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Reminder – Special Communication on August 20, 2015

A reminder to all Raytown Lodge #391 members that the Worshipful Master has called a special communication for this Thursday, August 20th, at 7:00pm. The purpose of this important meeting is to conduct a second informational session and discussion related to the real estate matter currently under consideration by the lodge. Following the discussion the Lodge membership will vote on a course of action. All lodge members are encouraged to attend.

Raytown Lodge – 1st annual BBQ Competition – August 14-15

A reminder that Raytown Lodge #391 will be conducting our first annual BBQ Competition this Friday and Saturday, August 14-15. Although the cooking teams will not be providing samples to the public, both Raytown Lodge and Raytown Emergency Assistance Program (REAP) will be on site with food and drink, accepting donations. REAP will also be conducting a food drive to support their local food pantry operation.

The event will be held at our lodge facility at 6309 Overton, Raytown (just south of 63rd Street on Raytown Trafficway).

Public hours will be Friday from 5pm to 8pm and Saturday from 11am to 2pm. We hope to see you there!

Message from the Worshipful Master – August 11, 2015

Brothers-
We continue with our summer. I hope that everyone has enjoyed the warmer weather and that everyone has been able to enjoy the time with friends and family! As the summer comes to a close, our work continues at a frantic pace.

I have some bad news to share. RWB William “Bill” Baker with Prince Hall has lost his brother this week. Brother Bill’s brother, Richard Baker, has passed away. Memorial services for Richard Baker will be held Friday 08-14-15 from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM at Watkins Memorial Chapel located at 4000 Emanuel Cleaver Blvd. Kansas City, MO. RWB Bill has supported many of our events and I would like to support Brother Bill in his time of mourning the loss of his brother. If anyone has the time to attend and pay their respects to Brother Bill I am sure the family would appreciate it.

Brother Steve Holbrook has been working hard to organize a BBQ competition for this weekend. It will Start on Friday (08-14-15) and continue to Saturday (08-15-15). This is a first for our Lodge. Please spread the word so we can get a large turn out. I should smell WOUNDERFUL!

We will have our second Special Communication on Thursday 08-20-15. The communication will start at 7:00 PM to discuss the possible purchase of part/all/none of the adjoining bank parking lot. We already had one Special Communication on this topic. The next meeting (08-20-15) will have limited presentation and discussion then I will ask someone to make a motion for the Lodge to vote on. We will have a course of action mapped out that night, the vote will dictate what that course of action will be.

We will have our next Regular Communication on Thursday 09-03-15 starting at 7:30 PM. Our regular communications continue to be the first and third Thursday of each month from September until June.

Stay well and I look forward to seeing my Brothers soon!
Tom Saccardi