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Lodge No. 574 F & A M - San Diego, CA

Chartered October 11, 1923

Worshipful MasterSteve E. Laurvick

Scottish Rite Masonic Memorial Center1895 Camino del Rio SouthSan Diego Ca, 92108-3683

Phone: (619) 295-4420e-mail: Hackett@lodge.sdcoxmail.com

Web: www.calodges.org/no574/

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JANUARY 2011

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JANUARY 2011

FROM PILLAR OF WISDOM

Ladies and BrothersWe begin the year on a

high note. We have a full andenergized line of officers dedi-cated to improving themselvesand their lodge.

The coming year at SWHackett Lodge is to be dedi-cated to improving communi-cation with our brothers andhonored ladies wither-so-everdispersed to be sure no one isfalling through the cracks soto speak; and to initiate con-tact with existing and prospec-tive brothers who use socialgroups on the internet via pc,mobile and handheld devicesas part of their daily routine.

At the January statedmeeting we will go over allcommittees and they willinclude a couple that havebeen newly formed toachieve these tasks.

The CommunicationsCommittee is being formedto contact and update ourentire roster. Along with cor-recting errors to the recordthe brothers on this commit-tee will listen to discover anyquestions or needs of ourbrothers and widows on ourroster. This is a big chargeand thanks to Bob Salini fortaking it on as chairman.

If needs are discoveredthey will be turned over to theappropriate committe and thepillars to follow up.

The Social MediaCommittee has been createdto make use of new lines ofcommunication created by theinternet. I will am workingclosely with Jim Williams onthis. This brother expressed aninterest in working to set up aFacebook presence for thelodge and will so be chairmanof this one.

Notable committees tomention are the HonoredLadies Luncheon which willbe chaired again this year byMaebell Haslim and assistedby Ingrid Stahr; JimAchenbach, PM will continuehis good works on thePartnership in EducationCommittee and our spellingbe will which is scheduled tobe on February 17th atSequoia Elementary; andnegotiations continue withEast San Diego Lodge into thepotential of a consolidation.Ron Detzer, PM will nowchair this committee.

Thanks to all who partic-ipated in the annualChristmas Dinner distribu-tion. As always a great suc-cess for families of kids atSequioa Elementary identi-fied by their principal.

Sincerely and Fraternally

Steve LaurvickWorshipful Master

Brethren and Ladies:First, looking back, I

want to thank Wor. Kyle forhis help and work with theLodge in 2010. As all theMasters I have known in myshort Masonic journey, it wasfun to work with him and dowhat I could to assist him.Now, 2011 begins and ournew Master, Steve, is movingquickly with his plans andideas for SW Hackett. I, andthose I have spoken with arecommitted to assist Wor.Steve in making his a goodand productive year.

We do have challengesthis year, and probably morethan we have had in thepast, at least since I havebeen a member of SWHackett. I believe that withthe true brotherhood andcohesion of our Lodge, anyand all issues will be handled

with the Brothers, their fam-ilies and the good of theLodge in mind.

No matter what mayoccur, we should, at thistime, all work to maintainthis great Lodge that we are apart of and continue tostrengthen and support it.We have a strong officer’sline of dedicated Brothers for2011, and even someBrothers waiting to get intothe line so they too can dotheir part in giving backsomething to the Lodge thatis theirs. I consider myselfvery fortunate to be in theWest this year and thank allwho have offered to supportme in my effort to serve.

Sincerely and Fraternally,

Dennis Stahr,Senior Warden

FROM PILLAR OF STRENGTH

DECEMBER STATED MEETING DINNER - $1200

Dandelion SaladRock Soup

Assorted RollsAssorted Hot & Cold Beverages

Dessert

JANUARY EVENTS4 . . . . . Stated Dinner & Meeting . . . 6:30 & 7:30pm8 . . . . . Bethel 40 Installation of Officers . . . 7:00pm11 . . . . 1st Degree Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00pm18 . . . Tentative 1st Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00pm25 . . . 2nd Degree Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00pm

Brethren and Ladies:Happy New Year one

and all. This should prove tobe quite a year indeed. Wefind ourselves stopped at afork in the road trying todecide which to take. Onewill take us down a familiarroad, it’s brightly lit, withsome ruts, and a few pot-holes, but with our good oldbrothers to help us navigatethe terrain, we will, no

doubt, come out on theother side just fine. Theother road is strange, it’sdark, with lots of curves, buteven though none of us havebeen down this road beforetogether our light will burnbright enough that we cannavigate this one also. Iguess my point is, togetherwe can, do anything...,

Continued see JW

FROM PILLAR OF BEAUTY

PONTERINGSGeometry has now

been recently applied tomeasure the whole totalityof universe we live in andsome interesting numbershave arisen that may wellboggle the mind at firstpass. It has been determinedour universe is 156 billionlight years wide but moreconfounding is it has alsobeen determined to be 13,7billion years old. Our theo-ries state light speed cannot be exceeded, the uni-verse is the result of the BigBang, so how can bothnumbers be right? In a wordinflation, it acts like com-pound interest, and here isthe visual. Lets say that theuniverse is a million years

old and a bunch of lighttravels for one year, that'sone light year right? yesthen but wrong now here isthe why, consider our uni-verse was then a thousandtimes smaller than today,thus that one light year isstretched to become a thou-sand light years by today'smeasure anyhow it all addedup to 78 billion light yearsas a radius or 156 billionlight year as the diameter ofour universe with perhaps itbeing 10% larger. Take twoaspirins and call the Masterin the morning if persistentheadache has occurred.

Submitted by Clint Black, PM,

December Birthdays1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GEORGE H. SPEER2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DONALD C. HARDING3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DONALD C. DIBLER5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BILL E. SMITH7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ODES A. MARTINI PM11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL P. NOLEN12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIC R. STRAUB14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID D. NAJERA16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RONALD E. HESTAND16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT E. WILSON PM17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANTHONY S. THORNBURG17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GERALD R. LYNN PM21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GARY G. PARKS PM21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRANT H. KRAMER29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEVEN E. LAURVICK31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROGER R. PARKER PM

and more importantly it multi-plies the Lodges energy andenhances his experience.

It would be impossible tothank everyone for their part ofof what I have experienced atS.W. Hackett because I wouldleave someone very importantout. There are some fantasticmen who have helped meobtain my goal of qualifying for

Senior Deacon and I look for-ward to getting to know youbetter next year. If I have notmet you, please attend the nextStated Meeting so I can shakeyour hand and you can experi-ence what I am writing about.

Bro. Jim WilliamsSenior Deacon

EECCHHOOEESS FFRROOMM TTHHEE PPAASSTT

RaisedVIRGIL L. OGLE JR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/2/50EDWARD DANGLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/22/59FRED S. LIPSCOMB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/30/62THEODORE KETTERER PM . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/25/66GEORGE O. GLAVIS PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/24/68FRANK J. DANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/27/69ODES A. MARTINI PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/13/77GARY G. PARKS PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/22/79ROGER R. PARKER PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/14/82EDWARD L. DEITZLER PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/26/82JOHN M. FARRELL PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/28/82GEORGE H. SPEER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/25/83GEORDAN L. MITCHELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/16/03DAVID A. BRANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1/16/07

Most Masons have a senti-mental attachment to theLodge where they were made aMaster Mason. This Lodge forme is 3000 miles away and geo-graphically located wheresome of the very firstAmerican Mason's lived andworked. By that token, onewould believe that if everyonedid their part, the ritual wouldbe as close to the original workthat was brought to our greatcountry as 234 years of humaninteraction would allow. Irecently had occasion to visitmy "Mother Lodge" and attenda Third Degree. What Iremember from my own degreeand proficiency, called a cate-chism in "Ancient" Lodges, inthat very room was nothingshort of perfect 14 years ago.Why then was I sitting inLodge, not feeling that senti-mental attachment? I don'tbelieve it was sloppy ritual orrod work, or Brothers that real-ly didn't put their heart intotheir work, I believe it has todo with energy.

At the conclusion of everyDegree I have attended, I speak

about the energy I feel in ourLodge. Every living organismcontains and emits energy andin Lodge, this energy is the sumtotal of every Mason in theroom. My reason for affiliatingwith S.W. Hackett has every-thing to do with the energy Ifeel from the first momentBrothers are invited to seats inthe Lodge Room. Our Pillarsrepresent a part of this energyand I believe we will be welllead in 2011. Our line is strongthis year and we have severalEntered Apprentice and FellowCraft Brothers keeping ourcandidate coach busy and con-tributing to this energy. Iwould like to thank everyonewho regularly comes to Lodgeand contributes to what makesS.W. Hackett special. If youhave not been in awhile, pleasecome and see the work ourBrothers are doing. When wefill the seats on the side lines, ithas a dramatic effect on whathappens on the floor of theLodge Room. One aspect ofthis effect of course is it showsthe candidate our strength andsupport, but way beyond this

FROM THE SENIOR DEACON

Thanks to Kent Dau and Clint& Judy Black for helping me getthe TB’s mailed out.

Brothers, your items ofMasonic Education and generalinterest are always welcome andearnestly requested. Just be sureto have them to me no laterthan 20th of the month. You

may contact me by email magicalmason1111@yahoo.com

FraternallyJR Knight, PM, Editor

EDITOR’S NOTES

Happy New Year Ladies,Steve's installation was

great! There was a largeturnout of lodge membersand visiting lodge membersand of course the families.The potluck was a successwith a variety of differentfoods, snacks and goodies. Abig thanks to Steve's brother-in-law, Dave, for the wonder-ful Mediterranean dish andhis skill organizing the event.It is easy to see why he tookup being a chef for a profes-sion. The dish was deliciousand of course more than wecould eat! Thank you for yourtime and effort and all of theladies and lodge membersthat contributed to make thisday special for Steve. Goodluck Steve in the coming yearand know that in addition tothe lodge members, you havethe support of the ladies.

I would like to thankMarty for all her efforts thispast year. She did a wonderfuljob as usual. Thanks again

Marty for all your work as wellas the cute December tabledecorations. Hope to see themagain. Speaking of table deco-rations, there are still somemonths not covered. Pleasevolunteer if you are able. In thecoming year, Steve's Mother,Elaine and daughter, Andi,will be sharing the responsibil-ities of the first lady. We wishthem well and have offeredthem all of our support. Havefun this coming year.

I can't forget to thankSanta, who is always the high-light of December's dinner. Asusual, he was funny andcharming and delighted thechildren by having picturestaken with them. Mrs. Santawas standing by with goodiesfor all. It was a fun dinner!

Have a wonderful New Year! Judy Black

Ladies Corner

BROTHERS, DON’T FORGET TO PAY YOUR 2011 DUES

Continued from JW

accomplish anything..., suc-ceed at anything..., “All ForOne and One For All”, ya.

I want you to know thatyour, “Save S.W. HackettLodge Committee”, is workingon a map, for your approval, tohelp get “US” to the other sideof which ever road “WE”decide to travel. We may get abit jostled along the way, but inthe end we will come outstronger and even more unifiedfor the journey.

Again, “All For One andOne For All”

In addition to all of thisgoing on, we are also bring innew brothers and old brothersare coming back. One in partic-ular is Brother Tony Balat whois retiring and moving back toSan Diego sometime in March.Tony was raised in Feb ‘97 andwas Junior Steward in 2000.Welcome back Brother Balat.

Magically & FraternallyJR Knight, PMJunior Warden

S.W. HACKETT LODGE, #574 F&AM - 2011 OFFICERS(619) 295-4420 . . . . . . . . . . First TuesdayWORSHIPFUL MASTER: . . . . . . . STEVE E. LAURVICK

SENIOR WARDEN: . . . . . . . . . DENNIS P. STAHR

JUNIOR WARDEN: . . . . . . . . "JR" KNIGHT, PMTREASURER: . . . . . . . . . JAMES J. ACHENBACH, PMSECRETARY: . . . . . . . . . JOHN S. GAMACHE, PMASSISTANT SEC: . . . . . . . . GERALD R. LYNN, PMCHAPLAIN: . . . . . . . . . RONALD J. DETZER, PMSENIOR DEACON: . . . . . . . . JAMES C. WILLIAMS

JUNIOR DEACON: . . . . . . . . . ROBERT SALINI

MARSHALL: . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT J. SCHEELER

SENIOR STEWARD: . . . . . . . . RYAN A. BACAOCO

JUNIOR STEWARD: . . . . . . . MICHAEL T. BRYANT

ORGANIST: . . . . . . . . . . PATRICK C. MEAGHER

TILER: . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT SMITH, PMOFFICER COACH: . . . . . . . . ROBERT SMITH, PMCAND. COACH: . . . . . . . . . . KENT DAU, PM

INSPECTOR 921st MASONIC DISTRICTWORSHIPFUL DAVID A. HASLIM, PM

2010 COMMITTEE CHAIRMENAudit: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Laurvick, SWCandidate Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Laurvick, SWCharity: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Dau, WM District Calendar: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Laurvick, SWFin & Invest: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerald Lynn, PM Funeral: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Haslim, PM574 Ambass: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Detzer, PM 574 Calendar: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Stahr, JW574 Ladies: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marty Haslim574 Picnic: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Gamache, PMMasonic Education: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Achenbach, PM Mas Formtn: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Smith, PM Mason of Year: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Smith, PM Mem Retent: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Laurvick, SWPublic Schools: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Achenbach, PM Shrine Camp: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Detzer, PM Traveling EA: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Stahr, JWTrestleboard Editor: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "JR" Knight, PM Widows: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maebel Hasli