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2021 January VOL. 69 JANUARY - FEBRUARY - MARCH 2021 PRESIDENT NACCARATO LEADS THE ORDER AS COVID-19 STILL LOOMING LARGE - THANKS LODGES FOR PERSEVERING AND AIDING MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES - PRAISES POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND RESOURCEFULNESS AND PRAYS FOR THE ILL AND DEPARTED (SEE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE P. 3 AND LETTER P. 13) The Golden Lion Newspaper Gets QR Code! SEE BELOW Gift of Sight Pet Contest Winner Is Janet Molina’s Lily! See centerfold for all contestants After raising 4 amazing children, we became empty nesters but still had our golden retriever and bassett hound to take care of. But sadly, they passed and we became total empty nesters! At first, the house felt empty but after a while we began to enjoy the freedom of responsibility, but life had other plans for us. My mom could no longer live on her own so in December of 2009 she moved in with us. In January of 2010, our youngest daughter moved back home. 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