Another month is here, September 10th I attended the United lodges of the San Joaquin Valley, September meeting, sponsored by the Visalia’s Enrico Caruso lodge. Discussed the 2023 convention, the upcoming Grand Council meeting, and the purchase of a new home building for the Grand Lodge, in Orangevale CA, that is in the process of inspections, as part of the escrow process.

On September 30th, The Enrico Caruso lodge 1463 of

October’s polenta and chicken Pinochi and Stagnoli scholarships fundraising dinner will be held on October 15th from 4:00 to 6:00PM at the Elks Lodge on Herrick Avenue. Thank you to all who worked so hard to sell tickets.

The Italian festival at the Redwood Ballfields had overcast skies but no rain. Hooray! 

Seven teams participated in the bocce

All hands were on deck clapping thunderously for our four new members, who were initiated on July 20th at the Roseville Lodge 1413. Dan Marinelli, the President of Sacramento Lodge 1352, did the installation for Roseville that day as he was the State Deputy for Roseville when the installation occurred.. The four initiates are Vickie Peters, Barbara Moran,

Roma Lodge held its Junior Member Night at the August meeting. The lodge has about 65 junior members and over 25 attended the meeting. They conducted the opening and closing ceremonies and enjoyed

Say it ain’t so Joe, say it ain’t so!!

But it is so. After twenty years at the helm, as our beloved Lodge President, Joe LaPorta is retiring and turning the reins over to our current Vice President Frank Di Salvo, who will now serve as President.

But he isn’t going to disappear! He won’t be far away, and will be on hand to help Frank with the transition, and to keep his beloved Lodge functioning, at the level we have all enjoyed