Greetings Brothers:

As I sit here looking at this blank page, I am amazed at how fast the time has 
gone since our December Stated Meeting. It really does feel like the 
Installation of Officers was just a few days ago, and I should have more time 
before I am the one in the big chair in the East.

Our next Stated Meeting is Thursday, January 4^th , 2024. This will start my 
experiment of doing things differently at Lakeville Lodge #353.

*Dinner* will be at 6:30 pm.
*Masonic Education* at 7:00 pm in the Dining Room.
*EA Opening and Closing Practice* at 7:15 pm in the Lodge Room.
The* Stated Meeting *is at 7:30 pm in the Lodge Room.

Dinner will be Pizza and Pasta from MJ Pizza, and Worshipful Master Todd 
Whitteberry will provide the Masonic Education and refreshments after the
meeting.
This is a reminder that the Goal of this change is not to rush through or skip 
over Masonic Education each month and to give the Officers a chance to
practice 
opening and closing on the other two degrees.

*Stated Meeting Agenda Items*

    * Vote to allow Utility Bills and Insurance Premiums to be paid via
      Automatic Payments; this must be done each calendar year. (Town of
      Lakeville, Brightspeed, NIPSCO, I & M Power, Selective Insurance)
    * Installation of Officer
          o Brian Hoover (SW), Harold Rowe (Treas), Eric Seavy (Chaplin), Rod
            Anders (Tyler)
    * Vote on By-Laws Change
          o Change to allow Lakeville Lodge to choose to go Dark in July
and/or
            August.
    * Annual Reports
          o Treasurer and Secretary Reports
    * Some new business items I will be bringing up before the Lodge are the
      planned Festivals for 2024 and some fundraisers, both from the Temple
      Committee and for the Lodge.

*Monthly Calendar*

4^th Stated Meeting 7:30 pm
13^th Founder’s Day 9:00 am (Scottish Rite Cathedral, Indianapolis, IN)
18^th Degree Practice (EA) 6:30 pm
21^st Tressel Board Deadline
26^th Fellowship Night TBA / TBD
29^th Temple Committee 6:15 pm

As you may notice on the monthly calendar, the 26^th is Fellowship Night. I am 
borrowing this from our Brothers at Council Oaks Lodge #745. Once a month,
they 
meet at a bar/pub/restaurant, have dinner and drinks, and hang out. Lakeville 
Lodge is not providing any funds to support this activity, and each Brother is 
responsible for themselves. The time and place will be determined at the
Stated 
Meeting. I have scheduled this for the last Friday of the month, but that,
too, 
can be changed.

Another item from the monthly Calendar is the Tressel Board Deadline; this is 
not just for me. This is for all the Brothern of Lakeville Lodge, as I would 
also like to include your items in these letters. Now, these blurbs could be 
from how other States do things differently, from Indiana to this Organization 
having an event on this day.

*Masonic Birthday & Anniversary*

Birthday

		

Anniversary

Lance Roush

	

1st

		

55

	

Thomas Lindenman

Steven Diller

	

3rd

		

29

	

Frank Harris

Gary Hall

	

4th

		

26

	

John (JD) Ort

Jay Carbiener

	

5th

		

18

	

Zachary Moore

Michael Wamsley

	

7th

		

5

	

Branden Morris

Eric Seavey

	

10th

			

John Turnage

	

12th

			

Rod Anders

	

23rd

			

Phillip Jacobs

	

24th

			

Terry Weaver

	

28th

			

James Slutz

	

29th

			

As a reminder, if you have not sent in your Dues for 2024, please do so as
soon 
as possible, as they are due before January 1, 2024. If you are having trouble 
paying your Dues or need to make the payment after the 1^st of January, don't 
hesitate to contact the Dues Committee to let them know. The Lodge will start 
the collection process for those Brothers who have not paid at the beginning
of 
February. I know it is much easier to say Brother A B will pay his dues at the 
start of March, then keep calling, texting, emailing, and then sending out 
pricey Certified Letters. A little info goes a long way.

*Ron Clady (Secretary) (574) 784-8448 jrantiques44@gmail.com
Brian Hoover (SW) (574) 286-7574 n9lhm@yahoo.com
Dean Shinneman (JW) (574) 835-7088 jshinneman@yahoo.com*

As for a bit of info, if you have not sent back the questionnaire I sent out
in 
mid-November, please send that back ASAP. Part of that is to ensure we have 
excellent and correct info moving forward. We also have a petition, which will 
be voted on in February. So, degree work will hopefully start in Late February 
or early March.

In closing, I genuinely look forward to this year as Worshipful Master for 
Lakeville Lodge #353. I hope you all are as excited as I am to start the year, 
and before we know it, the year will be over. So, let’s make the most of it.

Fraternally Your,

Todd C Whitteberry
Worshipful Master
Lakeville Lodge #353


      “Knowledge is Power” – Sir Francis Bacon