Speaker of the House William G. Batchelder, an active Ohio Freemason, has included language in House Bill 59 - the House version of the Governor’s proposed budget - that offers property tax relief to Masonic lodges as well as those of the Prince Hall Masons, Granges, Odd Fellows and Knights of Columbus by removing these…
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Recent Posts by Kristen Hirschfeld
Residents form Lodge of Instruction
The Masons residing on the Springfield Campus of the Masonic Home recently formed a new club, the Springfield Community Lodge of Instruction. A lodge of instruction is an association of Masons who gather to learn, practice and seek to understand Masonic ritual. Lodges of Instruction are most common in England where lodges often have stated…
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Aspired Living in Action
During Springfield Masonic Community’s (SMC) Aspired Living Launch Week each resident and staff member was asked to write something that they aspired to do on a star. Dawn Suchland, the A.D.O.N., brought Bill King, a resident who uses a wheelchair, to assist with ambulation to the launch events. She asked him if he had something…
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Playing at Life
As William Shakespeare once said, “All the world’s a stage, and the men and women merely players.” One group of residents from Western Reserve Masonic Community has taken this quite literally, forming WRMC Readers Theater nearly a decade ago. Strangely enough, the group began during a tai chi class. WRMC residents Ray and Jan Bubsey…
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