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Sentinel-Volume-2-July-August-2018 Portland Valley July-August, 2018 Scottish Volume 2 Rite SentinelSentinel www.portlandscottishrite.org Greetings & Happy 4th of July Brethren! In this issue: As you all hopefully are aware the Portland Valley is dark for the months of June, July and August this year. We do Å In Memoriam have a Leadership training class on July 2 & Contact Info 31st on finance and then we will return to labor with a gala event on September 4th honoring our new Grand Master, Å Event Calendar 3 Most Worshipful Brother James Morgan; then continuing conferring Å July & August degrees with the 25th Degree of the 4 Council of Kadosh on September 18th. Birthdays In the mean time I hope you all have excellent adventures over the summer. Å Honoring the 5 One place I would like to recommend for Grand Master a visit for a day trip is Crown Point’s Vista House. The Goddess Columbia on Be Patriotic Å Upcoming poster by Paul Stahr, circa 1917-18 6 Degrees Vista House was designed by Br. Edgar M. Lazarus, 32°, a member of Å Education the Portland Valley, Portland Lodge Foundation No. 55, Al Kader Shrine and a 7 renowned Oregon architect with Donors many of his historical building still dotted around the Portland area. You Å Spring Reunion can read more about Br. Lazarus in 8-12 Recap an article by WBr. Michael Robinson on page 15 in this newsletter. Å Completed in 1918, the Vista House is situated on a rocky promontory Speech & with a beautiful view over the river from the Oregon side of the Language 13 Columbia River Gorge. It is an easy hour drive out the Historic Charity News Columbia River Hwy from the Portland area. Although its construction style is often misunderstood as Art Nouveau, Br. Lazarus himself described it to be of the Tudor Gothic style and it is Å Donation Form 14 more correctly likened to the work of medieval religious structures like the octagonal Chapels constructed by the Knights Templar in France Å Rite History 15-17 and Germany. All in all it is a beautiful place to visit and an excellent opportunity to see one of the historical landmarks created by our Scottish Rite Brethren from the early days of the Portland Valley. Å PR’s Message 18 Fraternally, Nathan R. Neff, 32°, K∴C∴C∴H∴ Å Petition for 19 Valley General Secretary Degrees Attention friends, family members and care givers: Should our recipient fall ill or under hardship, please notify the Portland Scottish Rite’s General Secretary at (503) 226-7827 or email [email protected] Sentinel Page 2 In Memoriam Clifford M. Wilson 08/31/1927-08/21/2017 Robert V. Long 6/11/1932-11/17/2017 Nelson H. Corbett 8/25/1946-2/8/2018 “We dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth. Our days upon the earth are a shadow. Soon we go whence we shall not return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; let the proud and the vain consider how soon the gaps are filled that are made in society by those who die around them, and how quickly Time heals the wounds that Death inflicts upon even tender hearts; and from this let them learn humility, and that they are but atoms in the great mass and drops in the immense ocean of humanity.” Valley Contact Information Larry Roberts, 32°, KCCH Personal Representative of the SGIG & Rental Manager (503) 226-7827 x3 [email protected] Kent Cox, 32°, KCCH Wayne Ford, 32°, KCCH Venerable Master Master of Kadosh [email protected] [email protected] Paul Temple, 32°, KSA Nathan Neff, 32°, KCCH General Treasurer General Secretary (503) 226-7827 x6 (503) 226-7827 x1 [email protected] [email protected] Eric Gazow, 32°, KCCH Bill Anton, Sr., 33° Orient CFO, Clarke Trust Admin. President (503) 226-7827 x4 Oregon Speech & Language Charity [email protected] (503) 226-1048 [email protected] Matt Turcotte, 32°, KCCH Damon Van Beek, 32°, KSA Building Manager Director of the Work, (503) 226-7827 x5 Maintenance Manager [email protected] (503) 226-7827 x2 [email protected] 2 Page 3 July-August, 2018 Volume 2 Events Calendar Weekday Date July 2018 Who can come? Time Tuesday 10th Clarke Trust & Directors Body Heads/Directors 5:30pm Saturday 14th Orient Leadership Conference All Scottish Rite 10am Fri. & Sat. 20-21 Baker Summer Reunion All Scottish Rite Friday 27th OMCF Golf Tournament All Masons Tuesday 31st Leadership Class: Finance 1 All Scottish Rite 6pm August 2018 Sunday 4th Shrine East-West Football Game Public Tuesday 14th Clarke Trust & Directors Body Heads/Directors 5:30pm September 2018 Tuesday 4th Honoring the Grand Master All Masons 6pm Tuesday 11th Clarke Trust & Directors Body Heads/Directors 5:30pm Tuesday 18th Dinner & 25th Degree All Scottish Rite 6pm October 2018 Tuesday 2nd Feast of Tishri All Scottish Rite 7pm Tuesday 9th Clarke Trust & Directors Body Heads/Directors 5:30pm Tuesday 16th Dinner & 26th Degree All Scottish Rite 6pm Thur.-Sat. 18-20 Baker Reunion All Scottish Rite November 2018 Fri. & Sat. 2-3 Portland Fall Reunion All Scottish Rite Tuesday 6th Dinner & Rose Croix Stated All Scottish Rite 6pm Tuesday 20th Dinner & 27th Degree All Scottish Rite 6pm December 2018 Tuesday 4th Holiday Party All Scottish Rite 6pm Check http://portlandscottishrite.org/calendar for updates. 3 Portland Valley Birthday Boys July August Robert Schroder 7/1 Gregg Smith 8/3 Peter Stidd 7/1 Kenneth Rislow 8/5 Arthur Sorenson 7/2 Stuart Boos 8/6 Douglas Neville 7/3 Donald Slezak 8/6 David Johnson 7/3 John Hartup, Jr 8/7 Carl Foleen 7/4 Willard Leamon 7/4 Michael Churchill 8/7 Wade Robley 7/6 Gilbert Thonstad 8/10 Robert Creech 7/6 Leonard La Tour 8/12 C. Allan White 7/7 Walter Johnson 8/12 Chris Woolcock 7/7 Birol Yesilada 8/12 Kenneth Hall 7/8 Charles Sampson 8/13 Zane Harper 7/8 Buford Thomas 8/15 Michael Stone 7/8 Ombe Makano 7/8 Frank Funk 8/17 Harold Johnson 7/9 Larry Trip 8/17 Robert Wagenblast 7/9 Fred Scheiffele 8/17 C. Wayne Fryer 7/10 Richard Harris 8/19 Victor Kee 7/10 Shawn Holt 8/19 Richard Komraus 7/10 Roland Lakey 8/19 Leslie Kralicek 7/11 Bernard Stanfill 8/21 Larry White 7/12 D. Arthur Bush 8/21 Sterling Anton 7/12 George Starbuck 7/13 Michael Hamshar 8/21 Kenneth Briggs 7/14 Darrel Chase 8/22 Rex Butler 7/15 William Wetz 8/22 Shareef Hakim 7/16 Lowell Amundson 8/22 Ralph Klenski 7/17 Gareth Duggan 8/22 Steven Scott 7/17 Ryan Neal 8/22 Nicholaus McKimmy 7/17 Gerald Risberg 8/23 Earl Tradup 7/17 Thomas Andrews 7/18 Ronald Chase 8/24 David Mathews 7/18 Steven Borbely 8/24 Frank Jordan 7/19 Jeremy Kidwell 8/24 Richard Pickwick 7/20 Roger May 8/25 Jason Smith 7/20 Clifford Palmer 8/25 James Lasher 7/22 Gerald Logan 8/26 Alexander Ben-Israel 7/22 Louis Midgett 8/26 Michael Lell 7/22 Ralph Winters 7/24 Jeffrey Hilderbrand 8/28 Robert Beers 7/25 Carlos Melendez 8/29 Jason Kaltenbacher 7/25 Joseph McLaughlin, Jr 8/30 Craig Johnson 7/26 Herbert Semler 8/30 Jack Conley 7/29 Clifford Wilson 8/31 James Sanders 7/29 Wallace Wolf, Jr 8/31 Henry Hadeed 7/29 Scott Cook 8/31 Dean Becker 7/30 Craig Wilcox 8/31 Gary Kuney 7/30 John Paul Kirk 7/31 Shane Thompson 8/31 4 The Portland Valley Scottish Rite Honors the Grand Master of Masons in Oregon! On Tuesday, September 5th, 2018 the Portland Valley Scottish Rite will be having a Celebration in Honor of Most Worshipful Brother James L. Morgan, Grand Master Of Masons in Oregon. All Masons and their significant others are invited. The banquet is just $20 per person, payable at the door. The festivities will start with a Social at 6:00 pm and continue into the evening. Please contact the Valley Office for reservations by no later than Friday, August 31st, 2018. Email: [email protected] 5 6 The Oregon Scottish rite Education Foundation Thanks you for contributing to education scholarships for Oregon students With your support we received $520.00 in matching gifts January to December 2017 donations These Generous Brothers have each donated to the Oregon Scottish Rite Education Foundation this past year: Marvin Weedman William Armstrong Norman Griffin Richard Pickwick Stephen Barkley Richard Pugh Brian McDowell Charles Adams Tomey Greer Jamieson Scribner Randall Holce Anthony Crawley Richard Pickwick Carl Foleen Steven Borbely 7 Master of Kadosh for the Oregon Consistory, Portland Valley’s Spring 2018 Reunion Recap May is ending strong for the Scottish Rite! The highlight for many of us this month was of course the Portland Valley Reunion. Overcoming stresses due to illnesses and the absence of some actors, the Rite came through! An excellent program executed with dedication and "professionalism" was presented to nine Portland Valley initiates, nine Vancouver Valley initiates, and two initiates from the Eugene and Medford Valleys. Our 6th Degree teaching that "performance of duty should be its own reward" notwithstanding, we should all be proud of and congratulate the teams and casts who made the reunion happen. On a similar note, I also had the wonderful opportunity this month to attend the Medford Reunion. It was a real treat to experience seven degrees performed in a different venue sans stage and observe how well a collection of the Valleys of southern Oregon can come together and present a wonderful initiation experience.
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