DAY 2 OF DISTRICT 2010 BOWLING TOURNAMENT

Bowling pins fall inside as beer bottles do the same outside. Team Model Lodge again lost closely contested matches against Sta. Rosa Lodge No. 297, Kapatiran Lodge No. 228, and Factoria Lodge No. 331. Maybe that's the reason for the beer and whiskey. But then again, its the camaraderie and not the competition that matters most.

DAY 1 OF THE 2010 DISTRICT BOWLING TOURNAMENT

Bro. Eugene Ramirez (left), Model Lodge's best bowler, in action against the bowling team of General Llanera Lodge No. 168. Team Model Lodge lost the closely contested match and eventually to Kapitan Pepe Lodge No. 293 then to Cabanatuan Lodge No. 53 who finally settled its only lose --- and Model Lodge's only win --- in last year's edition. But it was no gloomy day for the team. Every member played not in the spirit of competition but for the joy of being among brothers.

BALER: A PHOTO ESSAY

PHOTOS EXPLAINED (from top to bottom): [1] A hot pot of malunggay tea was served to the brethren by Bros. Anacleto Fernandez and Jayson Simon (Manuel L. Quezon Lodge No. 262) during a stop-over at Maria Aurora town on their way to the Masonic District RIII-D meeting in Baler, Aurora; [2] Bro. Wilson Tan, District Treasurer and a dual member of Model Lodge, reads his financial report during the District meeting; [3] Band of Brothers --- the Model Lodge contingent in Baler, Aurora; [4] Bros. Fitzgerald Hierco (left) and Virgilio Santos (right) with Worshipful Master Bro. Manolo Mercado (center) plant propagules at the Mangrove Reforestation Project in Baler of the Manuel L. Quezon Memorial Lodge No. 262; [5] the Model Lodge contingent in a coffee moment with District Deputy Grandmaster Bro. Alan Purisima (center, between trees); [6] the installation rites of Bro. Anacleto Fernandez, Model Lodge’s immediate Past Master, as the Grand Lodge Inspector for Manuel L. Quezon Memorial Lodge No. 262; [7] a post-District meeting boodle fight in Dipaculao, Aurora among the Model Lodge contingent.

A BIKATHON, A TREE PLANTING, AND A BIRTHDAY

Aging knees and stomach paunches might have slowed the pace but the brethren from Lodges under the jurisdiction of Masonic District RIII-D still have what it takes to ride the 12 kilometers from Sta. Rosa town to Fort Magsaysay and still have some to spare to plant trees around the watershed of the 7th Infantry Division's (Philippines Army) Bahay Pahingahan. And they were amply rewarded with a feast and give aways prepared by District Deputy Grandmaster Bro. Alan Purisima. On the way home, Worshipful Master Bro. Manolo Mercado served lunch at his home for the Model Lodge contigent. The day ended with a dinner and a fellowship hosted by Bro. Jojit Floro on the occasion of his 27th birthday.

FOOTNOTE: The photo above shows the Model Lodge contigent led by Worshipful Master Bro. Manolo Mercado (left, in white shirt) after the District bikathon and tree planting in Fort Magsaysay's Bahay Pahingahan. Bottom photo shows birthday celebrant Bro. Jojit Floro (third from left, in blue shirt) with the brethren from Model Lodge No. 373, Pantabangan-Bonari Lodge No. 203, Eulogio R. Dizon Lodge No. 321, and Memorial Lodge No. 90 who attended his birthday bash. 

REGULAR MEMBERS (018-2010 to 020-2010)

Bro. Jonathan Requintel
Bro. Anthony Reyes
Bro. Dean Barry Lao

TENTH BATCH (018-2010 to 020-2010). Bros. Jonathan Requintel (018-2010), Anthony Reyes (019-2010), and Dean Barry Lao (020-2010) were initiated as Entered Apprentice Masons on 01 May 2010, passed as Fellow Craft Masons on 05 June 2010, and raised as Master Masons on 03 July 2010 at Model Lodge No. 373’s temporary Masonic temple in Baloc Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija.