Sir Knights:
     Not surprisingly, there was not much interest in having made and selling an Orlando York Rite belt buckle as a fund raiser for our York Right charities to honor Right Eminent George T. Collier.  Therefore, I have shelved the idea of any more belt buckles as gifts from me until next year.     We have not conferred the Council degrees because Eustis is dark for the summer. We hope to conclude the Council degrees this fall and then to confer the Commandery Orders at Eola Lodge.     Our District Deputy Grand Commander, James D. Dickenson and his committeemen for the Knight Templar Eye Foundation were received at the official visit to Olivet Commandery on July 24, 2008.  His visit was appreciated, and I hope that the District Deputy Grand Commander will make a return visit before the end of my year.  This past week I received a letter from the Right Eminent Grand Commander Charles Perez in which he stated that he plans to make his official visit to Olivet Commandery on September 25, 2008 and requesting that I notify him if this date is not convenient.
     Sir Knights, please enter on your calendars and plan to attend and participate in the Table Lodge set for October 9, 2008 at Eola Lodge honoring our very own Right Excellent Companion George T. Collier.      

Thomas S. Rice, E.C.