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2017 GRAND MASTERMWB SCOTT A. THOMAS
If you would like to include pictures or info for an edition of The Copper Post, please send to Roger Biede Arizona Grand Editor at [email protected]
At the 135th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Arizona WMB Scott A. Thomas was duly elected and installed as 2017-2018 Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Lodge of Arizona. Upon election by the craft, WMB Thomas filled the Grand Lodge Officers by appointment. A full list of those elected and appointed follow on page 59
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ARIZONA MASONRYGovernor Douglas Ducey Proclaims June 24th Freemasonry Day
A significant day in our Masonic history is upon us this June 24th, 2017, as it will be the 300th anniversary of modern Freemasonry. On behalf of the Grand Lodge of Arizona, I have requested and received a Proclamation from Governor Douglas Ducey that this day will be proclaimed Freemasonry Day in the State of Arizona. We should as Masons, all be proud of our Fraternity because we will have the benefit of this public recognition in our community to commemorate this anniversary.
I hope you will celebrate this milestone not only on Freemasonry Day but also by attending some of the local Lodge celebrations planned throughout the jurisdiction this Masonic year.
Fraternally,Scott A. ThomasGrand Master
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ARIZONA MASONRYPUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE BACK!The Grand Lodge of Arizona Public Schools Committee is pleased to announce the 2017-2018 Public Schools Programs. MWGM Scott Thomas is committed to resurrecting the School Essay contest and the Classroom Grant program. With the approval of the Grand Lodge budget at the Annual Communication we now have funds available to renew these valuable programs that show our support of Public Schools and educational advancement.The Grand Lodge Public Schools Committee encourages all Lodges to support their local Schools and participate in the Essay contest and Classroom Grant program. Many of our Lodges are involved in their local Schools through the Children at Risk program, Reading programs, financial and volunteer support of School programs, Oratorical contest and other important and worthwhile programs. We commend you for your involvement with your local Schools and the support given to our Youth and Educators in your community. Please continue your support of the Education of our youth and the local Schools of your community.Participation in the Grand Lodge School Essay contest and Classroom Grant program are excellent opportunities to become involved with your local Schools and show you support and commitment to furthering education. Your involvement in these programs will be rewarding and give you an insight into the thoughts, ideas and needs of the Students, Teachers and Schools. Reading the Essays is fun, entertaining and inspiring and is time well spent.
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ARIZONA MASONRYAmerican Education Week November 13-17, 2017
MWGM Scott Thomas is planning to issue an Edict proclaiming November 13-17, 2017 as Public Schools Week.
All Lodges are to observe Public Schools Week
Lodges are encouraged to plan activities to include Public Schools
Lodges are required to hold Stated Meetings during the week if scheduled
Lodges may preform Masonic Services for deceased Masons
Please refer to the 2017-18 GL Public Schools Program document for a description of the program and Lodge instructions. All GL Public Schools letters, forms and documents are available on the Grand Lodge of Arizona website at www.azmasons.org or by email from Jim Baker at [email protected]. For questions about the Public Schools program or help with developing a Public Schools program for your Lodge please contact any member of the committee and we will be happy to assist you.
Jim Baker JGD, ChairmanGrand Lodge Public Schools Committee
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ARIZONA MASONRYKingman proclaims June 24th as Freemasonry DayKingman Lodge No. 22 was instrumental in Kingman Arizona proclaiming June 24th as Freemasonry Day. The Kingman Daily Miner picked up the story about the "Proclamation" that Ken Chism, WM received from the Mayor and the "300th Year Celebration" that isoccurring on June 24th and ran a fabulous article on the occasion! The Kingman Lodge held an OPEN HOUSE on June 24th from 10:00AM to 2:00PM for the public to stop by and "Meet A Mason" while becoming more informed about our Fraternity and tour the Lodge. Read the article here: <<Kingman Daily Miner>>
Mayor Monica Gates awards proclamation of Free and Accepted
Masons Day to Ken Chism of Kingman’s local Masonic lodge
… Charity extends beyond the Grave at Pioneer Lodge No. 82There is no greater joy than smiles I see on the faces of deserving children rewarded for their hard work. Charity is one of the attributes that define Pioneer Lodge No. 82. With only 35 members, visiting Brethren marvel at thesheer amount of charity the Lodge does. Active with Bikes for Books, they changed the name to “Readers” for readers after changing the prize from bikes to Kindle Readers. Every 15 minutes that a child reads earns them a ticket for a chance to win one of the new prizes! The program has turned intosuch a success at New River Elementary with 240 K-6 students earning over 150,000 tickets, equating to over 3750 hours of reading time. (90% of students participating averaging 15 hours of reading each!)To help support the Lodge efforts, fund raising is a year-round event. Efforts include a Golf Tournament, Poker Runs, and Thanksgiving turkey and hams. Proceeds from all these events go directly into purchasing kindles and other services that help under privileged children from Wittman to New River.
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ARIZONA MASONRYMWB Scott Thomas visited MWB Nelson after Grand Lodge along with WM Tony Hernandez. MWB Nelson is recovering nicely after a slip in the shower and a broken bone or two at Grand Lodge. The surgery was a success and MWB Nelson will be up and around in no time
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ARIZONA MASONRYArizona contingent visiting the mother lodge Kilwinning Lodge No. 1 and presenting Right Worshipful Hughes with Gavel
#409 - a handmade gavel from AZ Past Grand Master Thomas Brooker. From left to right - Freddy Alejandrez (Oriental #20), Don Davis (Oriental #20), Right Worshipful Charles Hughes, Great Worshipful Master of The Mother Lodge of Scotland, Cosmo Magliozzi (Oriental #20), Suresh Muthumani (Oriental #20 & WM Prometheus #87), Bo Buchanan (Arizona #2), Jeremy Barnes (Potomac Lodge #5, Washington D.C).
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ARIZONA MASONRYOn Monday, 19 June 2017, Pioneer Lodge #82 had their first Stated meeting in their brand new home in Black Canyon City, Arizona. It has taken them many years but they finally have their own Lodge, all thanks to the hard work of Bros RT and Chuck
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ARIZONA MASONRY300th Anniversary of Masonry Coin Fund Raiser!Greetings Brethren,We have a Grand Lodge of Arizona 300th Anniversary of Freemasonry Coin as Masonic Youth Group Fundraiser. The purchase price is $10, (five of which is going to be for the youth groups. (See the attached images), Please contact your Lodge Secretary or any DDGM or DDGL to purchase the Coins both either individually or in quantity. They will make great gifts for Masons and Non-Masons alike and the benefit going to the Masonic youth is a worthy cause. The details of purchasing are described below and I am asking for your help to make this successful fundraiser and hope you will support it. Thank you.
Fraternally,
Scott A. ThomasGrand Master2017-2018
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ARIZONA MASONRYU.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ANNOUNCES “BE HERE FOR KIDS”CHILD SAFETY EVENT IN PHOENIXPHOENIX - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood initiative, is hosting the ‘BeHere for Kids’ event on Thursday, May 25th, 2017 at the Desert Ridge Marketplace in Phoenix. The event will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) createdthe ‘Be Here for Kids’ campaign to promote awareness about all child safety issues. The campaign is designed to help parents and others teach childrento be aware, alert, and cautious to potential threats and to provide steps that children can take to stay safe, both on the Internet and in daily life.
This year’s event is being presented in partnership with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, the U.S. Marshals Service, Maricopa County Victim Services, Phoenix Police Department, Department of Homeland Security, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, BOLO Cop, Camelback Daylight #75 F & AM, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Red Means Stop Traffic Safety Alliance.The Phoenix Police Department will be providing an armored vehicle from the bomb squad and officers from its motorcycle unit. The U.S. Marshals Service will be introducing its Marshal dog (Joy). Maricopa Victim Services will be introducing its court dog. Digital child identification kits will be provided free of charge to children who attend.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, SPECIAL AGENT HOME LAND SECURITY (HIS SECOND TIME WITH US), PROSECUTORS OFFICE USA ATTORNEY GENERAL, MARY LAY, MICHAEL (FESTUS) LAY PM. LAST LLOYD LAMOTHE CAMELBACK
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ARIZONA MASONRYU.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ANNOUNCES “BE HERE FOR KIDS”CHILD SAFETY EVENT IN PHOENIXFor more information on NCMEC, visit www.missingkids.com. For more information about the Be Here for Kids campaign, visitwww.missingkids.com/behereforkids. For more information on Project Safe Childhood, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
LEFT TO RIGHT...PAUL HOWELL PM PINAL LODGE..ED FOX SITTING MASTER WHITE MOUNTAIN LODGE...MARY LAY (front) LLOYD
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ARIZONA MASONRYPVST #29 special event June 7th attended by RWB Greg Vasquez & WB George Rusk. The first event of the special evening was the presentation of a 50 Year Award to Br. Robert Townsend. He & his wife Connie - and 15 family members were in attendance. He is good friends with PGM Robert Bradfield and was thrilled to receive a certificate and letter of congratulations were signed by the Grand Master.
The second part of the evening was the presentation of the 2017 Scholarship Awards. The recipients - left to right - are Br. Jared Truettner (Casey Award), Kristin Huber, (Casey Award) Billy McKean (Robert Rimer Scholarship) and Kaitlyn Lockett (Casey Award) which was accepted by her Nana Judy Lockett - WB Kirk's wife. This was truly a family affair and we had almost 70 people in attendance!
Scholarship winners
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Robert and Connie
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May 31 Master Mason Degree at Prometheus Lodge No. 87
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HISTORY OF THE GRAND LODGESPOTLIGHT ON HARRY A. DRACHMAN 1912 GRAND MASTER OF ARIZONAHarry Arizona Drachman was born in Tucson Feb 3, 1860, 15 years after his father Phil Drachman, first arrived in Arizona. Harry Drachman is believed to be the first Anglo-Saxon boy born in the Arizona Territory. At the time of his death in 1951 he was one of the oldest living natives of any race in Tucson. His father Phil Drachman came to Arizona in 1854 enroute to San Bernardino, Ca. Like many other visitors, he liked the Old Pueblo so well that he decided to make it his home. That was the year after the Gadsden treaty was signed, transferring to the United State from Mexico all that part of Southern Arizona lying south of the Gila river, as well as parts of Southern New Mexico. Harry Arizona Drachman was born in 1860 in his parents home on West Alameda street, across the street north from the city hall that stands today. He attended the first public school erected in Arizona, in his school days, Harry carried papers for the Tucson Citizen. Business circles of Tucson knew Mr. Drachman as an active participant in the commercial life of the city for more than 70 years. He left school at the age of 12 to take his first job. “My business career,” Mr. Drachman used to say, “began when as a small lad I became a cashboy for the White House, the finest dry goods store in Arizona.I began at $3 a week”. While still a youngster, Mr. Drachman took a position as a shoe clerk for L. Zeckendorf & Co., predecessor of the Albert Steinfeld Co and remained with the firm more than a dozen years, becoming manager of the shoe department. In time Mr. Drachman ventured out into business on his own, opening an exclusive
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HISTORY OF THE GRAND LODGESPOTLIGHT ON HARRY A. DRACHMAN 1912 GRAND MASTER OF ARIZONAshoestore on the southwest corner of Stone and Congress, later the location of Tucson Federal Savings & Loans location. Later he moved to the southwest corner of Congress and Scott. In both of these locations his shoe business prospered and expanded until finally he purchased a two-store building on Congress. He closed out his shoe business in 1926. Mr. Drachman fitted shoes for everyone, from Gens. Miles and Crook down to infantry privates and cavalry troopers. He fitted shoes for countless numbers of old-timers, today’s grandfathers and grandmothers. Harry interests in Tucson were wide and varied. He actively participated in politics, civic enterprises, lodge circles and even sports- for in his middle years he played a great game of golf. Mr. Drachman served as city treasurer from 1894 to 1898, when he took over the post of county treasurer, serving through 1902. For two years during World War I, Mr. Drachman was elected state senator from Pima county to serve a two-year term. From 1927 to 1939 he served as county assessor. This was his last public office.More than a half of a century, Mr. Drachman was one of the leading members of the Masonic Fraternity. He became a member of Tucson Lodge No. 4 in 1900 and was the Secretary at the time of his death. He was Grand Master of Arizona in 1912 and was also a Past Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons, Past Grand Illustrious Master, Royal and Select Masters, Past Grand Patron of the Order of the Eastern Star, a 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason, and Deputy for Arizona Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite Masons.
In 1900, Mr. Drachman also joined the Knights of Pythias, in which likewise he held many offices and earned many high honors. At one time he was Supreme Representative of the Supreme Lodge. He was a member of the Elks and a founding member of the Pioneers Historical Society. In his later years he spent most of his years at the Masonic Temple serving the Craft.
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MASONIC EDUCATIONGoing Around in CirclesRobert F. Henderson PGMPast Master Arizona Lodge No. 2February 16, 1968Isn’t it strange how certain words or combinations of them can have different meaning depending upon the circumstances, the inflection of the voice of the speaker, the emphasis placed upon a particular word, the context in which the words are used, or any number of other factors? A case in point: What was your first thought upon hearing this title? I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it did not remind you of a business day in which you spent a lot of time getting nowhere; or did a lot of paperworkand really accomplished very little; or maybe you pictured a laboratory experiment where the little animal looks like perpetual motion going around on the wheel. Maybe you thought that a paper with this title would become a merry-go-round of words without arriving at any conclusion. In any event, you get the idea of the variety and number of possibilities from just the four words—going around in circles.
It is elementary to say that sentences and phrases are composed of words and that words consist of combinations of letters. But how many of us actually stop tothink about what words really are and what letters really are and why we use them. Thestudy of words and how they came into being is an interesting one—one that I would very much like to pursue sometime. For example, I’ve often wondered if the person who coined the word “news” did so by purposely combining the initials of the four geographical directions—north, east, west, and south. It would seem that he must have, because it would be too coincidental had he not done so and certainly the names of the directions were in use before the word “news” was coined. In any event, there is no doubt in the mind of anyone as to what is meant when someone uses the word “news.”
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MASONIC EDUCATIONGoing Around in CirclesA letter, or several of them combined into a word is one example of a symbol—a means of conveying an idea or one type of communication between individuals and between civilizations.
The use of symbols, of course, is as old as man himself. Ever since he learned to depict a character (picture, mark, letter, etc.) on a cave, ground, wall, skin or hide, paper, etc., he has used symbols to convey his message. “From ancient times, the olive branch has denoted peace; the anchor, faith or hope; the fish was an early Christian symbol of Jesus Christ because the five letters making up the Greek word for ‘fish’ are the initial letters of the five Greek words meaning ‘Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior.’”In addition, “The first learning in the world consisted chiefly in symbols. The wisdom of the Chaldeans, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Jews, Zoroaster, Sanconiathon, Pherecydes, Cyrus, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, or all the ancients that has come to our hand is symbolic. “It is the mode,” says Sacranun on Plato’s symposium, “of the ancient philosophers to represent thought by certain symbols and hidden images.”
One of the oldest, if not the oldest, symbols that have been discovered is the circle. Before word symbols and language were introduced to express ideas, the circle was accepted as a symbol, sometimes of the universe and sometimes of eternity. In the obsolete lectures of the Old English system, it was said that “the circle has ever been considered symbolical of the Deity; for as a circle appears to have neither beginning nor end, it may justly be considered a type of God, without either beginning of days or ending of years. It also reminds us of a future state, where we hope to enjoy everlasting happiness andjoy.” Before we enter upon a discussion of the significance of the symbols in Masonry, let’s think of the circle, or more properly its next of kin, as applied to the lives of earlier civilizations.
The nearest figure to a perfect circle is an ellipsoid or oval, which appears in many ancient religious ceremonies under the designation of circumambulation.
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MASONIC EDUCATIONGoing Around in Circles“Circumambulation is the name given by students of sacred archaeology to the religious rite in the ancient initiations which consisted in a formal procession around the altar or holy and consecrated object.” It is a practice included by the formulatorsof our ritual and serves as one connecting link between the religious and mystical ceremonies of the ancients and the fraternityof Freemasonry.
The Greeks had a word for it (although I can’t pronounce it or write it), which meant moving from the right to the right. In making this procession, the priests were very careful to move in imitation of the course of the sun. They commenced at the east and passing on by the way of the south to the west and thence by the north, they arrived at the east again. Sometimes the people followed the priest, making three trips around the altar and chanting a hymn or ode. At other times, the people stood around the altar and the riteof circumambulation was performed by the priest only who, turning towards the right hand, went around the altar and sprinkled it with meal and holy water. It was in this way that the apparent revolution of the sun was represented.
“A hymn of Callimachus has been preserved, which is said to have been chanted by the priests of Apollo at Delos while performing this ceremony of circumambulation, the substance of which is, ‘we imitate the example of the sun, and follow his benevolent course.’”
“Among the Romans, the ceremony of circumambulation was always used in the rites of sacrifice, of expiation or purification . . . In fact, so common was it to unite the ceremony of circumambulation with that of expiation or purification, or, in other words, to make a circuitousprocession in performing the latter rite, that the term ‘lustrare’ whose primitive meaning is ‘to purify’ came at last to be synonymous with ‘circumire,’ to walk around anything, and hence a purification and a circumambulation were often expressed by the same word.”
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MASONIC EDUCATIONGoing Around in Circles“Among the Hindus, the same Rite of Circumambulation has always been practiced. As an instance, we may cite the ceremonies that are performed by a Brahman, upon first rising from bed in the morning, an accurate account of which has been given by Mr. Colebrooke in the Asiatic Researches. The priest, having first adored the sun while directing his face to the east then walks towards the west by the way of the south, saying at the same time, ‘I follow the course of the sun,’ which hethus explains: ‘as the sun in his course moves around the world by the way of the south, so do I follow that luminary, to obtainthe benefit arising from the journey round the earth by the way of the south.’”
Let’s observe one more instance of this type of procession being an integral part of religious ceremonies of the ancient civilizations before we move forward toward our present day. In his “Critical History of the Celtic Religion and Learning,” (Letter ii, p.17) Toland informs us that in the Scottish isles, once a principal seat of the Druidical religion, the people “never come to the ancient sacrificing and fire-hallowing cairns but they walk three times around them, from east to west, according to the course of the sun. This is called Deiseal which was derived from ‘Deas’ the right (which is understood to mean hand) and ‘soil,’ one of the ancient names of the sun, the right hand in this round being ever next to the heap of stones.”
The question may well be asked, why all this background into ancient religious ceremonies in a paper to be presented in connection with Masonic study? I am told that these words appear on the side of the building housing the National Archives in Washington, D.C.: “The past is but prologue.” It ought to be readily apparent that those ceremonies used by the religious leaders of the past to bring home a truth to their people or to make their devotions more significant and meaningful were incorporated into the Masonic ritual, either directly or after making necessary adjustments as effective vehicles with which to impress the modern membership. Just as the priests of old used rituals to impress their votaries, so theritual of Freemasonry seeks to impress its teachings upon the membership by means of symbols and ceremonies.
As admitted earlier, the circle is not the resultant design of the rite of circumambulation.
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MASONIC EDUCATIONGoing Around in CirclesHowever, I couldn’t very well entitle this paper “going around in ovals” and besides, the two shapes are so closely related thatyou can hardly consider the one without thinking about the other. I recently heard a man say, “We can no longer afford the luxury of conviction without knowledge.” He was speaking of businessmen in the business world but it is equally meaningful to us in Masonry and how much better it is for us to know why—not merely that something is. How much stronger the foundation for our conviction is when we understand the background.
The meaning of the circle in Freemasonry is explained in the First Degree—we all know it just as we know the meaning of the point within that circle. We can substitute the altar (with the Volume of the Sacred Law upon it) and the path followed by the Senior Deacon and the candidate for the individual brother as the point within the circle and the Holy Writings resting upon the circumference of the brother’s conduct.
Another study would show the theory behind the statement that the lodge is a representation of the world and we all recall the relationships of the officers to the great luminary of creation with its positions in the East, South, and West. While we are, of course, no longer sun worshipers and acknowledge the error of the ancients’ belief that the sun revolved around the earth, still the principle of circumambulation holds significance. If the positions of the three principal officers of the lodge are to be compared to those of the sun and the effect of that solar body upon the world (the lodge), certainly the meaning of the rite of circumambulation is apparent when, in conducting the initiate, the Senior Deacon follows what was once considered the path of that luminary.
As the circle represents perfection or Deity, the oval has been used by Masonic ritualists as signifying man’s feeble attempts to emulate that example and attain that goal. It is also significant that in the Fellowcraft and Master Mason Degrees, the Senior Deacon brings the initiate closer to the altar on each succeeding revolution around the room. As the initiate progresses in Freemasonry, it is hoped that he will come closer to Deity and Truth.
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MASONIC EDUCATIONGoing Around in Circles
As the rite of circumambulation was incorporated in many of the ancient religions, certainly this rite is universally recognized throughout Freemasonry. The ode or chant given by the ancient priest has been replaced by the scripture verse repeated while the initiate is in the hands of a “true and trusted friend” in whom he has allowed himself to be placed after having signified his dependence upon a Supreme Being.
Put the words “Freemasonry is a system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols” with those of “Freemasonry is a progressive moral science, taught by degrees only” and relate them to the second part of the answer to the second question you learned after receiving your first degree—“... to improve myself in Masonry.” Only by a study of Masonic forms and ceremonies, and the philosophies behind them, are we able to understand the reasons we are taught as we are; only by a study of them are we able to improve in Masonry and not want to change Masonry to suit our preferences or, as stated earlier, have conviction without knowledge; only by a study of the rite of circumambulation do we know the basis for “going around in circles.”
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MASONIC TRIVIASam C. Hughes was a Welsh immigrant who came to the US in 1837 at the age of eight. He never attended a day of formal schooling and when both of his parents became ill and died early he help raise and educate his 8 siblings. Sam Hughes became a successful merchant during the California gold rush, but developed Consumption (TB) and got off a stagecoach outside of the very small village of Tucson in 1858 to die. He soon recovered. In the early 1870s Hughes helped to incorporate the City of Tucson, refused the Mayorship and served as an alderman on the first city council. In 1871 he helped early territorial governor A.P.K. Safford establish public education in the Territory saying it was "the pride of my life." (This is why the Tucson Unified School District is called "Number 1"!). In April, 1881, Samuel Hughes was initiated as Entered Apprentice and thus became the first person elected and the first to be initiated by theTucson Lodge No 4 F & A M. In October, 1881 the Tucson Lodge received it's Charter from the Grand Lodge of California, as Tucson Lodge No. 263. A year later the Grand Lodge of Arizona was formed and the Tucson Lodge became Tucson Lodge No. 4.
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MASONIC TRIVIAPearl Hart, born Taylor, was a Canadian-born outlaw of the American Old West. She committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies in the United States. Pinal County Sheriff William Charles Truman tracked, caught and arrested Hart, and transferred her to the Tucson Jail because he did not have any cells from women. She used her cell in Tucson to fight for Women’s rights, saying that she “would never consent to be tried under a law she or her sex had no voice in making”. Hart caught the attention of Cosmopolitan Magazine who did an article on her gaining her national fame! William Charles Truman was a Charter member of Gila Valley No. 9 F & AM Masonic Lodge and it's eight Master in 1897.
Benjamin Lawton Arnold served in the United States Navy in World War I and later was very involved in the Pinal County Highway Department. City Council, 10 years Florence Union High School District Board. Member of Coolidge’s first elected City Council and Coolidge’s First Mayor for 8 years. In 1961, Senator Arnold brought national fame to Pinal County when he received an appointment from President Kennedy to the National Committee for Traffic Safely, composed of 12 business leaders throughout the nation. He was the thirty-third Master of Gila Valley No. 9 F & AM Masonic Lodge in 1927. Pictured here with President Kennedy and William Randolph Hearst Jr.
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MASONIC TRIVIAWilliam Elliot Guild traveled from Paw Paw, Michigan by train to San Francisco, boat to San Diego, and then horseback to Arizona. He was charged with erection of the Heliographs on the mountains in the Southern part of the State used by the Government to locate and fight the Indians. He had made his way to the Historic Town of Florence (Government) as a telegraph operator, later given the franchise to install water mains within the town of Florence in 1887 (along with General G.H. Ouray, Aaron Mason, and A.T. Colton). He built the telegraph line between the Silver King Mine and Casa Grande and operated it to the time of his death in 1893. He was a Charter Member and second Master of Gila Valley No. 9 F & AM Masonic Lodge in 1891, and served the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons in Arizona in 1891 as Grand Organist pro-tem, in 1892 as Grand Marshal, and in 1892 was elected Senior Grand Deacon, he died while in office.
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MASONIC TRIVIAIn 1956 the town of Fry Arizona incorporated for the second time as Sierra Vista, Arizona. A five person City Council was appointed to govern the new city. One of the five was Verne D. Hegge, an employee of nearbyU.S. Army Fort Huachuca. Hegge was at the first general meeting of the Sierra Vista Masonic Trowel Club and was elected as First Vice Presidentin July of 1956. He is a Past MasterHuachuca Lodge #53 F & AM and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons in Arizona in 1986.
Ernest William McFarland (October 9, 1894 – June 8, 1984) was an American politician and, with Warren Atherton, one of the "Fathers of the G.I. Bill." He is the only Arizonan to serve in the highest office in all three branches of Arizona government, two at the state level, one at the federal level. He was a Democratic Senator from Arizona from 1941 to 1953 (Majority Leader from 1951 to 1953) before he was the tenth governor of Arizona from 1955 to 1959. Finally, McFarland sat as Chief Justice on the Arizona Supreme Court in 1968. He also was a long time member of Pima Lodge No. 39 inCoolidge, Arizona.
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MASONIC TRIVIADr. Gurdon M. Butler joined the staff at The University of Arizona in 1915, later becoming the Dean emeritus of the college of engineering. He was the 44th American to be named to the honorary status in the American Institute of Architects, joining the likes of Herbert Hoover, President of the United States, Louis Mumford, noted city planner, and John D. Rockefeller Jr.. Dean Butler received the recognition for his work in the establishment of registration procedures for architects and engineers in Arizona in 1921. He also received the first license issued by the board - as a geological engineer. He was elected Grand Master of Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons in Arizona in 1939. He was raised in Tucson lodge#4 F.& A M in 1920, was a Charter member of Epes Randolph Lodge #32 F & A M and Master in 1925
In 1906 Dr. George A. Bridge was tasked by the Mayor and city of Bisbee Arizona with finding and eradicating the cause of Typhoid Fever that had taken over the city. The spread of the disease was causing an estimated $300,000 a year in lost wages. Among the many solutions he and his team suggested, one was sprinkling the streets of Bisbee with water containing a small amount of copper to prevent dust from flying about. He was 1912 Master of Perfect Ashlar Lodge No, 12 and 1915 Grand Master of Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons in Arizona
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MASONIC TRIVIAOn November 27, 1947 Tucson Masonic Lodges Epes Randolph Lodge #32 F & A M and Tucson lodge#4 F.& A M held a jointmeeting to receive Arnold E. Schaffner, 1946 Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons in Arizona. In connection with this, the annual Past Master night was celebrated with Epes Randolph opening the meeting and Tucson Lodge closing it. To add to the novelty, the Past Masters of Tucson Lodge conferred a third degree on a candidate!
On July 14, 1941 Past Master of Yuma Lodge No. 17 and 1925 Grand Master of Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons in Arizona was doing what he loved, fishing in San Diego California. He landed a huge, reeled it in and died from the excitement. He died doing what he loved
Jason Stryker was a mutant with the ability to create illusions in the minds of others and was the son of Major William Stryker in the Marvel Comics series X-Men. Jason Stryker shares the name with the 2009 Master of Marion McDaniel Masonic Lodge and a Charter Memberand the First Masterof Downtown Lodge #86 F&AM in Tucson.
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TALES OF ARIZONA MASONRY 1882-2016BASEBALL IN THE THRIVING TERRITORY!!Settlers from the East Coast brought the game of baseball to the Arizona Territory and it soon became a favorite, if not hotly contested activity around the state.. Cities raised their own teams to compete with neighboring cities with bragging rights on the line. In 1890, the championship of the territory was contested between the Phoenix and Tucson Base Ball Clubs. On October 13, 1890, the Arizona Daily Citizen proudly announced that the Tucson club would travel northward to “cross bats with the team of that place, in a series of three games, to be played at the fair for the championship of the territory.” under management of R. Rainsbury, who would lead the ballists and oversee any cranks that wanted to join the excursion. The round-trip fare on the Maricopa Rail Road cost $9.80. Any interested cranks of the Old Pueblo were directed to sing up for the trip by adding their name to the list at Black’s Jewelry store, located at 113 Congress Street. In anticipation of the upcoming contests, the Phoenix Base Ball Club held practice games as early as October 6. The first match was played at Agricultural Park, called Patton’s Park om the Phoenix papers of the day, on October 16, on a pleasant, 76 degree day. Both the Arizona Daily Citizen and the Arizona Republican reported the action, including line ups and the final tally. The Tucson club arrived on the evening of October 15 and were met bythe officers of the Phoenix B.B.C. Mr Goldberg and Mr. Kibbey, who graciously led them to the Central Hotel. The first match would commence at 10 o’clock the following morning on a well-groomed field, umpired by H.h. McNeil and George Spangenburg.This would be the first time Phoenix and Tucson faced each other in many years. Plenty of taunting had been built up prior to the games through the newspapers, and both the ArizonaRepublican and Arizona Daily Citizen proudly exchanged brabs, each paper boasting of the prowess of its respective club.
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TALES OF ARIZONA MASONRY 1882-2016BASEBALL IN THE THRIVING TERRITORY!!The Daily Citizen, in keeping up with the shenanigans of the Phoenix club in territorial games of seasons past, cautioned thewould be opponents that “if they do go, an understanding should ne made that the club [not be] part San Francisco and part Phoenix, as was done to the Tombstone nine at the Fair a year go”For 1890, a three-match series between the Tucson Base Ball Club and the Phoenix Base Ball Club for the Territorial Championship would be held at Patton’s Park on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Gazette listed the positions of players from both clubs as follows: “W. Zabriskie, Catcher, E. Drachman, Hurler; M. Drachman, First Base, B. Zabriskie, Second Base; R. Rainsbury, Third Base; W.S. Kengla, Short Stop; Frank Smith, Left Field; Harry Drachman, Center Field and E. Hutton for the Tucson Base Ball Club. For the hometown Phoenix nine- D. Goldberg, Catcher: A.P. Walbridge, Hurler, T. Downey, First Base; W. Widmer, Second Base; L. Grey, Third Base; A. Thoman, Short Stop; B. McNulty, Left Field; B Stockton, Center Field; and F. Kibbey Right Field.”Getting to and from the games at Patton’s Park in Phoenix meant riding the horse-drawn trolley cars operated by the Valley Street Railway Company. The route began on Central Avenue and Washington Street, working eastward to 16th street, where the cars would unload passengers for the ball game and pick up anyone wishing to return to town. A one-way fare was five cents, with the car line making 11 round-trips per day.The first match of the championship series commenced on the morning of October 17. Both side were in good spirits on the makeshift diamond at Patton’s Park. Tucson scored twice in the first frame, while Phoenix did not score until the bottom of the second inning, when Tucson third basemen Rainsbury made two errors, which resulted in two runs. Frank Kibbeyreached third base on an error, with left fielder McNulty being put out at first base. First baseman for the Phoenix nine, Downey would score an ace on an error of Zabriskie. The article isn’t clear about which Zabriskie made the error, as there were two on the field that day.
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TALES OF ARIZONA MASONRY 1882-2016BASEBALL IN THE THRIVING TERRITORY!!The score increased in the fifth inning with errors being made by the Tucson nine, with two charged to Zabriskie, allowing a run to score despite a second strikeout recorded on the Phoenix Catcher, Golderg. At the end of the fifth inning, the tally remained close, Phoenix leading 10-9. The Tucson nine scored one run in the sixth inning, four in the seventh and one in the eighth, while Phoenix recorded just two runs of the next three frames and trailed 15-12 heading into the ninth inning. Tucson went down in order in the top of the ninth. Phoenix started its half with McNulty smashing a double. Downey followed with a single and Goldberg hit a line drive to second base and was put out at first while sending McNulty to Third. Widmer lifted a fly ball to the shortstop for Tucson, who caught it and relayed the ball to third base, catching McNulty off the bag for the double play and the final out of the match. The final score was 15-12 in favor of the Tucson B.B.C. The paper noted that Frank Smith, playing for the Tucson nine, was the youngest ballist on the field of play, and that amongst the spectators were several young ladies on horses, who watched the game and undoubtedly encouraged the young men from Tucson to give their finest effort. The second match at Patton’s Park on October 18 saw a spirited game between the two clubs. About 300 cranks were on hand to witness the game, which began under cloudy skies with cool temperatures. The game was a wild one, full of errors, timely hitting, stolen bases, strikeouts, bases on balls, and a hit batsman. The reported provided a detailed account for all nine innings, including a box score that appeared in the October 20 edition of the Arizona Republican. Tucson scored five runs in the first frame, starting with a base hit and stolen base by E. Drachman. Smith flied out to Thoman for the first out, and Drachman tagged up and advanced to third.
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TALES OF ARIZONA MASONRY 1882-2016BASEBALL IN THE THRIVING TERRITORY!!The next batter, Zabriskie, reached first on a base on balls, which in 1890 meant four balls. This rule had changed in 1889, as in previous years it was as many as nine balls called for a walk. Zabriskie promptly stole second and later scored on a single to left field. Hutton was safe on an error charged to right fielder F. Kibbey. R Pacho, a new left fielder who had replaced Frank Smith, stepped to the plate with the bases loaded but struck out. B. Zabriskie, playing center field that day, hit a scorching line drive to right field to score two runs. Tucson scored two more runs, ending the first frame with a commanding lead of 5-0.The Phoenix nine opened their half of the inning with successive singles by catcher D. Goldberg and pitcher Lee Gray. Second baseman Widmer popped to second, and Phoenix failed to score. Tucson got only a single and stolen base by Drachman in the top half of the second frame before two strikeouts and a pop-out to first. The bottom half of the second inning ended just as quickly with no runs being scored. The third inning went quietly for Tucson, with Hutton leading off but being put out on an assist by Walbridge, who was listedin the box score as both a pitcher and a center fielder. R. Pacho reached first on an error by catcher Golberg, but was forced out at second. B Zabriskie hit a towering fly ball for the third out. The Gazette, had thoughtfully named the Phoenix Nine were now nicknamed the “Alfalfa’s” by the press, perhaps describing the Phoenix Nine’s play or their individual professions. In the bottom of the third inning, Kibbey hit a sharp ground ball single to right field, only to be tagged out at second base. Goldberg bunted, but the pitcher E. Drachman, cleanly fielded the ball and made a quick throw to first base for the second out.
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TALES OF ARIZONA MASONRY 1882-2016BASEBALL IN THE THRIVING TERRITORY!!The article failed to describe the third out, moving on to the top of the fourth inning.Drachman was struck by a pitch and awarded first base, another first in recorded baseball in the Arizona Territories. He advanced to third on a passed ball by Goldman, and scored a single to left field by third baseman R. Rainsbury. Tucson showed no signs of letting up on the Phoenix club scoring, on two errors, two stolen bases and several base hits off of Phoenix’s hurler, Gray. Tucson no led 9-0 heading to the bottom of the fourth.The Phoenix B.B.C. consistently described as the “Alfalfas” by the Gazette, finally ended the shutout on Widmer’s single to center field, a stolen base, a passed ball and a wild throw by hurler E. Drachman, who fired the ball to third base in an attempt to pick off Widmer, who seemed to be napping. Finally Phoenix had a run on the board. Thoman walked, but the inning ended on a foul-out and pickoff at first base. The tally now stood at 9-1. Tucson recorded three more runs in the top of the fifth inning on solid hitting and more stolen bases. Tucsonadded more runs as the game progressed, while Phoenix could never quite find their footing offensively or defensively. The final tally was 15-9 in favor of Tucson. The hurler for Phoenix, Lee Gray, recorded an impressive ten strikeouts on the day. The Phoenix catcher recorded eight passed balls, givingthe Tucson nine ample opportunity to score.The last game of the series was played on October 19 and reported in the Gazette on the following day. At 2:55 p.m. Tucson sent one of the Drachmanbrothers to the plate to lead off the game. He doubled, and Smith struck out for the first out. Drachman advanced on a passed ball, only to be stranded there.
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TALES OF ARIZONA MASONRY 1882-2016BASEBALL IN THE THRIVING TERRITORY!!In this game, the boys from Phoenix turned the tables on the visiting club from Tucson. Their leadoff hitter, D. Goldberg, reached first on an error by first baseman F. Drachman. The Phoenix hurler, Gray, followed by hammering the ball to deep center field for a triple, scoring Goldberg and giving Phoenix and early lead. The next batter lifted an easy fly ball to Zabriskie in Center field, but he muffed the catch and allowed Gray to score. Cuber and McNulty drove in two more runs for Phoenix and at the end of the first inning, the score stood at 5-0. The second and third innings saw no scoring, but the fourth inning, Tucson recorded three runs, only to see Phoenix tally twice in the bottom half of the inning. In the seventh inning, Phoenix scored three runs to take a commanding lead. Despite Tucson scoring four late runs, Phoenix won, 13-8. The series closed with Tucson claiming two victories and Phoenix salvaging their pride by winning the third contest. The Tucson B.B.C. would claim the Arizona Territorial Championship for 1890.
A number of present as well as future Masons fill the rosters of many of the early Territorial Base Ball Clubss. In fact, in the 1890 State Championship, Center fielder Harry Drachman of the Tucson Base Ball Club later served as Master of Tucson Lodge No. 4 in 1906 and 1907 and then Grand Mast of the Grand Lodge of Arizona in 1912.
Excerpt taken from “Baseball in Territorial Arizona” by John Darrin Tenney (2016)
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July , 2017 Gila Valley Lodge No. 9www.facebook.com/gilavalley9 @gilavalleylodge
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July 4, 2017 Arizona Lodge No. 2www.facebook.com/ArizonaLodge2
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July 3, 2017 King Solomon No. 5www.facebook.com/groups/
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ARIZONA MASONRYArizona Masonic Foundation for ChildrenWe have a unique opportunity here in Arizona for possible fund raising opportunity for your Lodges. A local Car Dealer each year, for 501.3.c charities holds a raffle of a $40,000 + to $50,000+ vehicle. This year they have 3 prizes:
FIRST PRIZE - a 2017 Ford Explorer Platinum Priced At $54,500
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They recommend selling the tickets $25 a piece or 5 for $100. The Arizona Masonic Foundation keeps all the money!!! The deal I am offering you is:
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ARIZONA MASONRYArizona Masonic Foundation for ChildrenAll Funds we collect from Our Ticket Sales Go To: Arizona Masonic Foundation for Children A 501(C) 3 charitable foundation www.foundation4children.org For Use By Our Children At Risk Program Throughout Arizona.
What we require of you is that you do the same.All money’s you collect goes to your Charity Of Choice.
We do remote ticket sales here in Arizona and have a mechanism to interface with our Treasurer and Fund RaisingChairman to order and receive tickets requests, forward thetickets back, and insure the stubs are placed into the Raffle appropriately. We also can provide a flyer for your use.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Est. 1882 Price 3d
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135th Anniversary
GRAND LODGE OF ARIZONA MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
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SPECIAL EVENTS
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135th Anniversary
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RAFFLESThe Acacia XLII F&AM Raffle!>>>http://squ.re/2nkqhw2<<<
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RAFFLESThe Camp Stone Lodge No. 77 Raffle!
Win a Henry Masonic Tribute Lever-action Rifle!ONLY 300 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD!
Tickets can be purchased from Brethren of Camp Stone Lodge No. 77 or online here https://squareup/store/camp_stone_77_gun_raffle
Additional information can be found on the Camp Stone Lodge No. 77 website at http://www.benson-Arizona.com/campstone77
If you have any questions, contact Bro. Kasey Vall at [email protected]
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Lodge Perpetual Life MembershipDid you know that Perpetual Life Memberships are available from the Lodge? It is not too late before the end of the year!18 years old through 35 years old is 25 times the annual Lodge dues36 years old through 50 years old is 20 times the annual Lodge dues51 years old through 65 years old is 15 times the annual Lodge dues66 years old and above is 10 times the annual Lodge dues!
Contact the Lodge Secretary for a Perpetual Life Membership Application!
Memorial Perpetual MembershipDo you have a Masonic family member, Masonic friend or notable Mason that you would like to recognize at your Lodge? Recent changes in the Arizona Masonic Code now allow you to purchase Memorial Life membership for any deceased Mason that you wish to memorialize in your Lodge Perpetual Life Fund. The fee for these Memberships is only 10 times dues ($1400). The Deceased Mason’s name will remain on the Lodge’s register in perpetuity and the Lodge will receive an annuity from this donation every yearContact the Lodge Secretary for a Memorial Perpetual Membership Application for that someone special!
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126th Anniversary.
GILA VALLEY LODGE NO. 9 AND OCOTILLO NO. 21 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Brethren, Friends, and Family,This year the Masonic Charities of Arizona approved 18 grants totaling $30,000 to organizations throughout Arizona. These 501c3 charitable organizations provide much needed services to their communities. Those services include assistance to our Veterans at the three VA Hospitals in Arizona, Domestic abuse shelters, child learning disabilities, training and assistance forpeople with special needs, support for soldiers abroad, Adult literacy programs and Personal hygiene kits for the working poor and homeless. We are able to award these Grants from the income of our investment fund, Lodge and Personal donations and support from Grand Lodge. In order to keep up with the desire to expand our Grant distribution to more organizations and communities around the State we ask for your help. We have registered with the Amazon Smile Foundation. Amazon Smile will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization selected by their customers. For Amazon customers to select the Masonic Charities of Arizona to receive these donations go to http://smile.amazon.com/ch/94-2746389 to automatically select us. Or you can go to www.smile.amazon.com and you will be prompted to select a charity. Now you are ready to shop and support the Masonic Charities of Arizona. The Board of Directors of the Masonic Charities of Arizona extends our appreciation to all of you for your support. Fraternally,Jim BakerSecretary, Masonic Charities of [email protected] 520-518-0409
ARIZONA MASONIC CHARITIES BEING HELPED BY OUR PURCHASES AT AMAZON.COM
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2018 Arizona Grand Lodge LineGrand Master; Scott Thomas (15, 23, 43)Deputy Grand Master: Craig Gross (4)Senior Grand Warden: Greg Vasquez (15)Junior Grand Warden: Boyd Robertson (1)Senior Grand Deacon: Randy Jager (52)Junior Grand Deacon: Jim Baker (9)Senior Grand Steward: George Rusk (20)Junior Grand Steward: Darrel “Po-Po Mandrell (15,75)Very Worshipful Grand Secretary: James Rowan (43)Very Worshipful Grand Treasurer: Michael McGee (50)Grand Lecturer: Ron N. Allen (4,55)Grand Chaplin: Jason Stryker (86, 56)Grand Orator: Ahmet S. Erdemir (41)Grand Marshall: Lance BrownGrand Editor: Roger Biede III (9)Grand Bible Bearer: Jess LeeGrand Sword Bearer: Michael BernhardtGrand Pursuivant: Mark BrownGrand Standard Bearer: Michael A. Dale (17)Grand Organist: Carlos Rausch (43)Grand Tyler: Matthew Reidmiller
District 1: Keith McCormack District 13: Jeff HortonDistrict 2: David Sahady District 14: Kirk Lockett, Sr. District 3: Damon Krieg District 15: Roderic WagonerDistrict 4: Clayton J. Howard District 16: Lyle AdamsDistrict 5: James E. Grier District 17: Robert L. Hill District 6: Mikel White District 18: Bill CramerDistrict 7: Vince Santos District 19: James Wild District 8: Robin Settlemeyer District 20: Mark H. NeilsenDistrict 9: James Xie District 21: Dean MillardDistrict 10: Gerry Massey District 22: Matt MorralesDistrict 11: L. Grand Hayes District 23: James E. Watson District 12: Michael Gatti District 24: John Escapule
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