JANUARY 2008

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#3300FF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" ><B>VAN ZOR GROTTO</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B></FONT><B>  |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VAN ZOR GROTTO"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SEPTEMBER 2008"><U>SEPTEMBER 2008</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="JUNE 2008 "><U>JUNE 2008 </U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="APRIL 2008"><U>APRIL 2008</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MARCH 2008"><U>MARCH 2008</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FEBRUARY 2008"><U>FEBRUARY 2008</U></A><B>   |   </B><B>JANUARY 2008</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FF0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Other Grottos or Craft Lodges that would like to have their events included in our events page or publications please forward them to our editor</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#00FF00" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701e00000ff00.png" HEIGHT="32" WIDTH="32" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">JANUARY 2008</B></div> <div> <B><U>MONARCH'S  REPORT</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Greetings Prophets:</B></div> <div> <B>I trust that everyone had a pleasant and enjoyable time over the Christmas and New Year holidays and that we all survived the turkey and trimmings.  </B></div> <div> <B>As we start off the New Year with Van Zor Grotto I must first of all thank the Officers of last year and all those who made a contribution throughout the year to make it not only successful but pleasant.   I am very pleased with the Officers we have to serve you this year and I hope that we can be as successful in our endeavours as the Officers in the past have been.  However, I must remind you that it takes all of us to make the year as success.  It is and must be a team effort.  Anything short of this will result in failure.  I know that we all hold the Grotto best at heart and because of this I feel we are on the road to success and happiness.</B></div> <div> <B>The goal that I would like to set for us this year is not only peace and harmony but happiness in what ever we do.  I feel that if we have more of a social time with each other rather than just meetings we will enjoy Grotto more and eventually see a bigger turnout for meetings as well as the social events. You can make this work if we work as a team in this goal.</B></div> <div> <B>One of the things we will be discussing at our next meeting is a Champagne Brunch.  We must decide if we want it on either Sunday the 20</B><B>th</B><B> of April or Sunday the 25</B><B>th</B><B> of May.  Check your calendars to see what date is best for you.  Another item we will discuss is the possibility of a Golf Tournament on the 17</B><B>th</B><B> of July when we host the North West Grotto Convention.</B></div> <div> <B>In your last bulletin there was a calendar of events for the year which will be updated periodically as we go along.  Hopefully this will be beneficial to us in our planning for social events.  We also have an entertainment committee being chaired by IPM Harry Keith and his lady Daphne.  They are in the process of planning events so if there is anything you would like to see for a social event, please contact them and let them know.</B></div> <div> <B>In closing I would like to wish all the best for the New Year with happiness, success and good health.</B></div> <div> <B>                              </B></div> <div> <B>                                                                                                                             Yours in good fellowship</B></div> <div> <B>                                                     Robert McSween, Monarch</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>CHIEF JUSTICE REPORT</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Greetings Prophets:</B></div> <div> <B>I hope you enjoyed the holiday season!  </B></div> <div> <B>I would like to congratulate Prophet Bob McSween for being elected as our Monarch for 2008.  I am sure he will do an excellent job with all of his experience in leadership.  He is a Past Grand Master as well as the Worthy Patron in the Order of the Eastern Star in Chilliwack.  With Bob as Monarch I know we will have a great year for the Grotto!   Bob has some great ideas for the coming year.</B></div> <div> <B>I also wanted to take this opportunity to thank Prophet Grant Thompson for all of his hard work and effort he put forth for the Remembrance Day ceremony, as well as all of the work Grant and his lady Margaret put in to the Jingle Bell Brunch.  I would like to thank Immediate Past Monarch Harry Keith and his lady Daphne for all the efforts they put forth to make 2007 a success. You both did a wonderful job.</B></div> <div> <B>I would like to thank Prophet Secretary Bob Black for the magnificent job he did as Installing Officer during our installation in December.</B></div> <div> <B>The coming months will be busy as there are many events to look forward to.  The Monarch's Ball will be held on March 1</B><B>st</B><B> at the Abercorn Inn in Richmond.  More information and tickets will be available soon.  The Cloverdale Races are on March 16</B><B>th</B><B> this year, tickets are $30. Please contact Prophet Joe Cassidy to reserve your seats.  I hope you will come out and feed the horses this year!  Remember you can invite prospective Grotto members to both the Monarch's Ball and the Horse Races; let's see if we can get some new members into Van Zor this year.</B></div> <div> <B>I am looking forward to serving the Grotto as Chief Justice for 2008, I know we will make this year a success, and I wish to thank you all for electing me to this position.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>COMING EVENTS:</B></div> <div> <B>Mar 01     Our Monarch & Officer's Ball is well into the planning stages, stay tuned</B></div> <div> <B>Mar 16     “Day at the Races” tickets on sale see Joe Cassidy - cut-off date Feb16th</B></div> <div> <B>TBA          </B><B>Champagne Brunch </B><B>will have to be re-scheduled to a new date </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>                                                                                                  </B><B>Yours in Good Fellowship,</B></div> <div> <B>                                                                                                  Sam Elkabanny, Chief Justice</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>SECRETARY'S DESK</U></B></div> <bR> <div>                                        <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" >                                                                                       PGM Bob Black, Secretary </FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>We are still looking for a Prophet that will take this position.</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>CHAPLAIN'S REPORT</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Prophet Malcolm Robertson will not be at our January meeting because he is having laser surgery on his eye on the same day as our meeting. We are cheering for you Malcolm.</B></div> <div> <B>Yours fraternally,</B></div> <div> <B>PM Jackie James, Chaplain </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>TREASURER'S REPORT</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>The Pyramid attendance draw is now $33.00 to the lucky Prophet who is in attendance at the next</U></B></div> <div> <B><U>meeting when his name is drawn.</U></B></div> <div> <B>                                                                                 Yours fraternally,</B></div> <div> <B>PM Ron Stunden, Treas.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>From your editor:</B></div> <div> <B>Happy New Year to one and all. I hope everyone has survived the festivities unscathed and things have got back to somewhat normal </B></div> <div> <B>Our Master of Ceremonies reports that he & Ginny are off Waikiki and will be returning Jan 9/08 and wishes every one a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.</B></div> <div> <B>The turn-out at the Jingle bell Lunch was great, those that said they would be there were. I must apologize to our Monarch and his Lady. There was some confusion over the time of day for this event   ***** that should not have happened *****, sorry Bob.</B></div> <div> <B>A great big thanks to Harry & Daphne for all the hard work that they did putting on the Boxing Day open house. These things don't just happen, there is a lot of cooking and planning long before the event</B></div> <div> <B>There was a nice turn-out at our Sunday coffee thing at Iron Wood shopping center, it's getting to be an event in it's self.</B></div> <div> <B>Don't forget the board meeting at the usual place on the 29</B><B>th</B><B> of Jan and the Initiation at the regular Feb meeting everyone is doing there memory work so it should be a good night.</B></div> <div> <B>Yours truly is some what under the weather with a pinched nerve in my neck, which is causing a lot of pain. I was able to get into the saw-bones to day to get some pain killers, so it has been a real pain in the ….neck   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>PM Grant Thompson, editor</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>DON'T FORGET THE </B></FONT><B>JANURAY 8</B><B>th</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><B> MEETING IS AT </B></FONT><B>7:30 PM</B></div> <div> There was <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>$</B><B><U>25.00</U></B></FONT> in the <B><U>Pyramid</U></B><U> </U><B><U>draw</U></B></div> <div> <B><U>Dan CAHILL'S</U></B><B> </B><B>name was called</B></div> <div> <B>!!! HE WAS NOT THERE SO HE </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>DID NOT</B></FONT><B> WIN</B></div> <div> <B>Grant Thompson - E-mail  <tugger@telus.net></B></div> <div> <B>Have a </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Wingdings" ><B>J</B></FONT><B> day</B></div> <div> <B>VISIT YOUR WEB SITE  </B><B>< www3.telus.net/vanzorgrotto ></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>