Fritz Zanker of Chico (left) was honored with the Hiram Award on Sept. 14 by the Chico-Leland Stanford Masonic Lodge No. 111. The Hiram Award is presented to a Master Mason who has served the Lodge and the Masonic Fraternity with devotion over and above the ordinary. It is the highest honor (other than being Master of the Lodge) that can be bestowed on a member of a Masonic Lodge.  Among Zanker's contributions to the lodge include his many years of cooking dinners for monthly stated meetings, serving as junior steward and chairing the scholarship committee. On right is John L. Barneson III, master of the Chico Lodge.

Fritz with lodge officers and family

Fritz with his family. Pictured from left are Fritz's stepson Brett Bond, Fritz, wife Laurel Zanker, sister-in-law Peggy Porter and brother-in-law John Porter.