ArabianTales Volume 29, Issue 2

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The Official Publication of the El Zaribah Shriners, Phoenix, Arizona

2011 Potentate

Illustrious Sir Tom & 1st Lady Valerie Calvin

2 Arabian Tales / February 2011 www.el-zaribah.org

Those who witnessed the Ritualistic Ceremony and Arch De-

gree at the Lake Havasu Ceremonial on October 16th saw

another fine performance by the two teams. We are fortu-

nate to have such fine actors and speakers on these teams.

However, we are in need of understudies for each of the

speaking parts in the two plays. Each time we perform

these, we experience scheduling conflicts by one or more

members, which results in the current members doubling up

on parts.

So, we nEED you! If you have an interest in working with

one of the Ritualistic teams, please contact Alan Dye or call

his cell (480-223-2914), or call the Shrine office (602-231-

0300). Understudy parts are available ranging from a few

sentences to several paragraphs.

We are looking for those members committed to excellence

in the performance, will attend approximately 3 practices

prior to each performance, and are willing and able to

travel with the teams to Lake Havasu City or wherever the

performances may be given in the future.

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Nobles and Ladies, myLady Valerie and I are sovery proud to serve as the115th Potentate and First

Lady of El Zaribah Shriners during 2011. Twenty-one years ago I sat in the sand dunes outside

Yuma, attending my first Shrine Ceremonial as a Candidatethen a new Noble. While attentive to the Ceremonial, I tookin the Mounted Patrol, their horses in full Parade attire sur-rounding the grounds from on high, looking magnificent.Shortly after, we had the “2nd Section” which was allabout fun. I paid close attention to all that was hap-pening that day, and also kept an eye on then Po-tentate George Deitrich. I said to myself then,“one day I want to be Potentate.” 21 years later,here I am. I want to thank every one of you formaking my dream come true and for your voteof confidence and trust in me.

Over the past 4 years, I’ve had some fan-tastic mentors. Ill. Sir Russ Gunther – 2007; Ill.Sir Dave Polner – 2008; Ill. Sir Jim Miller - 2009and Ill. Sir Phil Houghton this past year. Each ofthese Potentates made a positive impact on me aswell as El Zaribah. I want to say “thank you” to eachof them. This isn’t to leave out all the other Past Poten-tates who mentored me and offered their help as wellthroughout the coming year.

Our motto this year is, “Havin’ Fun, Gettin’ It Done” andour emphasis is on increasing membership and communityawareness. We’re truly looking forward to having some funwith planned events, but at the same time, accomplishingour goals of increasing membership as well as projecting ourimage into the community in a positive manner while in-creasing the awareness of Shriners, El Zaribah and ShrinersHospitals for Children.

So many of you expressed your desire to help during2011 stating, “Just let me know, anything you need done,I’m here to help.” I’m now calling on you for that help.

You can indeed help me, and all El Zaribah Shriners, byobtaining just one new member for both the Spring and FallCeremonials. The Spring Ceremonial will be held at El

Zaribah April 23rd and of course, the Fall Ceremonial will bein Lake Havasu October 15th. Petitions for membership to ElZaribah may be found on our web site as well as in the Tem-ple office.

The new Membership Development Team led by Merle An-derson totals 18 people at this time, and I’m sure once every-one’s able to see the plan they’ve put together, more Nobleswill volunteer to help. This team includes Past Potes and evena Past Imperial Potentate, all there to help you bring someoneinto our fraternity. They have the knowledge and tools to help

you do that.At the Jan. Stated Meeting, we watched a presen-

tation by Membership Development Team ChairMerle Anderson and Asst. Rabban Ed Stolze thatgave us some eye-opening statistics. Nobles, it’squite simple. If we continue with the attitude, “well,this is the way we’ve always done it,” our belovedEl Zaribah won’t be the same as we know it today.If each of us, as Nobles of El Zaribah Shriners,doesn’t bring into our fraternity the new members

I’m asking you to, you won’t recognize El Zaribahby 2014. We’ll be under 1,000 members and unable

to operate our Temple. Immediately after StatedMeeting I had several Nobles come up to say it was a

great presentation by Merle and Ed and they just had noidea where we were until they saw these statistics. I’m count-ing on you now to fulfill those promises you’ve been makingover the past few months.

Here are some of the fun events we’re looking forward toover the next couple of months. Feb. 11th & 12th is Yuma Sil-ver Spur weekend. We’ll be joined by Al Bahr who’ll provide aroasted chicken lunch after the Parade, then El Zaribah willput on a Hillbilly Degree. The Yuma Foothills & Yuma ShrineClubs will hold an OV Friday evening.

Saturday, Feb. 26th is our Potentate’s Ball with a very spe-cial guest as well as entertainment by a very funny comedianand magician. Many reservations are already coming in. Bet-ter get yours in now, this will be a fun evening for all.Come see us at El Zaribah.Tom Calvin, Potentate 2011“Havin’ Fun, Gettin’ It Done”

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From

The

Potentate...

4 Arabian Tales / February 2011 Support Our Advertisers

the stated sessions of el Zaribah temple shall

be held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month,

except January, June, July and August.

fernandO’s chOice Of entree

dinner 5:30pm stated meeting 7pm

At our Auditorium: 552 North 40th Street *

(602) 231-0300 or (602) 231-8733 Red Fez

Tom Calvin, Potentate

Jack Garrett, PP, Recorder

stated meeting Will be held

Wednesday, febrUary 9 &

Wednesday, march 9

fish fry price increased tO $10 per persOn

table Of cOntentscasting call 2

pote’s notes 3

treasurer 5

recorder’s message 6

black camel 7

membership info 7

club & Unit meeting nights 8

editor’s corner 8

Unit articles 9

shrine club articles 12

noble of the month 15

potentates ball 17

ladies Organizations 18

parade schedule 19

clinic news 19

transportation donations 19

noble of the year 20

$100 million club 23

calendars 26

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events cOOrdinatOr

shirley smith 602-231-0300

elected divanpOtentate

tom calvin c 480-221-8518

chief rabban

“hut” hutson c 480-861-0477

assistant rabban

ed stolze c 623-810-9990

high priest & prOphet

gerald massey h 623-229-0545

Oriental gUide

chris hagenian h 602-881-8651

treasUrer

nate e. boyer c 602-376-7676

recOrder 1-800-784-6980

Jack garrett, pp c 602-469-0771

appOinted divanfirst ceremOnial master

alan dye h 480-759-5361

secOnd ceremOnial master

Julius horvath h 480-820-3381

temple marshal

John poth h 480-947-9736

temple directOr

fred Wulff h 623-846-3173

captain Of the gUard

art nehill h 602-864-8323

OUter gUard

mike richards h 602-650-1626

chaplain

sanford Wax h 623-412-1117

divan representativestom calvin h 480-897-4263

“hut” hutson h 480-897-6913

ed stolze h 623-810-9990

hOspital cOmmitteeJim miller, pp h 480-838-6646

tom sheldon, clinics h 480-899-3854

bOard Of gOvernOrs

shriners hOspitals

fOr childrenJohn hayes, m.d. los angeles

Jim grone los angeles

charles r. leon salt lake city

dave polner, pp salt lake city

pUblic relatiOns chairmanhal resnikoff h 480-563-2708

pUblic relatiOns cOnsUltanthardy murphy h: 602-993-7360

temple attOrneyh.m. “mac” bohlman h: 480-994-9130

el Zaribah living pOtentates1985 - a. marshall austin ii 2000 - douglas h. kurbat 2008 - david t. polner1989 - donald d. meinershagen 2001 - leo r. balthazor 2009 - James g. miller1991 - ronald e. randleman 2002 - James l. Willittes 2010 - philip W. houghton1992 - richard h. russell 2004 - larry a. kesselring 2011 - tom calvin1994 - Jack m. garrett 2006 - david c. humphrey1998 - e.m. monty fox 2007 - russell gunther

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Greetings from the bucket closet. Well, you’re stuck with me another year,and let’s hope I can continue giving you good news.

Right now, all of our buckets are doing very well and if you made the Feb-ruary meeting you heard the year-end results, which are very encouraging,especially during the hard times most people and businesses have experi-enced the past 2 to 3 years.

As I emphasize at each meeting, the biggest single reason we’re doingso well, and what continues to be our biggest asset, is the Nobility and theirfamilies. Please come to the functions whenever possible.

From the Treasurer...

Unit & club heads being sworn in at installation Unit & club heads being sworn in at installation

Unit & club heads being sworn in at installation

after fezzing treasurer nate boyer, fern “spoke” to him

about his short pants

Potentate’s Bolo – The Hemis Kachina.

Probably one of the most beautiful and

best known of all Hopi Kachinas is the

Hemis Kachina. At sunrise, when the

Kachinas come to the plaza to dance for

the first time, they bring with them entire

corn plants, the first corn harvest of the

year, to distribute to the audience.

In Niman, or the Home Dance, no other

Kachinas appear, neither clowns nor side

dancers, only the Hemis Kachinas.

Masonic Charity:  The Masonic Sheaf of

Corn represents charity to the

less fortunate. 

By now you should have heard about the exciting calendar of events PoteTom has in store for us, and surely some of the things have interest for youand yours. Try to come out and enjoy them.

Pote Tom’s following a series of extremely good leaders and has a toughact to follow and keep pace with, but with your help and involvement, I’m surehe’ll come through with flying colors.

Here’s hoping the entire year is good to you and yours, and hope to seeyou soon. The Bucket Man

First Lady’s Brooch - The Ram

Having a predominant role in

most cultures, the animal

symbolism of the Ram speaks of

Determination, Action, Energy,

Initiative and Sacrifice. It is also a

symbol of new beginnings. This

represents to me the

qualities within El Zaribah of our

Nobility and their Ladies,

the enduring passion to provide

children with new beginnings.

Valerie Calvin, 1st Lady

El Zaribah Shriners 2011

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All Units and Clubs MUST fill out and file

an Activity Request for each event –

fraternal, charitable or fund-raiser.

If you have questions or need Activity

Request forms, please contact your

Recorder.

Jack Garrett, PP, Recorder

impOrtant ~ please nOte!!! We have neW e-mail addresses!

Jack garrett, pp ezrecorder@qwestoffice.net Jane sheldOn ezoffice@qwestoffice.net

shirley smith ezrental@qwestoffice.net hOspital Office ezhospital@qwestoffice.net

tOm calvin ezpotentate@qwestoffice.net hUt hUtsOn ezchiefrabban@qwestoffice.net

ed stOlZe ezasstrabban@qwestoffice.net gerry massey ezhpp@qwestoffice.net

chris hagenian ezorientalguide@qwestoffice.net arabian tales fredwulff1@aol.com

Official call

Of the pOtentate:nobility of el Zaribah

mOnthly

stated

meeting

Wednesday, february 9, 20117:00 pm – el Zaribah shrine center

For the Purpose of Old and New BusinessYour Attendance is Urgently Requested

Attest: Jack Garrett, PP, RecorderYours in the Faith,

Tom Calvin, Potentate

el Zaribah shrine is making plans

to send the monthly arabian tales via

email to those members who request it.

this will speed the delivery

of the monthly publication and help the

temple manage it’s expenses.

if you’re interested in this program,

call the Office at 602-231-0300

to sign up. thank you

Wear yOUr feZ –

dOOr Will be tiled

Nobles, I want to thank each of youfor electing me to be your 2011Recorder. Filling Paul Reynolds seatwon’t be easy.

While serving as your Recorder, I willdo my best to meet your every need. Any suggestions you mayhave, please feel free to drop by my office.

I received notice that Past Imperial Potentate F.T. “Hogan” H.Doubler, Jr, MD passed away November 24th.

recorder’s Message...

Membership December 13, 2010 1,960

Membership January 3, 2011 1,893

Regular Members 1,701

Associate Members 192

MeMbershiP NuMbers...

Petition for Initiation and Membership forms have been up-dated. The fees are: Initiation Fee - $100.00, Dues - $109.00,new Fez - $150.00 for a total of $359.00. Money must accom-pany the Petition in order to be accepted. Give us a call in theOffice (602-231-0300) if you need these new forms.

Let’s look toward a great year with Illustrious Sir Tom Calvinat the helm and give him the support he’ll need during his year.Yours in the Faith, Jack M. Garrett, PP, Recorder

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Is Your Due Date

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of the

Arabian Tales

The Shriners Hospital for Children is very proud of their role in medical ed-ucation. For some 20 years, more than 8,000 doctors have received resi-dency education or postgraduate fellowship within the Shriners Hospitalshealth care system. By maintaining relationships with more than 60 medicalteaching facilities worldwide, Shriners Hospitals for Children foster an aca-demic environment committed to providing high-quality medical care to allpatients.

With all this in mind, if your family isn’t saving Campbell’s Labels for Edu-cation or Box Tops for Education product labels for your child or grandchild’sschool, won’t you please consider helping the Ladies Oriental Shrine at ElZaribah collect these labels for the benefit of Shriners Hospitals for Children? By bringing these labels to the Shrine officeyou can help defray the cost of expensiveaudio/visual, electronic, textbooks and otherdevices used in the teaching process at thehospitals.

In addition to bringing labels in myself, I willarrange space in The Arabian Tales office forstorage and handling.

For a complete list of products offering these valuable labels please visiteither www.labelsforeducation.com or www.boxtops4education.com. Fred Wulff, Editor

editor’s Corner...

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...Uniformed Units...

2011’s here and off to a great start with the Installation of the newDivan and the Unit and Club Officers. It’s time for all Mason-Shriners tostep up and become an active part of the El Zaribah Shrine. In order forour Temple to survive we need the membership to become active. Ifyou’re not an active member and want to become active, ask theRecorder for information on upcoming events that you can volunteer tohelp with. There are plenty of activities that could sure use your help.

The Outreach Clinics are in full swing and that means the Clowns willbe attending them as frequently as possible; if you want to volunteer, askIll. Jim Miller who’s taken on the duties of the Temple’s Hospital Chair-man, where and what you can do. There’s always plenty of work that canbe done. If you’ve never been to one of the Clinics then give yourself agift and come out and see the children your Temple’s helping.

The El Zaribah Clowns look forward toserving the Nobility of our Temple. Please re-member if you want our Unit to assist with anupcoming event, we need to be asked in ad-vance and not 2 or 3 weeks in advance. Weschedule months in advance and the morenotice you can give us, the better the

chances are we can help. Doug “BB Clown” Fry

Clowns...

band...

With start of 2011, the El Dulabs want to wish the very best to our newPotentate and Divan and that wish also extends to all Nobles and Ladiesof El Zaribah.

We’d also like to thank our brother Rick Fasano for the excellent jobhe did as our President durning the past 2 years. As we all know, it’s notan easy task coordinating family, work, Masonic organizations, all whileattending Shrine and Unit functions. Rick did a fine job.

This year, our small but mighty Unit plans to par-ticipate in as many Parades and Shrine functions aspossible. So……..if you’re looking for a Unit and likeParades, old cars, classic cars and trucks, then ourUnit may be just for you! You don’t even have to havea “Parade ready “car right away.

So check us out and visit one of our monthly meetings on the 3rdWednesday at 7 pm. Howard Goldman, El Dulab Pres.

el Dulabs...

Hi and Happy New Year to all. We’re back in the swing of things again and looking forward to another

good year. We have some Parades comingup and looking forward to a good turnout forall. Remember, it’s music that keeps usyoung. J.

Greetings from the Culinary Unit. This is the time of the year when wemake plans and set goals for the months ahead. We’re starting with aclean slate and a chance to establish the things we want to achieve in twoimportant areas of our Unit, fund-raising and social activities.

There’ll be plenty of opportunities to get to-gether and serve at regular events, like theStated Meetings, the Barbeques and theCornFest, but there are other, more Unit-ori-ented activities to discuss.

To make sure you don’t miss out on anyof them, join us at our Unit meetings, held the3rd Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm. RalphJones, Scribe

Culinary...

Membership’s the word for 2011; Ill. Sir Tom Calvin has been empha-sizing this for many years. For the Director’s Staff, mem-bership is vital since our purpose is support for theDivan and to provide a great Ceremonial for our newCandidates or prospective Nobles. To support this pur-pose, we’ve remodeled our Director’s Staff room up-stairs at the west end of the building. The Unit meetingsare now in the room and the Unit’s in the process ofmoving all the Unit pictures up to the new room. Oncethese very important items arrive, the transformation willbe complete.

A second activity we’re planning is a Director’s Staff Steak Fry thisspring. At our Jan. meeting, we made preliminary plans and next monthwe’ll share them with you and have tickets available. We find that work-ing together on fund-raisers or Ceremonials really bring the Unit togetherand supports our and the Temples objective, Membership.

Our next dinner meeting is Feb. 23rd with social hour at 5:30, dinnerabout 6:45 and the Unit meeting following. Everyone’s invited; bring yourLady, kids and friends. Dinner is $10, prepared and served by the Unit.If you’d like to attend, please contact Leo Balthazor (602-740-5635) andhe’ll make a reservation for you. A Red Coverall

Director’s staff...

the clowns & Oriental band in the fiesta bowl parade

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Another New Year was formally introduced by a number of festivities.Florence Parade had a great LOH turnout - McCullough, Wax, LeClair &Johnston marching and Hudson, Horn, Grimm with the Parade vehicleand members Butler, Massey and Folker doingtheir thing elsewhere. December Stated Meetingsaw Johnston a one-Noble Colors Presentation.Let’s try to do better next Stated Meeting. Otherspresent but not in uniform were Horn, Trundy,Grimm, Hudson, Wax, Folker, Hagenian &Massey. Congratulations are in order for Chris Ha-genian being elected as Oriental Guide. We knowhe’ll be a great addition to the Divan.

Fiesta Bowl Parade saw a great LOH turnout. Marching carrying theColors were Hagenian, Wax, McCullough, Johnston with Trundy givingcommands and calling cadence. Scrimager, LeClair & Grimm were withthe Parade vehicle. Participating elsewhere were Butler and Massey.

Members having medical problems include Charles Johnson, Tomand “Okie” Horn and Chuck Hudson. At the time of writing this article theHorn’s and Chuck were home recuperating. Charles Johnson and hiswife are currently residing at the Kansas Masonic Home.

The Legion of Honor Unit consists of Nobles who have served hon-orably or are currently members of the armed forces of their country. It’san Honor to belong to the Legion of Honor unit. You served your countryand now have the opportunity to serve the Shrine and have fun at thesame time. We lead the El Zaribah Shrine Parades, present the Colorsat Stated meeting and various other functions as requested by the Illus-trious Sir.

Nobles, those of you with computers and access to the Internet canaccess the Legion of Honor Web Page at: http://members.cox.net/johnston30/ for information regarding Legion ofHonor Scheduled Functions. Eligible Nobles and their Ladies are invitedto check us out and attend our 6:00 pm dinner meeting held the 3rd Mon-day of the month. The business meeting is in the LOH Room at the ElZaribah Auditorium at 7:00 pm each month except June, July and Au-gust. Scribe PC/Adj./Fin. Officer Virgil Johnston

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With cooler weather upon us, it’s been a great time to get out andride. The Fiesta Bowl Parade was a greatway to end 2010, with a lot of activity comingup for us. The Laveen Parade on Feb. 5thand the Yuma Silver Spur Parade Feb. 12thwill give us a chance to show what we’vebeen working on in all our practice sessions.

Upcoming events include our annual“Cookin’ Contest” at Mick & Janelle’s (in March), the “Bowling Palooza”(also in March), the “We Ride so Kids Can Walk” Bike Event (in April), andthe “Antique Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet” (in April). Please join usat our meeting Thursday, Feb. 10th and see what all the excitement’sabout. We’ll be busy, but we’re committed to HAVING FUN!!

New members and “Old Timers” are working hard for our Temple.Please join our 2011 Officers: Pres. Tom Sheldon, VP Mike Ozee, Sec.Jerry Lee “Buzzy” Buswell, Treas. Jim Reid, Quartermaster Ron Gar-wood, and Parade Captain Moe “The Destroyer” Detroyer. Ride Free,Ride Long, Ride Safe.Q: What Do You Get When You Squeeze a Horvath?A: Juice.

Motorcycles...

a picture where we presented destry Jetton from channel 12

with a plaque of appreciation for “the night of the child” misfits pres. robbie robinson in the prescott christmas parade

Howdy Ya’ll, as we look into the 2011 calendar we’ll be having lots offun activities, rides, and Parades. Please keep in touch for the details,and as they’re finalized I’ll try to have the wholeyear in the next article.

A big “hats off” to our outgoing Captain for awell organized and run year. Now we look forwardto a new year and anticipate an equally fun yearunder new Captain Charlie KooNistra. Just re-member when talking to him to talk loud and slowand for best results, if you’re looking for answers,talk to Stef, his lovely Lady.

Try to make the meetings, we need and welcome your input. Most ofall, it’s always good to get together with good folks. While you’re at it, tryto make the Shrine meetings, the same holds true there.

Looking forward to crossing trails, and Vaya Con Dios.

Mounted Patrol...

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November brought sad news to the Oriental Band as the Black Camelpaid a visit to a key member of the Band for over25 years – Kenny Downes. Kenny was active withthe Band right up to the end and he was evenlooking forward to playing in the next Parade. Wepaid tribute to Kenny at his memorial service byplaying “Amazing Grace” on our musettes. Wealso played Amazing Grace at the Dec. StatedMeeting in honor of Kenny.

In December we joined the Drum and Bugle Corps to put on a Christ-mas Concert and potluck. The crowd appreciated the authentic orientalsounds of the Band for “We Three Kings of Orient Are” and “It Came Upona Midnight Clear” (at least they threw money our way as we played).Many thanks to the Drum and Bugle Corps for allowing us to participate.Did I mention the potluck had so much great food I think I put on 8 poundsjust that night.

Also in Dec., the musette players signed up to ring bells at the Salva-tion Army outside WalMart. We played Carols like “What Child is This(Greensleeves)”, “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem” and “Oh Holy Night” onthe musettes during our 2 hr. block and we estimate people donated $250- $300 during that time. Many thanked us for playing true Christmassongs, including WalMart’s employees who said we could be heardthroughout the store.

On New Years Eve, when the Concert Band pulled out of the FiestaBowl Parade, I put on my long johns, sweat pants, a wool sweater andthe Class A Shiek outfit and marched behind the Divan, just in front of theClowns. I was mostly playing traditional Oriental Band music but fromtime to time, you could hear me playing “Auld Lang Syne.” ABC TV hadgreat coverage of the Parade with over 7 minutes dedicated to the Shrine.We even got a close-up of Bob on the musette playing “Nomad” and“Hootch.” You can go to their website and view the Shrine Parade entriesif you hurry. We’re about 18 minutes into Part 4’s segment.

We’re looking forward to participating in many upcoming Parades,starting with Laveen and Apache Junction in Feb. Happy New Year - SC

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We’re very proud of all our members in the Patrol family. Everyone, in-cluding our Ladies, pitch in to help with the duties for which our Unit is re-sponsible. Our aim’s to make all El Zaribah Shriners equally as proud,especially when we march to escortthe Potentate and the Divan in localand out of town Parades.

It’s great to have our “Sun Birds”Carol and Dean Halling back in townafter their annual journey to Illinois.We’re looking forward to the SilverSpur Parade in Yuma February 12th, Lost Dutchman Parade in ApacheJunction on February 26th, as well as forming the Honor Aisle for the Po-tentate’s Ball.

The Patrol’s a hard working and fun group of Shrine Masons. If you’dlike to find out more about us, please join us for dinner and our monthlymeeting the 1st Wednesday of every month at El Zaribah. Fred Wulff, Capt.

Patrol...

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We offer our sincere congratulations to the newly installed Divan. TheTemple Guard Unit anticipates working with great dedication and enthu-siasm all throughout the year with such a fine set of Officers.

The beginning of January found the Temple Guard changing com-mand with members moving up in responsibility. The new Officers are:Capt. Art Nehill, 1st Lt. Mick Richards, 2nd Lt. Scott Tracy, Treas. PaulReynolds and Sec. Jimmy Schulte.

The Official Visit for the Temple Guard will be held on Feb. 15th. So-cial hour will start at 6 and dinner will be served at 7 pm.

We Guardsmen are looking forward to anotherfine year of Parades with food, fun and fellowshipfor all. The Laveen Parade will be the first of manyfollowed by the Yuma Parade an OV.

Also, we’re making plans to assist with the CIFBBQ from setup to cleanup. We also are sched-uled to work the brunches during the year andwe’ll need help for all of these activities.

Thanks to all Temple Guard members whohelped with the Whole Hog Roast Dec. 31st, in-cluding our junior members, Mike Richards and Jimmy Schulte.

2010 Capt. Jasper Nichols deserved his Nov. Noble of the MonthAward for all his service and work during the year for the Temple and theTemple Guard Unit.

Temple Guard...

Here we are at the end of another great year. This year will even bebetter, under the Direction of our new board President.

For those who didn’t make the Christmas Party and OV with the otherUnits, you missed a great and fun filled event. We presented our Poten-tate with a token of our appreciation and his Lady for the job they both didfor us this year. They will both be missed.

We finished up the year with the Fiesta Bowl Parade and was it everfresh. So fresh that some of the folks up north couldn’t come down, theywere saying something about snow. Sorry, we sure missed all of you.

We want to tell Ted to get well soon so hecan come back and play with all of us. You’remissed; get well soon, looking forward toseeing you soon.

We’re pleased to see Jim back at ourplace. After taking this year off from ParadeChairman, he’ll be back to us as our Chair-man and it’ll be great to see that truck back where it belongs (Trans-portation).

We’ll be going to Wickenburg in Feb. for their Parade, also we haveApache Junction that same month, so tune your auto for another greatyear of Parades.

Please try to attend Feb. meeting, and bring your dues.Just a note - we no longer have the motor home, the Clowns are now

using it and I’m sure they’ll get great use of it. BB said they have plansfor that coach.

Hoping everyone had a great holiday season, see you soon.

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In Dec. the Club members selected 2011 Officers: President Ill. SirGary Preston; 1st VP Gus Gillilan; 2nd VP Bob Mattson; Sec. JackRoberts; Treas. Bill Metcalf; Chaplain Earl Isakson. The new Officers wereinstalled at the Presidents Ball Jan. 15th. Here’s wishing them a mostsuccessful and productive year. The Apache Wells Shrine Club thanksoutgoing Pres. Jerry Dunn and Lady Arlene for their dedication and energyin the service to the Club during the years going through the Club chairs.

On Dec. 6th the OV and Annual ChristmasParty was held and those attending can tes-tify to the great time had by all.

The Jan. Luncheon and business meetingwas held the 10th. The February businessmeeting and luncheon will be held on the10th in Apache Wells Country Club Hall. So-cial starts at 12:30 and business meeting and

lunch at 1 pm.On February 20th the Club will hold the Annual Spring Shrine Golf

Tournament with a 1 pm shotgun start. The funds raised in this great golf-ing event go to the Shrine Children’s Hospitals. All interested golfers (notonly Shriners) are welcome to participate and are guaranteed to have funplus help children at the same time. Get your friends and come on outand play.

As a heads-up, on March 5th from 7 – 11 am, the annual Apache WellsFlea Market will be held in the Apache Wells Country Club Parking Lot.The Shrine Club will have a stall and donations of salable goods are cer-tainly welcome and needed. So give up your tired, unwanted, but sellableitems around the house and then come on down and buy all the goodstuff you can’t live without. For pickup of items you wish to donate, callHarry Lipert (480-807-1195). Flea Market funds support the operation ofthe mini cars used by the Club in Parades. Also from 7 am – 2 pm Cof-fee, donuts, brats and burgers will be on sale by the Shrine Club in theGazebo & Room C.

On March 10th, the business meeting and luncheon will be held inApache Wells Country Club Hall. Social starts at 12:30 and businessmeeting and lunch at 1 pm. March 24th, we’ll hold the 4th Annual Pitch-fork Fondue at the Apache Wells Gazebo Room A and C from 4 – 7 pm.It’s open to the public and is intended as a money-maker to support theShrine Children’s Hospitals Transportation Fund. This fund is used to helptransport patients and family to and from the hospitals. Bring your friendsand neighbors and enjoy the meal and help the children. Jack Roberts, Club Scribe

Apache Wells...

Casa Grande Shrine Club’s looking forward to a successful 2011. Ournew Officers are in place and ready to go.They are: President Jerry Hampton; VP RayAtkins; Sec. Ken Karnes and Treas. Tom Car-dona.

We’ve investigated different places inCasa Grande to hold our meetings. Either theplaces are too small or charge too much forour Club. Presently we’re at Eva’s on Pinal. Some members have ex-pressed a dislike to the Mexican food; however, Eva’s has an Americanmenu also.

Casa Grande had a Veteran’s Day Parade and 8 of our Nobles werein it. Jerry Hampton and Ken Karnes are Clowns and were in the Flo-rence Parade.

We’re looking forward to a good meeting and our OV in February. Ken Karnes, Sec.

Casa Grande...

Following a spirited election campaign and much electioneering a mo-tion was made, seconded, discussed and unanimously approved to re-elect the current Officers for a new term in 2011. Smile

The Tech Net Microsoft software has been downloaded (approximately200 GB) and will be installed as soon as the computers are in order to re-ceive it. This will allow us to trouble shoot anytype of Microsoft Software problem.

This is the place to bring your Christmascomputers and/or computer problems andfind solutions or help in operating them. Enjoythe camaraderie of fellow computer users.Don’t be shy about bringing your problem infor us to work on. Also a lot of good information is presented at each ofour meetings. There are no dumb questions, as the answer to what mightbe thought dumb is what several members wanted to ask but were shyor perhaps had a problem expressing.

We spend little time with administrative action and most talking orworking with computers. If you have a computer problem that requiresbringing in your computer, don’t hesitate to do that.

The Club meets the 4th Monday of each month at 7:00 pm exceptJune, July, and August. All members of El Zaribah and their Ladies withan interest in computing are invited to visit our Club meetings. Ladies at-tend and participate along with their Noble.

The Computer Club has a Web Page that can be accessed at:http://members.cox.net/computerclub/It can also be accessed from the El Zaribah Web Page link. The Com-

puter Club Web Page contains links to other web sites that provide use-ful information for the use of computers. Check these links out and seewhat they offer. Virgil Johnston, Club Sec.

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art loomis & fred boehm dave luebke checking out nobles

breakfast before shopping for everyone! mr. & mrs. santa: george krob & lady theo.

richard eyr greeting & helping check out

mr. & mrs. santa & children

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The Drum & Bugle Corps held their Election of Officers at their annualBusiness Meeting in Dec. Congratulations to those elected - Pres. JackGarrett, VP Sanford Wax and Sec./Treas. Alan Dye. The entire Corpswould like to thank Jack and his slate of 2010 Officers for their work inseeing that 2010 was a great year for the Drum & Bugle Corps. And we’reconfident Jack and his 2011 Officers will continue to ensure the Club re-mains strong, participating in Temple events as they have in the past.

Congratulations to Tom Calvin in being elected Potentate of El ZaribahShrine for 2011. We’re proud of him and looking forward to a great yearunder his leadership. The Drum & Bugle Corps plans to be an active Clubthis year and stands ready to support Tom, the rest of the 2011 Divan, andall of El Zaribah with our presence.

At the Drum & Bugle Corps meeting Dec. 21st, we held a ChristmasParty for members, their Ladies, the Oriental Band and several guests.This was our 3rd annual party and performance, and as every year since,we had a great time. Everyone brought more food than we could possi-ble eat. We again performed several Christmas numbers, had a per-

formance by the Oriental Band, listened to the D&B“Symphonic Quartet,” and had a lot of laughs. Thanksgo to everyone who contributed to this fun event.

The Drum & Bugle Corps is always looking for thosewho enjoy music and camaraderie and have thoughtabout what fun it would be to play an instrument in aband. I’m always surprised with the number of ShrinersI meet who say they played an instrument 30 or 40 yearsago but “could never do it now” or “have forgot every-thing they learned.” We guarantee if you come down anyTuesday evening at 5:30 pm in the Band Room to look

us over, we’ll have you playing with us the first night. Alto Bugle

Drum & bugle Corps... Provost...

The Officers and Provost members would like to wish everyone aHappy New Year and a healthy 2011. We had our Annual Provost Christ-mas Brunch, which was well attended by our Provost and Ladies. The ElZaribah Provost Club awarded Junior Grimm “Provost of the year 2010”for his long and outstanding service to the Provost Club and his dedica-tion to El Zaribah Shrine. Congratulations to you, Past Commander Jun-ior Grimm.

Points to Ponder: “In good communication, people should be in nodoubt that you have reached a conclusion” John Adair

Provost Club Meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of the month. You’reinvited to join us in the Red Fez room at 5:00 for dinner and fellowshipprior to the 6:30 pm meeting. Please come and join us.

Words of Wisdom: “You can’t hope to be lucky. You have to prepareto be lucky” Timothy Dowd

The Provost Club motto is “Protecting and serv-ing the Shrine” and our mission is to provide se-curity at the Temple events and assist thePotentate as requested.

Join us if you’re interested working as securityfor your Shrine. Please contact Captain DonObara (480-361-6339) or Duty Officer Pete Speas(480-510-4849). The uniforms will be supplied bythe Provost Club, you’ll be working with experienced Officers and I’msure you will find your participation very rewarding.

Provost Website has been updated. For more information, please logon to www.el-Zaribah.org and click on El Zaribah’s Blog at the left top ofthe page, then click “Units and Clubs” and look for the Provost Club.Scribe, Don Obara, donobara@cox.net

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My, how time flies when you’re having fun. Here it is February and2010 just flew by.

The Sun Lakes Shrine Club’s Annual Golf Outing at Sun Bird Coun-try Club Nov. 13th was an outstanding success and is the Club’s mainfund-raiser. There were some 140 golfers plus additional workers andparticipants who enjoyed the barbecue and awardceremony on Sun Bird’s patio afterwards. Manythanks to all the committee members and spon-sors who contributed to the success of the event.Noble Don Watkins chaired the event, ably as-sisted by never tiring Nobles and their Ladies whoworked from setup at 6:00 am to tear down at 3:00pm. The event awarded the usual low gross andlow net flight winners, closest to the pin, longestdrive as well as a cash drawing and over 100 drawing prizes. Incomewas substantially greater this year, in spite of the downturn of the econ-omy, which says a lot about residents and businesses in and around SunLakes who desire to support the Shiners and their activities.

Our Nov. 8th dinner meeting was well attended as we inducted 2 newmembers and our 2011 Club Officers. The Club wrapped up 2010 with ourAnnual Christmas Party Dec. 13th at the Sun Lakes Country Club wherewe enjoyed a fun evening of fellowship, holiday spirits, gift exchange,good food and lots of laughs. In addition to being our Club’s ChristmasParty, it was our annual OV by El Zaribah’s Potentate Ill. Sir PhilHoughton honoring him and his lovely Lady Ronda.

Jan. 10th was our start for the new year and was well attended. Weswore in new member Jim Smith and voted to approve minor by-lawchanges. The food was excellent as always.

Now that the Golf Outing, Christmas Dinner/OV and Election of our2011 Officers are finished, we’ll be back to our regular meeting/dinnerschedule the 2nd Monday of each month in the AZ Room at Sun LakesCountry Club. Be sure to attend the Feb. 14th Valentine’s Meeting andDinner. The festivities will start with social time at 4:30, break at 5:00 forthe Meeting, then at 6:00 pm is Dinner. All Shiners, their Ladies, hon-orary members and guests are invited.

Notes for members of the Club - Don’t forget you can bring guests toour dinners and it’s a good way to let prospective members experiencethe fun the Club has to offer.

The members of the Sun Lakes Shrine Club wish all a very prosper-ous, healthy and fun 2011. Through the efforts of the Shrine, we hopeothers less fortunate will also enjoy the upcoming year.

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The West Valley Shrine Club’s meeting at the Briarwood Country Clubin Sun City West on Wednesday, Feb. 13th with their Ladies for a firstclass dinner. President Paul Meierhenry invites all Shriners in the area tojoin us. Please call Secretary Hal Nolde (623-566-0050) for more infor-mation. Dress is business casual with fez. Reservations may be madewith our Treasurer Ken Mitchell (623-974-2404).

The West Valley Club is primarily a socialorganization representing Shriners from allover Shrinedom. El Zaribah and all otherShriners are urged to come and get ac-quainted.

West Valley...

ceremonial ycsc by-law signers. seated: richard guinn, ill. sirphil houghton, recorder paul reynolds, hersh eaton & frank bene-

dict. standing: george krob, stan stobierski, bill brown, fredboehm, James robinson, paul dey, & chuck leon

Yavapai County...

During Bradshaw Mtn. Shrine Club’s last meeting Dec. 15th, III. Sir PhilHoughton and Recorder Paul Reynolds were there to sign the By-Lawsthat would combine both Bradshaw Mtn. and Yavapai Shrine Club intoone new Club that will be known as the Yavapai County Shrine Club.

Ill. Sir Phil spoke a little about the combi-nation of the 2 Clubs and that it was his honorto sign the By-Laws structuring the new Club.Ill. Sir Phil praised those who were instru-mental in seeing this merger to fruition. TheBy-Laws were then signed by the officialswho formed the new Club.

The first Board of Director’s meeting was held Jan. 3rd. The first Gen-eral Membership meeting was Jan.13th. The meetings will be held the2nd Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm. March, September and De-cember meetings will start at 11:30 am. All Nobles, their Ladies and anyother guests will be welcome. Meals will be buffet style and the cost willbe $20 per person and includes everything.

Please come join us for the fun, camaraderie and good food! Hersh Eaton, Sec.

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Information: Pres. Gary Steeves (307-689-0774). Thank you Jr. PastPres. Lanny for our splendid 2010 year. An outstanding accomplishmentis the membership roster designed by you and Lady Ruth.

Best wishes 2011 Pres. Gary Steeves for you and all your Club andUnit Officers. We look forward to another enjoyable year!

Foothills Shrine Club operates from October through April. Its purposeis to provide a Shrine Club for visiting Nobles in Yuma. These visiting No-bles from the far north including Canada are those who fill our Club andUnits with Officers and members; they serve on the several committees,volunteer with our Shriner Diners and participate in our Colts Parade ac-tivities.

Several of our Ladies have a fund-raising activity to benefit our Hos-pital program and it’s our Ladies who decorate our tables so beautifullyat the socials. The December 2010 Social decorations were especiallygreat and were justly appreciated!

The Nobles who served our Club so wellin the past but are now unable to participatebecause of poor health or injury deserve ourgratitude for the many past years they did so.

Some special activities are the aluminumcan collection & raffle by Dirty Ernie, the jew-elry sales, the Noble Lee fish feed, and sev-eral others. We should honor those Nobles

who’ve sponsored children into our Hospitals. Also those who volunteerwith the Helping Hands organization, County Game & Fish, their Church,the Sheriff Department and those who help Yuma Shrine Club at theirFair Booth, Circus and much more.

Nobles: Don’t take laxatives and sleeping pills the same night! IT’S GRAND TO BE A SHRINER! Joe Elleard, news writer

Yuma Foothills...

Greetings and Happy New Year from Yuma Shrine Club. By the timeyou get this, we’ll be having our Rodeo Parade and OV. It should be agreat time.

We have an interesting lineup of Officers this year - all are single ex-cept for our Treasurer. Makes seating at events cozy.

We’re lined up for many Parades and beginning to solicit help and sup-plies for our annual fund-raiser, the famous Yuma County Fair Shrine

Food Booth. There will be plenty of potatoesto scrub and dishes to do. The date will bearound the first of April, so keep your calen-dars open.

Our stated meetings are the 2nd Tuesdayof the month at 7:00 pm at the American Le-gion Post 19 on Virginia Ave. All are welcomeany time.

Yours in the faith, Don Plank, 2011 Pres.

Yuma...

November Noble of the Month Jasper Nichols

Jasper joined El Zaribah in 2007 and he’s beenextremely active ever since. Jasper immediatelyjoined Temple Guard, serving as 2nd Lt., Sec. andCaptain.

Outside Temple Guard, Jasper assisted RonMiller with hospitality functions at many differentevents. Jasper’s at every Temple function, helpingwherever needed. He’s mastered the tent assembly at most events in-volving cooking in the rear parking lot. We also watched him grow into amaster fire starter for our various pit BBQ events.

Jasper stepped up to help organize the WSA Hospitality Suite andplayed a major role in the CIF BBQ, CornFest and our Night of the Childfund-raiser. He also worked with the Mounted Patrol to put together aweekend at Munds Park. At each Stated Meeting, we’d get to hear fromJasper as he kept our Temple secure serving as Captain of the Guard.

In addition to his Shrine duties, Jasper supports his Lady Linda DuBoisas High Priestess of the Ladies Oriental Shrine. Jasper’s accomplished alot in his short time in El Zaribah and continues to be fully involved in ourorganization.

Please join me in congratulating Jasper Nichols for being our Novem-ber Noble of the Month. Phil Houghton

NobLe of The MoNTh - NoVeMber

December Noble of the Month Mick Degn

Motorcycle members Ed Chandler and Brad Rid-dle introduced Mick to the Shrine. He joined in2002.

He’s a member of the Motorcycle Unit wherehe’s served as Sec., VP, and President.

Mick enjoys promoting the mission of helpingchildren through special events like the annualBowling Palooza, We Ride So Kids Can Walk and The Night of the ChildBenefit. He’s also organized numerous events for Shrine children includ-ing the Northern Train Trip, Arena football and Coyote Hockey games.These events raised over $500,000 in donations and financial support.

In 2010 Mick served as WSA’s Asst. Director and served as Chairmanfor Finance and fund-raising for EL Zaribah. Mick’s ability to organize andget people involved in various ways is a talent that’s benefitted the Shrinein many ways. We certainly appreciate all the effort Mick gives to theShrine organization.

Mick’s also active with motorcycle rights, serving as a state lobbyist forthe Modified Motorcycle Association. He and his wife Janelle reside inCasa Grande.

Please join me on congratulating Mick for a job well done. Phil Houghton

NobLe of The MoNTh - DeCeMber

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It’s hard to believe this is February and the year of “Music in the Heart-land” is almost over!!

We had a Ceremonial in January and welcomed two new Princesses...what a great way to start off the year!!! I want to thank those who’ve sup-ported our silent fund-raiser. Your participation is greatly appreciated.

Now, get set for the fun-filled afternoon of music and surprises. Feb.20th is our HEARTS HAPPENING fund-raiser. Cost is $25 and reserva-tions to Pr. Carol Shepard by Feb 13th. For reservations or info call 623-566-4649. Fun will start at 2:00 and Dinner at 4:00. Dress Casual. Sandi Beneke, Queen

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Aramel Ladies had a very nice Holiday Lunch at Lon’s Dec. 2lst. Sorrythe rest of you couldn’t make it. Louise Pool, who suggested Lon’s, was-n’t able to be there either - we missed you, Louise, but your suggestionwas fantastic! We all plan to go back! The tables under the trees, withfresh white tablecloths, was most inviting but we chose inside, as theweather was beginning its downward spiral.

I hope everyone had a delightful Christmas holiday. I sure did and Ican’t believe the Holidays have come and gone!

So it’s back to our regular schedule. Tuesday, Jan. l8th was our firstmeeting of the new year, and we do look forward to all you recently wid-owed Ladies joining us. We meet at 11 am for a meeting of sorts, thenhave lunch and whatever the situation dictates, we’ll do. Sometimes weplay a game, games or just talk and visit. This is most relaxing and that’salways a winner! Did I remember to say we have lunch in the Red FezRoom, you order from the menu.

So please come and let us know all about you, what you’re doing andwhat you’d like to do. In case you don’t get a call, won’t you please con-tact any of our Officers and make a reservation. President Joy Weaver;VP Bonnie Kennington; Sec. Sally Olsen; and Treas. Julia Ayers. Chap-lain is Dorothy Martin.

Treat yourself and surprise us!! Come join us for lunch. See you there!Julia Ayers

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Greetings from Sphinx Court #65, Ladies Oriental Shrine! Happy 2011to ALL!

Our Ladies are looking forward to another great year of working for theKIDS and joining our Nobles in their endeavors. We held a MembershipTea the middle of January and are hoping to welcome several new Ladiesinto our midst at our March Ceremonial. If your Lady hasn’t joined us yet,please have her contact any LOS Lady and we’ll get her a petition.

We continue to work hard on our fund-raisers and still have severalcookbooks available for purchase. If you haven’t seen one of thesebooks, you really should – it’s beautifully done and has luscious recipesfrom a lot of people YOU know, including our new First Lady ValerieCalvin.

We’ll be hosting a Style Show and Luncheon on February 12th. Wehope you’ll pass this information along to your Lady so she can join us.

As always, we wish you good health and happiness and send our con-dolences to those who are ill or have lost loved one. Stay safe, happy,and busy working for the KIDS. Lady Linda DuBois, High Priestess 2010-11

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the patient’s ability to pay.

The key phrase is that children receive all services in a family-cen-

tered environment, regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. This is

what we need to stress. Shriners Hospitals for Children will continue to

provide very high quality care to children, just as they’ve done for almost

90 years. If insurance is available, then Shriners Hospitals for Children

will accept it. If insurance isn’t available, Shriners Hospitals will still care

for those children also.

Since third party pay is going to be collected by an outside agency, our

hospital staffs (doctors, nurses, etc) won’t know which children have in-

surance and which don’t, thus the quality of service and care will be equal

to all children and this is the way we as Shriners want it.

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...noble of the year...EL Zaribah Noble of the Year

Tom Johnston

Tommy Dale Johnston wasborn in Cedar Vale, KS. At age 8Tom got sick and was diagnosedwith polio in his right hand andarm. The doctor performed emer-gency surgery under coal oil lightin the family kitchen before trans-porting him to Wichita to the hos-pital. During high school summers he worked as part of a harvestcrew going from ND to TX harvesting wheat. He played footballand basketball, played trombone in the band and participated inclass plays. He helped in the family dry goods store as well as onthe farm during the school year.

Tom attended college in OKC, OK and Arkansas City, KS. Whileat Arkansas City Junior College he met Sheila White. They mar-ried in 1962 and have 3 children, 6 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

In 1966 Tom moved his family from KS to AZ and went to workfor Airesearch. They bought a home in Tempe where they still re-side. Tom retired in 1995.

In 1992 Tom joined El Zaribah Shrine. He was in one of thelargest classes to become Shriners. Tom became a member of theDirector’s Staff in 1994 serving as Pres. in 1999. He was Treas-urer from 2004 - 2009. He rode one of the Director’s Staff mini-mo-

torcycles in Parades from 1995 - 1999 and took responsibility forkeeping the 6-man bike up and running for Parades from 1995 -1999 as well.

Tom’s been the MC for several Potentates for the Pote’s Ball.He started MC-ing the Shrine Circus in 1999, the CornFest in 2000and served as MC for the Night of the Child for the last 2 years.

Tom served on the Potentate’s Staff from 1996 - 2002. He wasan Executive Aide in 2007, 2009 and 2010; a Personal Aide in2005; Chief of Staff to Potentate John Kinter in 2003; and AssistantChief of Staff in 2004. He was Assistant Temple Director in 1999-2000 and served as Temple Director in 2001-2002.

In 1995 Tom became a member of the Order of the Quetzalcoatl.He was Camaxtli in 2005 and is currently a WSQA Officer.

Tom’s currently Pres. of the Desert Chariots and served as WSAMarketplace Chairman. He was a member of the Arch Degree teamfrom 2004 - 2006; he’s been a member of the CIF committee; andhas served in some capacity with the 365/Children First/Night ofthe Child Committee since 1994. He’s been an Asst. to Jack Gar-rett and the Shrine Circus since 1997. He’s a member of the Sand-baggers, Hillbillies and the Royal Order of the Jesters.

Tom’s Shrine experience provides him with an invaluable insightand understanding of many of the Shrine’s processes. This insightwas very helpful at various times during the year when he whis-pered good words of advice in true Masonic fashion. He was a valu-able member of the Potentate’s staff this year.

Please join me in congratulating Tom on being Noble of the yearfor 2010. Phil Houghton

...phil’s farewell and thanks to ronda...EL Zaribah Nobles, Ronda and I’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks

to all of you for allowing us the honor of representing EL Zaribah Shrinethis past year. We had many wonderful experiences, visited many places,made new friends and solidified existing friendships. One of the greatesthonors was to see the work our Nobles and Ladies do to put on greatevents at our Shrine. Everyone puts their heart and soul into our fund-raising efforts and our entertainment events.

Part of the leadership role is to help create memories people enjoy. Ourmemories are numerous and we enjoy them. I hope you took away somepositive memories from last year and talk about them often.

I encourage you to keep your eyes, vision and focus on the future. Ourorganization needs your focus on the future to help us survive and be-come better. We have some good people on the Divan who have the bestinterest of the Shrine at heart and they deserve all the support we cangive them. It truly takes each and every one of us to pull together to helpus move into the future. Things are changing and so must we. Big picturethinking and planning for how to get there must be done.

We ended the year with a fantastic event, the Christmas Party for ourhospital patients and their families. It was beautiful, we had a good timeand saw many happy children and families that day. The response fromthem has been fantastic. The entertainment for that day, Michael Finney,has pledged to come back and help again next year to make it bigger andbetter. That says a lot for him to donate his time, effort, money and pres-ence to make our children feel better. A special thanks to Ronda for or-

ganizing it, Michael Finney for the entertainment, and to all the peoplewho helped put it together and made donations to the project during theyear. We’re making plans to do it again.

In closing, I say: Thanks for the memories! Remember, Together WeCan Make A Difference!Yours in the faith, Phil and Ronda Houghton

First Lady Ronda Houghton donated all the fundsshe received throughout the year, in addition to lots ofher own money, for toys and goodies for our childrenat the Christmas Party.

A big THANK YOU for her devotion to our KIDSand the Temple in general.

She will be missed. Paul Reynolds

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In 2009, researchers at Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Northern California identified a gene in mice that may uncover the fundamental mechanisms of cleft lip and palate, a common birth defect that affects about 5,000 children annually in the U.S. The discovery was made by a research team led by Chengji Zhou, Ph.D., a principal investigator for the Institute of Pediatric Regenerative Medicine (IPRM), a collaborative research program of Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Northern California and the University of California, Davis.

The research revealed that all of the mice with a disrupted gene named Lrp6 developed a cleft lip and cleft palate and showed the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms involved. The findings of Dr. Zhou and his colleagues were published in the September 2009 issue of the scientific journal, Development.

“This discovery may someday allow scientists and doctors to identify the mutations in related human genes that may cause cleft lip and cleft palate in children and to find new drug targets to prevent this kind of birth defect during pregnancy,” said David Pleasure, M.D., director of research at Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Northern California and the IPRM. “Our hope is that scientific discoveries made by Dr. Zhou and the team of researchers working at Shriners Hospitals for Children® will one day transform the lives of children faced with congenital birth defects and other physical challenges.”

A New Treatment Additional research in the field of cleft lip and palate includes the development of a new method of treatment of patients with wide cleft lip and palate. Created by Beth Roscoe and Philip Stoddard, M.D., of Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Springfield, the innovative process helps close the gap prior to cleft lip surgery.

A plaster model of the patient’s lip and palate is scanned into a computer. Then, using CAD/CAM (computer assisted design and computer assisted manufacturing), a series of palate-shape corrections are created on the computer. The corrections are designed to serially reduce the gap, taking growth into consideration.

These digital models guide the manufacturing of the series of corrective appliances for the patient. It generally takes about 12 corrective steps to achieve the desired result (each device closes the gap by about half a millimeter on each side, and is worn for a week). Ideally, this method is meant to begin when the patient is about 1 month old and takes from 10 to 15 weeks to complete.

Research Provides Better Understanding and Treatment of Cleft Lip and Palate

(left) Dr. Zhou’s research is contributing to a better understanding of the possible genetic causes of cleft lip and palate.

(right) Dr. Stoddard’s research has led to a new, less invasive treatment for cleft lip and palate. Here, he looks at a series of corrective devices used in the treatment.

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Saving Time and MoneyThere are several benefits to using this procedure, according to Dr. Stoddard. The computer-assisted design provides consistent results; it allows for expected normal growth; the appliances are not surgically inserted, therefore, no anesthesia is required; clinic wait times are reduced; and if patients live far from the hospital, several appliances in the series can be given to the family at a time, reducing the number of visits to the hospital. The new process saves time and expense.

Shriners Hospitals for Children®

has a patent pending. These research projects

exemplify Shriners Hospitals for Children®’s commitment to improving care for children with cleft lip and plalate through a comprehensive, coordinated program, including research.

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Cleft lip and palate deformities occur when the tissue that forms the upper lip and roof of the mouth fail to join together before birth. The condition is associated with alterations in speech, hearing and facial growth. Cleft lip and palate is corrected by reconstructive surgery and multidisciplinary therapies.

Approximately 5,000 children are born each year in the U.S. with cleft-associated deformities. In fact, facial clefts are one of the most common birth defects in the U.S. Children with facial clefts have various interrelated problems involving the brain; the development of the skull and facial bones; the structure of the ear and the ability to hear; the teeth and the ability to chew and eat; and the mouth and nose and the ability to breathe and speak. Reconstruction must be staged with the child’s growth in order to restore the facial skeleton and functionality as completely as possible.

A Common Birth DefectDespite the frequency of its occurrence, and the severity of the deformities, care for patients with cleft lip and palate can be difficult to obtain. For this reason, Shriners Hospitals for Children® added cleft lip and palate to the health care system’s service lines in 2005. Treating cleft and palate problems is a long-term commitment; children require care from birth to adolescence, which fits well in the health care system’s mission of providing family-centered care until the patient’s 18th birthday.

Care for cleft lip and palate is currently available at the Shriners Hospitals for Children® located in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston, Los Angeles, Northern California, Portland and Springfield. Multidisciplinary services include surgery, orthodontics, hearing, speech and psychological therapies, and additional supports.

Shriners Hospitals for Children® has also partnered with the Humanitarian Foundation of the Grottoes of North America, a Masonic-affiliated fraternal organization. Children with special needs are often excluded from normal childhood dental care, which is important in the successful treatment of cleft lip and palate, and the Foundation will provide appropriate patients who need cleft lip and palate surgery with financial assistance for routine dental care. The partnership has benefited more than 50 Shriners Hospitals for Children® patients.

Cleft lip and palate is a common and serious condition. Shriners Hospitals for Children® is committed to improving care for children with this condition through a comprehensive, coordinated program of clinical excellence, teaching and research.

Mollie Carlson is just one of the many children

with cleft lip and palate who has received

treatment from Shriners Hospitals

for Children®. Today, Mollie is studying

communication disorders in college,

and hopes to one day be a speech-

language pathologist.

Providing Care for Cleft Lip and Palate at Shriners Hospitals for Children®

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One reason Shriners Hospitals for Children® is renowned world-wide as a leader in burn care is the excellence and expertise of the health care system�s staff. Two examples are Oscar Suman, Ph.D., and Robert Sheridan, M.D.

Oscar Suman, Ph.D., an exercise physiologist and director of the Children�s Exercise and Wellness Center at Shriners Hospitals for Children® � Galveston and associate professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, was honored by President Barack Obama for his work in helping children recover from burns at a White House ceremony in January.

Dr. Suman was one of 100 researchers selected to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Sci-entists and Engineers. The award is the highest honor given by the government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are in the early stages of their careers. The award is meant to recognize scientists who have demonstrated potential for leadership in developing and discovering knowledge in science and technol-ogy. Dr. Suman specializes in developing exercise regimens to help children recover from burns.

�It is an extremely great honor to be nationally recognized for the work we do at the Shriners Hospi-tal in Galveston,� said Dr. Suman. �It is a re! ection of the great work and dedication that our Galveston staff and faculty exhibit daily. I hope to be able to continue to devote my life to burn care research.�

The Presidential Early Career Award for Scien-tists and Engineers Program is administered by the National Science and Technology Council. Several participating federal agencies submit nominations, including the National Institutes of Health, which nominated Dr. Suman.

The respect for Shriners Hospitals for Children® among those in the burn care " eld is indicated by prestigious leadership positions held by hospital staff. Robert Sheridan, M.D., assistant chief of staff of Shriners Hospitals for Children® � Boston currently serves as the president of the American Burn Asso-ciation, a premier national organization dedicated to improving the lives of those with burn injuries. In addition, Dr. Sheridan is co-director of the Sumner Redstone Adult Burn Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sheridan is certi" ed in surgery and surgical critical care and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Chest Physicians and American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

The expertise of the medical staff of Shriners Hos-pitals for Children® is part of what allows the health care system to change the world through caring for kids every day.

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Brittany Fojtik was a dancer in peak physical condition when a car accident left her with a spinal cord injury (SCI). Doctors told her that she was paralyzed from the chest down and would never walk again. The tenacious young girl, then 10 years old, set out to prove them wrong.

The dedication and drive that helped Brittany succeed as a dancer was redirected toward making a full recovery. She devoted many long hours to therapy at Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Chicago and just two years after her injury, not only is she walking – she is dancing again.

On Nov. 2, 2008, Brittany was en route to her family’s new home in Katy, Texas. Brittany and her brother, Daniel, sat in the middle seat of their minivan as their father drove. While the van was moving, Brittany unbuckled her seat belt to grab an item from the back.

A sudden and unexpected turn of the wheel caused the van to hit a concrete

through the air and Brittany was ejected from the car out the back window;

pavement.The next thing Brittany remembers

is a man telling her “everything is going to be OK.” She was surrounded by sirens, ambulances and paramedics before being airlifted to a hospital in nearby Houston. Her mother, Beverly Fojtik, was told she may not make it

In addition to her SCI, Brittany sustained a broken arm, hip, wrist, nose and ribs, as well as massive internal bleeding. After spinal fusion surgery, Brittany spent 18 days in the intensive care unit while her vital signs stabilized.

As Brittany’s condition continued to improve, it became clear that she would need rehabilitation at a facility that specialized in pediatric SCI. A therapist recommended Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Chicago to the family and on Dec. 1, 2008, a transport team relocated her to the Windy City.

Brittany worked with physical and occupational therapists at Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Chicago for two-and-a-half weeks in early December. Examinations during this admission indicated that she had sustained a complete SCI (American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale A), meaning she had very little chance of walking again. Despite the dim prognosis, Brittany’s progress continued. The day before she left to go home for the Christmas holidays, she discovered that she could move one of her big toes.

“It all started happening so fast,” explained Beverly. “When we got home the next day, she was able to swing her leg from side to side. From then on,

there was some kind of new movement all the time.”

Brittany returned to Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Chicago in mid-January 2009 for a month-long stay. Her therapists began standing her up and she was able to move her hips a little bit. With the help of leg braces and

steps since the accident on Feb. 11, 2009.

“I cried and cried and cried,” Beverly said. “And I wasn’t the only one – the nurses and therapists were crying too. Nobody expected this.”

an American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale D, which means that she has an incomplete SCI and

she began rehabilitation, she has progressed from a wheelchair to a walker to forearm crutches. She now walks with a cane and only uses her wheelchair at the mall and the airport.

The level of recovery and return of function that Brittany experienced is unusual and was a wonderful surprise and outcome for both the SCI team that worked with her and her family. Doctors noted a number of factors that contributed to her success, including her physical condition prior to the injury, a positive personality and a lot of hard work.

Brittany is now back on the dance

regain her strength. In addition to keeping up with school, she is participating in choir and a school play and plans to compete in the Texas

Hospitals for Children® — Chicago has inspired her to become a physical therapist when she grows up.

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