Lasagna Bake-Off & Bad Ties

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LasagnaFrom the back streets of East Aurora, Brother Russ was caught mixing his secret ingredients in preparation for the bake-off.  Russ was quoted as saying; “I could tell you what’s in here, but then I’d have to kill you!”

Sausage LasagnaHailing from Lancaster, NY Wor Dave has been practicing making several batches of lasagna for the past two weeks in anticipation of having it perfect just in time for the bake-off.

Brethren:

Our next communication on 3/11/2014 will be Blazing Star’s 12th annual Lasagna Bake Off.  Once again, fierce competitors Wor Dave and DSA Brother Russ will face off in this very anticipated event. Will this be the year that a winner will be decided or will it be a tie for an unprecedented 12th time!! Come out and join the fun and fellowship.

Ugly Ties

Dinner will be at 6:30 pm, dress is normal lodge attire.

The program for the evening will be “Bad Tie Night” Dig into the depths of your closets and see what you have as the competition will be tough.

Thank you,
Wor John

Family Dinner Night

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Spaghetti

Brethren:

Our next communication (January 28th) will be a family night. The Fellowcraft Club will be providing a spaghetti dinner. Bring your wives, girlfriends, children, or just yourself. We will be serving dinner at 6:00 pm, a bit earlier than usual. There will be some games for the kids to play after dinner. There is no charge for the dinner. Please call or email me if your planning on coming to dinner so we have an idea how many to plan for.

Thanks
Wor John

Masonic Notification of Distress

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From Brother Gary Garippo:

My Fellow Brothers, I am Brother Gary Garippo, Master Mason from Ken-Ton Lodge 1186 formerly Tonawanda Lodge 247. I am requesting you please read and if you feel driven to please communicate my request to help locate a possible kidney donor to your respective community organizations, churches and civic groups.

Recently I was diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease which has progressed to a point requiring me to need a kidney transplant. I expect to have total kidney failure by the end of March, 2014. I am writing to ask for your help in locating a possible kidney donor. Please share my story with your respective community organizations, churches and civic groups and anyone who might know a potential donor.

I am 49 years old happily married, father of two beautiful girls ages 12 and 8. We have a Golden Retriever which makes four girls in the house counting her and my wife; living in Tonawanda NY. My parents are Italian and German. Unfortunately a large portion of my family on my mother’s side has Polycystic Kidney Disease including my only brother who has been on dialysis for many years. This greatly limits the pool of family members that may be able to help me.

I have posted additional personal information on wnykidneyconnection.com (My Story) if you or anyone are interested or would like know more about me and this journey. There is a great deal of information regarding the donation process on this web site. You will find information stating that living with one kidney is not shown to impact the longevity of the donor. Regardless of your decision, I appreciate you taking the time to read this, God Bless.

My blood type is A-. This means that I can accept a donor kidney from anyone with blood type A or O, the positive and negative allocation does not matter. Please contact the admin of this page for further details and contact information.

Respectfully,
Gary
http://wnykidneyconnection.com/my_stories/my_story_218.html