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Bid on this limited-edition 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8.

Your winning bid helps kids at Shriners Hospitals for Children.

The excitement is building as we get closer to the auction for a limited-edition 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 - number 264 of 6,400 produced in the first year. Powered by a 6.1 liter HEMI® V-8 engine that produces 425 horsepower and 420 lb.- ft. of torque, this muscle car stays true to Challenger heritage while delivering many modern amenities. This car has been showcased in car magazines and at Dodge motorsports events throughout New England.

The eBay auction begins on Dec. 1 with the final bid being announced at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 7.

Place a bid. It’s a car worth bidding on and a cause that’s even more worthwhile.

Visit www.BeAChallenger.com on Dec. 1 for a link to the eBay auction page.

If you’re interested in getting an up-close look, stop by the Connecticut International Auto Show on Nov. 21 - 23 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT or visit the New England International Auto Show Dec. 3 - 7, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, MA.

Shriners Hospitals for Children relies on the support of people like you to continue our mission of providing expert medical care to children with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate. Together we can help more kids defy the odds!

For more information or to donate visit www.shrinershospitals.org.

For inquiries, please write to info@beachallenger.com

In pursuit of his Christian duty, the Rev. Matthew Wissell used to dress up as a clown.

Pastor of Eastham United Methodist Church on Cape Cod and a Freemason, Wissell spent six years entertaining young burn victims at Shriners Hospital for Children in Boston. The Shriners are part of the Freemasons, the global fraternal organization founded in 18th-century England that spends millions of dollars on charitable works, motivated in part by its minimalist religious requirement that members profess faith in one God.

Wissell followed his grandfather’s footsteps into the Freemasons 15 years ago.

"As a United Methodist, we understand that faith is more than simply adhering to a group of beliefs," he said. "It’s living out our beliefs in the world in a very tangible way."  Read more…

Long before Sun Valley Co. cut ski runs on Bald Mountain, a group of men trekked to its peak each summer to confer upon one another the ancient and secretive rites of Freemasonry. They came from all walks of life; some were wealthy community leaders, others labored in the mines. All were "on the level," and considered equals in "the craft" of Masonry.

Hailey’s Masonic Lodge No. 16, one of the oldest in Idaho, was given status on the National Register of Historic Places last month. The occasion brought forward three "master masons" from Hailey to discuss the rituals and symbols of this ancient fraternal order.

"The Masons are much more open these days in terms of discussing the meaning of their symbols," said Ted Angle, the current "worshipful master" of the lodge, an archaic title that he believes adds too much religious connotation to his leadership position.  Read more…

After years of notoriety as a secret society, and a raging debate over the alleged membership of public officials, Malta’s freemasons have gone public with a fully-fledged website describing their activities, history and also their statute.
Malta’s freemasons now welcome the public to go beyond its portrayal “as a secret, self-serving, or sinister society”, to one whose motivation centres on “humility, tolerance, and charity”.

Malta’s lodges from the English, Scottish and Irish Constitutions congregated in one single Grand Lodge in 2004, when the Leinster, Abercorn and Fenici lodges of the Irish Constitution resolved to create a Maltese grand lodge, with ‘Brother’ Joseph P. Cordina as its “most worshipful grand master”.  Read more…

The new Limestone Medical Center won’t officially open for about four month, but the ceremonies have already begun.

Masons for across Texas converged on Groesbeck last Friday to ceremoniously level two cornerstones at the facility.

"This is a special time for this city and county," said David B. Dibrell, past grand master of the Grand Lodge of Texas. "And this is special for us. It’s unusual for us to have the chance to level two cornerstones at one time."  Read more….

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They are popularly known as a shadowy organization connected with the Holy Grail, the global illuminati and who knows what other manner of shadowy conspiracy theories.

But now the freemasons are hoping to reveal a new image to the public after years of misinformation.

Richard Goddard, the provincial grand master for Worcestershire, says he is hoping to radically modernise the public profile of freemasonry with a new policy of openness.

The secretive order was driven underground by persecution from the Nazis in the darkest days of the Second World War, and has kept itself hidden from the public eye ever since.

But Mr Goddard – whose order takes in much of Birmingham and has its headquarters in Kings Heath – said he wanted to shed the secret image.  Click here to read more.

As the world’s oldest and largest fraternity, Freemasonry teaches tenets of brotherly love and truth with an eye toward building a better world by building better men. More than 7,000 Freemasons in Vermont are encouraged to practice temperance, fortitude, justice and charity, and to reach their fullest potential. This system of morality is based on the legends of brotherhood that began in the building of great cathedrals.

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This is your chance to win a one-of-a-kind limited edition 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8! There is only one left, and it will be auctioned off online this fall.

Powered by a 6.1 liter HEMI® V-8 engine that produces 425 horsepower and 420 lb.- ft. of torque, this muscle car stays true to Challenger heritage while delivering many modern amenities.

Win the online auction, and you’ll also be helping kids defy the odds at Shriners Hospitals for Children - a one-of-a-kind international health care system of 22 hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing pediatric specialty care to children with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate.

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The Masonic Temple of Philadelphia has always been shrouded in levels of mystery, but one of those will begin being lifted in time for the temple’s 135th anniversary Sept. 26.

"I think you’ll see scaffolding start to come down in the early fall," said Andrew A. Zellers-Frederick, executive director of the Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania, who is overseeing the exterior restoration, expected to cost $8 million to $10 million.

The temple, on Broad Street just north of City Hall, is home of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania.

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