in this issue-

·  2005-2006 State Officers

·  State Event Calendar

·  Iron Man 3v3 Basketball Tournament!

·  From your SMC

·  From your SSC-Dance Your Way to Financial Freedom

·  From your SJC-Membership Madness

·  From the desk of the Executive Officer

·  DeMolay Quick Trivia

State Event Calendar

Look out for some awesome state activities coming your way !!

• March 4 - Tri-Youth Initiation and Grotto Dance (Cleveland)
• March 11 - State 3 on 3 Basketball (Mogadore)
• March 25 - Tadmore Dance (Canton)

·  April 22 - Northwest Regional Dodgeball Tournament (Toledo)

·  May 14 - State Devotional Day (Springfield)

·  MAY 26 - 29- Ohio DeMolay Leaders of Excellence (ODLE) (Akron)

·  June 10 - State Marksmanship Day (Cincinnatti)

Iron Man 3v3 Basketball Tournament!

March 11, 2006

Ohio DeMolay has brought back the tradition!

Located at Field High School, 2900 St Rt. 43, Mogadore, OH 44260

The registration is from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Mandatory participants meeting – 9:00 a.m. Games begin 9:15 a.m.

Teams consist of three DeMolays and may consist of DeMolays from different chapters. Feel free to mix it up from chapters all over the state. Cost is $33 per team.

Registration, team fee, and medical release forms are all due to Dad Hampton or bring with them you

There will be two age divisions:

• 15 and Under division
• Open division

The games will be refereed by Ohio High School Athletic Association Referees using modified NBA Hoop it Up 3 on 3 Rules and Regulations.

All participants must have numbers on their jerseys or shirts.

If You don’t have a team come, and we will try to help you get one !

From your SMC

Greetings to all; I hope you all had a wonderful January, and I hope that the first month of 2006 was a great one.

I was very pleased with the attendance at Winterfest. This year the turnout was great, and I have heard from numerous people that they will take home many great memories from thier stay.

Congratulations to all of the new members who joined at Winterfest. You all joined great chapters, and I know that you will have a lot of fun in this organization. Thanks to everyone that helped plan the event and who helped at various times during the weekend.

Also, congratulations to everyone who competed in the Ritual Competition and to those of you who qualified for the Heartland Ritual Competition in Chicago.

Information on the Heartland Ritual Competition can be found on the Region 4 website, http://region4.seconddist.org.

Have a great February and a Happy Valentines Day to all of Ohio DeMolay.

In DeMolay Service,

Edward A. Jones State Master Councilor 2005-2006

From your SSC-Dance Your Way to Financial Freedom

This month you should put some thought into having a Valentine’s Day Dance-a-thon.

This would be an easy event to set up as well as a fun way to make some money for your chapter.

First, you would need to set it up just like any other dance: DJ, Dance Hall, Chips, and drinks. A Dance-a-thon is basically a dance where you get people to sponsor the young men and women for each hour they dance. Remember that this is an endurance dance so play a lot of slow songs to give the dancers some rest.

So once the dance part is set up it is time to send your members to the local Lodge, Council, Commandry, Shrine, and Eastern Star meetings or even have them go door-to-door looking for sponsors. They should ask for each person to donate around one dollar to DeMolay for each hour they dance. Some will not give that much and some will give more but the hope is that each kid could raise at least one hundred dollars.

Your chapter should come up with a goal for each member and stick to it. If each member of your chapter gets twenty sponsors at one dollar per hour and each dances 5 hours straight they will make one hundred dollars each. If you have 10 members then you just made ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

This is also an easy event that the Rainbows and Job’s Daughters could piggyback onto but if they do, ask them to pick up some of the cost of the DJ, Hall, and food.

Once the dance is over, simply go door to door collecting the money they pledged.

So there you go, a simple and fun fundraiser that everyone can benefit from.

From your SJC-Membership Madness

March is coming and you know what that means. March Membership Madness!

March is when all the winter sports end and the spring sports haven't started up yet. Like November, it's a big time for membership. To ensure a big March membership class you should start on a 4x4 plan in February, if you haven't started already.

Have your chapter make a list of every person they think would make a good DeMolay. From that list gather those prospects addresses and phone numbers.

Send out a form letter to the prospect and another letter to his parent(s) telling them they have been recommended to join DeMolay.

In that letter give a brief description of DeMolay and invite them to a prospect party later in February. Make sure the party is on a day that doesn't conflict with sports or holidays.

Both parents and prospects should come to the first party with the parents and prospects separated at some point with advisors talking to the parents about DeMolay and DeMolays talking to the prospects. A good way to end the party is with the Ceremony of Light to show the parents an example of DeMolay ritual.

Either later in Feb or early March a second party should be held with a focus on fun and fellowship. Have a Halo party or a sleepover something that will be fun for the prospects. And the perfect follow-up to the second party is an invitation to an initiation before the end of March.

And it's not even late, unless you open the message tomorrow, then it's late.

From the desk of the Executive Officer

Please take time to read the “News and Views” link off the web site on a frequent basis. You'll find out details about many interesting things happening throughout Ohio.

2006 seems to be starting off right! I met with Middletown and they are working to get set up to restart their DeMolay Chapter. In addition, Van Wert now has 7 who have been initiated into Fallen Timbers Chapters and should be well on their way to getting their Chapter started.

As I write this article, I received paperwork for new advisors to start their Advisory Council. We also have serious discussions going on with Delaware and Milan for potential new Chapters.

I’m also excited to announce that Portage Chapter in Kent Ohio held a meeting and is working to get their Chapter rejuvenated. Jacob Wrightsman is going to be working with them to get a prospect party going and I’m think that they will be looking for help to put on an initiation within the next few months.

We also had 14 initiated at Medina on January 3rd and 9 more at Winterfest. Denbrook told me they are working on 6 new potential members, our State Scribe, Alex D’Ettorre is working hard at Bowling Green, and Groveport is putting together a plan to initiate some new members.

Our Mock Trial is progressing along and I’m looking forward to participating in this NEW activity.

If your Chapter needs help, let me know and one of the State Officers will be more than happy to assist you.

In DeMolay Service,

Dad Shaw

DeMolay Quick Trivia

Last Month's Question: When and where was Louis G. Lower, the first DeMolay, killed?

Hint: No Hint this time.

Answer: On July 18, 1943, Louis Lower was murdered outside Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. He had stopped to question a drunken security guard who was directing traffic at a crowded intersection in the city street. When Lower reached out to inspect the guard's badge, he was deliberately shot in the chest.

Congratulations to our 3 winners!

Daniel Kingsmill, Steven Kingsmill and Ed Taylor!

Here's your new question! Who and in what year was the first person in our country's history to be appointed as Post Master General?

Hint: He's probably not related to Eddie Jones.

Good Luck!

The First 3 DeMolays to Email me with the correct answer will win a prize!

Do you know what the answer is?

Find out next month right here in Ohio DeMolay's digital newsletter!

Do you need a form but can't seem to find one anywhere?

Allegiance

2005-2006 State Officers

• State Master Councilor----Edward A. Jones
• State Scribe ---- Alexander S. D'Ettorre
• State Senior Councilor------- Craig A. Loose
• State Junior Councilor--------- Eric W. Small
• State Senior Deacon-------- Brian E. Hare
• State Junior Deacon- -------Peter D. Wilson
• State Senior Steward- --------Ben J. Mills
• State Junior Steward-------- Jimmy M. Johnson
• State Chaplain---Matt T.Klepacz
• State Marshall---Jacob E. Wrightsman
• State Orator-----Brian G. Gorton
• 1st District Representative--Price H. Murphy
• 2nd District Representative-- Alex D. Marshal
• 4th District Representative-- Andrew Bauman
• 5th District Representative--Thomas J. Baker

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Does your Chapter want higher attendance at your local events?

Then send your term plans to your friendly State Scribe, Alex D'Ettorre and I'll publish them right here in the E-connection!

Email them to dettoa@bgsu.edu or mail them to 15345 T.H. 124, Upper Sandusky OH. 43351

Don't miss this golden opportunity!

Chapter Event Calendar Coming soon!

Local Event happenings!

• Upper Sandusky Installation of officers -Saturday, February 18, 2005 7:30.
• Rainbow reception - Saturday, March 11th.
• OMJD Pageant - Saturday, April 29
• Job's GG Reception - Saturday, April 1

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