Junior Warden Sonny Stormes "Knife and Fork Committee" initiative was featured in this months online magazine "The Leader" as published by Grand Lodge.

"When Sonny Stormes was installed as junior warden in December, he took his responsibility for serving the lodge at refreshment to another level. Stormes restructured the Knife and Fork Committee into a well-oiled rite of passage for new Master Masons. Besides involving new members right off the bat, built-in attendance incentives have more than quadrupled lodge turnout at some events."

To read more, please visit http://www.freemason.org/newsEvents/leaderApr10.htm#best

The technology committee was honored recently with the following email regarding our new lodge website:
After finding your fan page on facebook I jumped to the website and it is great! Very well organized, easy to find information, and great for people who have questions about Freemasonry. I am the Senior Steward of Yolo Lodge #195 in Davis, as well as the Chapter Dad Advisor for Woodland Chapter DeMolay. I would like to find out more on how Sacramento Lodge developed and maintains the website and the facebook fan page. I would also be interested in how your Wii bowling competition works out. Maybe that can develop into a inter-Lodge tournaments?
Great job Brothers! I look forward to hearing from you.
Fraternally,
Michael Galli

"its not greetchu...it is greet you! Do I need to get the bull whip?" Jay Thompson - 2010

Welcome lodge wii sports fans to the first article of the year reporting on our Wii bowling league: The Ruffians and the Fellowcrafts. Today we have the current team introductions of two fierce competitors:

The Ruffians
Composed of Senior Deacon Erik Patton, team captain and Junior Warden Sonny Stormes, Entered Apprentice Rich Shafer, and a fourth team mate to be named latter, these three are fiercely packed with talent and are sure contenders for the glory of the championship. But who will be the fourth horseman for this powerful team?

The Fellowcrafts
Lead by our very own Devin Davis, this team is slim but packed with punch as its team captain Junior Deacon Davis claims to be able to bowl a 300 in Wii Bowling. Knowing Devin personally, if video games were a profession, he would be a master of his trade! A true gamer at heart, this worthy teammate is looking for 3 other cohorts to band together and try for the perpetual trophy, to be displayed in front of our lodge. Care to join his team? Let him know...

We need more teams to make this a competitive competition. Remember that this is open to all ages and is great even for our more experienced members. If you can move your arm up and down, you are capable of playing this fun and exciting game. In fact, in retirement homes and rest homes across the country, Wii bowling leagues are the hottest activity! Strangely enough, it is also the same fastest growing activity amongst all ages. So regardless of your skills or age, come on out and have a good time. Still don't care to play in the league? That's ok, come on down and root your brothers on, play pool, chess, cards, or just relax with a cold beer with some brothers. This night is for you to enjoy. Come out and see what we are up to!

The season rules are as follows:

• Teams must consist of at least 4 lodge members. (We can make it 2 members per team with limited players)
• All team members must be present to compete. Failure to have all members results in a forfeit and 0 points for the day of play.
• First hour of pool night can be used for practice WITH RESERVATIONS in available 5 minute slots.

The first annual Wii bowling league is being formed for competition at pool nights once a month. We will form teams, choose a name, mascot, team colors, captian, and positions. For the season, we will play a point system, with the top 8 point earners will play in the championship tournament at the end of the year. For the championship we will play a double elimination tournament.

Example of Teams:

Sonny and Erik (Looking for 2 more members): The Roughians
Mascot: Jubelum on 3 cans of Red Bull