The heart of the Order of the Sons and Daughters of Italy is centered in local lodges promoting the Italian Culture in their communities. Roma Lodge is located in Tulare, California, center of the breadbasket of the world in the San Joaquin Valley. For the past 56 years the lodge has their Italian sausage food booth at the show. Over 50 members participated in organizing

Vicki Tos organized great refreshments for the Hanford Lodge February meeting. Her helpers included Pat Scialo and Toni Natali. We thank them so much! The new business of this meeting resulted in electing the Convention

Eureka Lodge member Ryan Bisio, head coach of the College of the Redwoods men’s basketball team, led his student athletes to their third straight Golden Valley Conference championship on February 17th. This is the third season in a row that Bisio guided the team to the junior college playoffs.

Eureka Lodge will award the Irene and Paul Pinochi and Frank Stagnoli Scholarships this spring.

Please remind your grandchildren or friends

Elvis has left the building literally means “the show is over; go home”.

At our last month’s meeting we discussed our upcoming monthly schedule and affirmed our slate of officers. …Reminder: Our meetings are now on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 PM at Luna’s, on Pollasky Ave. in Clovis. Isabel will verify your reservations as usual.

Next month: Our very own Bert Liberta (head

Hello from Redding:

We just held our annual two night Crab Feed. We were late getting tickets ready to sell this year because of the delays of opening to the commercial crab season, but were sold out in seven days after tickets were finally available.

The clam chowder is always a crowd pleaser and the crab was fresh and plentiful. The raffle baskets were beautiful and our bar was very busy, leading us to a very successful event. Thank you to our great chairmen Paul Monette and