Library Dinner Dance
The Chancellor Robert R Livingston Library of Grand Lodge will hold its annual Dinner Dance, honoring Past Grand Master Bruce Widger, will be held on Sunday, March 25th at Leonard's of Great Neck beginning at noon. There will be an open bar, cocktail hour, dinner and dancing with the proceeds benefiting the Library. Tickets are $80 per person. More information is available in the NY NETNEWS.

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Grand Lecturer's Convention
Our Grand Lecturer's Convention will be held on Tuesday April 10th at Hoffman Lodge in Middletown. An informal question and answer session will be held with the Grand Lecturer at 4:30 p.m., followed by refreshments at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. The gavel will come down to open the Convention promptly at 7:30 p.m. Dress for the evening is a suit or jacket and tie. We expect all of our Lodges to attend with their complete line of officers and as many Brothers as you can bring! Please... make plans, not excuses!

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Masters and Wardens Meeting
The Masters and Wardens will meet briefly at Hoffman Lodge on Tuesday April 10th at 7:00 p.m. just prior to the opening of our Grand Lecturer's Convention at 7:30 p.m. The purpose will be to coordinate schedules and installations for the following month. Lodges are asked to bring a copy of their upcoming activities for the calendar in writing, as well as requests for assistance with Degrees, so that we can get through the business quickly. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. There will be no meeting or School of Instruction on Monday April 9th.

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Road to the East
Road to the East, the Lodge officers training course, will be offered on Saturday April 14th and Saturday April 28th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Jerusalem Temple Lodge in Mountainville. This course is a 'must have' for anyone planning to serve as a Master or Warden next year but is also highly recommended for Deacons as well. The course has been completely re-vamped, and if you took it ten years ago, it's worth another visit. Breakfast with the Brothers of JTL will be available at 8:00 a.m. Please note that you must commit to attend both sessions, and will require copies of the new 24" Gauge Masonic Resource Guide, Book of Constitutions, Book of Etiquette, and a ritual book. Your Lodge should be able to provide these to you. For more information, including any additional fees for the course, please contact our Grand Director of Ceremonies, R:.W:. Dave Blasch.

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Lodge Renegades Baseball Night
Jerusalem Temple Lodge will sponsor another outing to see the Hudson Valley Renegades play on Saturday July 28th. This year's outing will be special because it is being sponsored in conjunction with several veteran's organizations, and we will be arranging to have a group of disabled veterans from the Castle Point VA Hospital join us. The evening is $25 and includes admission to the game and all the hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hotdogs and chicken sandwiches you can eat along with soft drinks and the usual fixings. For more information, click here. We hope you can join us!

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2007-2008 Individual Development Course (iDC)
Registration for next year’s Individual Development Course will be available soon. This course provides skills useful in every aspect of our lives and helps to develop us in our roles at work, our homes, our communities, and our Craft. The course focuses on personal skills such as time management, goal setting, and self-discipline; interpersonal skills such as public speaking, e-mail and written materials, dealing with difficult people, running effective meetings, and the group process; and other important skills such as problem and data analysis, brainstorming, surveys, and project management. These are skills that apply to all areas of our lives and next year’s course, scheduled to begin in September and run one Saturday a month for six months, will be open to spouses as well as Masons. We hope to see many of you take advantage of this important and very valuable opportunity. For more information, please contact the DDGM.

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Orange-Rockland Central Chapter, Order of DeMolay
DeMolay is a Masonic youth program for boys ages 12-21, which teaches leadership within a fun, moral framework in line with our own principles and tenets. The local Chapter, which meets at Wallkill Lodge in Walden, is in desperate need of advisors, Brothers willing to give up a few hours a month to mentor and work with these inspiring young men. There’s no commitment required to obtain information, give us a call and see what it’s all about. For more information, please contact R:.W:. Hank Stoveland.

Child ID System
The District Child ID System is available to Lodges who have two Brothers trained in its use. These Brothers may sign out the system by contacting Wor. Wayne Flavin. Please allow a month in advance to reserve the system and allow the District Committee to order the necessary supplies for your program. Please remember that all unused materials must be returned with the system, there is to be no stockpiling of supplies for future programs.

Upcoming Programs
Jerusalem Temple Lodge will be holding a small Child ID program on Saturday March 31st at the VFW Post 8858 in Harriman, NY from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Anyone wishing to be trained on the system is invited to participate.

Stony Point-Wawayanda Lodge is sponsoring a very large program at the old Letchworth Village Complex in Stony Point, NY on Saturday, April 7th, 2007 during the Little League Opening Day. As many as 800 children are expected to be there that day. Several other Districts and the Eastern Star are expected to assist, but Brethren from the Orange-Rockland District are encouraged to come help out! For more information, please contact Wor. Bob Morlang, Jr.

Next ORDMA Meeting
The next meeting of the Orange-Rockland District Masonic Association (ORDMA) will be held on Monday March 26th at the Pearl River Masonic Temple. A light supper will be served at 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting and program at 7:30 p.m. All Brothers of the District are invited and encouraged to attend!

ORDMA Dinner Dance
The annual ORDMA Dinner Dance will be held this Saturday, March 17th, at Anthony's Pier Nine in New Windsor. The evening, which will feature a full cocktail hour, dinner, live music, and dancing is only $55 per person. We are supplementing the price with journal ads to make it easier for people to attend. There are still a few tickets available, please contact Wor. Bob Morlang or Bro. John Gebbia.

ORDMA Calendars Now Available!
The 2006-2007 ORDMA Calendars are still available! These handy pocket calendars contain all of our District's Lodge and Concordant Bodies meetings, important events, Lodge and District officers, and directions to our Lodges. The calendars cost $5 each and the proceeds go to support our District's community service and charitable efforts, including our new District child ID system. To obtain a calendar, contact any of ORDMA's officers.

ORDMA Dinner Dance	Saturday March 17th, 2007	contact
Hoffman Lodge Entered Apprentice Degree (No. 2!)	Tuesday March 20th, 2007	contact
Livingston Library Dinner Dance	Sunday March 25th, 2007	contact
Warwick Lodge Entered Apprentice Degree	Tuesday March 27th, 2007	contact
Jerusalem Temple Lodge Child ID Program	Saturday March 31st, 2007	contact
Stony Point-Wawayanda Lodge Table Lodge	Wednesday April 4th, 2007	contact
Wallkill Lodge Table Lodge	Wednesday April 4th, 2007	contact
Stony Point-Wawayanda Child ID Program	Saturday April 7th, 2007	contact
Grand Lecturer's Convention	Tuesday April 10th, 2007	contact
Cornerstone Lodge Master Mason Degree	Wednesday April 11th, 2007	contact
Hudson River Lodge Fellowcraft Degree	Wednesday April 11th, 2007	contact
Jerusalem Temple Lodge Entered Apprentice Degree	Saturday April 14th, 2007	contact
Road to the East: Session One	Saturday April 14th, 2007	contact
Hoffman Lodge Master Mason Degree	Tuesday April 17th, 2007	contact
Athelstane Lodge Master Mason Degree	Tuesday April 17th, 2007	contact
Wallkill Lodge Master Mason Degree	Wednesday April 18th, 2007	contact
Hoffman Lodge 150th Rededication	Saturday April 21st, 2007	contact
Road to the East: Session Two	Saturday April 28th, 2007	contact
Jerusalem Temple Lodge Table Lodge	Saturday April 28th, 2007	contact
Cornerstone Lodge Master Mason Degree (#2!)	Wednesday April 25th, 2007	contact
Jerusalem Temple Lodge Fellowcraft Degree	Saturday May 12, 2007	contact
Warwick Lodge Fellowcraft Degree	Tuesday May 22nd, 2007	contact
Orange-Rockland District Investiture Ceremony	Thursday May 24th, 2007	contact
Hudson River Installation of Officers (at JTL)	Saturday June 2nd, 2007	contact
Warwick Lodge Annual Lobster Bake	Sunday June 10th, 2007	contact
Warwick Lodge Master Mason Degree	Tuesday June 12th, 2007	contact
Jerusalem Temple Lodge Child Chicken Barbecue	Saturday June 23rd, 2007	contact
Jerusalem Temple Lodge Renegades Baseball Night	Saturday July 28th, 2007	info
Wallkill Lodge Annual Chicken Barbecue	Saturday August 4th, 2007	contact
Hudson River Lodge Annual Pig Roast	Saturday September 9th, 2007	contact
Masonic Family Day at Tappan	Sunday September 16th, 2007	contact
Masonic Family Day at West Point	Saturday September 29th, 2007	contact
Cornerstone Lodge Rededication	Saturday October 14th, 2007	contact
* Denotes a dinner will precede or follow the meeting or event. Please check with the contact for details.

The Orange-Rockland School of Masonic Instruction will convene on the second Monday of each month, at locations around the District. Instruction will rotate on a monthly basis between Ritual, Grand Lodge educational programs, and seminars on topics like Leadership and Communication.

Our next School will be held on Monday March 12th at Jerusalem Temple Lodge at 8:00 p.m. The trestleboard for the School will be the Entered Apprentice Degree. Please bring your Entered Apprentices and Fellowcrafts for this informative evening .A brief Masters and Wardens meeting will precede the School at 7:00 p.m.

If you have any questions, please contact the DDGM. We'll see you there!

Here are the answers to last week's trivia questions about our Middle Chamber Lecture.

1. The five orders of ancient classic architecture, as presented in the Middle Chamber Lecture, are almost a word for word translation of the works of what famous author?
Vitruvius

2. The original significance of the numbers three, five, and seven is based on the theory of harmonics originally attributed to what Greek philosopher?
Pythagoras

3. The seven liberal arts and sciences as discussed in the lecture are traditionally broken into groups of three and four, based on educational principles dating back to Greek and Rome. What are these two groups called?
The Trivium (Grammar, rhetoric, and logic) and the Quadrivium (Arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music)

4. The Ephraimites were incensed with Jephthah at not having been allowed to fight in a war with whom?
The Ammonites

5. Robert Preston selected the elements of this introduction to a 'proper liberal education' based on the curriculum of what university?
Oxford University

It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Wor. Harry Bauman, the oldest living Past Master on our Athelstane Lodge . Harry passed away on January 17th just a few weeks shy of his 96th birthday. He was a Brother Mason for close to 58 years. Our District extends its deepest condolences to the Bauman family and Brethren of Athelstane Lodge.

We have also received word that Bro. Gerry Meister of Athelstane Lodge was admitted on Thursday of last week to Good Samaritan Hospital and has been under the weather for the past couple of days. Please keep him in your prayers for a speedy recovery.

Entered Apprentice Degree Assistance Needed
Hoffman Lodge requires assistance with an Entered Apprentice Degrees on Tuesday March 20th. Assistance is needed with the historical lecture, charge, Lecture of Reasons, stewards, and conductors. The degree will begin at 7:30 p.m. with dinner preceding it at 6:30 p.m. If you can assist, please contact the Secretary.

Restoration Help Wanted
Cornerstone Lodge would like to announce to the District that the restoration of McGarrah's Stagecoach Tavern is underway. We are looking for volunteers to assist in the historic preservation of our building which houses the oldest surviving Masonic lodge room in New York State and the third oldest in the nation. Freemasons who donate two weekends of labor or a cash donation of the equivalent to the project will have their names permanently inscribed on a commemorative stone as contributors. The official dedication of our Museum and Historic site will be October 14, 2007 when the M:.W:. Neal I Bidnick, Grand Master of Masons, will perform the opening ceremonies. This will be a few days shy of the 190th Anniversary of the first Masonic meeting in the building. We expect many visitors from the local historic community to attend. Brothers, please mark this date on your calendars. There will be much food and celebration.