when the Lodge is dark to work on the 2011 LODGE ROSTER. To accomplish this task, I will need your assistance. On December 1st, I will mail to your address, which I have on file, a post card. If you have not received it by December 6th, let me know–as that will be a clue that the address I have is not accurate.

When you receive the post card, please check the information on it and let me know if any thing is not current. You may send the correct information via e-mail or leave a message on the answering machine in the Lodge Office. What ever information that I have on January 1st is what I will publish in the Roster.

I am again going to try to get a brother to help in the lodge office as the Assistant Secretary. The brother needs to be available to help do work in the Lodge Office for 2-3 hours at a time, 2-3 days a week, and attend all meetings of the Lodge. If you are interested, contact me so that we can discuss your duties.

Fraternally,
Roy Youngblood, PM
Lodge Secretary

The Lodge’s annual Election of Officers will be on November 1st. Please make every effort to attend this important event to support the Lodge and next year’s Officers.

October was an active month for the Lodge with the Masonic Information and Child ID Booth at the Oceanside Harbor. My “Thanks” to Don Jones for chairing the project, and Brothers John Brooks, Bill Hurd, John Chapman, William Jemison, Ron Simonton, Joseph Manimat, Iggy Santiago Oscar Rauda, Adam Hansley, Alan Tirol, Todd Hunter and Drew Middleton for volunteering to work the two days.

We Initiated Charles Ihrig an Entered Apprentice on October 18th, and on the 11th Brothers Eric Gual and Joshua Blackburn were passed to Fellowcraft.

November will also be another busy month in the Lodge with a Third Degree for Joshua Blackburn on the 8th, Second Degree for Derrick Dennis on the 22nd, and a First Degree on the 29th for Mr. Field (if he is elected). We also will host the Officers’ School of Instruction on the 15th; the Officer’s and Candidate’s appreciate your support.

I would also like to recognize Brother Gregg Gunther who very admirably filled the shoes of the Secretary, while Bro Roy and Beverly were cruising to Baltimore via the Panama Canal.

As a last minute addition to the October calendar, I have scheduled Brother Eric Gual to receive his Master Mason Degree. He is desirous to become an active member of our Lodge.

Fraternally,
Dave Lonergan
Worshipful Master

In anticipation of you placing your confidence in me, I have been working to create a budget and calendar for next year. Worshipful Brothers David Lonergan, John Brooks and Roy Youngblood have been providing me with guidance and support in these tasks.

With the assistance of our Officers’ Coach WorBro Tom Traver, those I hope to appoint as your Lodge’s Officers are in the process of qualifying to serve you and our Lodge in 2011.

There is one more duty I need to complete, that of getting you, the members of our lodge, to serve our lodge with me. There are several committees that are needed for our Lodge to be successful. Committees are listed in the back of the Lodge Membership Roster. If there is a particular task you would like to perform to help accomplish this please contact me and let me know what you would like to do.

As a member of our Lodge there is one job that you can do to make our Lodge the best it can be, that is to attend our lodge meetings, be supportive of the Officer, welcome our new members, and to thank those who have accepted the task of serving on one of the committees. We need you as a sideliner, and there is no ritual work for you to memorize.

Fraternally,
Drew Middleton
Senior Warden

Section 805.410 CMC Elected Officers.

The Master, Wardens, Treasurer and Secretary of each Lodge shall be elected annually at the Stated Meeting in November each year.
The election shall be by ballot. A majority of all votes cast shall be necessary for an election. A blank ballot shall not constitute a vote cast. The Lodge, by unanimous consent, may permit any designated officer to cast the ballot for the Lodge.

If an eligible candidate fails to receive a majority of the votes cast, and the candidate receiving a majority is ineligible, there is no election. When a candidate for office is ineligible because he is delinquent in his dues, but his dues are paid before a second ballot, and he receives a majority of the votes cast a second time, he is properly elected.

All members of the Lodge in good standing (current year dues paid) shall be entitled to vote at an election of Lodge officers.
An annual election held contrary to the provision of this section shall be void.

805.430. Appointed Officers.

All appointive Lodge officers shall be appointed by the Master-elect before the Lodge’s installation.

The November Stated Meeting will be held on November 1st. Please attend.

Fraternally,
John Brooks, PM
Junior Warden

The dues notices for 2011 were put in the mail on October 1st, and many of you received it the next day. I have received 56 payments as of 23 days later.

Nine notices have been returned, three with out a new address. This is the reason that for many years I have been reluctant to deliver the trestleboard by e-mail. Over the years I have learned that by having trestleboards sent by the US Mail and when the recipient moved, the trestleboard is returned was the best way to get address up dates on our members. I plead to everyone who reads this message to keep me informed of your current address.

Shortly after the first of January, I will be working to publish the 2011 lodge membership roster. Please keep me updated, to make that a worthwhile endeavor.

I have also been informed that a few members have stated that they were offended by my saying that I hoped that when they received the Grand Lodge philanthropic mailing that they would make a donation of $161.00. To anyone who feels injured by the hope that I stated, please accept my sincere apology.

Fraternally,
Roy Youngblood, PM
Lodge Secretary

In September the lodge honored Worshipful John Brooks with this year’s Hiram Award. The event was spectacular. We also initiated one new member, Brother Frank Pecoraro.

For those brothers in attendance at out last Stated Meeting, you will recall the point brought up by several members regarding our Lodge’s support for the Youth Groups—they are a very important part of our Masonic Family and need you to attend their meetings support the fund raising activities that they have.
PLEASE attend our Stated Meetings and, as always, the lodge officers and our candidates appreciate your support at our Degrees.

Our lodge was one of 13 in California to be recognized by 2010 Grand Master Ken Nagel for having 100% of its officers donating to the Masonic Homes this last year.

Congratulations to WorBro Roy Youngblood, who has been appointed a member of the Grand Lodge Youth Orders Committee by 2011 Grand Master Bill Bray.

Fraternally,
Dave Lonergan
Worshipful Master

I have written about attending Lodge twice this year, focusing on members of Oceanside-San Dieguito present at our lodge meetings. The Grand Master’s theme of “Coming Home” was not just about showing up your lodge but to return to the craft and visit lodge near where you live.

This is a theme that I would like to continue during the coming year. I hope that each of you will attend a lodge somewhere in the world this coming year. We are a fraternity that has members all over the world who would like to get to know you.

I am a relatively new mason and there are many members of our lodge that I have never met, and I would like to get to know each you.

Please “come home” to Oceanside-San Dieguito Lodge, “come home” the fraternity of Freemasonry during 2011.

Fraternally,
Drew Middleton
Senior Warden