Masonic Weekly Digest: 11/20/2009

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RECENT MASONIC NEWS:

Masonic Harmony Lodge 18 raises $2500 for Vest-A-Cop
Asbury Park Press - NJ, USA - Nov 12th
www.app.com/article/20091112/GETPUBLISHED/911120314/1007/NEWS03/Masonic+Harmony+Lodge+18+raises++2+500+for+Vest-A-Cop

Psssssssssst, here's the password: Freemasonry giving up some of its secrets
Pioneer Press - Minneapolis, MN - Nov 14th
www.twincities.com/ci_13784837?nclick_check=1

Freemason is not a secret society
The Guardian - Nigeria - Nov 16th
www.ngrguardiannews.com/letters/article02/indexn2_html?pdate=161109&ptitle=Freemason%20is%20not%20a%20secret%20society

Casting the cornerstone
Stockton Record - CA, USA - Nov 17th
www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091117/A_NEWS/911170313/-1/A_NEWS07#STS=g24ntv87.1ff9

Masons respond to new interest from community
Journal Review - Crawfordsville, IN, USA - Nov 17th
www.journalreview.com/articles/2009/11/17/news/01lodge.txt

Society opens the cloak of secrecy
The Aucklander - New Zealand - Nov 17th
www.theaucklander.co.nz/local/news/society-opens-the-cloak-of-secrecy/3906330/

Freemasons charter new San Francisco lodge
Bizjournals.com - San Francisco, CA, USA - Nov 17th
sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/11/16/daily28.html

Pinellas sheriff's Deputy Curtis Kindle is Masons' deputy of the year
St. Petersburg Times - Dunedin, FL, USA - Nov 18th
www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/pinellas-sheriffs-deputy-curtis-kindle-is-masons-deputy-of-the-year/1052402

Masons collecting toys for holiday celebration
Colts Neck News Transcript - Freehold, NJ, USA - Nov 18th
newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2009/1118/front_page/006.html

George Washington's Gavel on Display in Fairmont
State Journal - Fairmont, WV, USA - Nov 18th
www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=70530

Lansing Town Talk: Iditarod veteran keeps mushing
Ithaca Journal - NY, USA - Nov 18th
www.theithacajournal.com/article/20091118/NEWS01/911180341/Lansing+Town+Talk++Iditarod+veteran+keeps+mushing

Secret society will be open to women, says new grandmaster
Times of India - Chennai, India - Nov 18th
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Secret-society-will-be-open-to-women-says-new-grandmaster/articleshow/5244943.cms

"Care & Share" Meal Scheduled
Blanco County News - San Antonio, TX, USA - Nov 18th
www.blancocountynews.com/news/article/23243

Masons selling pies for CHIP program
Clay Center Dispatch - Topeka, KS, USA - Nov 19th
www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20389599&BRD=1160&PAG=461&dept_id=190959&rfi=6

Victor Valdez Recital Hosted By NSW Freemasons
Seeking Media - Sydney, NSW, Australia - Nov 20th
www.seekingmedia.com.au/news.php?newsid=866&g=1

Masonic Care Community breaks ground on Acacia 2
WKTV - Utica, NY, USA - Nov 20th
www.wktv.com/news/local/70537727.html

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