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Grand Lodge of Washington
Gr and Lodg e of W ashingt on
Masonic Tribune
Masonic T r ibune
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in the state, and to the exceptional Masons in those Districts
who have earned the Grand Master’s Achievement Award.
Brethren, Each event has provided an occasion to reconnect with Ma-
sons with whom I’ve had the pleasure of Meeting at past
Annual Communications, as well as to establish new con-
nections with Brothers within our Jurisdiction. I observed
am both honored and humbled to the Trowel being put to good use this Masonic Year.
I have served our Grand Jurisdiction
as the Grand Lecturer! Thank you MWB Jim Further, I have met each of the candidates for Junior Grand
Mendoza, Grand Master, for your appoint- Warden over the past months. I encourage each one of
ment for the 2016-2017 (6016-6017) Masonic Year! you to read the Junior Grand Warden Candidates Forum
As I write this, I reflect on how fast and how quickly this last published in the Spring Issue of the Masonic Tribune, and to
year has flown by! Grand Installation last year June, Recon- review the Statements of Availability included in the Resolu-
stitutions during the late summer months, visitations in and tion Book published for our upcoming Annual Communica-
around my home District No. 22, and then the Grand Juris- tion.
dictional Wardens Competition, which was held this last April
9th, at the Wenatchee Masonic Center. Hope to see you in Yakima in June.
This year, Wardens Competitions were held at both the Dis-
trict, and then Regional Levels, before culminating with the “Do good unto all.”
Jurisdictional Competition. Our Grand Jurisdiction is divided
into eight Regions, and we had competitors from five of the
eight Regions. These are the winners of the following Re- Gordon S Johnson
gions: Region 3 (Districts 4, 5, 6 and 7) Br. Matthew Livings- Grand Standard Bearer
ton, Region 4 (Districts 16, 17, 18 and 19) Br. Dean Roettger
of Washington Lodge, No. 4, Region 5 (Districts 13, 14 and
15) Br. Scott Dilley of Steilacoom Lodge, No. 2, Region 6
(Districts 3, 11 and 12) Br. Ed Pinedo of Steadfast Lodge, No.
216, and Region 8 (Districts 2, 8, 9 and 10) Br. Scott Ross of
Damascus Lodge, No. 199, and Br. Brent Arnold of Genesis
Lodge, No. 305, runner-up. Of our five Regional competi-
tors, two competitors were unable to attend the Jurisdictional
Competition because of prior commitments; therefore, this
year’s competition had three total competitors.
Judges for this year’s Jurisdictional Competition included SUDOKU SYMBOL PUZZLE
MWB Bruce Vesper, MWB Sam Roberts and me. Our Sec-
ond Runner-Up for this year was Br. Dean Roettger of Wash-
ington Lodge, No. 4, our First Runner-Up was Br. Ed Pinedo
of Steadfast Lodge, No. 216, and the Winner of this year’s
Jurisdictional Competition was Br. Scott Ross of Damascus
Lodge, No. 199. The judging was pretty close, as only one
point separated 1st and 2nd place! I congratulate all the com-
petitors for all of their time and hard work; you all made this
year’s Wardens Competition a huge success!
Before I close, I want to continue to encourage the Brethren
to ‘take up the torch,’ and learn the Degree Lectures, namely
the Master’s Lecture of the Entered Apprentice Degree, the
Middle Chamber Lecture of the FellowCraft Degree, and the
Historical Lecture of the Master Mason Degree, which were
handed down to us from our Brethren of the past. We need
to curb this trend of using the Grand Lodge DVD’s during the
Conferral of the Three Degrees. Let us Labor and learn these
Degree Lectures, which are the essence of each of the Three
Degrees of FreeMasonry! Let us pass on this Knowledge and
Wisdom to the next generation of Masons! Sudoku, but like Masonry symbols are sub-
Let us therefore “Be the Difference”! stituted. Complete the grid so that every row,
column and 3 X 3 box contains every symbols
Fraternally, shown below:
VWBB Rudy N. Schade
Grand Lecturer

(Solution is provided in page 13)

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