March 2012

Volume 30, Issue 3 $1.25 per Issue

March 2012

The Official Publication of the El Zaribah Shriners Phoenix, Arizona

1st Lady Sandi Hutson,Imperial Sir Michael Severe,

Imperial 1st Lady Patty Severe &Illustrious Sir Honorable J. Hut Hutson

2012

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April 8th11:00 - 2:00

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El Zaribah Shrine Spring Ceremonial

Saturday, April 28thEl Zaribah Shrine Center, 552 N. 40th St., Phoenix, AZ 85008

10:00 am – 1st Section for Candidates and Ladies11:00 am – Lunch

Noon – Arch Degree1:00 – Fezzing Ceremony

1:20 – Parade of Units & Clubs (North Parking Lot)

2:30 – No Host Social in Red Fez Room

El Zaribah Shrine Spring Ceremonial

Thursday, April 26thCandidate’s Indoctrination Schedule

6:00 pm

Candidates sized for Fez by Art Nehill & 1 helper – all others please stay out

Greeters meet Candidates – South Entrance

Complimentary Hot Dogs & Hamburgers for Candidates & Ladies

in Red Fez/Fiesta Rooms – $6 per person for all other

Candidate’s Ladies escorted to Conference Room for brief Orientation by Divan Ladies

Hospital Chairmanto present short video

Unit & Club Presentation Each Club & Unit has 2 minutes to present their information

Comments by Potentate

Rededication of the old Shrine Temple The Rededication of the old Shrine Temple

Nobles and Ladies,wasn’t the Pote’s Ball fantas-tic? Lady Sandi and I don’t re-

member ever seeing that many people on the dance floor atonce in some time! Add in the wonderful, tasty Bash Beforethe Ball event, Imperial Sir’s motorcycle ride, terrific Doo-Wopmusic favorites and it added up to one incredible time. I’d liketo take this opportunity to thank the Units and Clubs for pro-viding such a great variety of tasty food for the Bash Beforethe Ball. The table decorations were something else en-tirely.

The Yuma Silver Spur weekend was amazing aswell. The members of the Yuma Foothills and YumaShrine Clubs do so much for our Temple. They areterrific hosts whenever we get the chance to visitthem. They always make us feel right at home, fit-ting us with aprons and putting us right to work!

The Divan started meeting twice a month at5:30 in the Pote’s Office. This began in Februaryto better serve the Nobility and our Temple.

March brings a variety of Parades and events.

We start with the March 3rd Chandler Parade and BuckeyeParade on the 17th. The Motorcycles are having a Cook-Off March 11th, the Patrol is once again having their St.Patrick’s Day Party in the Red Fez & Fiesta Rooms on Fri-day the 16th, Samsar Awards Dinner is March 21st and theBowling Palooza will be March 28th. On March 24th, ourRitualistic Team will be doing a First Degree at 10 am, soplease come down. In fact, with something for just abouteveryone, please attend as many of these events as possi-ble to let them know what a great job they’re doing.

The Mystery Handshake winner for February’sStated Meeting was Mike Richards. The two Mys-

tery Items listed in the Tales were membershipnumbers or member’s names. If you find yours,please let me know as soon as possible! There’sa nice treat in store for finding your name ornumber, so please check each issue of theTales – you could be the next big winner!

The second in the series of Comments inthis issue is Upsets.

This Shrine year has started with a bang –let’s keep the momentum going!

Yours in the Faith, /h

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From

The

Potentate...


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

J. “Hut” Hutson, Potentate

Jack Garrett, PP, Recorder

STATED MEETING WILL BE HELD

WEDNESDAy, MARCH 14 &

WEDNESDAy, APRIL 11, 2012

FISH FRy PRICE INCREASED TO $10 PER PERSON

TABLE OF CONTENTSApril Spring Ceremonial 2Pote’s Notes 3Recorder’s Message 6Official Call to Meeting 6Black Camel & Membership Info 7Outreach Clinic Dates 7Club & unit Meeting Nights 8Editor’s Corner 8Patrol St. Pat’s Party 8unit Articles 9Grand Lodge Legislation 10Shrine Club Articles 12 Desert Chariot For Sale 15Transportation Semi For Sale 15Champagne Easter Brunch 16Cigar Night 17Ladies Organizations 18Masonic youth News 18Military Family Support 18Clinic News 19 Transportation Donations 19Parade Schedule 19CIF Barbeque 20LA Hospital News 21$100 Million Club 23Noble of the Month 24SLC Hospital News 24Calendar 30Friends of the Tales 31

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552 North 40th Street FAX: 602-231-8737

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E-Mail: [email protected]

REPORTERS

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Also, some donations are not tax deductible.

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No contents of this publication can be reproduced without the written authorization of the editor.

EVENTS COORDINATOR

Shirley Smith 602-231-0300

ELECTED DIVANPOTENTATE

Hon. J. “Hut” Hutson C 480-861-0477

CHIEF RABBAN

Ed Stolze C 623-810-9990

ASSISTANT RABBAN

Gerald Massey C 623-229-0545

HIGH PRIEST & PROPHET

Chris Hagenian C 602-822-3052

ORIENTAL GuIDE

George Mather C 480-254-5328

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 C 480-223-2914

SECOND CEREMONIAL MASTER

Julius Horvath C 602-451-8093

TEMPLE MARSHAL

John Locher H 480-926-2583

TEMPLE DIRECTOR

Kurt Kesselring C 480-797-3273

CAPTAIN OF THE GuARD

Mike Richards H 602-650-1626

OuTER GuARD

Erv Whetstone C 602-549-2957

CHAPLAIN

Sanford Wax C 602-321-8411

DIVAN REPRESENTATIVES“Hut” Hutson H 480-897-6913

Ed Stolze H 623-810-9990

Gerald Massey C 623-229-0545

HOSPITAL COMMITTEEJim Miller, PP H 480-838-6646

Tom Sheldon, Clinics H 480-899-3854

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

SHRINERS HOSPITALS

FOR CHILDRENEd Stolze Los Angeles

Jim Grone Los Angeles

Charles R. Leon Salt Lake City

Dave Polner, PP Salt Lake City

PuBLIC RELATIONS CHAIRMANMike Richards H 602-650-1626

PuBLIC RELATIONS CONSuLTANTHardy Murphy H: 602-993-7360

TEMPLE ATTORNEyH.M. “Mac” Bohlman H: 480-946-6292

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 - Thomas Calvin1994 - Jack M. Garrett 2006 - David C. Humphrey 2012 - Hon. J. “Hut” Hutson1998 - E.M. Monty Fox 2007 - Russell Gunther

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IMPORTANT ~ PLEASE NOTE!!! WE HAVE NEW E-MAIL ADDRESSES!

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Nobles and Ladies, for the past fewmonths our Temple has been visited bythieves. They’ve taken the copper out ofour light poles, steel covers from ourDeep BBQ Pits, towed the portable BBQ

grill off the property, broken into our trailers in the back parking lotand a few weeks ago, they removed the stainless steel pipes abovetwo of the urinals during the day. The replacement costs for the listedthefts is having an impact on our budget. For example, the cost toreplace the steel pipes in the men’s bathroom was $400.

Noble Jerry Niziolek has started a fund-raiser to have a camerainstalled above each door to record anyone coming into the Tem-ple. This way, the uninvited intruders will know they’re being moni-

Recorder’s Message...

tored and recorded via the cameras. If you’d like to assist in se-curing our Temple, please make a donation to the El ZaribahShrine indicating it’s for the security cameras.

Our electric bill is $5,500 per month. In order to minimize elec-tric costs, please turn off the lights in the meeting rooms as you’releaving the room. Your assistance with this will be appreciated.

Every time I visit the two Shrine Clubs in Yuma, I’m amazed atthe amount of money they raise year after year. This takes a lotof teamwork. El Zaribah sincerely appreciates the many hours yougive to make your fund-raisers successful. To the Nobles andLadies… you’re one of the best!Yours in the Faith, Jack Garrett, PP, Recorder

OFFICIAL CALL OF THE POTENTATE:Nobility of El Zaribah

MONTHLy STATED MEETING

Wednesday, March 14, 20127:00 pm – El Zaribah Shrine Center

For the Purpose of Old and New Business Your Attendance is Urgently Requested

Attest: Jack Garrett, PP, RecorderYours in the Faith, Hut Hutson, Potentate

WEAR yOuR FEZ –

DOOR WILL BE TILED

From the Recorder’s Office...

Security AlertNobles

Valley Protective Services will be at the Temple frommidnight until 5 am every evening.

Any Noble stopping by for any reason between thosehours, please go straight to security and show him yourShrine Membership Card.

Please don’t wait for him come to come to you. Thank you in advance.

Jack M. Garrett, PP, Recorder

All Units and Clubs MUST fill out andfile an Activity Request

with start & stop times for each event –fraternal or fund-raiser.

If you have questions or needActivity Request forms,

please contact your Recorder. Jack Garrett, PP, Recorder

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Both the Intermountain (Salt Lake City) and Los Angeles

Shrine Clinic location in Phoenix is held at Maricopa Medical

Center, 2525 E. Roosevelt St., 3rd Floor.

Outreach Clinic Dates:

Mar 2 SLC May 11 SLC July 6 SLC

Aug 3 LA Sept 14 SLC Nov 2 SLC

2012 Phoenix Outreach Clinic Dates

Thomas C HarmonEdward E HuntJohnnie Meyers

Passed Through The unseen Portals

Membership February 9, 2012 1,706Regular Members 1,527Associate Members 179

MeMbeRshiP NuMbeRs...

Monthly Membership Report...

CREATED

AFFILIATEDLuis C Castillo Robert E Lehl

ASSOCIATEDDavid R Guevara James C Schelin

Elwin O Studebaker, PP

ASSOCIATE MEMBER DROPPEDLuis C Castillo

RESTOREDBrent A Kittel Steven J SampsonJeffrey A Schiller John M Schwarz

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H. M. “MAC” BOHLMANAttorney At Law

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BAND ea Thursday 7:00 pm Band RoomCLOWNS 1st Monday 7:00 pm Clown RoomCULINARY 3rd Tuesday 7:00 pm Culinary RoomDESERT CHARIOTS Wed of Std Mtg 5:30 pm Desert Chariots RoomDIRECTOR’S STAFF 4th Wednesday 7:30 pm Director’s Staff RoomEL DULABS 3rd Wednesday 7:00 pm El Dulabs RoomGREETERS 3rd Monday 8:00 pm Greeters RoomLEGION OF HONOR 3rd Monday 6:30 pm Fiesta RoomPRESCOTT LOH 4th Monday 11:30 am Golden CorralMOTORCYCLES 2nd Thursday 7:00 pm Motorcycle RoomMOUNTED PATROL 1st Monday 7:00 pm Mtd Patrol RoomORIENTAL BAND 2nd Tuesday 7:00 pm Band RoomPATROL 1st Wednesday 7:00 pm Patrol RoomPIPE BAND ea Wednesday 7:00 pm Band RoomROADRUNNERS 3rd Tuesday 6:30 pm Roadrunners RoomTEMPLE GUARD 3rd Tuesday 6:30 pm Temple Guard RoomTRANSPORTATION 1st Wednesday 7:00 pm Transportation Room

AIR PATROL SC Saturday 9:00 am Various LocationsAL JONDI SC 4th Thursday 6:30 pm Al Jondi RoomAPACHE SC 3rd Thursday 6:00 pm Miami, AZAPACHE WELLS SC 2nd Thursday 1:00 pm Apache Hall Room ACASA GRANDE SC 2nd Thursday 5:30 pm Eva’s (Pinal Ave)COCONINO SC 3rd Tuesday 7:00 pm Flagstaff, AZCOMPUTER SC 4th Monday 7:00 pm Computer Club RoomDEMOLAY SC 3rd Wednesday 7:00 pm Red Fez RoomDRUM & BUGLE SC ea Tuesday 5:30 pm Band Room HI COUNTRY REBELS SC quarterly TBA Various LocationsHILLBILLY’S CLAN #65 SC When Called Various LocationsKINGMAN SC 3rd Friday Noon Calico’sLAKE HAVASU SC 1st Thursday 6:00 pm Yacht ClubMINGUS MTN SC 3rd Tuesday 6:00 pm Post#93/Camp VerdeMISFITS SC When Called Various LocationsMOBILE NOBLES SC 3rd Thursday 7:00 pm Venture Out Art/Craft RmMOHAVE SC 1st Friday 7:30 pm Club Rivier /BullheadCityNOMADS SC ea Month When Called Various LocationsPAST MASTERS SC 4th Mon every other mo 7:00 pm Past Masters RoomPHOTO CORPS SC Unknown Unknown UnknownPROVOST SC 2nd Thursday 6:30 pm Provost RoomSANDBAGGERS SC 2nd Tuesday 6:30 pm El Zaribah Shrine SUN LAKES SC 2nd Monday 5:00 pm Sun Lakes 1 Club HseWEST VALLEYSC 3rd Wednesday 5:30 pm Briarwood Golf / CCWESTMAR SC 1st Sunday 3:00 pm Member’s homesWHITE MTN SC 3rd Sunday Noon JB’s /Show LowWINSLOW SC 2nd Friday 5:00 pm Club HouseYAVAPAI COUNTYSC 2nd Thursday 6:00 pm Wyndham GardenYOUNG GUNS SC 3rd Wednesday 6:00 pm Red Fez RoomYUMA SC 2nd Tuesday 7:00 pm American Legion #19YUMA FOOTHILLS SC 1st Monday 1:00 pm Fortuna del RayZANE GREY SC 3rd Wednesday 5:30 pm Tiny’s Rest./Payson

shrine Clubs & units Meeting Nights... April 1st

Is Your Due Date

for the May Issue

of the

Arabian Tales

If you haven’t been able to attend events at El Zaribah lately, you’re reallymissing out on some new and exciting programs! Our Divan, led by IllustriousSir Hut Hutson, is doing a real bang-up job of working while having fun andkeeping the Nobility informed about what’s happening now and in the future.

Many Nobles and their Ladies were unable to attend the breakfast andafter-glow put on almost single-handedly by Andrew Warianka. Try to makeit next time. What a wonderful venue for everyone to get together after theLaveen Parade to relax, have great food and enjoy each other’s company. Asincere Thank You, Andrew.

While I’m on the subject of good food, do you have a favorite Vidalia Onionrecipe? If so, send me an email containing the recipe & we’ll print them in theTales! Thanks to Trudy Mullins for this spectacular idea! Yours in the Faith, Fred Wulff, Editor

editor’s Corner...


...uniformed units...

March is a busy month for the Clowns. We’ll enjoy participating at theMarch 3rd Chandler and March 17th Buck-eye Parades, not to mention the showing atSalt Lake City Outreach Clinic on the 2nd, orthe many other events we’ll show up at withor without grease, like the Stated MeetingMarch 14th and the Unit Head meeting onthe 6th.

As Clowns you know we enjoy the smiles and laughter of the childrenin the crowd while they see our props in Parades. Remember there arestill more Parades coming up - WSA Parade in Reno and Prescott Val-ley in June, so this is the perfect time for some of the more seasonedClowns to get out their props and grease to show the newer Clowns howit’s done. We’d love to see you at the Parades or any of the Shrine func-tions, because the newer Clowns need your mentorship and help. Z-Klown’s offered to give make-up, props, skits, and other Clown trainingon Tuesdays. If you’d like to meet up with him, please email or call aheadand arrange for a meeting.

To all prospective Clowns, if you haven’t found a Unit and you enjoy

Clowns...

band...

We’re off to a good start for 2012. Chris Hagenian, High Priest andProphet, is our Den Mother. We’re delighted he’s already visited us. Hecame into the Band Room twice on Jan. 5thto witness one of the most difficult Re-hearsals the EZ-POPS group has had. Thisyear’s Divan is making a real effort to con-tinue to connect with the Units.

Lead trumpeter Emerson Best respondedto the need of the Temple Flag RetirementCeremony by the playing Taps for the event. The Band Unit’s always thereto provide musical entertainment for Masonic, and sometimes, non-Ma-sonic efforts.

The Band Unit and the EZ-POPS sub-Unit are both happy to sup-port the Arabian Tales “Friends of the Arabian Tales” fund-raising effort byeach making two-year donations.

Our Rehearsals are now open to all those interested in band music.Rehearsals are held in the Band room (NW corner of the Temple) and areregularly scheduled for the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Thursday nights of the month,7-9:00 pm. You’re welcome to come join us (no cost) regardless of age,male or female, Masonic or non-Masonic affiliation, or your musical pro-ficiency. Get the horn out of the closet and come join us for a good nightof making music.

In addition to the Concert Band, we have an 8 - 12 member EZ – POPSsub-Unit that performs lively up-tempo music specializing in Ethnic andOktoberfest celebrations. A complete repertoire is available for Polka, Dix-ieland, Patriotic, Christmas, Party, Swing dancing and listening pleasure.This well-rehearsed sub-Unit has been in existence since 1987 and isFREE OF CHARGE to Masonic affiliates; donations to the El ZaribahShrine Band are appreciated.

John Locher (480-926-2583) is our Band Unit President. Please let himknow in advance so we can prepare a folder for you. MEL

Culinary...

The Director’s Staff invites all to our OLD TIME STEAK FRY. It will beheld March 10th in the Fiesta Room and starts at 6:30pm. Tickets are $15. Please contact our Vice PresidentAaron Harris at [email protected].

Pres. Chuck Krebs invites the Director’s Staff andSpecial Guests for the OV Dinner on April 25th. The din-ner will start at 6:00 pm in the Fiesta Room. Our selectChef will be preparing dinner fit for a Potentate. Also, li-bations will be available in the Red Fez. We look for-ward to seeing you dine with the Divan. The cost of the

ticket is only $15 per person. Suit and tie with Fez is preferred. PleaseRSVP only to our VP Aaron Harris at [email protected]. Best regards, David “Aaron” Harris

Director’s staff...

Greetings from your friendly servers behind the chow line.DINNER WITH THE CULINARY! How would you and your Significant

Other like to spend a delightful evening witha group of people you know, enjoying a fourcourse special dinner with wine for a reason-able price? The Culinary Unit’s sponsoringjust such an event bi-monthly, and we’ve al-ready had two sellouts at the Scottsdale Culi-nary Institute, which were enjoyed by all. The

venue will vary and tickets will sell for $60 - $70 a couple. The affair is lim-ited to 30 couples, and the attendees will be rotated so everyone can havea chance to take advantage of this special opportunity. Contact HalResnikoff or Bob Walsmann for more information.

The Culinary Unit meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month, and fund-rais-ing will be an important topic for discussion. Parade participation will beon the agenda and we’ll have other items of great importance to consider,so please try to be there if you can. We’re always looking for new mem-bers, and we can use your help.

We’ve decided to dispose of our Parade vehicles, so we have two lit-tle Model T cars, a trailer and a towed rig with four bicycle seats avail-able. Anyone interested should contact Hal Resnikoff.

Happy Birthday to George Wright this month. Beware the Ides of Marchand try to find some green beer on St. Patrick’s Day. We’ll see you soon.Ralph Jones, Sec.

making people laugh and kids smile, then we’d LOVE to talk to you aboutbecoming a Clown. All who wish to join us at our meetings are welcometo show up the 1st Monday of every month at 6:00 for social hour and7:00 pm for the meeting. Please come down and say “Hey.” We’d love tosee you there. Bump noses, A very happy bubbly Clown

John Daniel


We’ve been busy in the Motorcycle Unit. The Drill Team practiced al-most every Saturday at the Temple parking lot. Our Drill Captain’s beenrunning us through some tricky maneuvers,which I suspect will be “crowd pleasers.”

Imperial Potentate Michael Severe camefor a ride. Our President loaned out his Ultaand rode his secondary, which promptlycrapped out. We and fellow Shriners on “riceburners” went to Greasewood Flats, a beerand hamburger joint in north Scottsdale. 22-ounce bottled beer makes mefeel small.

Parade Season’s upon us. The Parade season kicked off with theLaveen Parade. The best part of the day was breakfast and lunch. Youjust had to be there, as were about 50 or 60 Nobles and Ladies.

We’re packing up and going south for the Yuma Parade as this is writ-ten. It will be solid activity for about two months or so. The fellowship isoutstanding.

We have two fund-raisers coming up: The Bowling Palooza and theMotorcycle Swap Meet. We encourage any others of our Shrine family tocome and join us. Not only do we make money for the kids but we havea good time doing it.

Our Unit meetings are the 2nd Thursday starting promptly at 7 pm or1900 hrs for you white sidewall types. Little Jim, Drill Team Member

Motorcycles...


Our little Unit’s once again having some great turnouts at events andParades. We’re also looking forward to several newmembers joining us with their cars and trucks andhope they’ll also be active.

Any Noble is welcome to come and have fun withus, regardless if you have something to drive in a Pa-rade. The proud tradition of assisting with the Poten-tate’s transportation needs in Parades and such lookgood for the future. Fraternally, Rick Fasano, Sec/Treas.

el Dulabs...

Things are moving ahead for the Shrine and Legion of Honor (LOH)into this year’s activities. The Bash before the Potentate’s Ball was a greatSocial Affair - so much food and attendance. The LOH Table alone hadloads of food including boiled shrimp, cream puffs,little sausages, meatballs and other snacks. ThePote’s Ball was a festive affair with a number ofLOH members attending.

Laveen Parade participants were Wax, Rickard,Trundy, & Johnston carrying the flags and LeClair,Scrimager and Hudson manning the Trailer Vehi-cle. The follow-up luncheon at Andy’s was fun andmuch appreciated.

The February Stated Meeting Color Guard consisted of Trundy, Obara,McCullough, & Johnston. Rickard, Hudson, Tutell, Scrimager, Hagenian,& Wax were also present and doing their particular “things.”

A dedicated Shriner, Frank Tutell was honored by receiving a 50-yearaward. It’s understood he’ll receive his 60-year award as a Master Masonnext month at Sun City Lodge #72.

The “Shriner of the Month” award was received by Virgil Johnston, anice start for the season for the LOH.

Legion of honor...

Once again our Greeter brothers and their Ladies managed to fill theirfair share of tables at the Pote’s Ball. Even our most recent Past Pres. BobRichmond and Lady Dodie, both of whom probably should have remainedhome to attend to their physical well being, bit the bullet, put a smile ontheir faces and joined the rest of us for what turned out to be a very niceevening honoring our most recently elected Potentate Hut Hutson.

The Bash that preceded the Pote’s Ballwas very well attended. Special thanks toChuck & Pauline Richards, Ron & KebbaButton and Larry & Vicki Howard for theirefforts in making the Greeter’s table oneof the nicest at that event. Included in ourtable decorations was a 60”x 20” colored Parade photograph of severalGreeters in the Greeter Mobile. Thanks, Mike Jones, for the original pic-ture. I’m sure we’ll be using that at future events.

The Laveen Parade, although not what one might consider to be anevent of super-large proportions, certainly didn’t lack for crowd enthusi-asm, which means a great deal to all the Parade participants who bravelyendure the cold morning air in their efforts to present the crowd of on-lookers with a fun event. A special thanks goes to Greeters Pres. ChuckRichards, Ron Button, Darren Reale and Al Shattuck for bravely facingthose cold 37-degree temps while riding in our Caddie convertible at thatParade.

The Apache Junction Parade was, as usual, full of participants andoverflowing with onlookers who seem to travel great distances to watchthis special event. Naturally all who rode in our Greeter Mobile werepleased with all the positive remarks they heard about our entry.

The University Club of Phoenix once again was the site of our GreetersSweetheart Party, formerly the Valentines Party. And once again Pres.Chuck Richards made sure that all in attendance, and there were many,had a wonderful time.

Just a side note from your Scribe - during the past several months andup to and including our most recent activities such as Parades, specialevents, meetings and parties, it really is nice to see the attendance be-ginning to climb to much larger numbers. Hopefully the interest in ourGreeters happenings will continue to grow. Till next time.

Greeters...

Monday, April 30th - 7:00 pm

Grand Lodge 2012 Legislation and Budget Review At El Zaribah Shrine5:30 pm - Dinner from the Red Fez Room Menu

RSVP to WB Ken Lyberg at [email protected] by El Zaribah’s Past Masters Shrine Club


Howdy Noble Partners! Hope y’all are having a great winter here inArizona. The Mounted Patrol keeps working toward all of our events andParades.

We had a great time participating in the BashBefore the Pote’s Ball Party. We were all in our Pa-rade uniforms, spurs and all! We tied for 1st Placein food and presentation (not sure if it was the cow-boy beans, cowboy grub, the horse, or just our boy-ish cowboy looks…but we had a lot of fun). We’llhave some new surprises next year!

We had a great Parade in Wickenburg in Febru-ary for the Gold Rush Days Rodeo. Had a good turn out from our Unit,and a great day for a Parade.

We continue gearing up for our Spring Cattle Round Up at the EZRanch. This spring it will be April 19th-22nd. You can get information andan application for the Round Up on the Mounted Patrol website which isat www.el-zaribah.org, then click on Units and Clubs and click MountedPatrol.

Or you can do it the old fashioned way and call one of our 2012 Offi-cers: Captain Paul Sauerbrey (928-853-0831) email: [email protected];1st Officer Dave Smith (623-523-2916) email: [email protected];2nd Officer Doug Kurbat, PP (602-918-7077) email: [email protected]; Sec/Treas. Randy Peters (480-759-0195) email:[email protected].

You’ll be hearing more about the Spring Round Up in the next issueof the Tales, but get your applications in as soon as you can, you don’twant to miss out on the great time that’s had by all at the Round Ups! For your calendar, Fall Round Up October 4th-7th.

That’ll do it for us for now. If we don’t see ya in the pasture, we’ll seeya in the future! Vaya Con Dios

Mounted Patrol...

The Oriental Band’s off to a good start this year with plans to attendas many local Parades with the float as possible.When circumstances don’t allow us to have thefloat, we’re usually there walking the Parade route.

In recent Parades, other Nobles have joined uson the float to play percussion instruments and it’smade a world of difference. We thank them somuch for what they add.

Anyone else who’d like to join us in a Parade,come on out – we have extra drums, cymbals, gongs and triangles! SC

Oriental band...

Last month, two new members were added to the Patrol roster: JoeCouey and his Lady Patricia, and Gale Totten and his Lady Nancy. A spe-

cial thanks to Joe, who at his firstmeeting accepted a battlefield com-mission as 2nd Lt. Let’s keep thesenew members coming!

The Patrol would like all Nobles tomark their calendars for March 16th.

The Patrol will be sponsoring our annual St. Pat’s Party in the Red FezRoom. There will be plenty of Corned Beef, Cabbage and Potatoes, aswell as a great time. Lou Ann and her staff stand ready to sell you thefinest of the nectars of the Gods. All this is yours for the measly low priceof $15 per adult and $7 per child. See You There! Father Floyd

Patrol...


The year started off with a “Bang” for the El Zaribah Temple Guard.We had the honor of hosting the first OV with Illustrious Sir Honorable Hut

Hutson and First Lady Sandi, and then got busypreparing a table for the Bash Before the Ball. Wehope everyone liked the cakes and pies our TempleGuard Ladies Elaine and Kay prepared for you - Iknow I sure did and look forward to the next timethey decide to bake for our benefit.

We have our Annual Temple Guard Picnic com-ing up Sunday, April 22nd and we always have agood time at that event; please mark your calendars

and we’ll do our best to not disappoint. We also have a number of Hospital Outreach Clinics scheduled this

year and I’m proud to say they’ll be staffed by the usual trusty TempleGuardsmen (and Ladies!). It’s always a pleasure to see Guardsmen atthose Clinics and even more so when busy Nobles from other Units andClubs stop by and help. Nobles one and all are welcome and encour-aged to participate, and if you don’t know what to do, just watch Erv, Walt,Art, or Tom like I did - they provide a good example of what being aShriner is all about at those Clinics.

Jusqu’à la prochaine fois, le voyage en toute sécurité. Noble Michael L. Richards, Captain of the Guard

Temple Guard...

At the Rededication of the old Shrine Temple JC Reece with friends at the Bash Before the Ball


The Band played at the February Stated Meeting

...Shrine Clubs...

On March 3rd from 8 am - noon, the annual Apache Wells Flea Mar-ket will be held in the Apache Wells Country Club Parking Lot. The ShrineClub will have a stall and donations of salablegoods are certainly welcome and needed.Give up your tired, unwanted, but sellable,items around the house and then come ondown and buy all the good stuff you can’t livewithout. For pickup of sellable items you wishto donate, call Harry Lipert (480-807-1195) orJerry Dunn (480-361-5784). Flea Market funds support the operation ofthe mini cars used by the Club in Parades. Also from 7 – 9 am coffee,donuts and brats will be on sale in the Pima Room. From 9 am – 1 pmburgers will be on sale in the Gazebo.

On March 8th, 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 22nd we’ll hold the 5th Annual Pitchfork Fondue at the ApacheWells Gazebo Room from 4 until 7 pm. It’s open to the public and is in-tended as a moneymaker to support the Shrine Children’s HospitalsTransportation Fund.

As a heads up, in April the business meeting and luncheon will be heldat Apache Wells Country club Hall on the 12th. A Steak Fry will be held inthe Gazebo on the 19th starting at 5 pm. Jack Roberts, Club Scribe

Apache Wells...

Computer...

The Computer Club hosted a LAN Party last year with great financialresults. This was donated to the El Zaribah General and Hospital Fundsthis year in about equally divided amounts.This is a great endeavor by our Club mem-bers and supporters. We have a tentativeplan for another one this summer.

The Officers and Members of the Club in-vite all members of El Zaribah and theirLadies interested in computing to attend ourClub meetings. Ladies as well as their Nobleattend and participate.

Plan to attend one of our meetings and bring software or hardwareproblems, or your expertise, which is always welcomed. Bring misbehav-

The Drum & Bugle Corps performed in Yuma on Feb. 10th for the OVon the Marine Base Friday night. There were several conflicts with otheractivities the same weekend, but we were able to haveenough members present to make for a great perform-ance.

The Drum & Bugle Corps will be very active during thefirst half of 2012. Who knows where or when we mightshow up just to liven things up. Sometimes the mosttalked about performances are the impromptu ones.

We continue our weekly practice sessions everyTuesday evening at 5:30 pm in the Band Room. Feelfree to drop by and look us over any time you can.

Q: How are bugle players like pirates? A: They’re both murder on the high C’s. A young child says to his mother, “Mom, when I grow up I’d like to be

a musician.” She replies, “Well honey, you know you can’t do both.” Alto Bugle

Drum & bugle Corps...

ing computers for our GURUS to evaluate and or work on. Experiencethe camaraderie of others interested in computers. We have several “Lab”computers you can practice on.

A lot of good information is presented at each of our meetings. Don’tbe shy about bringing your problems for us to work on. There are no dumbquestions, as the answer to what might you might think dumb is what sev-eral members wanted to ask but were shy or perhaps had a problem ex-pressing. Sometimes the answers bring questions in related areas fromother members.

We spend little time with administrative action and most talking or work-ing with computers. If you have a computer problem that requires bring-ing 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 and when there’s a conflict with Christmas. TheRed Fez Room is where many of us meet for dinner prior to the meeting.Virgil Johnston, Club Sec.

The Past Masters Club is active and back in theTales this month. In case you didn’t know, the Clubexists to promote a strong bond between the BlueLodge and the Shrine. To build on that, last No-vember we embarked on a campaign to increaseour membership by sending a personal invitationletter to every recent Past Master in our State tojoin us! There was a good response with somenew members and we invite any and all Past Mas-ters of any jurisdiction to contact our Club Sec. Ken Lyberg at [email protected] or (602-418-3937) to obtain information.

Currently, preparations are being made to sponsor the 2012 GrandLodge Legislation and Budget review at 7 pm on Monday, April 30th at theShrine. We’re also pleased to be supporting the Helping Hands effort inthe Shrine by presenting a check to the Potentate to keep that Fundsolid and help assist those in need. Look for more information in the com-ing months on what else we’ve got going. WB Scott Thomas

Past Masters...


...Shrine Clubs...

Red was the color of choice at the Annual Sun Lakes Shrine Club Valen-tine’s Dinner & Dance, which was held Feb. 13th. TheDinner Dance was a huge success with many of theNobles and their Ladies in attendance. The CactusCorner served a delicious Valentine dinner. As usualeverything was great and abundant, thanks to the pro-fessional restaurant staff. The Club’s Meeting, Enter-tainment and Dance music provided for a fine eveningin which to celebrate Valentine’s.

It’s that time of year again where we Shriners getback into the fun of selling those sweet Vidalia onions. Did you know oneyear, one of our members sold 400 bags? And he had a lot of fun doing it! Of-fering delicious Vidalia Onions to your relatives, friends and others is fun.They have great taste, people look forward to buying them year after yearand the proceeds assist in supporting our Club in its various endeavors.Members, please do your part by contacting a friend or business acquain-tance and take at least one bag for yourself and another to sell or give away.They’re only $10 per 10 lb. bag. Call VP Noble Jack Pate (480-883-7958)right away because before you know it, it will be too late. Shriners and theirLadies working with other Shriners and their Ladies are what keeps our Cluband its philanthropy going.

March 12th we’ll have our St. Paddy’s Day Dinner along with a statedmeeting to discuss this year’s calendar of upcoming events. As a special at-traction, we’ll be having entertainment provided by the renowned Bing Crosbyimpersonator Bob Pasch.

The Sun Lakes Shrine Club meets the 2nd Monday of the month at 4:30for social time and 5:00 for our stated meeting - both in the AZ Room in theSun Lakes Country Club. Dinner’s served after in the AZ Room at 6:00 pm.

Membership and your support of this Club provides a great opportunity tohelp the children in one of the 22 Shriners Hospitals that have orthopaedic,spinal cord, cleft lip and palate, or severe burn issues. Contact Noble DickSnider (480-895-6019) for more information.

sun Lakes...

Sun Lakes Shrine Club Valentine’s Day Dinner Dance

White Mountain...

The White Mountain Shrine Club congratulates George (ZKlown)Mather on his election to Oriental Guidefor 2012, and look forward to working withhim this year as our “Den Chief.” Georgeisn’t new to our Club, as he’s been uphere in the Pinetop and Show Low Pa-rades several times, and we looked for-ward to his “official visit” at our February

meeting.Our President Emeritus Max Long has donated his 19?? Go-Kart

for the Club’s 2012 fund-raiser. Raffle tickets are now being sold inthe White Mountains and by some of our “flat-lander” members inPhoenix & Tucson. It’s a sleek little Kart and even has a recorder andspeakers to play tunes while in a Parade. It certainly would be a greatunit for all those Parades that El Zaribah Units and Clubs participatein! And it doesn’t even need any work or repair!

Units & Clubs, give some thought to joining us for the 4th of JulyParade in Show Low. We know it’s not an official Parade, but surewould be great to get out of the desert heat....Fraternally, Dick Doane, Prez. again

Winslow...

The Winslow Shrine Club held its first meeting of the year on Feb.10th and March 9th will be the next meet-ing. Happy hour is at 4:00 in our Club-house. If you’re in the area we’d be gladto have you stop by.

We had a Gulbransen upright pianodonated to our Club’s Cloth-A-Child proj-ect and we’d like to sell it, if anyone

knows of someone in need of a piano. Contact our Club President [email protected] - if you’re interested, we can talk price.

We made it to the Fiesta Bowl Parade with our train and thought itwas a success. We hope to make it to some more Parades this year. Everyone have a great year.

The West Valley Shrine Club is now operating with a new slate ofOfficers including: President Keith Smith, 1st VP Art Millspaw, 2ndVP Kelly Dhainin, Sec. Hal Nolde and Treas. Bob Bennett. John Lib-

erty joined the Board and Past Pres. PaulMeierhenry now fills that position on theBoard.

The Club celebrated Valentine’s Dayby giving chocolates to the Ladies at theirmonthly meeting. In March we meet onWednesday the 21st at Brierwood Coun-try Club with Ladies. Call Ken Mitchell

(623-974-2404) for reservations.

West Valley...


...Shrine Clubs...

Dining with the West Valley Shrine Club

Hello, Nobles. Well, it was a busy month with the Wellton Parade,then our OV, so thanks to all who came downfor your support. After the Silver Spur, wewent over to Apace Junction’s Parade. Hopeyou all had fun. We also had the Masonicbarbecue that a lot of the Nobles helped with.

Next we’ll start gearing up for the Fair. Thiswill be at the end of March and the1st weekof April. We can use all the help we can get! This is ‘hell week’ for mostof us, and then we can get back to having fun. Yours in Faith, Dale

Yuma...

Zane Grey...

Zane Grey Shrine Club started 2012 with good turnouts for our meet-ings. We’re busy planning our Onion Sales in May and then the Golf Tour-nament and OV on August 17th and 18th.

Zane Grey’s next Tuesday planning break-fast will be at 8 am March 13th at Tiny’sRestaurant. The next Zane Grey SC meetingand dinner will be March 21st. The Zane GreySC meets the 3rd Wed. at 5:30 pm at Tiny’sRestaurant. All Nobles and their Ladies are invited to join us wheneveryou’re in the Payson area.

Zane Grey SC members’ dues ($10) for 2012 were due Jan. 1st. If youhaven’t paid your dues yet, please bring your dues payment to our nextmeeting or mail it to: Zane Grey SC, P.O. Box 1754, Payson, AZ 85547.

Yuma Foothills...

For information, please contact Club Pres. Curtis Clark (916-548-2529).At our Jan. Social, Jr. Past Pres. Gary Steeves invited all 2012 Club Of-ficers with their Ladies to the front for introductions and photo’s. Our Club’sbeen blessed with a fine group of leaders andlovely Ladies.

All the Ladies present received a beautifulcorsage hand crafted by Lady Dee Landreeand her committee, who also did the tabledecorations.

Past Pres. Bill Hoy “HAD A DREAM” andcarried it out. He purchased Poinsettia Bouquets, which were delivered byvolunteers to our 12 Shrine Widows living in our area. These specialLadies were overwhelmed at being remembered. They were all invited toour Jan. Social where they were introduced. Volunteer Nobles drove them

Doug Kurbat, PP and Fred Boehm present flowers to Beverly Mavis

of Galpin Ford in recognition of her support and help with

our Shrine kids & the yavapai County Shrine Club

Yavapai County...

It’s been just a little over a year since the Yavapai Shrine Club and theBradshaw Shrine Club combined Membersand efforts to serve the quad-city area.Change is always difficult, but the efforts ofmany good people are coming together andwe’re running smoothly.

Our Misfits car club is small but making asmany Parades as possible. The Parade inPrescott Valley this year is June 16th and YCSC is inviting everyone whoparticipates for a get-together and good eats after the Parade. A flyer willbe sent prior to the Parade.

Our Golf Club fund-raiser will be May 5th. Entry deadline to get into thebig game is April 30th. Get your group together and call Golf ChairmanFred Boehm (928-772-1951) or Jim Moore (928-759-3404) for a regis-tration form and additional information.

The Shrine Club up North is alive and well and welcome all to visit anyof our meetings the 2nd Thursday of each month. Some are luncheonand some are evening, so please call to confirm if you plan on attending.

Hope to see you soon. Richard Guinn, Pres.

to and from the event. Noble Sam Hearing stated, “It would be my pleas-ure to pay for our Shrine Widows dinners.” Thank you, Noble Sam!

President Curtis proved himself very capable when he honored me withthe responsibility of leading the way to the banquet food tables. The manycheers from those present still ring in my ears.

Most of our winter visiting Nobles have arrived in Yuma. They’ve bus-ied themselves in our Colts Parade Unit under the direction of Jack An-derson, plus our Shriner Diner Unit under Lanny Kee, Past Club Pres.Our members, many from Northern States and Canada, have dedicatedthemselves to promote our Shrine Hospitals!

I bet ya the February OV to welcome Illustrious Potentate Hut Hutsonand his cohorts was enjoyable! I bet ya that Illustrious Sir Hut was pleasedwith our donations. I bet ya that our Colts Parade Unit followed by theShriner Diner motor home looked great in the Silver Spur Parade.

IT’S GRAND TO BE A SHRINER! Joe Elleard, News writer


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• UpsetsI was told many years ago upsets were a part of life. I was

told to get over it, cowboy up or something like that. I wasalso told the world didn’t revolve around me. Imagine mysurprise, I’m still in shock!

Many more times than I wish to admit, I’ve learned thelesson that contrary to casually dispensed wisdom, upsetsdo not have to be a part of life! I learned upsets are achoice, like what color tie I won’t wear today. I learned thatupsets are a choice we make as a way of dealing with oursurroundings. We make constant ‘chains of predictions’about life - the door to the Shrine will open when I yank onit, the car will start when I turn the key, or the car in front ofme will move when the light turns green. We make thesepredictions so we can plan what we need to do next. It’s allvery reasonable. When I pull on the door, I shift my weightto my rear foot, hold the door open, lean forward and walkin; the car starts and I’ll make it to my appointment on time;I’ll lightly press the accelerator, moving the car forward tomake yet another meeting, possibly a bit late, but alwaysstylish. When what we anticipated doesn’t happen, our plansare frustrated and our ‘chain of predictions’, our momentumof being, is interrupted. We all know how much we like tobe interrupted.

What we need to do, to reduce upsets in life, is to knowthe cause of upsets. There are only two root causes of beingupset - an unfulfilled expectation or a thwarted intention.

That being said, what’s next?The first step for me is to work with my surroundings,

back away from my initial reactions of upset and think aboutWHY I’m upset. I’ll ask myself, “what are my expectations?”Once a quick mental list of my expectations is assembled, Iask how real are they and what have I done or not done tobring about the upset. This sounds nice and simple, but I’lltell you I needed to write this down a few times and practicethe process, and still do.

The second step is when working with people and askingmyself, “why am I upset?” Did I clearly communicate to themmy expectations? Did I communicate the importance of anissue, specifically the importance of the issue to me? Thesesteps take a conscious effort. Apparently, sometimes it’s stilldifficult for me to express how important what others see asa seemingly small thing, is important to me. So when I feelthe upset coming, I take stock of the communications of myexpectations and intentions. You might see me taking stockof this when I wander about talking to myself.

Some upsets have an origin in the illusion of control. Theillusion of control is always a good path to an unfulfilled ex-pectation or a thwarted intention. For example, you expecta sunny day for the next Parade, but it may rain or hail. Thisis an act of God. When you go to a bank to get a $100 bill togive as a gift and the teller wants you to fill out an anti-money laundering form, this is an act of cretins. These areevents of nature and man over which you have utterly, ab-solutely no control. Wisdom comes in knowing the differ-ence between what you can and can’t control.

Like you, the world doesn’t revolve around me, but myexpectations and intentions do. Being aware of my expecta-tions and intentions and how their gravity pulls me in dif-ferent directions has been a real help in dealing with upsets.

Please also understand, if you’re in front of me at a redlight, you only have about 2 seconds from when the lightturns green until I hit the giddy-up horn in my truck to getyou moving. Arrange your expectations and intentions ac-cordingly.

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...Ladies Organizations, Masonic youth & Military Family Support...

We’re very proud of our Officers and members for the wonderful show-ing during our Supreme Visitation. We welcomed seven new memberswho are now Sea Treasures. We also enjoyed the delightful Unit per-formances.

We invite you all to our Installation of Officers on Sunday, March 18that 2:00 pm at El Zaribah Shrine Temple. Betty Ann Stockton, Queen

Daughters of the Nile...

Greetings from Sphinx Court #65, Ladies Oriental Shrine! We’d liketo send belated congratulations to our newly Elected Potentate IllustriousSir Honorable Hut Hutson and his Lady Sandi. We’re sure it’s going to bea wonderful year!

Our own Lady Lynn Hatch will be installed as our next High Priestesson Friday, April 13th at 7 pm. We’d like to extend an invitation to eachand every one of you to join her on her special night.

We send our deepest sympathy and prayers to all who have lost lovedones and wishes for a speedy recovery to those of you and yours whohave been ill.

In the meantime, stay well, stay safe, stay happy, and keep workingfor the KIDS. HUGS from Lady Janet Mielke, High Priestess

Ladies Oriental shrine...

Salutations from Arizona Job’s Daughters! In February, the Job’sDaughters of AZ attended the Winter Formal, which is a combinationdance of the DeMolay, Rainbow, and Job’s Daughters. It was held at theEl Zaribah Shrine and served not only as a great social activity, but as atime for each youth group to bond together.

In March, the Bethels will participate in thehighly anticipated event of Ritual Competi-tion. The Bethels will continue their prepara-tion all in the hopes of increasing theirmemory work, but also to secure the 1stPlace Ritual or Choir Trophy. That First Placetrophy signifies the hard work ofeach Bethel and the competitionis always tight, with the winningBethel only a few percentagepoints ahead of the second placecompetitors.

For any event, we welcome allvisitors and potential members.We take pleasure in sharing ourabundant smiles and laughterwith everyone. So, if one has a bitof free time, consider sharing itwith some cheerful Jobies! Jobie love, Keely Kouts, Miss AZ Job’s Daughter 2011-2012

Job’s Daughters...

Sun., March 11th Military Family Support Group will again host 23-25wounded Marines from Balboa Med. Center and Camp Pendleton who’revisiting the Valley for some much-needed R&R. They will return to rehabwhen they return to San Diego. All these Marine Heroes have beenwounded in combat either in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Although still recovering from injuries, they’re able to travel and willenjoy a respite from the military med. center environment. They’re beingbrought here by “Strikeouts for Troops,” a non-profit organization foundedby San Francisco Giants Pitcher Barry Zito, whose team trains in Scotts-dale. The Marines will be treated to several Spring Training games.

MFSG is hosting the dinner at the El Zaribah Shrine Temple. The din-ner and program will commence at 6 pm. The dinner and venue is spon-sored by El Zaribah Shrine Temple. Many thanks and appreciation to theShriners for their willingness to sponsor this event and dinner.

Military Family support...

Greetings from the Masonic Youth Groups. On Feb. 11th, the Shrinehosted the Winter Formal Dance for the 3 Masonic Youth Groups, JobsDaughters, DeMolay and Rainbow Girls. This is the largest event of theyear for all 3 groups together, with over 300 in attendance.

Our Shrine Chefs prepared the food and volunteers from our Shrine,Masonic Bodies, other groups and individuals worked with the Staff toserve the kids, then 3 hours of dancing!

After the event ended at 11 pm, the youth and adults worked togetherto tear down and clean up. Everyone had a GREAT time.

On behalf of our Youth Groups, I’d like to thank the Potentate andDivan for their support of our youth and the use of our Temple, Shirley andher crew who went far above the call of duty to assist the youth groupsin preparing the food for the event and arrangements, the Clubs and Unitsthat provided manpower and financial assistance and the many volun-teers who served, cleaned up and made it another successful event.

The youth look forward to working even more closely with our Templeand Nobles on events during this year. Sincerely, Rick Fasano, Masonic Youth Coordinator

Masonic Youth...

Calling All Widows Of Shriners

Are You Interested in Meeting Other Shrine Widows?Are You Interesting in Having a Good Time?

Are You Interested in Good Food?Come to the Aramel Widows Lunch

March 21st & April 18thRed Fez Room

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VP Bonnie Kennington 602-995-6809Treasurer Julia Ayers

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Kaitlyn L., Jr. Miss AZ Job’s Daughters2011-2012

Keely K., Miss AZ Job’s Daughters2011-2012Dale Kreger


...Clinic News, Parade Schedule & Transportation Donations...

Nobles, I’d like to share a letter we recently received in the HospitalOffice.“Dear Shriners:

My son, Andrew, and I are so very grateful to you for sending us to theSalt Lake City Shriners Hospital for Children. Andrew has battled twoforms of cancer by the age of six and is now in need of orthotics on hislegs to help him walk. We could not find the care or help we needed any-where until you allowed us the trip there and to be seen by the best andmost helpful doctors we’ve ever known.

Without your financial help and willingness to better children’s lives, An-drew would still be struggling to walk. Now he walks steadily with a walkerand is safer than he has ever been trying to get around.

Thank you all so much for all you do for so many children. And a veryspecial thank you from Andrew and me. Sincerely, Kim”

We receive letters like this on occasion and they recharge us in ourdedication to our great philanthropy. This was very meaningful to receiveand I wanted to share it with all of our Nobility. Jim Miller, PP, Hospital Chairman

Clinic News...

Transportation Donations...

In Memory Mary Ann LangJay Lang

Joy Weaver

Iris Colbert

Sue E Kosan Trust

Temple Guard

Nobles of El Zaribah, the Mentorship Team of the El ZaribahMembership Committee is looking for Nobles to serve as Mentorsfor Candidates referred to us from the BeAShrinerNow.Com website. You’ll need to register on Shriners Village as a virtual Mentor.

We’re also looking for Nobles around the State, active in theirBlue Lodges, to help our Mentorship Team when we have a Can-didate interested in a Lodge in their area, to introduce them to theLodge and be a helping hand to their Mentor. This will be especiallyuseful in outlying areas of the state where we have Candidates.

Please contact Noble George Mather (480-254-5328) or emailhim at [email protected] if you’re interested in helping in eitherarea.

Mentor Program...

Mar 3 Chandler Ostrich Days

Mar 17 Buckeye

June 16 Prescott Valley

Aug 18 Payson

Sept 15 Shrine Circus

Sept 22 Pinetop

Oct 27 Lake Havasu

Nov 10 Anthem VA Parade

Nov 11 Tempe VA Parade

TBD Gilbert

TBD Florence

TBD Fiesta Bowl

Parade Step-Off Will Be One Hour Later

All Line-Up Times Will Be Confirmed Later

Parade Chairman Jasper Nichols

H: 480-657-0272 C: 602-348-6036

2012 Parade schedule...


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toss.When Alissa was born a little over 2 years ago, doctors diagnosed herwith fibular hemimelia and told her parents, Mark & Tara, to come backin a year to figure out what the right approach should be.

“I wanted to be proactive and not wait around,” said Tara. “I knewthere had to be a better option out there for my daughter.”

Alissa and her family live in Las Vegas and heard about a PGA Tourevent in their area to benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children. At theevent, Tara noticed Katie Walker, a former patient with a prosthetic leg.

Tara approached her and Katie was more than happy to share herphenomenal experiences there, including the expert care, physicaltherapy and customized prosthetics provided by the hospital, all ofwhich had a part in allowing her to participate in essentially any activ-


LA hospital News...ity she chose, including golf. Katie also had her parents talkwith Tara, to further reinforce that Shriners Hospitals for Chil-dren was the right place for Alissa.

After attending an outreach clinic provided by Shriners Hos-pitals for Children Los Angeles, Alissa and her parents visitedthe hospital. Tara was very impressed with the commitment ofthe staff after meeting with Hugh Watts, M.D., former Chief ofStaff and Yoshio Setoguchi, M.D., Medical Director of the hos-pital’s Child Amputee Prosthetics Project.

“Dr. Watts and Dr. Setoguchi wanted to hear what my goalswere for Alissa,” said Tara. “It was such a relief to find someonewho was not only knowledgeable, but genuinely cared abouthelping my daughter.”

Alissa had her left leg amputated and a follow-up surgeryperformed in June of 2010. She received her first prosthesisright before her 1st birthday and was walking a month later.

Even at a young age, Alissa loves leading an active life. Sheenjoys chasing her older brother around, singing and dancing.She recently started taking gymnastics and is a natural at jump-ing on the trampoline and walking on the balance beam. In ad-dition, she recently learned how to ride a tricycle on her own.

“Alissa is an extremely determined little girl and her favoritephrase is ‘I can do it myself,’” said Tara.

“Every time she accomplishes something new, my heart im-mediately goes out to the hospital and the staff for pouring theirheart and soul into my daughter’s future.”


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Virgil Lloyd Johnston Virgil was in 1928 and was married to Lav-

erne Johnston over 53 years. They have twodaughters and two grandsons, one on activeduty in the Navy.

Virgil served in the U.S. Army from 1945-1947 as a senior NCO, then worked over 30years on gas pipelines. His last position was asSafety Engineer.

He’s a member of Peoria Lodge #31 F&AMand was awarded the 33rd Degree last October by the Scottish Rite.

Virgil’s a member of Ararat Shrine in Kansas City, MO and has been anAssociate Member of El Zaribah Shrine since 1986, over 25 years. He is orhas been Past Commander as well as Sec/Treas. of the Legion of Honor,Sec. of the Computer Club, Sec. of Sojourner’s, Sec. of West Valley Lodgeof Perfection, President of the Scottish Rite Club and President of the Sun CityScottish Rite Club.

I would add he’s at virtually every Parade and he stores, maintains, andtransports the Legion of Honor trailer. He volunteers at St. Vincent de Paul’ssoup kitchen and has worked countless hours on many events, fund-raisers,and work parties around the Temple.

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“We’re enclosing a check to be used as you see

best. With this donation we especially want to

recognize the fantastic care re ceived at Shriners

Hospitals for Children Salt Lake from Dr. Kristen

Carroll and many others on her orthopaedic team

when our son broke his leg last winter. She, and

everyone else from anesthesiologists, nurses, x-

ray techs, cast care people and receptionists, were

caring, prompt and took great care to explain things so our son wasn’t fright-

ened. I think he was sad when he learned he’d had his last appointment! Many

thanks from our family for the great work you do.” Sincerely, Catherine Har-

ris and John Bird

Kevin Martin Named New Hospital Administrator

After acting as interim administrator at Shriners Hospitals for Children

Salt Lake since Aug. 2011, Kevin Martin was officially named Hospital Ad-

ministrator.

Writes Kevin, “First let me express my gratitude to all who’ve extended

many kind words of congratulations and encouragement to me as we move

into a new year. I’m committed to the success of our facility and continuing

the community presence that’s unique to Shriners Hospitals for Children. Our

priorities this year center around securing a solid core of orthopaedic staff

that will continue to keep this hospital busy, growing a donor development

program, working with the corporate strategic taskforce to secure the best op-

erating model for Salt Lake, increas ing our efficiency, decreasing our draw on

the endowment and becoming more proficient in the utilization of electronic

medical records. A new corporate marketing campaign will be rolled out uti-

lizing ideas and techniques we thought only “the other guys” could use. Our

community partners are telling us they don’t want to see us lose sight of our

mission and will do what they can to help support it. Shriners nationwide are

even more determined to take charge of the direction we’re headed as a sys-

tem and refuse to let us fail. Our staff continues to be committed to the cause

despite some unorthodox ways of doing things from time to time as change

sLC hospital News...is inevitable in healthcare and Shriners Hospitals for Children is not immune

to it.”

Kevin was born in Wichita, KS but grew up in Utah. He’s been married for

29 years to his wife Robyn and they have 3 children. Kevin’s worked for

Shriners Hospitals for Children in Salt Lake as the Director of Patient Care

Services/Chief Operating Officer since July of 1998.

Kevin received his BS in Nursing from the U of U College of Nursing in

1986 and his Masters in Public Health & Health Services Administration from

the U of U College of Medicine in 1992.

Kevin’s stayed active in the community by serving as pres. of the U of U

College of Nursing Alumni Board, Pres. of the Utah Organization of Nurse

Leaders and member of the Utah Hospital Assoc. Workforce Committee. He’s

currently serving as a member of the Utah Action Coalition for Health.

For rest and relaxation Kevin enjoys playing basketball, mountain biking,

road biking, hiking, traveling and spending time with family and friends.

Dancers Give Heart Attack

Hundreds of dancers, teachers and parents from 3 of Utah’s most presti-

gious studios decorated the hospital lobby with paper hearts on Feb. 12th as

part of the annual Art With Heart fund-raiser. Dancers sell the paper hearts to

fam ily, neighbors and friends and combine the money with proceeds from

their dance concert performance. The Art With Heart dance concerts have

raised more than $263,000 for Shriners Hospitals for Children Salt Lake City.

(L - R) Hospital administrator Kevin Martin, Dance Impressions owner Kandee Allen,

The Dance Club owner Sheryl Dowling, The Winner School owner

Connie Saccomanno and hospital board member Leon Crockett


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