News:
June 27 & 28, 2008
South Dakota Grand Officers Visited the
Minnesota Grand York Rite Sessions in
Willmar
 
                                                                   
 
                                           
 
                               Bible resting on two Knights Templar Broadswords
 
 
 
                                                                   
 
                                               
Newly installed MIGM Loren R. Schroeder and MEGHP James E. Turner, Jr.
 
 
                       
 
                                    Newly installed Grand Commandery officers;
                                        RE Grand Commander,  Bruce V. Brendal
 
 
 
                                       
 
    David M. Dryer, Grand Commander of Iowa (left) and Lauren Handeland,                 Grand Commander of Wisconsin (right) wearing each other's cheese-head                 chapeau and corn head chapeau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
May 13, 2008
Installation of Brookings Chapter, Council and Commandery Officers
(See the Chapter, Council and Commandery pages for officer pictures.)
 
 
Visiting Grand Officers: From the left: Em. Gr. Treasurer, Stanley Cadwell; Em. Gr. Jr. Warden, John (Jack) Hantz; Rt. Em. Gr. Commander, Roger Kehm; W. Bro. Roger Hansen, Past President and current Secretary of High Twelve International; M. Ill. Grand Master Richard Decker, and R. Ex. Gr. Scribe Douglas McFarland
 
 
Celebratory Cake!
 
   
 
Late Lunch and a time for fellowship following the installation
 
 
 
April 3 - 5, 2008
South Dakota Grand Officers Visited the
Nebraska Grand York Rite Sessions in
Columbus
 
                               
 
 
 
 
 
Installation of 2008 -2009 Grand Officers
            Grand Chapter Officers                               Grand Commandery Officers
    Most Excellent Grand High Priest Ronald D. Grass                 Right Em. Grand Commander Theodore J. Johnson
                            Center, front row                                                                                        Center, front row
 
A "must see" when visiting Columbus, Nebraska is the Andrew Jackson Higgins
National Memorial.  Higgins, who was a native of Columbus, was the inventor
of the LCVP: Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel, a.k.a. the "Higgins Boat"
which was used extensively to put military personnel onto beaches all over
the world.  The Memorial is right across the street from the conference hotel.
 
 
 
 

 

Each of these 3 sculpted men represent a soldier, sailor or Marine from WW II, the Korean War and the Viet Nam War.
 
                  

Our very own Grand Commander Roger Kehm "hitting the beach" at

Columbus, Nebraska from a Higgins boat

 

 

Freedom Eagle Memorial composed of girders welded together from the World Trade Center debris next to the Higgins National Memorial
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 14 & 15, 2008
South Dakota Grand Officers Visit North Dakota   Grand York Rite Sessions:
 
 
R.E.G.C. Roger Kehm (center) visits with M.E.P.G.M. Kenneth Bernard Fischer                 (left) and R.E. Department Commander Jeffrey N. Nelson (right) at the North              Dakota Grand Commandery session.
 
 

From the left: Jeffrey N. Nelson, R. E. North Central Department Commander;             Gerald Johnson, R. E. P. G. C.; Richard Decker, V. E. D. G. C.; Roger Kehm, R. E. G. C.; Douglas McFarland, E. G. C. G.; Kenneth B. Fischer, M. E. P. G. M.

 

 
 
Grand York Rite Banquet.  From Left: Douglas McFarland, R. E. G. Scribe;                     Richard Decker, M. I. Grand Master; Lawrence Holmes, P. G. H. P. of South                 Dakota and current M. E. G. H. P. of North Dakota; Nathan Holmes, De Molay;             Gerald Johnson, M. E. G. H. P.; Roger Kehm, E. G. Captain of the Host.
 
 
 
 
 
March 2, 2008
 
Dear Companions and Sir Knights,
 
This past weekend, Brookings added 3 new Companions and Sir Knights to our membership.  They are Companions Bruce Bleakley, Jeffrey Clapper and Jim Schultz. 
We had a great weekend with a total of 9 new York Rite members joining us.  There were 3 from Vermillion, 3 from Sioux Falls, and 3 from Brookings. Companions from Brookings who assisted in the Degree Work were: Glen Nachtigal, Clayton Sloat, Dean Christie, Larry Holmes, and Doug McFarland.  We also had a very good showing of Grand York Rite Officers assisting in the work.
 
Below are pictures of the entire group of 9 new members and pictures of the 3 new members of Brookings York Rite. 

 

                                                                                                                                                           

Companions: Jeff Clapper, Jim Schultz and Bruce Bleakley

 

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