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Camel TracksBedouin Temple A.A.O.N.M.S.

February 2020 Oasis of Muskogee - Desert of Oklahoma Vol: 213 Num: 2

First off, let me give a big shout out toeveryone, nobles and ladies alike, who worked sohard to make the 40th Annual Shrine BasketballClassic a success! And a special thank you to theClassic Committee. Once again, you havedelivered a quality product. It’s just amazing whatwe can do when we work together! February promises to be a busy month! Wewill having a Temple Clean-Up Day on 02/01/20.Our building is in need of a little TLC and a wholelot of cleaning. If you can, please wear your work

clothes and join us in trying to make our temple better. February 2nd is Super Bowl Sunday. Let’s get together at the templefor a little fun (especially after the hard work on the 1st)! Bring yourfavorite football snacks and cheer for your favorite team. Dinner Club will be 02/05/20. The kitchen staff has a wonderful mealplanned for us, so please join us if you can. The Divan Ladies will be hosting a couples’ Valentine’s Paint andDinner Party on 02/08/20. The cost will be $65 per couple. Thisincludes dinner for two and all the necessary supplies for two specialpaintings. It will be fun seeing all our artistic abilities! If you haven’tsigned up for the event on Facebook, see Lady Kathleen or Lady Sharonfor all the details. On 02/22/20, our membership chairman, Noble Hank Starkey, will behosting a “Mystery Dinner” while members of the Divan are at the SCSABusiness Meeting in Pine Bluff. As the ladies have said, “While the catsare away, the mice will play!” If you are unfamiliar with the mysterydinners, the host will select a restaurant and keep it secret. Everyonewho wants to attend will meet at the temple at the appointed time, andNoble Starkey will lead the way to the restaurant of his choice. Let’skeep Noble Starkey in our thoughts as he will be responsible for theDivan Ladies for the evening. He will need our support! As NobleStarkey makes his restaurant decisions, we will provide informationrelated to the cost. IHop Day is scheduled for 02/25/20. Let’s go and support ourOriental Guide Jeremy Schuler as he hosts this event. Remember, 100%of the proceeds from this event go directly to Shriners’ Hospitals. Like I said before, this promises to be a busy month. Everything youcan do is so appreciated! Thank you for remaining committed to thecause!

Yours in the faith,Dave “Chisel” RossPotentate

Potentate’s Message

Message from Chief Rabban: This year is off and running as we recently held the Installation of Officers.We then turned around and went right into the Bedouin Classic. Regardlessof a little weather, the games were well attended and exciting – we evenhad a heart-stopping buzzer beater for a Championship win! What awonderful way to end the Classic. We would also like to thank all the Nobleswho worked endlessly and the Ladies who worked the hospitality rooms andprovided the tasty desserts…you Ladies really out did yourselves! Now, look forward to our first Dinner Club on of the year on February 5th.The Potentate and Lady Sharon will have a wonderful Valentines dinner forall! Until next time, Remember why we do what we do – FOR THE LOVE OFOUR KIDS!

Yours In Faith,Gene “Frosty” FosterChief Rabban

Message from Chief Rabban

I would like to thank everyone who came out to support the basketballball classic! Everyone from the Classic committee to the nobles and ladies inthe kitchen feeding everyone, your time and work is very appreciated! I alsowant to let everyone know that After 5 is still going strong. It’s everyThursday at the temple. It’s nobles only, so you nobles that don’t haveanything going on, come to the temple on Thursday evening and see Mark“Shooter” Maples and Scottie “Goodtimes” Goodman. They are the best twobartenders in town. In closing, if you know a noble that hasn’t been aroundin awhile, call them, bring them to a dinner club, or After 5. Lets all together,try to get people back involved, and have a good time taking care of ourchildren.

Yours in faith Asst. Rabban Steve ‘Manhole” Fletcher

Message from Asst. Rabban

Thank you for all the volunteers who came out to make the BasketballClassic a huge success. We had a great turn out and lots of fun while helpingour kids. We have Valentines' Paint and Dinner Party coming up on the 8thof February. The Flying Fez is coming up March 14th, and I hope to see youall there. Hopefully there will be a Ring Race this spring, so if you know anypotential candidates, get them in so we can have them run.

Yours in faithDonald "Bullseye" Baccus

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Nobles and Ladies: Greetings from Pittsburg County.

First I would like to thank BK Smith for his intervention for us with the Great Architect. BK got us some beautiful parading weather for the Christmas Pa-rades. Thank you BK. The Pittsburg Club will be holding our annual Salute To Our Ladies with a Valentines' Dinner at the Elks Club in McAlester on February 11. Menu will be steak, baked potatoes, veggies, and salad. Cost is $21.00 per person. A no host bar will be available. In our sickness and distress: Robert Padgett is still trying to recover from his many surgeries that he has suffered from an accident he suf-fered at home. Al Barnett has recovered nicely from surgery on his knee. Gary Palmer is recovering from surgery on his ankle. Charles Thurber has recovered from his many bouts with doctors. Please keep these brothers in your prayers. Also, let's remember our many men and women in our armed forces. They are more precious than they are given credit for.

Peace and Harmony be with you. Dave "Mouse" Bruno

We had our meeting at Belle Starr on January 8, 2020. No members of the Divan were there at our request because they were busy with the Basketball Classic. All we were going to do was talk about was this years planning anyway. Josheb English was happy opening the meeting as our new president. Our last year's president, Jim Mansfield, was happy to be at the meeting as just a member, as he had been our president for the past few years. We are hoping to have a golf tournament this year. If we can't, we will still have the summer cooler. There have been 5 Nobles to ask us to have the sum-mer cooler even if the golf tournament didn't happen. Past Potentate, Jerry Davidson and Lady Susie were in attendance. Our next meeting will be February 12, 2020 at Belle Starr. We would like to have the McIntosh County Nobles attend.

Yours in Faith, Andy, Iron Eagle, Killingsworth, PP

Pittsburg Co.

McIntosh County Shriner

IHOP is teaming up withShriners Hospital for Children to raise money for the life changing pediatric care that our young patients need. On February 25th please come and enjoy a short stack of pancakes, and help provide hope and healing today.

February 25th 2020

7:00am- 7:00pm

1600 N 32nd StMuskogee, OK 74401

FebruaryDinner Club

Menu

Salad and BreadsticksLasagne

Chicken SpaghettiSausage and PeppersIce Cream Sundaes

I want to say thank you to every Lady who helped with the Classic, from hosting the hospitality rooms to providing desserts, and every-thing in between. There is no way all the work could be done without your help. I appreciate all your support. And I give a very special thank you to Brenda Fisher, Missy Griffith, Pat Foster, and Kathleen Fletcher for their help in the kitchen. They are amazing! As Chisel stated in his article, we have lots going on in February. Clean Up Day on the 1st, Super Bowl on the 2nd, and Dinner Club on the 5th. Lady Kathleen has put together a wonderful Valentines’ Paint and Dinner Party for the 8th and then our Mystery Dinner on the 22nd. It all sounds like so much fun, except maybe for the cleaning! But that needs to be done too. March will be busy too with the Wine Festival and the Glow Run. Lady Debbie and Lady Pat will need our help with both of these events. They will be reaching out to you soon with information on these. On April 17th and 18th, Lady Pat will be hosting a garage sale at the temple. The proceeds from this event will be shared between the kitch-en fund and the van fund. Please consider what you can donate for the sale and how you could help during the sale. Lady Pat will be accepting items for the garage sale now through that time and storing them at her house. Let’s make this a very successful event! We are posting more and more information on the Ladies’ Facebook Page. If you know of any Lady who is not a member of the page, please let me know so we can either get them added or make arrangements to keep them updated with information in another way. Thanks again for all you do and for remaining committed to the cause!

Lady Sharon Ross

Interesting Protocol Tidbits - At organizational events, such as dinner club, ladies stand for the flag presentation and prayers but not when the Potentate is announced. The only time we as ladies should stand when the Potentate is announced is when he is escorting his lady.

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Haskell Co.- 6:30pm

Divan Meeting- 5:30pm

Pittsburg Co.- 6:30pm

Okmulgee Co.- 6:30pm

Little Dixie- 6:30pm

Muskogee County Lions Club Chili Day!- 11:00pm

Cher-O-Dair- 6:30pm

Clown Meeting- 7:00pm

Mystery Dinner- 6:30pm

McCurtain Co.- 6:30pm

McIntosh Co.- 6:30pm

Dinner Club- 6:00pm

Bandits Meeting- 6:00pm

Super Bowl Party After 5 at the Temple- 5:00pm

After 5 at the Temple- 5:00pm

After 5 at the Temple- 5:00pm

Iron Horse Meeting- 6:30pm

After 5 at the Temple- 5:00pm

Wagoner Co.- 6:30pm

Valentine's Paint and Dinner Party- 6:30pm

Temple Clean-Up Day- 9:00am

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Creations ---------------------------------------------- 0Affiliations --------------------------------------------- 0 Restorations ------------------------------------------- 1 Expires -------------------------------------------------- -0

Membership Report as of Jan. 14, 2020Total Members ------------------------------------ 812

Demits --------------------------------------------------- -0Resignations -------------------------------------------- 0Suspensions -------------------------------------------- -0 Dropped ---------------------------------------------- 0 Net Loss ------------------------------------------------- 0

Transportation Reportfor January 2020

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After 5 at the Temple- 5:00pm

Real Estate Bean Dinner- 11:00am

Clown Meeting- 7:00pm

Flying Fez Wine Festival- 11:00amAfter 5 at the Temple

- 5:00pm

CSASMC

After 5 at the Temple- 5:00pmWagoner Co.- 6:30pm

CSASMC

CSASMC

CSASMC

Glow Run

After 5 at the Temple- 5:00pmIron Horse Meeting- 6:30pm

Axe Throwing Pub Crawl

Jan Rosson Corn Hole Tournament- 11:30am

Backwoods Party- 1:00pmMcCurtain Co.- 6:30pm

Haskell Co.- 6:30pm

Pittsburg Co.- 6:30pm

Divan Meeting- 5:30pmDivan Ladies Meeting- 5:30pm

Okmulgee Co.- 6:30pm

Little Dixie- 6:30pm

Cher-O-Dair- 6:30pm

McIntosh Co.- 6:30pm

Dinner Club- 6:00pm

Bandits Meeting- 6:00pm

DONATIONSW.M. McNeill

David & Jane Sparks In Memory of Glen “Amtrak” SparksRodney G. Horner

Elaine Green

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