News from Our Lodges

L to R: W.B. Gene Foster, Bro. Gabriel Mason, and W.B. Anthony Chase.

Salem Lodge No. 4

After a two-year postponement, the Keizer Fire Department held its annual open house on Oct. 10. Salem Lodge No. 4 was invited to return with the Child ID program. W.B. Gene Foster, W.B. Anthony Chase, and Bro. Gabriel Mason provided ID cards to the guardians/ parents of 39 children. This is a great community partnership between Salem Lodge and the Keizer Fire Department that started pre-COVID. We are excited to bring it back.

- submitted by W.B. Anthony Chase

Hermiston Lodge No. 138

It has become tradition at Hermiston Lodge No. 138 to give a unique gift to the Grand Master, and this year was no exception. Due to the gift not arriving in time for M.W.B. Mark Posler’s Official Visit to the Lodge in September, R.W.B. Tim Best had the honor of making the official presentation in St. Louis during the Grand Lodge of Missouri on behalf of the Brothers of Hermiston Lodge. Sitting Worshipful Master Jason Edmiston is the Chief of Police in Hermiston, and R.W.B. Best and M.W.B. Posler are both retired police officers, so the Grand Master was presented with a personalized police badge from the Lodge.

- submitted by R.W.B. Tim Best, Senior Grand Warden

Seaport Lodge No. 7

L to R: W.B. Quinn Haase, Bro. Lawrence Luquette, his wife, Loretta, and R.W.B. Greg Hinkleman, District Deputy No. 1.

On June 8, prior to Seaport Lodge No. 7’s Stated Communication, Bro. Lawrence J. Luquette was presented with his 50-year award at his home. - Seaport Lodge photos taken and submitted by W.B. Ronald L. Atkins.

L to R: W.B. Bert Little, M.W.B. Mark Posler, W.B. Ronald Collman, and W.B. Quinn Haase. L to R: M.W.B. Mark Posler, Bro. Robert Westerberg, and W.B. Quinn Haase.

On Oct. 12, M.W.B. Mark L. Posler and W.B. Bert Little, Worshipful Master of Gateway Lodge No. 175, presented W.B. Ronald C. Collman, with his 70year award, assisted by Worshipful Master (pro tem) Quinn Haase. On Oct. 12, M.W.B. Mark L. Posler presented Bro. Robert C. Westerberg, assisted by Worshipful Master (pro tem) Quinn Haase, with his 50-year award during the Grand Master’s Official Visit to Seaport Lodge No. 7.