Sorry I haven’t been able to post a message for the last few months. I am in the final stages of a project I have been working on for 20 years.

I played in the Southern California Golf Tournament in Palm Springs on Monday the 13 of November. I was teamed up with our State Financial Secretary David Lavezzari, my son for the first time ever sad to say he is much better than I am, his god father from the Anaheim Lodge Mike Guthrie and my eye doctor Joe Occhipinti. We managed to finish one under par. It was

The holidays are rapidly approaching once again. Northern Solano Lodge #2534 has been very busy. Our Columbus Dinner Celebration was a huge success enjoyed by 139 members, family and friends. Our fabulous cooks outdid themselves as usual. Many beautifully decorated raffle prizes, thanks to Lauretta Graham and Angie Caserza, silent auction items and a dessert auction rounded out the evening.

There are many worthy projects that our lodge supports. At our Convention each year our lodge donates to UCD

Brothers and Sisters,

Again, I'd like to apologize for not having an article available for the November issue of the Il Leone. I was not able to get the article completed as the Sacramento Lodge Shrimp Feed was on October 21st and my article was due on the 20th. The Shrimp Feed was a success, and everybody enjoyed the shrimp and clam chowder, and many people went home with some great raffle prizes.

In October, my monthly travels started in Fairfield where Northern Solano Lodge #2534 had their second Annual Shrimp Feed

 Congratulations to all the winners, the list is available in the November IL Leone. Thank you to all who participated.

Attended the 100 year anniversary of the CORNELIA-VITA NUOVA LODGE, # 1198, in San Francisco on November 4th! Such a nice event!

Also attended the Roma lodge of Tulare, who

It feels like yesterday I was walking across the stage at Napa High School during the scholarship ceremony. I heard my name “John Cardinale” called over the microphone as I had received the Sons of Italy, Western Foundation Scholarship. I was proud the Italian-American community had selected me. That was in 2015. Soon I would be heading to the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State a long way from Napa, and a much bigger city. My goal was to become a broadcast journalist. Growing up watching news in the Bay Area