Hello Brothers and Sisters!

I would like to introduce myself to you. I am your new Third State Vice President Adam Alan Spano, (I use my middle name Alan). My family came from Montallegro Sicily, and from the Naples area before immigrating to the United States. I was born in Ithaca NY, December 30, 1957, arriving in Visalia California on Halloween day, 1962.

For 40+ years, I’ve been

 To My Sisters & Brothers of OSDIA

It’s June so that means it’s Convention time and this year it’s in my hometown of Reno, NV. The Convention Committee has been busy planning activities. First off, we will have Bocce on Wednesday afternoon. This is always a great time for meeting new members and catching up with old friends as well as finding out what has happened since last year. A Slot Tournament is planned on Wednesday evening and on Thursday evening,

First, I would like to wish you all a Belated Buona Pasqua. Last month due to the Grand Council meeting on March 18th, due to time restraints, I could not get my March article in. The Grand Council meeting was all inclusive with much discussion. We are trying to meet at least a large criteria of needs so that when the final building is found and completed it will benefit all Lodges in California.

On April 15th, Ukiah Lodge held their Annual Polenta “Fun” Raiser, and it was fantastic! The polenta

To My Sisters & Brothers of OSDIA,

February was a busy month. I attended events at the Redding, Chico, and Weed Lodges. The meals were Crab-solutely amazing! On February 10th, I traveled to Redding for their famous Crab Feast. There were 400 people in attendance. The raffle prizes were unbelievable, and the night was fun! The Lodge pulled out all the stops and returned the next night to host 400 more people for a second night of crab. On February 16th I installed the new officers at the Vincenzo Bellini Lodge in Chico. It was a great meeting with all the members. The President, Tony George is doing a great job in Chico. On the 18th I traveled to the Big Town of Weed for their Crab Feed. The meal was Clawsome

To My Sisters & Brothers of OSDIA,

First, I would like to apologize because I did not have my monthly article in the Il Leone last month. Covid finally found me in December. I was lucky that I did not catch it in the beginning of the month, because I wanted to help move the Grand Lodge to Sacramento. Speaking of that, we were able to locate a temporary office space plus a large storage building in the Sacramento area, so now we are just looking for a great place to permanently base our Grand Lodge.

On January 19th, I went to the Roseville