I hope everyone had a good holiday season and is looking forward to the New Year. Despite the challenges of the season, our loyal band of faithful performers have made public appearances consistently at Broadway Court, Pine Ridge Senior Center, and the Spokane Veterans’ Home. With the ascension of Kathleen Cullen to the Treasurer’s position, our financial position has been greatly improved, as past efforts by the Mafia, the Tren Dy La Whozit Gang and the Spokane Toll Booth Association to extort the Chapter for debts real and imagined, have been dismissed. I think everyone is looking forward to playdates, music camps and fiddle contests (real and imagined) and I am confident that we will have a very fun year. Hooray! We are now in 2026!