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ReporterVolume 30, Number 12 Sarasota, Florida December 2011

Sahib ShrinersA.A.O.N.M.S.The

Shrine Club Directory, 12Shrine Club News, 12Shrine Unit News, 18Thursday Luncheons, 34Masonic Digest, 42Ladies Calendar, 51Officers, Appointees and Unit Leaders, 52Index of Advertisers & Shriners Info, 53Sahib Shriners Calendar, 54

Shriners Having Fun & Helping Kids

2011 Dromedary Award Winner

December 3 Club/Unit Head Meeting, 9:00 a.m.Sarasota Holiday Parade, 7:00 p.m.

4 King Pin Pancake Breakfast, 8:00 a.m., 406 Unit/Club Christmas Party, 6:00 p.m., 107 Stated Meeting, Election of Officers, 7:30 p.m., 6

10 North Port Poinsettia Parade, 5:00 p.m.13 Birthday/Anniversary Dinner Dance, 6:00 p.m., 615 Shriners & Ladies Holiday Luncheon, 11:00 a.m., 2131 New Years Eve Gala, 8:30 p.m., 23

January 4 Stated Meeting, Installation of Officers, 7:30 p.m., 6

Happy Holidays from Your Divan & Ladies

RecorderOscar Cloutier

&Lady Peggy

Oriental GuideConnie Jacobi

&Lady Deanie

Assistant RabbanBill Zurlo

&Lady Stacey Lee

Chief RabbanCharles Levan, 33°

PotentateTom Millaway

&Lady Kaye

TreasurerDale La Bell, PP

&Lady Donna

High Priest & ProphetRocky Kearney

&Lady Wendy

Sahib Shrine Restaurant & Lounge

DECEMBER 2011 Lunch 11 AM – 2 PM

Lounge 11:00 am to 9:00 pm Friday 11:00 am till…

Appetizers ½ dozen Chicken Wings $3.95 Dozen Chicken Wings $6.95 served hot, mild or Bar B Q with celery and bleu cheese Onion Ring Basket $4.95 Chicken Tenders $7.95 french fries & honey mustard sauce

Combos Low Calorie Plate $6.95 8 oz ground beef patty with cottage cheese and fresh fruit Soup and 1/2 Sandwich $4.75 Cup of soup of day and ½ sandwich tuna salad, chicken salad, sliced ham or sliced turkey Western Omelet $5.95

with fresh fruit Sandwiches 8 oz Burger on a Kaiser roll $6.95 lettuce, tomato, onion with French fries Cheeseburger $7.25 Turkey-Ham Club with fries $7.95 Ham and Cheese sandwich $4.95 with chips Chicken Salad Sandwich $4.95 with chips Tuna Salad Sandwich $4.95

with chips Liverwurst & Onion $4.75 ¼ Lb. Hot Dog with fries $3.95 BLT with chips $4.50 Grilled Cheese & Tomato $3.95

Soup of the Day Cup $ 2.50 Bowl $ 3.75

Salads House Salad $ 2.50 Caesar Salad $ 2.00 Asian Chicken Salad Bowl $ 8.95

Chopped Chef Salad Bowl $ 8.95 Chicken & Tuna Salad Plate $ 6.95

Lettuce, tomato cottage cheese

Monday Evening Tacos & Hot Dogs $1.50 each

Chili Dog $1.75

Tuesday Evening CLOSED

Wednesday Evening 5 PM till 7:30PM

Prime Rib Night $12.95 With Baked Potato, Vegetable,

Choice of Soup or Salad *Appetizers and Sandwiches available*

Reservations Please: 366-4449

HILLBILLY BUFFET – THURSDAY’S Serving 5:00 to 7:00 PM

$8.50 PER PERSON 12/1 Salisbury Steak 12/8 Baked Chicken 12/15 Ham Dinner 12/22 Beef Stroganoff 12/29 Meatballs with Linguini

Friday Evening 5 PM till 7:30 PM All Dinner entrees are served with your choice of potato or rice, chef choice of vegetable, and

soup or salad (dinners only) Boneless Chicken Breast $ 9.95 Twin Tenderloins $ 12.95 Pan fried with Monterey Jack Cheese, mushrooms, tomato New York Sirloin Steak $ 10.95 6 oz. Maine Lobster Tail $ 14.95 With drawn butter Grouper Sandwich $ 8.95 Lettuce, Tomato, Tartar, French Fries Reuben Sandwich $ 8.95 Corned Beef, Sauerkraut, Swiss cheese **ASK ABOUT THE CHEF’S SPECIAL**

“Dinner Reservations Encouraged”

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Change is inevitable, Growth is optional!

SAHIB REPORTER December 2011

The Official Monthly Publication of

Sahib ShrinersA.A.O.N.M.S.

600 N. Beneva RoadSarasota, FL 34232

Phone: (941) 366-4449FAX: (941) 366-8578

Email: [email protected]: http://sahibshrine.org

Editor-in-ChiefGary Schweinshaupt

Phone: (941) 356-5381Email: [email protected]

Staff WriterMalcolm Van Dyke IIPhone: (941) 955-6483.

Email: [email protected]

Staff PhotographersSarasota County

Malcolm Van Dyke IIPhone: (941) 955-6483.


Staff AssistantBobbi Schweinshaupt

The Reporter is dedicated to promoting theinterests of Sahib Shriners, Shriners Hospitalsfor Children, Shrine Burns Institutes and theSahib Shrine Clubs and Units and Freemasonry.

DEADLINEAll materials for publication must be submit-ted to the Sahib Shriners office no later thanthe first Thursday of the month for publicationin the following month.

Text and images produced using comput-ers may be submitted via email or on a PC-compatible floppy diskette or CD. Text shouldbe submitted in ASCII format or in a com-monly-used word processor format. Photos,floppy diskettes or CDs from units or clubs willbe returned to writer.

Sahib Shriners disclaim any liability fromany loss or damages resulting from articles,opinions, statements or representationsexpressed or implied in this publication.

All rights reserved. No part of this publicationmay be reproduced or transmitted in any formwithout permission in writing from the publisher,except by other Shriner publications. Requestsfor reproduction should be addressed to SahibShriners. Copyright © 2011.

SHRINE HOSPITAL INFORMATIONFor information or assistance in contactingthe Shriners Hospitals for Children or a ShrineBurns Institute call:

National: (800) 237-5055Florida: (888) 665-KIDS

Sarasota: (941) 955-2494Email: [email protected]

The Reporter

Photo on Page 1: Photographer Noble Gary Schweinshaupt.The Reporter: is published monthly (except in July), a subscription is included in our member’s annual Sahib Shrine dues of $100, bythe Sahib Shrine Temple, Inc., 600 N. Beneva Road, Sarasota, FL 34232. Third-class postage paid at Manasota, FL.

Editor’s notesby Gary Schweinshaupt, KCCH, [email protected]

Chaplain’s cornerChaplain’s cornerChaplain’s cornerChaplain’s cornerChaplain’s cornerby the Rev. Noble Don Kerr, Chaplain

Families prepare for Christmasin many different ways. One

family, of whom I’ve heard, useslarge plywood letters that are illu-minated by lights on the roof oftheir house. The letters spell,“Noel.” As it often happens in therush of things time was runningout in trying to get the sign up onthe roof. Near to the last day thefather was sure he would get thejob done. It was a cold and blusteryday and the plywood letters werebig and awkward. Fighting thewind and trying to get the lettersin place, the father up on the roofyelled down, “All right, it’s ready.Turn on the lights.” Every one wasexcited and ran out to see the lightson the roof. Surprise! Instead ofthe letters spelling “Noel,” thelights on the roof spelled, “Leon.”

What a shock after all thatwork! Suddenly “Noel” became

“Leon.” It’s easy at Christmas toget things mixed up. We know whatChristmas is supposed to mean,but it’s easy to become embroiledwith ribbons, tinsel, lights and pre-sents so that at times we forgetChristmas means pure love, hope,cheer, peace and goodwill.

We need this season of activityand we enjoy it. This is a timewhen we need to hear the angelssing and to reflect on God’s love forus. Christmas tells us that theSavior of the world has been bornin Jesus Christ. All of us at timesget depressed. Christmas comes tolift our spirits out of the doldrumsand to set us before the wonder ofthat eternal mystery. That’s whywe sing, “Noel! Noel! The Lord iswith us.” So, may it be a MerryChristmas to one and all and alsoa Happy Hanukkah!

Please don’t fail to read DickSchmidt’s Road Runner article

on page 22. I wish to not only com-ment on how pleased I am thatNoble Dick has taken on the RoadRunner articles (this has been adesire of mine for years to havefrequent articles about them andDick is doing a really fine job,) Ialso want to praise this particulararticle. If ever you wondered howdifficult the task of our hospitaltransportation team is, this storywill fill you with pride and appre-ciation for the Road Runner team.If you feel as appreciative as I doabout Dick’s articles, please let himknow, send your thoughts andencouragement via email to:<[email protected]>.

Speaking of pride and appre-ciation—I was overwhelmed by thewonderful presentation of Lt. Com-mander Robert R. Littman USN,son of Art and Wendy Littman, at

the Annual Sahib “Tribute to OurVeterans.” Noble Art was also a Lt.Commander in the Navy, what aproud tradition for this great fam-ily! Lt. Commander ‘Rob’ made aprevious presentation here back inearly 2008 when he attended oneof our Thursday Shriners Lun-cheons with his dad, I decided toreprint the article we publishedabout Noble Rob (see page 44) toremind you of his skills and hero-ism. His stories during his recentpresentation at the tribute, justadded to that. Truly a fine youngman and a noble—he is a life-mem-ber of Boumi Shriners in Balti-more, Maryland. If the goal of our“Tribute to Our Veterans” is to fillthe audience with pride and pa-triotism, the program, the SahibConcert Band and this extraordi-nary presentation by Noble Robsure delivered!

We can’t grow, if they don’t know!

December 2011 SAHIB REPORTER

Potentate’sNotes

Nobles,

‘Tis the season to be jolly...and jolly we are; almost at the end of theyear. This is our time for Christmas parties, get-togethers with fami-lies and friends to share our joy and goodwill towards all men. If onlywe could bottle up the feelings at Christmas time and release them allthrough the year, what a better place this earth would be.

This is also the time for important events at Sahib. One of the mostimportant is our election this month for officers of a new Divan for thecoming year. Please be sure to vote—it is your right and duty as aSahib noble. Please remember all the men who gave their lives so thatwe continue to have the right to vote. Remember also those who havedone their job at Sahib, as well as those who haven’t. Vote for the goodof the Shrine.

Remember all our Brothers who have gone to their final resting placethis year, those who have touched our lives only briefly, and remem-ber all the good they have done.

If you have not seen a Brother for a while, give him a call; you’ll bothfeel better for doing so.

Lady Kaye and I wish you all the merriest of Christmases, and wishyou the best of health in the coming New Year. God bless our frater-nity, and God bless America.

Yours in the Faith,

Tom Millaway, Potentate



SAHIB SHRINE CONTRIBUTIONSTO SHRINERS HOSPITALS

Total YearOctober To Date

Memorials .................................... $ 350.00 $ 4,450.00Donations .................................... 0.00 2,210.52100 Million Dollar Club ............... 500.00 900.00Hospital Benefit Days * .............. 0.00 35,692.10

$ 850.00 $ 43,252.62

* $TBD Retained for The Sahib Hospital Transportation Fund.

SAHIB SHRINE HOSPITALCOMMITTEE REPORTJesus Cabalo, Hospital Chairman

REPORT FOR OCTOBER

New Patients (YTD) ..................................................... 20 (127)Trips (YTD) ................................................................... 45 (350)Trips to other hospitals (YTD) .................................... 2 (15)Clinic Appointments (YTD) ......................................... 131 (1,350)Admissions (YTD) ........................................................ 3 (59)

SAHIB SHRINERS“HOLIDAY” PRESENTED BY THE CABIRI

LADIES NIGHT DINNER DANCELADIES NIGHT DINNER DANCELADIES NIGHT DINNER DANCELADIES NIGHT DINNER DANCELADIES NIGHT DINNER DANCEWWWWWith Birthday and Anniversary Celebrationith Birthday and Anniversary Celebrationith Birthday and Anniversary Celebrationith Birthday and Anniversary Celebrationith Birthday and Anniversary Celebration

Tuesday, December 13• Social Hour – 6:00 p.m. • Dinner – 7:00 p.m.• Dancing – 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. with “The Notables ”

• Choice of Entree:

Tickets: $19.50 per person, includes sales tax and gratuityPurchase Ticket Reservations in Advance a Must!Nobles – Fez, Jacket and TieLadies – Commensurate attireNo Ticket Sales after the Preceding ThursdayBox Office: 366-4449, ext. 320

Proceeds are for the Benefit of Sahib Shriner’s Activities, Payments are not Deductible as Charitable Contributions.

Roast Prime Rib of Beef, au jusCoconut Fried Shrimp

Official CallOfficial CallOfficial CallOfficial CallOfficial Call

JANUARJANUARJANUARJANUARJANUARY 2012Y 2012Y 2012Y 2012Y 2012STSTSTSTSTAAAAATED MEETINGTED MEETINGTED MEETINGTED MEETINGTED MEETING

WEDNESDAY NIGHTJanuary 4, 2012

• 6:00 p.m. Fun and Fellowship• 6:30 p.m. Band entertains• 7:00 p.m. Installation of Sahib Officers for 2012• 7:30 p.m. Meeting opens• Balloting• 2012 Dues card and Fez required

Official CallOfficial CallOfficial CallOfficial CallOfficial Call

DECEMBER 2011DECEMBER 2011DECEMBER 2011DECEMBER 2011DECEMBER 2011STSTSTSTSTAAAAATED MEETINGTED MEETINGTED MEETINGTED MEETINGTED MEETING

WEDNESDAY NIGHTDecember 7, 2011

• 6:00 p.m. Fun and Fellowship• 6:30 p.m. Band entertains• 7:30 p.m. Meeting opens• Balloting Election of Sahib Officers for 2012• 2011 Dues card and Fez required



Recorder’s notesby Oscar Cloutier, [email protected]

Assistant Rabban’s notesby Bill Zurlo, [email protected]

Chief Rabban’s notesby Charles M. Levan, 33°, [email protected]

December is a month of joy and celebration. It isalso one of the most important months for Sahib

Shriners. This month we elect the future leaders ofour Shrine. This is a decision that should not be takenlightly or ignored. It is important that every nobleattend the stated meeting on December 7 and cast hisballot.

Assistant Rabban William Zurlo has graciouslyaccepted the position of membership chairman for

the coming year. His team of nobles will work dili-gently to reverse the trend from losing membership togaining membership, but the team cannot do it with-out every noble’s cooperation and assistance. Whenasked to help, please say yes.

Money Mania has not been as successful as itshould have been. Any suggestions for fundraiserswill be greatly appreciated.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

First Ceremonial Master Carroll Scribner and Iattended the fall membership classes in Tampa

run by Shriners International from October 13 -15.Many of the programs recommended by our instruc-

tors are currently in use at Sahib or have been used inthe past. For increasing membership, the followingchairmanships are set up and currently in use by Sahib:

Recruitment: First Ceremonial Master CarrollScribner

Retention: Richard MenzakRestoration: Past Potentate and Current

Treasurer Dale LaBellVirtual Mentor:Robert PedersenChairman: Asst. Rabban Bill Zurlo

The following items for collection of dues are cur-rently being used by Sahib: Dues payment by creditcard and through electronic means using the link inthe weekly newsletter.

We also formed an Angel Fund for nobles in dis-tress, used after proper investigation.

As an aside, the instructors did recommend thattemples use two ceremonials per year as we havedone for many years.

The Shriners International wants the followingfrom the membership committees and the nobility:

Commitment, Empowerment and Accountability.They have set up local officers called Membership

Development Specialists (MDS,) who in our case isPast Potentate and Recorder Oscar Cloutier. I asmembership chairman must submit a monthly writ-ten report on our progress.

Another tool given us by International isShrinersvillage.com and beashrinernow.com whichcontain a great deal of information on membership.Scroll through the information provided and famil-iarize yourself with the various systems involved.

Another suggestion put forward was to have ourmentor chairman select candidate mentors ahead ofceremonials and instruct them as to their responsi-bilities. These new candidate mentors will be as-signed to the candidates to acquaint them with ourtemple and the mentors themselves.

In discussing membership with Oscar, he informedme that our temple was built through attractingassociate members. However, more recently we havebeen attempting to attract Blue Lodge Masons. Thelodges are raising Masons in considerable numbers,but we are not recruiting same.

We must all become aware of our need for in-creased membership and participate. This would re-solve many of our current problems such as moneyand leadership personnel. Go Sahib!

I want to wish all of you nobles a very MerryChristmas and a prosperous and exciting New

Year. Ill. Sir Tom Millaway and Lady Kaye led us allthrough 2011 with enthusiasm and fortitude. We allshould be thankful that Ill. Sir Tom was able to providethe necessary leadership despite his physical issues.

Chief Rabban Charles Levan has been workingwith his Chief Aide Bud Glidden, and planning 2012.He will organize the aides so that they become aproductive and active unit.

As in the past, managing our budget and member-ship will be Charles’ main focus.

With Assistant Rabban Bill Zurlo as MembershipChairman we will succeed. We all need to be assistinghim in order for Bill to reach his ultimate goals.

Thank you all for a successful year.



PRESENTATIONS (and other events) – November 2011

Venice Shrine Club President Jim Jensen presentedIll. Sir Tom Millaway $500 towards the challenge of theManatee Shrine Club at the October stated meeting.

Editor

Hillbilly Shrine Club Treasurer John Yoder presentedIll. Sir Tom Millaway a check of $1,000 for the Sahib General Fundfrom the Hillbilly Thursday Buffets at the October stated meeting.

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Charles Hamilton and James Smith of the Model Ts presentedIll. Sir Tom Millaway a trophy from the unit’s win at the 2011 Southeastern

Shrine Convention at the October stated meeting.

Editor

Manatee Shrine Club President Elect Bill Padelford presentedIll. Sir Tom Millaway a check of $5,000 for the temple landscaping project.

Editor

From the Model Ts, Charles Hamilton presented Ill. Sir Tom Millaway a check of$200 for the Sahib Transportation Fund. The Model Ts participated in a Palmetto

High School community service event, the school sent us the donation.

Editor

King Pin President Del Rawlinson presented Ill. Sir Tom Millaway two checks,one of $608, the proceeds from the October pancake breakfast and

one for $1,225 for the repair of our large event tent.

Editor



From the Venice Shrine Club, Ron Morrison presentedIll. Sir Tom Millaway a check of $100, the proceeds froma club Bingo game, for the Sahib Transportation Fund.

Editor

Hillbilly Shrine Club Treasurer John Yoder presentedIll. Sir Tom Millaway a check of $1,000 for the Sahib General Fund

from the Hillbilly Thursday Buffets.

Editor

PRESENTATIONS (and other events) – November 2011

The procession of flags, the Sahib Concert Band, the dashing men who could stillfit in their military uniforms, the patriotic music and ceremonies, all went together to

provide a wonderful “Tribute to Our Veterans” for the almost 300 in attendance.

Editor

As usual, the Sahib Concert Band was at the core of another successful Sahib“Tribute to Our Veterans.” MC Noble Lou Ortt, 33° and the entire team from Sahib

did a magnificent job arranging and performing the ceremonies..

Editor

The Littman family (l-r), Sahib Noble Art and Lady Wendy with their new daughter-in-law, Lady Lauren and their son Lt. Commander (USN) Robert (a Boumi Shriner,)

who was our guest speaker at the Annual Sahib “Tribute to Our Veterans.”

Editor

Lt. Commander Robert R. Littman USN, was our guest speaker at the AnnualSahib “Tribute to Our Veterans.” At the conclusion of his wonderful account of his

rise to the USN Top Gun program, the house rose to its feet in thunderous applause.

Editor



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SHRINE CLUB DIRECTORY

SHRINE CLUB NEWS

VENICE SHRINE CLUBPresident: Jim Jensen – 739-9324

2808 60th Ave. W., #1903Bradenton, FL 34207-4313

Email: [email protected] at So. Venice Yacht Club

4425 Yacht Club Dr.South Venice

3rd Tuesday, 11:00 a.m.

NORTH PORT SHRINE CLUBPresident: Jack Watson – 240-5737

4139 Targee AveNorth Port, FL 34287-4222

Email: [email protected] at The Olde World Restaurant

14415 S. Tamiami Trail, North Port, FLEvery Tuesday, breakfast served at 8:00 a.m.

Stated Meeting, 2nd Monday at 11:30 a.m.

HILLBILLY SHRINE CLUBReban: Del Rawlinson – 951-0033

2301 Wood St.Sarasota, FL34237-8019

Email: [email protected] 1st Thursday of each month

at Sahib ShrineConference Room A - 7:30 p.m.

MANATEE SHRINE CLUBPresident: James (Jim) F. Smith - 907-0746

6539 The Masters AveLakewood Ranch, FL 34202Email: [email protected]

Meets at the Peridia Golf & Country Club4950 Peridia Blvd., Bradenton

1st Friday each month - 11:00 a.m.Social Events to be Announced

GULF SHRINE CLUBPresident: Vic Larson – 758-8943

6009 Courtside Dr., Lot T11Bradenton, FL 34210-4956

Email: [email protected] at American Legion Post 24, Bradenton

2nd Tuesday each month – 11:00 a.m.Ladies Dinner Dance - 4th Wednesday (3rd in Nov.)

each month – Bradenton Country Club

ENGLEWOOD SHRINE CLUBCo- Presidents:

Ron Mines – 697-2523Email: [email protected]

Richard Hire – 475-3410Email: [email protected]

Meets the 1st Tuesday of each monthat the Englewood Elks 11:30 am.

Lunch 12 Noon

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MOTOR CORPS SHRINE CLUBPresident: Eric Bock - 753-8777

6918 Pleasant Hill RoadBradenton, FL 34203

Email: [email protected] the 3rd Wednesday of each month

at Sahib Shrine - 7:00 p.m.

DIRECTOR OF CLUBSSam Cohen – (941) 377-0273 Email: [email protected]

Gulf Shrine Clubby Vic Larson, President, [email protected]

The busy holiday season is here, with it come lotsof activities to participate in and enjoy. Our De-

cember dinner/dance will be December 21, at 6:00 p.m.at the Bradenton Country Club. The Sahib ShrineDivan and their ladies will be our special guest.Please mail your reservation request to Ray Perez at3880 Ironwood Lane, Bradenton, FL 34209.

Detail information is being prepared for our up-coming baseball appreciation dinner in January. Allthose good, hard working folks who helped the GulfShrine Club at the games will be our guest. We hopeto learn more details soon on our participating in nextyear’s spring training games.

Hospital Days are another important event weneed to support early next year. We have an activecommittee working on this event to promote andprovide assistance to make it successful.

We need more of our members to attend andsupport our club at our monthly meetings. Next meet-ing will be December 13, at 11:00 a.m., social hour,12:00 p.m. lunch/meeting at American Legion Post 24,2000 75th Street West, Bradenton. All Shriners arewelcome to come join us.

We thank the entire Divan for all they have accom-plished this year at Sahib, a job well done!



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Manatee Shrine Clubby James (Jim) F. Smith President, [email protected]

Motor Corps Shrine Clubby Giles Light (G-man), Secretary, [email protected]

. . .continued on page 14

Howdy, y’all, here’s the latest from “Behind theOuthouse”.

We can see that our snowbird friends are comin toour dinners again. Our numbers are picking rite up.Come on out and have some fun with us, and get somegood vittles!

As I said last month…here comes parade season.The Venice Holiday Parade was Saturday, Novem-ber 26. We all enjoyed waving to ever’one. They surelove Hillbillies! The Sarasota Holiday Parade is Decem-ber 3 and the North Port Poinsettia Parade is the 10th.

We hope all you cuzzins have a wonderful holiday.

Hillbilly December MenuDecember 1 Salisbury SteakDecember 8 Baked Chicken Legs and ThighsDecember 15 HamDecember 22 Beef StroganoffDecember 29 Meatballs and Linguini

Be safe, be healthy, be happy.

Greetings nobles and friends, Thanksgiving hasjust passed and we are looking forward to our end

of the year festivities and the beginning of a new year.I just want to say that it has been a very good year

for the Manatee Shrine Club and the credit goes toour dedicated members and their ladies.

The board will meet at 9:30 a.m. prior to theregular luncheon on December 2 and the AnnualChristmas Party/Potentate Reception which will beon Monday December 19 at Peridia Golf & CountryClub this is always a fun evening, social at 5:00 p.m.

dinner 6:00 p.m. and installation of officers and danc-ing afterwards.

Major League Baseball spring season is quicklyapproaching and your board is working hard on thenew program for the ballpark. Please keep some daysopen in March and join us for some of the mostenjoyable fun. There will be forms at the next lun-cheons; also you can call me at 907-0746.

This is a great club and you are all great people, weneed to continue to building membership to increaseShrinedom.

Varmit is back from points unknown, but he’swilling to defer to G-man for this column in The

Reporter. What a guy! Somehow it seems like I’ve justwritten one column and it’s time for another. Never-theless, this being the holiday season the MotorCorps brings you best wishes for the season andmaybe even a little news.

Sadly our semi-annual spaghetti dinner scheduledfor late November had to be canceled. Do not fear;however, as the new Shrine schedule in the works hasprojected Motor Corps spaghetti dinners into 2015.Tickets are not yet available for the 2015 event, butwe’ll let you know when they do become available.

Elections for 2012 Motor Corps officers were heldat our November meeting. The following members

were elected: President – Hampton Crimi (Sambo),Vice President – Steve Helin (Varmit), Secretary –Giles Light (G-man), and Treasurer – Wally Lacey(Red Dog). Elected to the board were past presidentsEric Bock (Speedtriple), John Hubbard (Hotrod), andBarry Hart (Policyman). We are looking forward toan active year and hope to participate in all of theShrine parades this year.

Three Motor Corps members have been elected asofficers of the Knights of the Eagle chapter of theWidows Sons Masonic Riders Association for 2012.Paul Woodman will be serving as President, ScottSteelman will be serving as 1st Vice President, andTheo Vruels will be 2nd Vice President.



North Port Shrine Clubby Jock Robertson, Scribe, [email protected]

Venice Shrine Clubby Jim Jensen, President, [email protected]

. . .continued from page 13Motor Corps Shrine Club

The Motor Corps participated in the Venice Holi-day Parade on Saturday, November 26. We’ll alsoparticipate in the Sarasota Holiday Parade on De-cember 3 and the North Port Holiday Parade onDecember 10. Cooler weather is good for the aircooled Harley Davidson motorcycles.

Dave Bell (Jetfoot), is now riding his new HarleyDavidson Ultra Classic Shrine bike. It arrived onTuesday, October 29 and it’s a beauty, so feel free toadmire it when you see Jetfoot on the bike.

We have a few birthdays and anniversaries toreport in December. Birthdays this month are: LadyBeatty Shipley on the 12th and Tony Galanti (Deuce)on the 19th. We have three anniversaries in Decem-ber. Paul Woodman (Wood Dog) and Lady Sue (Puppy)on the 17th, Jeff Young (Snowman) and Lady Muriel(Snow Angel) on the 17th and Scott Steelman (GrayFox) and Lady Joni (Jupe) on the 31st.

Guess that’s all the news from the Motor Corps forDecember. Looks like G-man will be back in 2012, butstay tuned.

We invite everyone to our South Sarasota CountySahib Shriners Christmas Party at the Heron

Creek Country Club in North Port, 5:00 p.m. SundayDecember 4. Mouthwatering menu choices are: 1)Slow braised chuck roast w/root vegetables in aro-matic enriched Burgundy sauce, 2) Herb andbreadcrumb-crusted breast of chicken, finished w/basil-tomato concasse w/Balsamic-Shallot dressing,or 3) Sweet onion crusted salmon topped w/ArtichokeBeurre Blanc! To see if you can get squeezed in afterthe last minute, please phone 1st VP Bob ‘Mixmaster’Somerville at 429-6433.

We had a great autumn kickoff with the Venice/North Port Shrine Clubs Octoberfest picnic at theVenice Club’s Ag Building on Venice Avenue. Andthen the dreaded North Port ‘Killer Bees’ wound upOctober by attacking the Sahib Halloween Bingosession! See accompanying photos.

Our November Mixer at the Olde World was agreat success as was our Thanksgiving Deep FriedTurkey Picnic at Dallas White Park. And Don Gatrelland his gang are already preparing for our 2012Shriners Hospital Days Drive! We have expanded toinclude Wal-Mart along with our three Publix supermarkets this year and have already completed four ofthose crutch/tripods we challenged our readers tomake last month.

And each Tuesday 7:30 a.m., rain or shine, 52weeks of the year, we breakfast at the Olde WorldRestaurant in North Port for info, fun and fellowship.The week of Veterans Day breakfast, we honored ourwar veterans with guest speaker Don Moore, North

Port Sun reporter who writes about local war veter-ans. We invite any Mason or Shriner with their ladyand/or friends to join us for some friendly banter, andcivic projects such as bringing your old magazineswith blacked out address labels for John Brophy todistribute to medical offices and firehouses.

Sickness and distress: Sol Shuman is out of thehospital receiving therapy at home, and Chet Ray’sgrandchildren have moved him to New Mexico to becloser to them.

Now we’ll resume our monthly ‘Quotable Notable’contest with this December quiz – What founder of aninternational investment management firm wroteearlier this year, “Washington hassles over debt ceil-ings instead of job creation in the mistaken beliefthat a balance budget will produce a balancedeconomy. It will not.

The president and Congress must recognize thatan AA-plus country, to remain AA-plus, must focus ongrowth, not debt reduction in the short term. We havea debt problem, but primarily a crisis of aggregateddemand. A 21st-century Keynes would have recog-nized this and sounded the alarm, pointing out thatpolicymakers from a fiscal perspective are pointingus toward recession and the destructive 1930s in-stead of a low-growth but still breathing U.S. economyof the 21st century.”

The first non-club member to e-mail this notable’sidentity to the scribe at the above address wins a freeTuesday morning breakfast for two with the NorthPort Shrine Club.

We welcome back all the snowbirds, and lookforward to your participation.

Thanks to the combined efforts of the North PortShrine Club and the Venice Shrine Club, anOktoberfest picnic dinner was provided at the AgBuilding; Chef Sam Cohen and Chef Jack Watsonoutdid themselves.

The Christmas Party consisting of the ShrineClubs from North Port, Englewood and Venice will be

held at the Heron Creek Golf & Country Club, 5304Heron Creek Blvd, North Port on December 4 at 5:00p.m. cocktails, 6:00 p.m. dinner. $30.00 pp checks tobe made out to North Port Shrine Club and mailed toRon Morrison, 856 Rosedale Rd., Venice, FL 34293For food choices, call Jim Jensen 739-9324.

The next Venice Shrine Club meeting will beDecember 20 at 11:00 a.m. at the South Venice YachtClub.



North Port and Venice Shrine Clubs celebrated Octoberfest at theVenice AG Building. Venice club members served the brats,

chicken and various side dishes prepared by the ladies.

Copher

Once again the North Port Killer Bees attacked Bingo at Sahibfor their Halloween session: (l-r) Bob Somerville, Roger Dalton,

JD Copher, Don White, Sam Cohen and Ed Cornell.

Copher

Carroll Scribner and B. John Ross gave support asClint Van Tassell called Bingo at North Port Octoberfest.

Copher

North Port Past President Sam Cohen cooked the delicious chickenand brats at the Venice Shrine Club AG Building.

Copher

Harley-Davidson honors those who serve with exclusiveSpecial Edition motorcycles, Shriner Editions are only available

to active members of Shriners International.

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Motor Corps Shrine Club member Dave Bell (Jetfoot), is now ridinghis new Harley Davidson Ultra Classic Shrine bike.

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Shrine Clubs – October 2011



Reporter BoostersReporter BoostersReporter BoostersReporter BoostersReporter Boosters(Through month stated, = New or Renewed this month)

December 2080 Robert & Ruth Riegel

December 2056Manatee Shrine Club

April 2030Charles S. Marston

(In Memory of Anne M. Marston)May 2029

Desert PatrolAugust 2027

Fred & Marylou EllisMarch 2025

John R. Holland(In memory of Carl E. Hohlt)

February 2023North Port Shrine Club

December 2021 Don and Joan Patterson Volkert and Helen Smith Dick and Jinny Warner

(In Memory of Luther Bollman)May 2021

Burton ChandlerJack & Iris Kwitchoff

March 2021Dr. Lawrence G. Schaeferle

(El Kahir-Iowa), North Port Shrine ClubOctober 2020Dolores O'Neal

(In Memory of Loved Shriners)Norris and Barbara Walker

December 2019Everett & Evelyn Blount

(In Memory of Dick Reese)November 2019

Sahib Golf CommitteeAugust 2019

David R. MagdalikMarch 2019Michael Clarke

November 2018Charles H. Burke

September 2018In Memory of

Dr George & Dorothy RobinsonSeptember 2017

Marion Podewitz(In Memory of Bill Podewitz)

May 2017Sahib Shrine Mariners

March 2017Christopher Weeks &

Barbara HersheyOctober 2016

Patricia A. McLain(In Memory of BG John H. McLain)

May 2016Manatee Shrine Club

(In Memory of Al McKenzie, PP)(In Memory of John Pinkley)(In Memory of Fordon Harris)

March 2016Jerry & Joyce Goacher

Dottie Pinkley(In Memory of John Pinkley)

Don and Elayne Sims

February 2016Manatee Shrine Club(In Memory of Ed Luff)

(In Memory of Christopher Weeks)January 2016

Jim & Eileen JensenDecember 2015

Aides Office(In Memory of Richard G. Morris)

September 2015Manatee Shrine Club

(In Memory of Richard G. Morris)August 2015

Manatee Shrine Club(In Memory of Kenneth Gerrard, Sr., PP)

(In Memory of Walter J. Kunkel)June 2015

Manatee Shrine Club(In Memory of Michael A. Cipullo)

(In Memory of Irene Krakow)May 2015

The Builders Lodge No. 376(In Memory of Irene Krakow)

Donald & Audrey SchmittApril 2015

John H. Brophy(In Memory of Catherine F. Brophy)

James & Caroyl DunlapManatee Shrine Club

(In Memory of Fred Rye)(In Memory of Charles E. Slater)(In Memory of Fred W. Nason)(In Memory of Lowell L. Sutton)(In Memory of Joseph P. Kelley)

March 2015Bill & Gail Balkwill

Manatee Shrine Club(In Memory of Dr. A. Edward O'Hara)

Manatee Shrine Club(In Memory of S. F. Perkins, III)

January 2015June C. Hutcheson

Manatee Shrine Club(In Memory of Carl Herman)

Manatee Shrine Club(In Memory of Scott Macaulay)

Manatee Shrine Club(In Memory of Edgar Sherrick)

Edward & Jean O’Hara(In Memory of Dr. Robert S. Nowicki)

December 2014John Lewellen

Bill SimonNovember 2014Margaret Lawrence

(In Loving Memory of Don Lawrence) Walter Reuter

October 2014Bill & Tally Hull

Ronald R. & Georgana J. LeVene(In memory of Robert "Bob" Lindner)

Marian Goldenberg(In Loving Memory of Bob Goldenberg, PP)

September 2014Jack & Barbara ScrofaniRon & Georgana LeVene

(In Memory of Robert "Bob" Lindner)August 2014

Jack & Martha BryantGiles Light

Manatee Shrine Club(In Memory of Jim Arendall)

Manatee Shrine Club(In Memory of Ned Jaworski)

June 2014Dottie La Greco

(In Memory of Husband Louis La Greco)Ed & Jean O’Hara

(In Memory of Stanley Nowicki &Dr. Sigmund Nowicki)

Col. Murray G. SwindlerMay 2014

Wallace & Audrey Clements(In Memory of Our Son Mike Clements)

May 2014Provost Guard

(In Memory of Passed Members)B. John and Roberta RossRobert & Audrey Rushing

(In Memory of Joan Winters)April 2014

Ray & Barbara StevensMarch 2014

Oscar & Peggy CloutierDale & Donna LaBell

February 2014Cabiri

January 2014Manatee Shrine Club

(In Memory of Bill Disney)John & Margaret Hodge

Manatee Shrine Club(In Memory of Roy Rudolph)

December 2013Doug & Janie Bohannon

Virginia Chase(In Memory of Harold Chase)

November 2013Ann Lassig

(In Memory of Ken Lassig)October 2013

Lindy & Sandy Nardone Hugh D. YaegerAugust 2013Nancy Holmes

(In Memory Husband George)June 2013

Kevin & Susan SapioMay 2013

Ed & Edie PhillipsJean C. Rudolph

Bill & Stacey Lee ZurloApril 2013

Ted & Anita Moltz Joe & Sharon Pegararo

March 2013Don & Joan Patterson

(In Memory of Luther Bollman)Volkert E. & Helen H. Smith

Dick & Jenny WarnerFebruary 2013

C. Ace Adams HP& P andRuth McAngell PHP

William M. AdamsRobert & Ruth Riegel

(In Memory of Herman Dooley)December 2012

Knights of the Round Table, South(In Memory of Joe Porter)

George & Norma ShonerNovember 2012

Charles & Mary Jane HamiltonHerb & Joanne Mueller

October 2012 Luke & Kathleen Doyle

Melvin & Anna-Marie NelsonEmanuel Schonberger

September 2012Chris & Peg Kellogg

Model T's(In Memory of Rachel Poole)(In Memory of Olive Pullman)

August 2012Marian Andrews

(In Loving Memory of Clem Andrews)T. Herman & Louise Dooley

Harold BellPaul D. Marinello

June 2012Don & Jean Patterson

May 2012Dave & Mickey Joly

April 2012Chester L Ray & Rose Guadagnino

Jerry & Berte HessFrederick Soto

Col. (Ret) M. G. Swindler & P.M. SwindlerMarch 2012

Virginia Kushner(In Memory of Paul Kushner)

Melvin - Nadine Stiles, PPFebruary 2012Burton ChandlerCharles Krueger

Evie Lindner(In Memory of Bob Lindner)

Dwight & Ann RidgewayKenneth & Betty Terryberry

January 2012Robert F. & Ruth Riegel

(In Memory of Edgar Sherrick)Robert E. Stihler (Oriental Band)

December 2011George & Dorothy Clary

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The holidays are upon us again. We Greeters arequite busy. Beside the parades, we were active at

the Sahib Memorial Service and the Tribute toVeterans.

President Fran Pitts was very happy with ourturnout at the parades. He also gives a job well doneto the Greeters who served at the Veterans tributeand the Memorial Service.

Our Christmas party is coming up on WednesdayDecember 14; all monies should be in by now.

The slate of officers is set to be voted on thismonth. Chairman Bill Nelson and his committeehave worked on the 2012 slate.

We are sad to report that Greeter Doug Jordanwas taken by the Black Camel. Our sincere condo-lences to Lady Midge and the entire family.

There are no birthdays in December.Let us keep all ill Greeters and any family mem-

bers who are ill, in our prayers.Be a Greeter, join the prestige unit!

The Kentucky Colonels enjoyed dinner at the SouthElks Club, Tuesday October 25. Following din-

ner, Col. Herb Mueller introduced the speaker, DavidGoldberg, of Regions Bank.

The Tuesday, November 29 meeting was at TaraCountry Club, Rt. 70 (53rd Ave.), Bradenton.

The Kentucky Colonels will not have a separateChristmas Party, but will join the Unit-Club Christ-mas Party at Sahib. Contact Marylou Ellis at theShrine with your reservations and food choices. Besure to specify you will be sitting at the KentuckyColonels table.



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Marinersby C. Bud Glidden, Commodore, [email protected]

December greetings to all Mariners and theirmates, another busy month has come and gone

and busy it was. The Mariners Vice CommodoreFrank Metheny conducted the meeting in my place onWednesday the 12th while I was in Denver on (mon-key) business. And from the reports I heard did asuper job. Thanks, Frank.

Thanks also go to Rear Commodore Mel Collins,Past Commodore Dick Hines, Past Commodore PaulBekkenhuis, Past Commodore Cub Dickerson, fortheir participation in the Venice Sun Fiesta ParadeSaturday, October 15. Past Commodore Paul alsoneeds to be thanked; or rather, it is his wife Andreawho needs the thanks for hosting a hotdog and ham-burger cookout at their place in Venice; while Paulwas up in Tampa pretending to be Frankie Laine withthe barbershop group. A great time was had by all.Speaking of Paul, as the newest Past Commodore itwas his responsibility to run this year’s Past Commo-dores’ Picnic at Lakewood ranch on Sunday, Octo-ber 30.

I am always saddened when someone resigns froma position in the Mariners due to health problems.This has been the case of our beloved Chaplain PaulTobias who is having great difficulty in moving aroundwithout it causing strain in his breathing. His wit ingiving the invocation before the Mariners supperswill be missed. He always kidded me that he wasgoing to give it in Yiddish and I always waited for himto do it. But, Paul being Paul, would give it in En-glish. I along with all of the Mariners wish him a

speedy recovery and so does Rae, as he is driving hercrazy.

The Commodore’s Ball on October 22 was a rous-ing success and I, as Commodore, was truly honoredand almost speechless. You notice I said almost. Itwas truly an evening I will always remember andcherish by a group of friends that I admire the most.One hundred and eleven Mariners and their guestsshowed up for this annual event and was I ever proudthat my granddaughter Jennifer Chadwick and mystepdaughter Renee and her husband Brian camedown from Tampa to attend. All the way from FortMyers was another dear friend Dave Harris. WhereFrank ever dug up my bio, I will never know. But mydaughter in Nantucket has some explaining to do. Idon’t really pick up all the screws and nails I see whenI am out walking, just the straight ones. Truly, awonderful night and thanks are not enough for Frankand his crew and Sara and her helpers. They wereoutstanding. Cub did his magnificent job as emcee.Without my super Bridge and Past Commodores, Iwould be lost. Frank’s manipulation of a foreignobject to him like my (“Bosn’s” pipe) was one of thehighlights of the evening. He may yet become a sailor.

Thanks also go to our Assistant Fleet Captain JonNeary who took all of the pictures of Mariners andtheir mates dressed in their finery for the Commo-dores Ball.

Let us also plan for the Mariners Christmas partyat Marina Jacks on Wednesday night December 14with cash bar cocktails starting at 6:00 p.m. and



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Bingo office at 366-4449 Ext 214 for: Substitute bingo caller Floor workers Bingo sheet (card) sellers Pull tab sales Ink dauber sales

Fred Phillips at 951-9933 for: Kitchen help with sandwich preparation and serving

There is a spot for just about everyone regardless ofage or physical condition.

Model Tsby Barry Hayes, Scribe, [email protected]

dinner starting at 7:00 p.m. There will be more onthis later.

The November meeting was held a week later thanusual due to the fact that so many Mariners went toBranson, Missouri during the second week of Novem-

ber. Wednesday November 16 we had our annualmeeting at the Shrine where the nominations for the2012 Bridge were made and elected. Ken Pedersen isthe nomination chairman. In the meantime have asmooth sailing.

Ho, Ho, Ho everyone from the Model Ts. The SantaClaus, the American version of the Santa Claus

figure received its inspiration and its name from theDutch legend of Sinter Klaas, brought by settlers toNew York in the 17th century. As early as 1773, thename appeared in the American press as “St. A Claus,”but it was the popular author Washington Irving whogave Americans their first detailed information aboutthe Dutch version of Saint Nicholas. In his History ofNew York, published in 1809 under the pseudonymDiedrich Knickerbocker, Irving described the arrivalof the saint on horseback (unaccompanied by BlackPeter) each Eve of Saint Nicholas.

This Dutch-American Saint Nick achieved his fullyAmericanized form in 1823 in the poem A Visit fromSaint Nicholas more commonly known as The NightBefore Christmas by writer Clement Clarke Moore.Moore included such details as the names of thereindeer; San`ta Claus’s laughs, winks, and nods;and the method by which Saint Nicholas, referred toas an elf, returns up the chimney. (Moore’s phrase

“lays his finger aside of his nose” was drawn directlyfrom Irving’s 1809 description.)

The American image of Santa Claus was furtherelaborated by illustrator Thomas Nast, who depicteda rotund Santa for Christmas issues of Harper’smagazine from the 1860’s to the 1880s. Nast addedsuch details as Santa’s workshop at the North Poleand Santa’s list of the good and bad children of theworld. A human-sized version of Santa Claus, ratherthen the elf of Moore’s poem, was depicted in a seriesof illustrations for Coca-Cola advertisements intro-duced in 1931. In modern versions of the Santa Clauslegend, only his toyshop workers are elves. Rudolph,the ninth reindeer, with a red and shiny nose, wasinvented in 1939 by an advertising writer for theMontgomery Ward Company.

Those Who Are Dearby Joanna Fuchs

The turkey’s bought and will soon be stuffed; The guest room’s ready, the pillows fluffed.



Oriental Bandby Sig Pahl, Secretary, [email protected]

Proceeds are for the Benefit of Sahib Shriner’s Activities, Payments are not Deductible as Charitable Contributions.

“FEELIN’ GROOVY”A Musical Reviewof the 1960s & 70sFeaturing theBooker High SchoolVisual & Performing ArtsCabaret Tonadoes

Social Hour11:00 a.m.

Thursday, December 15$14.00 per person (incl. tax & tip) No refunds after Thursday prior to luncheon

Reserved Seating with advanced Ticket Sales through the Box Office, call 366-4449 Ext. 320

Sahib ShrineLadies & Nobles Holiday Luncheon

Lunch12 noon

Fresh Caesar SaladRoasted Fresh Turkey

Giblet GravyBaked Sweet Potato

Cranberry SauceGreen Peas & Fresh Carrots

Rolls / ButterCherry Pie

Iced Tea/ Coffee.

The closet’s full of holiday gifts; The snow is here, piled up in drifts.Our plans are made for the coming New Year; Now it’s time to contemplate those who are dear.We’re thinking of you and how special you are; Next to your name, we’ve put a star.“Why?” you ask; well here’s a clue: We feel so blessed that we know you.

Happy Holidays !Happy Birthday to: Linda Farney on the 7th, Lois

Anderson on the 18th and Nina Clark on the 29th.Happy Anniversary to: Barry and Anne Hayes on

the 6th, Douglas(Don) and Joan Patterson on the12th, Paul and Liz Inglis on the 26th and Jeffrey andYoun Sue Smith on the 29th.

Remember, “ we ride so that children can walk!”

Sahib Shrine is in full swing! There are so manyfunctions and activities to keep everyone engaged.

Why not participate in the fun and at the same timesupport a most worthwhile cause, namely our ShrinersHospitals for Children?

The Venice Sun Fiesta Parade is behind us. Asusual, the Oriental Band performed beautifully, sincewe had such a nice turnout by our bandsmen. Thehighlight, of course, was the performance on stage.We surely feel that we made an impression on all,especially that little guy with the bag of popcornrocking to our beat.

We are getting geared up for the coming Veniceand Sarasota Christmas parades. Also, the SahibChildren’s Christmas party is on the agenda.

The Oriental Band would like to thank all noblesand ladies for the fine job done around the outside of

our Shrine. What an improvement. We should all bevery proud of our facility.

Our sincere condolences are with Noble SwanJohnson and Lady Joann on the loss of their son. Ourprayers are with you!

Also, we wish Don Clements son and Lady Mary aspeedy recovery after their surgeries. We also wishRick Tacy a speedy recovery.

Congratulations to “Cuzzins” Rocky and Wendyfor tying the knot and at the same time bringingsomething unique to Sahib Shrine!

The Great Sahib Oriental Band wishes all noblesand ladies a blessed Holiday Season and a Happy andHealthy New Year.

Remember: Support your Shrine, collect pull-tabs and keep a child in your heart.

Thought for the month: “Any time is the right timeto do the right thing.”



Roadrunnersby Dick Schmidt, [email protected]

The Transportation Unit was given the opportu-nity to test its mettle this past September and

October. This was a serious challenge to its skills andorganization.

The Shriners Hospital for Children in Tampa hada patient that had a procedure that required continu-ing treatment on a seven-day-a-week basis. The se-quence of treatments cannot be interrupted. Thepatient lives in the town of Zolfo Springs in HardeeCounty. Daily transportation was required to andfrom the hospital. The medication he was receivinghad no shelf life and had to be prepared as used. In-patient treatment was not a practical or economicalchoice. The first treatment began on September 17and extended to the last treatment on October 28allowing 42 consecutive treatments.

The patient’s Zolfo Springs residence is approxi-mately 90 miles from the Tampa hospital and nomi-nally 57 miles from the Sahib temple. Round tripmileage averaged 294 miles and used about 18 gal-lons of regular fuel.

A timetable for the treatment needed to be estab-lished for consistency within a tolerance of plus orminus a half an hour. The application of the medicinerequired between an hour and a half and two hours.Using this criteria and the driving times Transporta-tion Chairman Ken Clark established a schedule of7:30 a.m. departure from Sahib, arrive at the ZolfoSprings residence by around 8:45 a.m., load the pa-tient and proceed to the Tampa hospital using two totwo and a half hours. Allowing for reasonable traffic

delays the routine became arrival at the hospitalbetween 10:30 and 11:00 a.m., back on the road againaround 1:00 p.m., back at Sahib by 4:00 or 4:15 p.m.with the tank topped off, and ready to go again.

The organizing of this project was a yeoman taskand handled expertly by Ken Clark. The 42 trips wereshared by the patient’s parents and the Sahib driv-ers. The parents drove the weekend days plus thefirst and last weekdays for a total of 14 trips. TheSahib drivers drove 28 trips. The TransportationUnit still had to provide services for its “regularcustomers.” The typical patient scheduling from theTampa hospital can be a much as two weeks inadvance or as little as one day notice. The ZolfoSprings project scheduling was the easiest as it wasconsistent every day with no exceptions. Overall,there were 55 trips in 30 working days that Ken hadto schedule drivers and determine which vehicle wasto be used. The Potentate had allowed Ken the vari-ance of using single drivers on the Zolfo Springsproject had driver availability become an issue.

The drivers and co-drivers for the Zolfo Springsproject furnished 55 volunteer man-days or 440 man-hours. These hours were because of the participationof 21 different Sahib noble drivers. The total vehiclemileage was 8,420 miles and we burned up 516 gal-lons of regular gas.

The Zolfo Springs project plus our “regular cus-tomers” could have experienced a complete fiasco hadit not been for the coordination and planning by the



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transportation chairman with the cooperation andeffort of the 21 drivers. It was a very long haul and wemade the finish line.

Featured Drivers for December:The Whole Transportation Unit——-“Atta Boy”

Roadrunners

Hello all, well, where did this year go? It didn’tseem that there was enough time to get every-

thing done. But, with a lot of hard work and the helpof many of our nobles, their wives, and family Sahibpulled off a few great events. I would like to take thisopportunity to thank all of the great people for all thehelp and guidance they have given me this past yearas High Priest and Prophet. This has been a veryexciting and learning year for me, if it wasn’t for theextra efforts from others this would have been adifficult year.

Now let’s get back to the fun things. We have beenthe most successful Shrine to support the East/WestShrine game in Florida. Because of the below averagecold weather last year, I was afraid the attendancethe next game would be doomed. But, thanks to themove to Tropicana Field in St. Pete, this will not be aproblem. I have been attending meetings at Interna-tional Headquarters in Tampa and it seems thatother Shrine temples are making big efforts to makea great showing at the game. We still will show themup, as there is a lot of excitement here at Sahib tomake this another fun event. There are four bussesreserved for the game and I challenge everyone to

make my job more difficult by making me have to findanother bus or two. This is a good opportunity toinvite a friend that’s not a Mason or a Shriner to cometo one of our events to see how much fun we have toraise money for our kids and our temples. Remember,you do not have to be a Shriner to attend thegame with us! Our game and bus trip is open toeveryone. Bring the family, a neighbor or friend,fellow workers, in-laws, or even give the bus packageas a holiday gift. Get it? I want to see everyone at thegame. Last year I heard too many “Sorry I missed thegame, I’ll go next year.” This is that year, so let’s getyour tickets or bus trip packages. There will be a pre-game party on January 12 7:00-9:00 p.m. where thetrip packets and details will be given out. So comeenjoy the Hillbilly buffet dinner then join us forbeverages and fellowship. There is also a fun time tobe had, as the players from the game will take a tripto our Shriners Hospital for Children on SundayJanuary 15 to meet our kids. This is also open to all.Come and see the great reaction from the kids and theplayers. When asking the players in years to comewhat they remembered from the game and it’s not the

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Oriental Guide notesby Connie Jacobi, [email protected]

Wow, where has the year gone? Thanksgivingdinner at the Shrine was great! It seems just

like last week I was getting ready to have 2010Christmas with the family and our Shrine friends.

It has been a great year for me and I am very proudto be a member of the greatest Shrine in all NorthAmerica. Serving as your Oriental Guard has been aprivilege and I can only say “thanks” for entrustingthe job to me. Being on the Divan has been a great eyeopening experience. Working with such a great groupof Sahib nobles is a pleasure. We always strive tomake things better for “our Shrine and for our kids”.I have enjoyed being with the nobles of all the unitsand clubs who made me feel at home whenever I wasable to be with them.

The holiday parties will soon start and Lady Deanieand I want to wish each and everyone of you and yourfamily the very best of the Holiday Season and aSuper 2012. Especially if you’re traveling, have avery safe and merry Holiday Season.

Before you know, it will be spring training! Theball games will start and Gulf and Manatee ShrineClubs will be back in the full swing of things withPittsburgh Pirates at McKechnie Field. If you wouldlike to help these Shrine Clubs, they could use yourhelp. There are a lot of jobs that need to be done tomake it all work out. It’s a lot of fun and you’ll havea good time working with your Shrine brothers andtheir ladies.

Stay healthy and remember those who are not!

score, but the trip to the hospital and the kids. I havebeen asked to head up the job of making sure theplayers get picked up from the airport and trans-ported to the hotel where they will stay. I have eightpassenger vans to use which I will need drivers for

and need about a half dozen Shriners to work at theairport to send the players in the right direction totheir ride. Let me know if you would like to help.

Finally, I would like to wish everyone and his orher families, best wishes for the holidays and a HappyNew Year. We are looking forward for another greatyear in 2012.

. . .continued from page 23High Priest & Prophet’s notes



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By this time the annual opening of the SarasotaKennel Club (SKC) will be history. For quite some

Unit Councilby Fred Phillips, Unit Council President, [email protected]

time we have been fortunate to take part in theopening of the SKC dog racing season. SKC ownershave been gracious enough to allow us to sell en-trance tickets throughout the parking lot and at theentrances for the benefit of our units and clubs. Inaddition, units and clubs have been honored withnamed races throughout the day and evening perfor-mances as well as our Potentate at a featured race inthe evening. For all this, we are sincerely grateful.

The next big undertaking for the Unit Council willbe responsibility for Sahib’s participation in nextyears 76th annual Sarasota County Fair which willrun from March 16-25, 2012. This is assuming thatwe get the task from the county. By the time, you readthis we should know for sure. Meanwhile, we havenext years schedule and have begun filling in sched-uled workers. One change from previous years is thatunits and clubs will receive the benefits of theirlabors on a pro rata basis. This is in keeping with thecouncils desire to aid units/clubs in their financialneeds.

Until next time let’s all try to have some fun whilesupporting Sahib.



Registered Representative

Golf Cart Herdersby Malcolm H. Van Dyke II, Chief Golf Carts Herder, [email protected]

Golf cart drivers needed. Sahib needs a fewgood men (besides Marines) to drive our golf carts atthe Thursday men’s luncheons, once a month Sundaymorning Pancake Breakfasts and now Tuesday morn-ings for Sahib Bingo.

No maintenance required on your part. Just pullthe charging plug out-drive the golf cart around theparking lots-then when finished plug the chargingcord back in and lock the garage. I can teach you howto properly drive the golf carts in 15 minutes or less.

The public always comments to me how nice it isto be picked up and driven to our front door. Sahibneeds to keep this good work and tradition going andfurther expand it to Tuesday mornings Bingo.

For the November 6 Sahib pancake breakfast, wehad two golf carts in use. First time volunteer SteveSpencer did a bang-up job for us. Thanks Steve! Hereare some interesting stats:

Driver Van Dyke brought 64 people to the frontdoor from their cars and picked up 18 guests at thefront door and returned them to their cars.

Driver Spencer brought 73 people to the frontdoor from their cars and picked up 36 guests at thefront door and returned them to their cars.

Grand Totals: 54 out and 137 in. In offering togive rides back to their cars more folks want to walkoff their meal. Both drivers drove from 8:00 a.m. until1:00 p.m.

Please contact me if you can drive.Home: (941) 955-6483,Cell: (941) 356-4614 orEmail at <[email protected]> or<[email protected]>.



First Ceremonial Master notesby Carroll Scribner

Greetings and salutations to all, it’s been a whilesince I had an article in our Reporter and this is

my fault. I’ve been on the road so much that I losttrack of the dates! I know you all were upset andperplexed by this omission and I apologize profusely,on bended knee and with bated breath! I’ll try tomake amends with several extra riotous tales atThursday Lunch!

This note will be the first of many more to come, soI’d like to share my thoughts at this point on the officeof First Ceremonial Master as I have found it:

1) It is the busiest and most demanding Shrine jobI have ever held and I have held many, and,without question, it is the most rewarding!

2) It is a job for both husband and wife. In mymind, I could not have succeeded withoutSandy, my wife. She carried more than hershare of the load of planning and implementingthe Potentate’s program, particularly theCeremonial with all of its mailing and protocol.She was there on every occasion to help ourPotentate and First Lady achieve their goals forSahib this year.

3) It is the Introductory Course, Shrine 101 whereyou learn the ins and outs of the overall opera-tion. It is here that we learned who the realSahib workers are! When we asked for help, thesupport was overwhelming! People came to usand said,” don’t worry about the tables, we’lltake care of that,” we’ve always done the door,don’t worry about it!” “the table decorations are

all set, cross them off your list,” the Greeterswill be there to do the doors, no problem!,” I’lltake care of our hospital family, don’t worryabout it!,” the tickets are our job. We’ll take careof them. I could go on and on, but I don’t havethe space. Suffice it to say, we made many new friendsthis year. They are the heart and soul of Sahib!I salute and thank them! We could not havedone our job without you!

4) I began to understand the complexity of ourtemple, both the human side and the businessside.

Your Divan is made up of strong-minded and capablemen. This is as it must be to succeed in leading Sahib.They have their different points of view and expressthem openly and freely! They may differ on occasion,but it is temporary and passing. They put differencesaside and come together for the common good of theirtemple on the business side; your Divan does a mag-nificent job of squeezing every nickel until it yields atleast 10 cents! I have seen no waste of resources, nofrivolous spending, from this group!

If I have a concern, it’s that the Potentate has tospend so much time raising money to keep us going!

I could go on, but I think I’ve said enough.I look forward to continuing to serve you and

Sahib and, most of all, to serving our kids!Many thanks; it’s been a great learning experi-

ence!

Hospital Days Committee Reportby Tim Kinchla, Co-Chair Hospital Days, [email protected]

To date the Hospital Days Committee has had twomeetings. On October 27 and November 3.

The first meeting’s goal was to get acquainted andhave attendees fill out information forms. Establishcollection dates in 2012 which were agreed upon bythose attending. Those dates will be Feb. 2, 3 and 4.

All representatives attending had sites from thepast that they were planning to use in 2012.

A discussion was held re: the consent form thatwas to be used and it was mentioned that the formneeds rewriting. This was accomplished and wasapproved by Chief Rabban Charles Levan, 33°.

Final point of discussion was the possibilities ofordering Hospital Days shirts. An order form was tobe designed and shared with attendees.

In preparation for meeting number two, all unitsand clubs were extended invitations to attend.

The meeting began with Sahib Treasurer DaleLaBell giving us the figures from the budget as toamount budgeted for the transportation fund, theamount on hand and the expenses thus far this year.

Manager approval forms were handed out to at-tendees and one was received.

It was offered that the Pipes & Drums Unit haveplayed at St. Armand’s Circle in the past and there isa real need for collection from the nobles of Sahib.

Concerns were raised about the possibility of TVads, here as well as radio ads on FM 107.9 and others.Is this something that might be done by Imperial orthe Sahib public relations team?

To date the following units and clubs have beenrepresented at either one or both of these meetings:

Clowns Gulf Shrine ClubGreeters Manatee Shrine ClubKentucky Colonels Northport Shrine ClubModel T’s Venice Shrine ClubMotor CorpsPipes & Drums

Communication has been held with a member of theAides, Mariners and Provost Guards.



Bingo Reportby Don Vos PP, Chairman, [email protected]

Nobles, we are indeed grateful for what is going onin Bingo. The report for September 30 showed

that we had exceeded the total monies for all lastyear.

Then last week for our Halloween day, showedthat we do have the best Bingo going on for all ofSarasota. The people are very happy with our Bingo,

and they showed up with great costumes for theevent.

If you can stop by and see for yourself what is goingon, you would be truly amazed. I would like to thankall of our volunteers for their great help in makingBingo at Sahib very successful, without you, wewould not be as great as we are. Again, many thanks.

Circusby Kenneth Shipley, Circus Chairman, [email protected]

As you read this, many thoughts are on the upcom-ing holiday parties, Divan elections, the return of

the “snowbirds,” and of course your wish list forSanta. As the Sahib Circus committee steps up its’activity, we have two big wishes. We would love tohave a volunteer step forward and take charge of theprogram book, and another to take charge of thepublicity and sales. Many nobles have said theywanted to help but could not take a lengthily obliga-tion. Each of these positions would only be for abouttwo months and allow Bob Trudel and me to concen-trate on the real nuts and bolts of the Circus planningand operation.

To say that the seven months since our last SahibShrine Circus have been a down time for the commit-tee would be a great misunderstanding. Due to sev-eral events and timing, we have just about had tostart from scratch for this year’s event. The three-year contract for the telemarketer expired. Afterextensive research and evaluation of all possibleoptions, a one-year contract was settled upon withStar Productions. Calling began October 1 and is tocease on April 30, 2012 with collections to be com-pleted by May 30. Even with that guarantee from thetelemarketer, our expenses are only covered atabout 75%.

The three-year contract with the circus produceralso expired. An extensive search of available showswas made and with the combination of quality andcost, it was decided by the Divan to contract withCircus Hollywood for a three-day circus for the nextthree years. The Sahib Shrine Circus will be pre-sented on the second weekend of April for the nextthree years with the price locked in. We have theright to cancel this contract for any reason at least sixmonths prior to the performance dates. It gives us

locked in costs with flexibility in case our conditionsor needs change.

We had our telemarketer and producer, but thenthe fun began. The Sarasota Fair Board made theFruitville Road location unavailable to us. It was acombination of verbal misunderstanding and ourchoice of producers. After five months of searchinglocations from Bradenton through Venice, the north-east corner of Fruitville Road and Interstate 75 be-came available. It should provide plenty of space andvisibility from two highly traveled routes. Termswere agreed upon and I could finally take time to visitfamily up north. After experiencing a freak snow-storm in October, I got the heck out of there and backto paradise.

I will again be visiting with most units and clubsto ask (beg) for your continued participation andsupport for this coming April. As usual, the Fridaymorning show will be for the school kids at no cost tothem (we still have to pay for it.) This is where yoursupport as a Circus Dad or Circus Mom is reallyneeded. It is our only means of providing for this. Ihope to have the early afternoon show on Saturday asa special show for the huge group at Sun and Funcampground. We can have a parade with our Model Ts,the Motor Corps, the Clowns, Hillbilly truck, followedby the golf carts decorated in a circus theme. A cashprize can be awarded to the best-decorated cart. Theparade would begin in the park and travel the shortdistance down Fruitville road to the circus grounds.Of course, many details and permits need to be workedout.

Already this year has been very busy and exciting.We would welcome any and all nobles to provide inputand participate in your Sahib Shrine Circus. Callus.



Sahib Shrine Building Fund Plate Descriptions

$ 100 – A Brass Plate $10,000 – A Purple Plate$ 500 – A Silver Plate $20,000 – A Gold Plate$1,000 – A Red Plate $30,000 – An Orange Plate$2,500 – A Blue Plate $40,000 – A Black Plate$5,000 – A Green Plate $50,000 – A White Plate

Wouldn’t you like to see your name in one of these plates in the lobby of Sahib Shrine?Donate today, to the BUILDING FUND and help our temple grow into the future.

Thomas PaxtonPresident 941-921-7668Bryan Senger Fax 941-922-7354Vice President EC0002285

Contributions to the Sahib Shriners Building FundSince last Reporter

Anyone that has contributed to the building fund, check the board in the foyer, if plaque is incorrect see the Recorder in the Sahib office.

BUILDING FUND DONATION FORMYes, I (We) want to have my (our) name (names) on the Brass Plateon the Building Fund Board in the lobby of Sahib Shrine, showing thedesire to have a part in the great work of the temple. Please checkthe proper box:Here is my check in the amount of $ ________ to start the ball rolling,and I will give more as I am able on as nearly a regular basis as I can.Here is my check in the amount of $ ________.Please have the Brass Plate letters as follows:

(Please Print)Samples for lettering: 1. John F. Doe

2. John F. Doe and Lady Mary3. Mary F. Doe in memory of John

Date: ___________ Signature: ____________________________Address: _______________________________________________City: _________________________ State: ___ Zip: __________Send and make checks payable to: Sahib Shrine (Building Fund),600 N. Beneva Road, Sarasota, FL 34232

The Sahib Shrine Building Fund is for the improvement,replacement and expansion of equipment, furnishings

and upkeep of the building and grounds.

How can you help?We need funds for the above

Do you know?We can’t do any of these improvements until wehave money!

Do we need these improvements?Look at our Shrine building. The answer is YES!

Please send your contribution to the Sahib Shrine BuildingFund NOW!

Those of you who have contributed, we thank you and hope youwill continue to do your part for this worthy cause.

—From TBA, Building Fund Chairman

Sahib Shriners Building Fund



VENICESHRINE CLUB

ALL MASONSAND NOBLES WELCOME!

Meets 3rd Tuesday, 11:00 a.m.at the South Venice Yacht Club

4425 Yacht Club Drive

Contact: Jim Jensen President 739-9324

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Kentucky ColonelsUnder the Jurisdiction of Sahib Temple

SARASOTA, FLORIDA

We meet with our ladies the 4th Tuesday of each month,except June, July & August.

Col. Jim Jensen, President

Phone:739-9324 Email:[email protected]

SahibMarinersDo You Enjoy Boating?Join us 2nd Wednesday – 7:30 p.m.

AT SAHIB SHRINECharles "Bud" Glidden Email: [email protected] Phone: 358-2285

Model “T’s” and Classic Cars of Sahib Shriners

Meetings Are Held2nd MONDAY of

the Month7:00 P.M.

“AT SAHIB SHRINE”

For Model Ts contact: Fred Ellis (941) 484-0089For Classic Cars contact: Ron Shrum (941) 961-0871

WE RIDE SO THAT CHILDREN CAN WALK

THE LEGION OF HONOR1st WEDNESDAY – 1900 HRS.

Legionettes meet same time in Sahara Room

Lou Ortt, 33°, PPCommander (941) 485-5313

Email: [email protected] H. Van Dyke IIAdjutant (941) 955-6483

Contributions to the 100 Million Dollar Club

It’s simple... Just indicate your desire to leave $100 (or more)in your will to this wonderful cause, or give $100 (or more)dollars now.

I have previously made a will leaving a bequest to theShriners Hospitals for Children.I have added a provision in my will leaving a bequest tothe hospitals.I prefer to make a cash contribution at this time of atleast $100, which is tax deductible.

Please return application to:

Recorder’s Office Sahib Shrine600 N. Beneva RoadSarasota, FL 34232

Make your check payable to:SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENI am a member of ____________________________ Temple.

Signed ___________________________________________

Address __________________________________________

City __________________ State ______ ZIP _________

Please have the certificate read:

________________________________________________(Please print full name)

For More Information Call: (941) 366-4449

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP100 MILLION DOLLAR CLUB

for the benefit of

Shriners Hospitals for Children

We Welcome Veterans!

R. William BlankenshipGulf Shrine Club – In Memory of Donald Walker

Greeters – In Memory of Paul LeakeyGreeters – In Memory of Manny Schonberger

James R. Oakley



BLACK CAMELBLACK CAMELBLACK CAMELBLACK CAMELBLACK CAMEL

Our beloved Brethren live on in a new and

more glorious life and service. We carry their

influence in our lives and their memories in our

hearts. They are not forgotten.

In MemoriamRECORDER’S REPORTby Oscar Cloutier, PP – Recorder

OCTOBER 2011

Membership Status:Membership Reported to

Imperial – September 2011 1,513Gains:

Affiliated 1Restored 0Associates 1Creations 0Reversal 0

2 1,515Losses:

Demits 2Deaths 5AMD 1Suspended 1Resigned 0

9 1,506

Stanley J. Bendle

William Pfeiffer

Henry C. Scott

Carl R. Simmons, III

Donald Vokes

SAHIB SHRINERS SPEAKER BUREAUNEEDS YOU TO HELP US TELL THE STORY

1. Schedule your clubs and organizations so we may educate more of the public aboutthe Shriners Hospitals for Children.

2. Schedule your Masonic groups so we may speak about the Shrine, its hospitals andthe importance of keeping our Masonic families united and growing.

Contact Chairman: Harold EadyPhone: 351-7860 Email: [email protected]

SAHIB CAPITAL ASSET REPLACEMENT TRUST FUND AUGUST 31, 2011

CASH-CHECKING $ 1,558 .00CASH-BROKERAGE 95,273.00SECURITIES 940,970.00 TOTAL $ 1,037,801.00

Donations are accepted made payable to:Sahib Capital Asset Replacement Trust Fund

Dale LaBell, PP, Treasurer

SAHIB OPERATIONS IRREVOCABLE TRUST FUND AUGUST 31, 2011

CASH-MONEY MARKET $ 14,650.00INVESTMENTS 613,405.00

TOTAL $ 628,055.00

Donations are accepted made payable to:Sahib Operations Irrevocable Trust Fund

Dale LaBell, PP, Treasurer

SPEAKER BUREAU MEMBERSHugh Quigley; Edmund Campbell, Jr.; James Trefrey, Jr.; Bob Somerville; Anthony Vignocchi



SAHIB SHRINERS THURSDAY LUNCHEONSEvery Thursday at Sahib Shrine • 11:00 a.m. Camel’s Milk • 12 Noon Lunch

Interesting Speakers Weekly

Master of Ceremony ... Oscar CloutierInvocation ................... Bill ArbuckleOrgan Music ............... Gus Spurr

DecemberMaster of Ceremony

Oscar Cloutier, PPRecorder

2301 Ringling Blvd.2301 Ringling Blvd.2301 Ringling Blvd.2301 Ringling Blvd.2301 Ringling Blvd.Sarasota, FL 34237Sarasota, FL 34237Sarasota, FL 34237Sarasota, FL 34237Sarasota, FL 34237

Agents for Sahib Shriners and Araba ShrinersAgents for Sahib Shriners and Araba ShrinersAgents for Sahib Shriners and Araba ShrinersAgents for Sahib Shriners and Araba ShrinersAgents for Sahib Shriners and Araba Shriners

Wells Purmort Phone: 941-366-7070Fax: 941-953-4901

Contact Program Chairmen TBAor Philip Staples <[email protected]> with questions or program suggestions.

(Programs are subject to speaker changes.)

at Sahib Shrine - 7:00 p.m.Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month

A.A.O.N.M.S.

Sahib Motor Corps Shrine ClubSahib Motor Corps Shrine ClubSahib Motor Corps Shrine ClubSahib Motor Corps Shrine ClubSahib Motor Corps Shrine ClubA.A.O.N.M.S.

Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each monthat Sahib Shrine - 7:00 p.m.

President Phone: (941) 753-8777 Eric Bock Email: [email protected]

December 8 ....... Dr. Arthur M. Guilford, Regional Chancellor, USF Sarasota-Manatee

December 15 ...... Nobles & Ladies Holiday Luncheon

December 22 ...... Jack Collins, V.P. Sarasota Kennel Club

December 29 ...... Happy Holidays

3% Discount to All ShrinersPlus a No Interest Finance Plan for your Roofing Needs

At Sahib Shrine same dayand time as our Sunday

Pancake Breakfasts.

January March MaySeptember November



Sahib Shrine — Every TuesdaySahib Shrine — Every TuesdaySahib Shrine — Every TuesdaySahib Shrine — Every TuesdaySahib Shrine — Every Tuesday10:45 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.10:45 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.10:45 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.10:45 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.10:45 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Early Bird Game – 10:45 a.m.Early Bird Game – 10:45 a.m.Early Bird Game – 10:45 a.m.Early Bird Game – 10:45 a.m.Early Bird Game – 10:45 a.m.Friendly Atmosphere

Jackpot – All Paper BingoElectronic Verifiers

Door Prizes - Annual Reward ProgramInstant Bingo (Pull Tabs) 25¢ 50¢ & $1.00

Free Coffee!Free Coffee!Free Coffee!Free Coffee!Free Coffee!Sandwiches & Snacks for SaleSandwiches & Snacks for SaleSandwiches & Snacks for SaleSandwiches & Snacks for SaleSandwiches & Snacks for Sale

Pay Double with Bingo in 5 Numbers or LessComplimentary 9-On for Your Birthday

(Registration or Photo ID Required)Get a Free 6-On When You Bring a New Player

Come Play Bingo with the Shriners Every Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. andSee For Yourself “The Most Unique Bingo in All of Florida”

(Proceeds for the Benefit of Sahib Shrine)

SAHIB SHRINE

“MONEY MANIA CLUB 2011”$12 MINIMUM DONATIONS

ONLY 2,000 TICKETS TO BE SOLD! 4 CHANCES TO WIN!

FOUR DRAWINGS OF$1,000, $500, $250 AND $250

TICKETS GO ON SALE MARCH 2011DRAWINGS AT THURSDAY LUNCHEON ON DECEMBER 15, 2011

The Program will end December 15, 2011 and the Drawingwill take place that day at the Sahib Thursday Luncheon

Net profits to be used to benefit Sahib Shrine andAre not tax deductible as charitable contributions.

East West Shrine Game At Tropicana Field

(No Weather Issues)

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Cost $75.00 per Person Package Includes:

• Transportation to and from the game • Game Ticket • T-Shirt • Tailgate Party Including food, soda and water.

Adult beverages.

Package Must Be Ordered and Paid For On or Before 12/15/2011

Packages Are Limited Getum While They Last.

For more Information call Rocky or Wendy at 716-4227, leave message. Make check payable to: East West Shrine Game

SIGN UP SHEETS AVAILABLE AT THE SHRINE

OR REQUEST ONE FROM [email protected]

NAME _______________________________________________ T-SHIRT SIZE __________________ SPOUSE/FRIEND ______________________________________ T-SHIRT SIZE __________________ SPOUSE/FRIEND ______________________________________ T-SHIRT SIZE __________________ PHONE # ________________________________ EMAIL _______________________________________ BUS LOCATION ( pick one – pick up and drop off must be the same location) _________ Sarasota (Sahib Shrine) _________ North Port ( TBD if full bus is sold) Information will be emailed or given with packet. _________ Venice (Venice Masonic Lodge) CHECK # _________ CASH ________ AMOUNT PAID $ ______________

Cut the top half off and return to Rocky and Wendy. Keep bottom half for information.

GAME DAY IS SATURDAY JAN. 21, 2012

Cost of package $75.00 per person. (Bus, Ticket, T-Shirt and Tailgate party)

Make check payable to: East West Shrine Game

ALL MONEY MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 15, 2011. We will have a pre-game party at the Shrine Thursday January 12, 2012 7 to 9 pm in the main hall. This is when you will pick up your packet containing tickets, shirts and bus information for your location. If you cannot be there, contact me to make other arrangements on or before Tuesday January 10, 2012. Wendy 716-4227 or [email protected]

Join us before pre-game party for all you can eat Hillbilly Buffet $8.50 at the Shrine 5 to 7 pm.

Packets will be given out between 7 and 9pm only.

Free draft beer and wine at pre-game party!



Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenCollection Canister ReportSeptember-October 2011

Noble Club/Unit Amount Location

J. Bruce Siff $ 11.18 Paul's Rest. - Wachula13.26 Taco Bell-Wauchula13.43 Bowl of Fun-Wauchula

3.57 Double J RestaurantGeorge Osganian Manatee S/C 28.02 Kentucky Fried Chicken-Palmetto

24.81 Kentucky Fried Chicken-North Parrish28.84 Kentucky Fried Chicken-SR 64 & I 7524.73 Kentucky Fried Chicken - 63rd & 30148.48 Hungry Howies-DeSoto Sq. Mall20.81 Hungry Howies-Palmetto44.95 Hungry Howies-59th & Cortez66.53 Hungry Howies-Ellenton

Paul Inglis 11.85 McDonalds RestaurantBill Batten 8.94 Region's BanKDonation 25.00Alessio Ruggiero 22.98 D.G. Hardware Collections-Store #6202

34.14 D.G. Hardware Collections-Store #620317.93 D.G. Hardware Collections-Store #6204

8.27 D.G. Hardware Collections-Store #620512.33 D.G. Hardware Collections-Store #620722.13 D.G. Hardware Collections-Store #620812.23 D.G. Hardware Collections-Store #6209

TOTAL $ $504.41

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RUSTY MASON NIGHT RETURNSTuesday, January 31, 2012

Co-sponsored by the Sahib Past Masters Unit andthe District 27 Master Mason Association.

Main Hall of Sahib Shrine Auditorium600 N. Beneva Road, Sarasota, FL

Who:All Master Masons of any Grand Jurisdictionrecognized by the Grand Lodge of Florida are welcome

Must have your current 2011 or 2012 Blue Lodge Dues Card.No one will be admitted to the Tyled Session without his card.

Personal vouching will not be accepted for this event.

Dress is Casual (collared shirt and slacks,(please no shorts or aprons.)

Registration begins at 6:30 p.m.Program Tyled from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Masonic Review Program conductedbyBrethren of the 27th Masonic District

Special Guest Speaker:TBA

Door Prize:All in attendance will receive a visitation card

good for all lodges of the 27th Masonic Districtfrom the District Deputy Grand Master

This card presented with your current Dues Cardwill qualify your admission to all District 27lodges without need of further investigation. Thelodges of the District are: Braidentown No. 99,Phoenix No. 346, Englewood No. 360, ManateeNo. 31, Palmetto No. 110, Sarasota No. 147 andVenice No. 301.

Refreshments provided by the Sahib Shriners

If further information needed, contactR∴W∴ Jerry Goacher KCCH, Event Chairman

at 923-2665 or email [email protected].

Sahib ShrinersClothing Sales

2012 Noble’s Shirts

We will be accepting ordersStarting in November

Please see one of the Aidesin The Aides Office

$35 Each

Includes Shrine LogosName

Unit or Club

Each month we have Reporters goundelivered, because YOU don’tlet us know when your mailingaddress changes!



We Care

Manatee ShrineClub

President: James (Jim) F. Smith - 907-07466539 The Masters Ave.

Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202Email: [email protected]

Meets at the Peridia Golf & Country Club4950 Perida Blvd., Bradention

1st Friday each month - 11:00 a.m.Social Events to be Announced

Under The Jurisdiction of SAHIB SHRINERS – Sarasota, Florida

Englewood Shrine ClubThe Friendly Club

Meets First Tuesday of each Monthat Englewood Elk’s Lodge

All Shriners Welcome

Sahib Shriners Pancake BreakfastBy the Famous King Pins

FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Pancakes, Eggs, Sausage, Juice & Coffee$5.00 per Person – Ages 7 & Over

$2.00 per Person – Ages 3-7Children Under Age 3 FREE

Please Come – Bring Your Friends & NeighborsWe Always Use Our Best Dishes & Silverware

Proceeds are for the Benefit of Sahib King Pin Activities, Payments are not Deductible as Charitable Contributions.

Come and

Get It!

The World FamousSahib Clowns

Monday night at Sahib Shrine 7:30 p.m.Come join our unit and clown around!

Boss Clown Anthony J. Vignocchi

Clowns and/or Calliope availablefor Business Promotions,

Parties, Picnics, etc.

For more information

Call 366-4449Proceeds are for the Clown Unlt and they are

NOT DEDUCTIBLE AS CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

DANCE... DANCE... DANCE...to “THE NOBLEMEN”

Sarasota’s Premier Big Dance Band

26 years of early evening “Big Band Dances”Sahib Shrine Auditorium - 600 N. Beneva Rd. - Sarasota

5:00-7:00 PM - $7.00 at the door - info 330-0109(Proceeds benefit Sahib Shriner’s activities)

2011 2012Nov. 3 Jan. 5 Feb. 2 Mar. 1 Apr. 5 Nov. 1Nov. 10 Jan. 12 Feb. 16 Mar. 15 Apr. 12 Nov. 8



Greetings with additional news from the month of October,we were very busy with the parade in Venice on October

15, and our two community events.The first event was with the Sarasota Fire Department at

their Fire Prevention Day Fair. We greeted the people attend-ing by telling them of our Shriners Hospitals for Childrenburns hospitals and giving rides to the small children in ourModel T cars.

The second event was at the Palmetto High School at theircommunity appreciation night, where community service orga-nizations are recognized for their contributions. Again, wewere given the opportunity to talk, greet the public and tellthem about Sahib Shrine and our hospitals. We also had ourModel T cars there to show everyone how much fun it is to bea Sahib Shriner.

On October 14, the Model Ts had a going away dinner forForest Fahrbach; who is moving to Indianapolis, Indiana tolive permanently. Forest is one of the last of our charteredmembers, who was always there helping the Model Ts (photoon page.

I would like to encourage all the units and clubs of SahibShrine to get out to all the community activities that are in the

The Model Ts at the Palmetto High School community appreciation night.The school was so appreciative of their effort, they later donated

$200 to the Sahib Transportation Fund.

Hamilton

The Model Ts went to the Sarasota Fire Department Fire Prevention Day Fair. Theygreeted the people attending by telling them of our Shriners Hospitals for Children

and giving rides to the small children in our Model T cars.

Hamilton

On behalf of all the Model Ts, Charles Hamilton presented unit charter memberForest Fahrbach some mementos and a going away dinner, as Forest is moving

to Indianapolis, Indiana to live permanently with his family.

Hamilton

area. This will help with membership as well as a good workingrelationship with others in the area.

More Model Tsby Charles Hamilton, Past President, [email protected]

The 140th Anniversary of Shriners In-ternational is quickly approaching

in 2012, and Imperial is making prepara-tions to showcase the rich history of ourcherished fraternity. They need your help,not only to make this upcoming anniver-sary celebration a success, but also topreserve the history of our organization.

Shriners International is in search ofhistoric Shriner photographs to help pro-mote our anniversary year. We encour-age you to explore your temple’s archives,

storage room or even the attic of yourhome to see what treasures you mightdiscover. Our greatest need is for photosfrom 1872-1962.

We prefer that you send your photo-graphs electronically to <af [email protected]>. If you have a large num-ber of photos, please be sure to emailthem in a compressed folder. If you chooseto physically mail your photos, send themto Shriners International Headquarters,Attention: Amanda Flenghi, 2900 Rocky

Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607. Pleasenote that we will not be able to returnphysical photos to you. By emailing orsending us photographs, you acknowl-edge that you or your temple are theowner and that you consent to the repro-duction or use of the images by ShrinersInternational Headquarters.

They will appreciate your interest inpreserving memories and helping us tellthe story of Shriners International.

140th Anniversary of Shriners International



Masonic Digest

Sarasota Scottish Rite Clubby Allen Sorbie, 1st Vice President, [email protected]

High Twelve Clubby Bob Rodd, Immediate Past State President, [email protected]

My, how time flies. It just seems that a month getsstarted and behold the next one is just around

the corner.First of all, want to make sure our returning

snowbirds and also first-time snowbirds to our lovelystate of Florida get welcomed.

I am sure most of you are aware that we havemany organizations down here at Sahib and alsomany Masonic bodies around the area. Many of youknow High Twelve is one of them and it would be ourpleasure to welcome you and your lady (if you haveone) to come over and visit us at Duff’s Family Buffeton Monday mornings at around 10:30 a.m. to 11:00a.m. We usually are over around 1-1:30 p.m. Duff’s islocated at the corner of Route 41 and 60th Avenue inBradenton. We meet most every Monday from No-vember through April. By the way, ladies are alwaysinvited to be with us. In fact, you just missed a greatfive-day Hi-12 State Association sponsored cruise,which just left on November 28 and will arrive back on

December 2. As you are reading this, I feel sure many ofour Florida Hi-Twelvians, their ladies, family andfriends are enjoying the cruise at this very moment.

Then on December 5 our state association is tryinga change and instead of a 2-4 day state conventionwill be trying out a new idea of a one-day convention.It will be held at the Waterfront Inn in The Villages.If you received this copy of the Reporter and areinterested in attending the convention, please let meknow right away to see if we can accommodate you.

On February 9 our state association will be hold-ing its Annual High Twelve Day get-together andhope you will be one of those in attendance. This is theFlorida State Association of Masonic High TwelveClubs, Inc. biggest event of the year. Watch for moreinformation in the January issue of The Reporter.Remember to save the date, February 9, 2012.

If you have been to our club before, please comeback and if you haven’t been at all please check usout.

I don’t know about you but it seems like 2011 justsailed by. When I sat down to write this I could

barely believe that we were this close to Christmas. Iwould like to take this opportunity to thank all thebrothers who put in so much hard work to keep thisScottish Rite Club fully energized. We are going to tryand mix things up next year. We are going to invitesome of the other Clubs in the Valley over to ourmeeting to put on one of their exemplifications. Wewill also try out a few guest speakers, just to see if wecan’t add a little variety to the schedule and hopefullyspice things up a bit.

I wish to thank all of you in this upcoming holidayseason, I hope you have a very Merry Christmas andI wish all of you a great and prosperous New Year. Letus not forget all of our brothers and friends who haveillnesses or other misfortunes, remembering to keepthem in our prayers.

Tentative Calendar for 2012

January 9 Monday – Installation of Officersfor all Clubs and Bodies in Valley ofTampa, Scottish Rite MasonicCenter in Tampa. Open Meeting(wives invited) – 6:00 p.m. Dinner.Installation of Officers at 7:30 p.m.Sarasota officers required atten-dance.

January 13 Friday Luncheon @ Sahib Shrine11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

February 1 Wednesday @ Sarasota ScottishRite Center 5:30 p.m. snacks,

6:00 p.m. Program: Visiting ScottishRite Club Degree Exemplified

February 10 Friday Luncheon @ Sahib Shrine11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

March 9 Friday Luncheon @ Sahib Shrine11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

April 4 Wednesday @ Sarasota ScottishRite Center Ceremony of Remem-brance and Renewal. Open topublic. Catered Dinner 6:00 p.m.Ceremony at 7:00 p.m.

April 13 Friday Luncheon @ Sahib Shrine11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

May 11 Friday Luncheon @ Sahib Shrine11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

June 6 Wednesday @ Sarasota ScottishRite Center 5:30 p.m. snacks,6:00 p.m. Program: Guest Speaker

June 8 Friday Luncheon @ Sahib Shrine11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

July DarkAugust 1 Wednesday @ Sarasota Scottish

Rite Center 5:30 p.m. snacks,6:00 p.m. Program: Visiting ScottishRite Club Degree Exemplified

August 10 Friday Luncheon @ Sahib Shrine11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

September 14 Friday Luncheon @ Sahib Shrine11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

October 3 Wednesday Sarasota Scottish RiteCenter 5:30 p.m. snacks, 6:00 p.m.



Scottish Riteby Lou Ortt, PP, 33°, [email protected]

York Rite – Conscience and the Craftby B. John Ross, KYCH, [email protected]

Did the Masonic Scholar Albert Pike really saythat all Masons were followers of Lucifer? No. In

many anti-Masonic books, you’ll see what is supposedto be a quotation from Pike saying that all Masons ofthe “Higher Degrees” are secret worshipers of Luci-fer. The historical fact is that those words werewritten by a notorious atheist and pornographernamed Gabriel Jogand-Pages, but better known byhis pen name, Leo Taxil. Taxil was engaged in anelaborate hoax to discredit the Church of Rome andmade up the Pike quotation out of thin air. Hispurpose was to show that the church had failed torecognize the “threat” posed by Freemasonry andwas, therefore, headed by fools and incompetents.Taxil publicly admitted the hoax in 1997, but it had

already been published by a man named Abel Clarinde la Rive, who took Taxil’s hoax at face value.

Rive’s book., ‘La Femme et l’Enfant dans la Franc-Maconnerie Universselle, (Woman and Child in Uni-versal Freemasonry) quoted by Edith Star Miller in1933, in her book ‘Occult Theocrasy’. She translatedthe “quotation” into English.

Since that time, several writers of anti-Masonicbooks have simply repeated the “quotation” withoutchecking on its source or authenticity. Taxil’s publicconfession notwithstanding, it continues to shadowthe name of Pike, who was, to his death, a sincere anddevoted Trinitarian Christian (to be continued in theJanuary 2012 issue)

The officers and staff of the Valley of Tampa,Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Ma-

sonry wish each of you a very happy and joyful holi-day season.

As this is the time for giving and sharing, let usremember our Scottish Rite Foundation. In the 1950’sScottish Rite Masons in Colorado began a program tohelp children with speech and language disorders(aphasia). The success of this program led to theestablishment of speech and language centersthroughout the country. These centers provide diag-nosis and treatment of childhood speech and lan-guage disorders and associated learning disabilities.Most of the patients are preschool children who havedifficulty speaking or understanding the spoken wordor school age children who have difficulty learning toread.

The state of Florida has fourteen Scottish RiteClinics, six of which are in the jurisdiction of theValley of Tampa; Lakeland, New Port Richey, St.Petersburg, Sarasota, Tampa and Brandon.

What better gift can one give than to help a youngchild speak, read and be able to communicate with

family and friends? As we approach the holidays, letus remember the words of Isaiah 60:1, “Rise up insplendor! Your light has come, the glory of the Lordshines upon you.” Now, let us reflect that light on thechildren in our communities who can be helped by ourfoundation.

Send your contribution to:

Scottish Rite General Secretaryc/o Scottish Rite Foundation5500 Memorial HighwayTampa, Florida 33634-7336

Make checks payable to “The Scottish Rite Foun-dation.’

Throughout this season may we rememberPsalm 29. “May the Lord give might to his people;may the Lord bless his people with peace.”

The December meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. onMonday, December 12. Dinner will be served at 6:00p.m. Dinner reservations may be made at (813) 886-0578.

Program: Guest Speaker & Nomina-tion of Officers for 2013

October 12 Friday Luncheon @ Sahib Shrine11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

November 9 Friday Luncheon @ Sahib Shrine11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Election ofOfficers for 2012

December Dark

Above is the schedule for our meetings for 2012luncheons are at the member’s expense. The club willprovide snacks and dinner for the ceremony of re-membrance. Donations are requested to defray theexpense.

Note: Any Scottish Rite Mason in good standing iseligible to visit or join the Sarasota Scottish Rite Club.Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or(941) 232-1494 if you are interested, have any ques-tions, or want to be added to the SSRC email list.



Support Your Masonic OrganizationsMore on the SunCoast Florida Freemasonry Website: www.trowel.com/flamason

Wauchula No. 17 2nd & 4th Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Corner Hwy 17 & Main St. WauchulaManatee No. 31 1st & 3rd Mondays, 7:30 p.m. 402 15th St. E. BradentonPeace River No. 66 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. 909 North Oak ArcadiaBraidentown No. 99 1st & 3rd Tuesdays 7:30 p.m. 520 30th Ave. W. BradentonPalmetto No. 110 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. 402 15th St. E. BradentonBowling Green No. 121 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Chester Ave. & Main St. Bowling GreenSarasota No. 147 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. 2160 Main St. SarasotaVenice No. 301 1st & 3rd Monday, 7:30 p.m. 118 E. Venice Ave. VenicePhoenix No. 346 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. 240 S. Tuttle Ave. SarasotaEnglewood No. 360 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. 265 Pine St. Englewood

Sarasota SR Club 1st Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. 240 S. Tuttle Ave. Sarasota (On even numbered months – Dark in December)

2nd Friday, 11:45 a.m. Sahib Shriners for lunch Sarasota (Every month, except dark in July, and observe the Ceremony of Remembrance in March on a date TBA each year.)

Valley of Tampa 2nd Monday, 7:30 p.m., 5500 Memorial Hightway Tampa (Optional Dinner at 6:00 p.m.)

Visit a High Twelve Club (more detail at http://www.trowel.com/flamason/hi12.htm)

Cortez Every Monday, 10:45 a.m. 6010 14th St. W. Bradenton (November through April) Duff's Restaurant

Visit a Blue Lodge Near You

Visit Scottish Rite (more detail at http://trowel.com/flamason/scottishrite/index.html)

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Nyla Temple No. 152Daughters of the Nileby Diane Nourse, Queen, [email protected]

Sar-I Court No. 79 LOSNAby Patricia Hunsberger, High Priestess, [email protected]

The more we count the blessings we have, the lesswe crave the luxuries we haven’t. This is very

pertinent for this month. We will be sharing manyblessings this month so we don’t have to crave any-thing else. We are blessed to have welcomed threenew Princesses into Nyla Temple. We hope they enjoybeing involved as Ladies of the Household.

I have been traveling to other temples to visitwhile the Supreme Queen is present. We are blessedto have such wonderful friends in the Daughters ofthe Nile. I hope to visit at least four temples duringthe month of December before we have our officialvisit in January.

It is a joy to me when I speak with ladies who showsuch excitement about the possibility of becomingone of us. Remember, you only have to have a Masonicor Shrine affiliation, be a majority member of Rain-bow or Jobs Daughters or other appendant body. Welook forward to welcoming some of you in the nearfuture.

Have a blessed holiday season. See you in the NewYear.

In Nile love.

It was Sar-I Court’s honor to have Lady SandyNewby, Grand High Priestess for her official visit

on Monday, November 7. Lady Sandy is travelingover the United States and Canada putting out theword about Ladies Oriental Shrine and her specialprojects for this year. Lady Sandy’s Special Project isLOKOMAT Therapy Research and Send a Child toCamp. The monies collected this year will be dividedbetween these two projects which will benefit many ofthe Shriner’s children. Our Sar-I ladies did a greatjob of making Lady Sandy, guests and members feelwelcome. Many of us saw Lady Sandy and friendsfrom other courts at the SunShine Unit Meet held inTampa, November 3-5, ladies of Cairo Court were thehost and did a wonderful job. It was beautiful watch-ing our units perform their routines, as I stood withLady Jennie Crawford, 3-year Grand Trustee andPast Grand High Priestess.

Sar-I ladies have made another part of my year sovery special and I can’t do without them. At ourmeeting, the ladies collected food for the All Faiths

Food Bank and toys for the Sahib Transportationkids. As you can tell, we stay busy.

On Tuesday, November 8, Lady Pat Dennis wasour host for a “Grand” luncheon at Troyer’s DutchHeritage where our ladies and nobles had fun, fellow-ship and listened to Lady Sandy tell about her specialprojects. Lady Pat you did good!

December meeting and lunch will be on Friday,December 9 at 9:30 a.m. at Sahib Shrine main hall.(note time change.) Ladies bring your $1.00 for theCandy Cane March and see what Mrs. Santa has instore for us. Our Christmas luncheon will be Decem-ber 7, at Laurel Oaks Country Club and our host willbe that “Graceful Swan” Lady Liz Fox.

I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and HappyHolidays and for those traveling, safe travels.

If you know of a lady that would like to become amember of Sar-I Court please contact Lady PamTrudel, Recorder at 351-3020 or myself at 232-6661;we welcome all ladies with a Masonic and Shrinebackground.

The holidays are special and joyous times—espe-cially for children. Daughters of the Nile are

known for their generosity throughout the year, butopen their hearts even more during the holidays.TheHoliday Sharing program is a special appeal forcontributions to the Convalescent Relief Fund atyear's end. Gifts to the Holiday Sharing program aregiven to Shriners Hospitals for Children for patientcare at all 22 specialty pediatric units across NorthAmerica.

Subordinate temples have many innovative waysof raising money for the Holiday Sharing program.Some members give what they would spend on a nieceor nephew at Christmas; some give donations in lieuof sending individual holiday cards; others use spe-

cial fundraising projects earmarked for the holidaydonation. Individual donations, directly to the Foun-dation, are also welcome.

We can accomplish great things by working to-gether. In the words of Walt Disney, "If we can dreamit, we can do it." This year, we are dreaming biggerthan ever before. Won't you help us help childrenduring this special time of the year? Donations maybe given to the Princess Recorder of your Subordinatetemple, mailed to the Daughters of the Nile Founda-tion, or through our online gift store. Donations mustbe received by the Daughters of the Nile Foundationby December 1 to be included in the 2011 HolidaySharing total.

DON Holiday Sharing program now in full swing!http://www.donfdn.org/



NATIONAL SOJOURNERS INC.SARASOTA CHAPTER 533

Monthly, contact Secretary for monthly schedule.

President: Chuck BarrettPhone: (941) 922-5514


Secretary: Malcolm H. Van Dyke IIPhone: (941) 955-6483

E-mail: [email protected]

Masonic Military Officers and Senior NCOs

SAHIB AIDES UNIT

DEDICATED TO MAKING SAHIBTHE BEST IN ALL OF SHRINEDOM

GULFSHRINE CLUB

MEETS 2ND TUESDAY 11:00 A.M.at American Legion Post 24

2000 75th St. W., Bradenton, Florida(except during June, July and August)

LADIES NIGHT DINNER DANCE4th Wednesday at Bradenton Country Club

Join the Prestige UnitCompliments of the

GREETERS

of Sahib ShrinersPhone – 366-4449

Sahib Shriners

BANJO BANDSARASOTA, FLORIDA

Bill WinslowBusiness Manager

(941) 918-0024Email: [email protected]

JOIN THE FUN UNIT!

Sahib

7:00 p.m. Wed. Nitesat Sahib Shrine

CONTACT:

Floyd LaDue, President(941) 747-0351

Compliments of

NORTH PORTSHRINE CLUB

Meets every Tuesday morning atThe Olde World Restaurant

Breakfast served at 8:00 a.m.All Nobles and Masons Cordially Invited

Contact Jack Watson – President – 240-5737

The Sahib ShrinersPipes and Drums

2:00 p.m.Every Thursday

Sahib ShrineCall Warren MacConnell

423-7054

Tired of the commotion and long waits to beserved at your business lunches?

Give the Sahib Shrine Restaurant a try!

Reasonable prices, no crowds, quietatmosphere for serious business discussions to

help you make that sale, now with Wi-Fi!

Clients are often impressed that you are connectedwith the Shrine philanthropies, and they may be

impressed with our rental banquet facilities.



Sahib ShrinersLadies Night

photos by Carroll Scribner

Birthday & AnniversaryBirthday & AnniversaryBirthday & AnniversaryBirthday & AnniversaryBirthday & AnniversaryWinnersWinnersWinnersWinnersWinnersDinner DanceDinner DanceDinner DanceDinner DanceDinner Dance

November Anniversary WinnersNoble Louis and Lady Evelyn Costa

November Birthday WinnerLady Marilyn Gatrell

Shriners Hospitals for Children groundbreaking for new Canada hospital(MONTREAL) Premier Jean Charest andShriners Hospitals for Children leader-ship took part in the groundbreakingceremony for the new Shriners Hospitalfor Children on the Glen Campus adja-cent to the Montreal Children’s Hospital(MCH) of the McGill UniversityHealth Centre (MUHC). Also presentwere Health Minister Yves Bolduc,M.D.; the Honourable Arthur T. Por-ter, CEO and Director General ofMUHC; Michael Severe, President ofthe Board of Directors of ShrinersInternational; Douglas Maxwell,Chairman of the Board of Trustees ofShriners Hospitals for Children, andmany other dignitaries. Patient rep-resentatives Natalie Cinman andLuca Patuelli participated in the of-ficial groundbreaking and the na-tional anthems were sung by hospitalpatient Jérémy Gabriel.

Artist's rendering of the new ShrinersHospitals for Children-Canada"This newspace more of 207, 000 sq. ft., will allowfor the implementation of care and reha-bilitation facilities at the cutting edge oftechnology and will include new services

such as a movement analysis laboratoryfor clinical treatments and research,” saidRaoul Frevel, chairman of the Buildingand Equipment Committee at ShrinersHospitals for Children. “A surgical skillslaboratory and an education center will

allow us to continue to improve our teach-ing mandate as well as the care we offerto meet the needs of current and futurepatients."

Building plans were developed whichintegrate high-technology and the fam-ily-centered care approach. Patients andfamilies who arrive at the front entrance

drop-off will be protected from the ele-ments by a signature glass marquise.The hospital will be linked to the Mont-real Children’s Hospital on several floorsallowing ease of access for staff and pa-tients and families. The hospital’s envi-

ronment will be bright andwelcoming to children.

"The transfer of property hasbeen signed, and if everything goesaccording to schedule, constructionwill begin in the spring of 2013 andthe completion of the work and themove will take place in the summer2015," said Douglas Maxwell.

"We expect that this new hospi-tal, with the technology and ultra-modern facilities, will allow us tocontinue to recruit some of the bestpediatric surgeons, orthopedists, re-

searchers and health care professionals,to continue to provide the best possiblecare to children in Quebec, Canada andaround the world," said RobertDrummond, M.D., chairman of thehospital’s Board of Governors. “We wantto make this hospital a true model ofexcellence."

January 21, 2012 Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg shrinegame.com 1-800-277-8881



East-West Shrine Game® fans arefamiliar with the event's logo. Theimage of a football player walk-

ing with a young girl appears on gameposters, billboards, T-shirts, as well ason the website. Although the logo isfamous, the story and the people in-volved are less well-known. Here is whathappened:

In 1974, Nicole Worley-Urteaga wasa 2-year-old patient at Shriners Hospi-tals for Children® - San Francisco (NowShriners Hospitals for Children - North-ern California). She was born with Holt-Oram syndrome, a genetic condition thataffects bones in the arms and hands. InWorley-Urteaga's case, her thumbs werenot fully developed. To provide morefunctionality, surgeons removed herthumbs and repositioned her index fin-gers in their place. The surgery allowed

Worley-Urteaga to comb herown hair, button a shirt, holda cup and be independent.

On the same day she wasrecovering from her first sur-gery, football players fromthe 1974 East-West ShrineGame visited the hospital.The annual visit is a tradi-tion during the week ofevents leading up to the bigfootball game, and allows theplayers to interact with thechildren and learn moreabout Shriners Hospitals forChildren, a 22-hospitalhealth care system that pro-vides expert care regardlessof the patients' ability to payfor services.

One of the football play-ers, Mike Esposito, especiallynoticed Worley- Urteaga be-cause she appeared scaredand was crying. Esposito tookher hand to calm her downand they walked down thehallway together. A photog-rapher from a local newspa-per noticed the scene andsnapped a photo of the twonew friends. The image per-fectly captured the spirit ofthe game and became the in-spiration for the official logoof the East-West ShrineGame.

In 1988, at the63rd East-West ShrineGame in Stanford, Calif.,Worley-Urteaga andEsposito were reunited. Athalftime, in front of an emo-tional crowd, they walkedacross the field hand-in-hand.

"It was definitely an ex-citing and nerve-wrackingmoment walking on the fieldin front of so many people,"said Worley-Urteaga. "I re-member Mike being ex-tremely calm and comforting,just like he was when I firstmet him."

Today, Worley-Urteagahas three children of her ownand works with children withdisabilities. Her son, Collin,

Nicole Worley-Urteaga and her son Collin, whois now receiving care at Shriners Hospitals for

Children - Northern California.

The Story behind the Logo

The newspaper image of Nicole Worley-Urteaga and Mike Espoisito taken by Ken Yimm,Peninsula Times-Tribune, during the East-West

Shrine Game players visit to Shriners Hospitals forChildren in 1974. The image is the inspiration for

the game's official logo.

14, was born with Holt-Oram syndromeand is a patient at Shriners Hospitalsfor Children - Northern California. Sofar, Collin has had four surgeries on hishands.

"After I found out about my son'scondition, a part of me was obviouslyconcerned, but another part felt securebecause I knew this was best place forhim to be treated," said Worley-Urteaga.

When she returned to Shriners Hos-pitals for Children - Northern Califor-nia with her son, Worley-Urteaga wasstunned when she noticed familiar faces.Collin had the same surgeon, anesthesi-ologist and nurse who helped her as achild.

"I was surprised that most of thestaff was still there and rememberedwho I was," said Worley-Urteaga. "Ithink that's what separates ShrinersHospitals for Children from everybodyelse; instead of treating you as a pa-tient, they treat you as part of theirfamily."

The 2012 East-West Shrine Game willtake place on Saturday, January 21, atTropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.For more information about the game,please visit www.shrinegame.com.

Source: East West Shrine Game Web-site: http://shrinegame.com/PressRoom/F e a t u r e d S t o r i e s / S t o r y B e h i n d E WLogo.aspx



SAHIB SHRINELADIES CALENDAR

DECEMBER 2011

2 10:00am LOS Songbirds-CRA4 8:00am Pancake Breakfast5 11:30am Jewels of Service

11:30am LOS-Tigress Class - SL6 11:00am Pirate Class - SL7 LOS-Greeters

7:00pm Legionettes - SL8 11:00am Greeter-Ettes-SL9 11:15am Sar-I Court MH

13 10:00am NYLA Temple atBraidentown Lodge No. 99

6:00pm Birthday/AnniversaryDinner Dance

14 LOS-Swingers19 12:01pm Diamonds in the Sky

7:30pm Clown Dolls - SL20 10:30am LOS-Merrie Makers - SL

LOS-Clowns21 11:00am LOS-Orphan Annies-SL23 11:00am LOS-Volunteer Engineers27 LOS-Precious Pandas

JANUARY 2012

1 8:00am Pancake Breakfast2 11:30am Jewels of Service

11:30am LOS-Tigress Class - SL3 11:00am Pirate Class - SL4 7:00pm LOS-Greeters

7:00pm Legionettes - SL6 10:00am LOS Songbirds-CRA

10 10:00am NYLA Temple at BraidentownLodge No. 99

6:00pm Birthday/AnniversaryDinner Dance

11 LOS-Swingers12 11:00am Greeter-Ettes-SL13 11:15am Sar-I Court MH16 12:01pm Diamonds in the Sky

7:30pm Clown Dolls - SL17 LOS-Clowns

10:30am LOS-Merrie Makers - SL18 11:00am LOS-Orphan Annies-SL24 LOS-Precious Pandas27 11:00am LOS-Volunteer Engineers

Pull Tabs for Shriner’s Hospitals

Call: Laura Burgess (941) 758-9196 orMarylou Ellis (941) 484-0089 orChickie Johnson (941) 966-2678 orConnie Lawson (941) 758-8274 orJune Hutcheson (941) 723-1994

The Ladies of Sar-I Court started in 1992 collecting and donatingaluminum pull-tabs to the “Wheel Chair Repair Fund.” As ofNovember 30, 2010, they have collected 70, 508 lbs., for a total of$33,776.93 for the Shriners Hospital for Children in Tampa.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on PULL TABS

1. Why not collect the whole can? Collecting complete canswould require a great deal more storage space. Youshould go ahead and recycle the rest of the can in thenormal way, in the dumpster behind Sahib.

2. How many tabs in a pound? 1,267.3. How many tabs will a gallon milk jug hold? About 5

pounds worth.4. How does it work and where does the money go? The tabs

are delivered to the Sahib office (or almost any Sahibclub/unit location) and then taken to the recycling center.The money netted from recycling goes directly into the“Wheel Chair Repair Fund” at the Tampa Shriners Hospi-tal for Children.

Help us collect TABS! It’s easy and it’s fun! Put out a milk jug at every picnic or party!

Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenCollection Boxes

What are they?A plastic cube with a slot in the top.

What are the boxes for?To help collect donations, money for ourShriners Hospitals for Children to helprelieve the pressure from the HospitalDays Fund Drive.

Where are the boxes to be?In any store or business, preferably near acash register. Within eyesight of customersmaking it easy for them to put theirchange in the box.

When are the boxes to be used?All year round, so our friends can donatesmall amounts of cash at any time.

As most of you know, many businesses have some kind ofcollection boxes on their counters, so why not one of ours?

Call the Sahib Office at 366-4449if you can arrange a placement.



SAHIB SHRINEOfficers and Appointees

GENERAL APPOINTMENTSAudio-Visual Unit Chair ........................................................... TBA Audio-Visual Unit Members ................................................. TBABlood Bank Chairman ................................................... Dick HinesBuilding Maintenance Chairman ........... Phil Mitchell, PP, KCCH

Building Maintenance Committee .. Ken Pederson, Ed WallaceChief Camel Herder ................................................................. TBAChurch Service Chairman ................................. Lou Ortt, 33°, PPDirector of Clubs ......................................................... Sam CohenDirector of Security ...................................................... Sam UptonFinance Committee (Elected) Chairman ................................ TBA

Finance Committee (Elected) ................................. Ken PedersonGolf Chairman ................................................... Tom Cunningham

Golf -Co-Chairman .................................................. John SholtisHistorian .................................................. Phil Mitchell, PP, KCCHHousing Director ............................................... Robert SomervilleInsurance Committee ...................... Bill Batten, Jesus A. Cabalo,

William. B. PadelfordLegal Counsel .................................................... William PadelfordLibrarian ............................................................. John Mitchell, PPMasonic Relations Chairman ............................ Lou Ortt, PP, 33°Masonic Relations Youth Groups ..................... Lou Ortt, PP, 33°Membership Chairman ............................................................ TBAParliamentarian ........................................................................ TBAProgram Committee Chairman ............................................... TBA

Program Committee Co-Chairman ...................... Philip StaplesProtocol Advisor .................................................... H. “Bud” StuverProvost Marshal ............................................................ Ron EngerPublic Relations Director ........................................... Harold Eady

Committee ................ Jim Lontz, Jim Smith, Anthony VignocchiReporter Editor ................................ Gary Schweinshaupt, KCCHSpeakers Bureau ........................................................ Harold EadySunshine Committee Chairman .................................. Sam UptonTicket Sales ..................................... LOSNA - Marylou Ellis, PHPUnit Council President ............................................... Fred Phillips

Unit Council Secretary .......................................................... TBA

AIDESChief Aide ...................................................................... David JolyChief Personal Aide ................................................... J. D. Copher

Assistant Chief Aide ..................................... William (Bill) AthasAssistant Chief Aide .................................. James (Jim) Smith IIAssistant Chief Aide ..................................................... Don SimsChief Aide Emeritus .............................................. Joe PegoraroPersonal Aide ........................... Bob Somerville, Bob Pedersen

Phil Staples, Raymond PerezAides ................................ Bob Bordner, C. B. (Cub) Dickerson,

Jim Duke, Fred Ellis, Forest Fahrbach, Vince Flow,Hal Fernecy, Bud Glidden, Jack Ivin, James Jensen,

Ron LeVene, Art Littman, David Moote,Hugh Quigley,Bob Ransford, Jim Trefrey,

Tom Willeman, James Yeo

2011 DIVANPotentate ............................................. Tom MillawayChief Rabban ................................... Charles Levan, 33°Assistant Rabban ............................... Bill ZurloHigh Priest & Prophet ........................ Rocky KearneyOriental Guide ...................................... Connie JacobiTreasurer .............................................. Dale LaBell, PPRecorder ................................ Oscar Cloutier, PP

IMPERIAL REPRESENTATIVESTom Millaway, Potentate Charles Levan, 33°, Chief RabbanBill Zurlo, Asst. Rabban Bill Batten, Recorder EmeritusGlenn Walters, PP, Emeritus W. Bruce Steube, III, PP, Emeritus

PAST POTENTATES1981-82 * Howard Noble 1998 Ken Terryberry1983 Glenn “Buck” Walters, ITL 1999 Curtis Toale1984 * Tom Bing 2000 Louis H. Ortt, 33°1985 * Theodore S. “Ted” Barton 2001 * Kenneth R. Gerrard, Sr.1986 * Paul N. Jaworowski 2002 * Patrick E. Baessler1987 W. Bruce Steube, III, 33° 2003 Ed Phillips1988 Wallace “Bubba” Tervin 2004 * Bob Goldenberg1989 Walter Lander, KCCH 2004 Philip Mitchell, KCCH1990 Lee E. Stewart 2005 Dwain Jones1991 * William “Bill” Magill 2006 Homer Cranmer1992 * Al “Spuds” McKenzie 2007 Dale LaBell1993 * Les Taylor 2008 John N. Mitchell1994 * Ralph E. Kaye 2009 Oscar Cloutier1995 * James Arendall 2010 Don Vos1996 Philip Mitchell, KCCH1997 Al “Bear” Robinson * Deceased

APPOINTED DIVAN1st Ceremonial Master ........................................ Carroll Scribner2nd Ceremonial Master ................................................ Giles LightDirector of the Arch .................................................... David BruceDirector of Ritual ............................................................ Ed FirquinMarshal .......................................................................... Ron EngerCaptain of the Guard .................................................. Mike SwatekOuter Guard ............................................................... Herb Mueller

SAHIB TRUST FUNDChairman ........................................................................ Art Littman

Trustees .................................... Don Vos, PP, Phil Mitchell, PP

OFFICE STAFF

Administrative Assistant .......................................... Sherri CliburnFinancial Assistant ................................................... Barbara HaysEvent Coordinator ............................................. Linda GlendinningFood & Beverage Manager ................................ Gene BorkowskiExecutive Chef ...................................................... Robert McClain

CHAPLAINSChief Chaplain .................................................... Lou Ortt, PP, 33°

Chaplain .............................................................. Rev. Bill CarterChaplain ................................................................ Rev. Don Kerr

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTSDonor Relations Chairman ........................................ Robert RoddHospital Benefit Month Co-Chairmen ......... Bill Long & Tim KinchlaPlaque Program Chairman ...................................... AmbassadorsBusiness Collection Buckets ................................ Dorwin PulfordHospital Chairman ................................................... Jesus CabaloScreening Clinic Chairman ..................................... Jesus CabaloHospital Transportation Chairman ................................ Ken Clark

FUNDRAISING APPOINTMENTS100 Million Dollar Club Chairman .......................... Harold RymanBingo Chairman ......................................................... Don Vos, PPCircus Chairman ......................................................... Ken ShipleyCounty Fair Chairman ................................................. Ken Shipley

County Fair Co-Chairman ............................... Cliff BloodsworthDog Track Chairman .................................................. Fred PhillipsFez & Clothes Sales ...................................................... Aides UnitJewelry Sales Chairman ..................................... Forest Fahrbach

Jewelry Sales Co-Chairmen ........................ Jim Yeo, Jim DukePicnic Committee (Spring) ..................................................... UnitsPicnic Committee (Fall) ............................................. Club CouncilSpaghetti Dinner ... Motor Corps, 1st & 2nd Ceremonial Masters

AMBASSADORSChief Ambassador ........................................................ Sam Upton

Asst. Chief Ambassador .... Robert “Bob” Pedersen (Lodge 99)Ambassadors-at-Large ................................ John Stafford, 33°,

Barry Hart 33° (Lodge 301,) William Merritt (Lodge 147,)Dave Mills (Lodge 147,) Ray Perez (Lodge 99,)

Dorwin Pulford (Lodge 31,) Omer Quesnel (Lodge 346)

UNIT HEADSUnit Council ............................................ Fred Phillips (951-9933)Aides ........................................................... David Joly (379-0228)Band ........................................................... Ed Gremp (355-0221)Banjo Band ......................... George Van Valkenburg (215-7086)Camel Herders ................................................... TBA ( )Clowns ...................................... Anthony J. Vignocchi (371-1369)Directors Staff ........................................ David Bruce (924-5157)Greeters ............................................... Fran Pitts (863-494-5901)Kentucky Colonels ................... Colonel Jim Jensen (739-9324)King Pins ............................................. Del Rawlinson (951-0033)Legion of Honor ...................................... Lou Ortt, 33° (485-5313)Mariners ................................................... Bud Glidden (358-2285)Marshal’s Staff ......................................... Ron Enger (918-8713)Model T’s ..................................... James MacDonald (779-4302)Oriental Band ......................................... Floyd LaDue (747-0351)Past Masters ........................... Jerry Goacher, KCCH (923-2665)Pipes & Drums ....................................... Phil Staples (741-8215)Provost Guard .......................................... Ron Enger (918-8713)Rituals .............................................. Rocky Kearney (493-2586)Roadrunners ............................................... Ken Clark (379-8125)Temple Guards ...................................... Mike Swatek (749-1761)

TEMPLE EMERITUS NOBLESDon Albertson .................................................. Program ChairmanBill Athas .................................................... County Fair ChairmanBill Batten ......................................................................... RecorderRay Bell ............................................................. Event CoordinatorCliff Bloodsworth .............................................. Hospital ChairmanBen Blount ................................................ Hospital TransportationCharlie Burke ....... Membership Chairman, Bloodbank ChairmanOscar Cloutier, PP .................................... Membership ChairmanEd Firquin ...................................................... Ceremonial DirectorGerald Goacher, KCCH ........................................................ RitualWilliam H. Johnson ......................................................... TreasurerHerb Mueller ................................................. Captain of the GuardJoe Pegoraro .................................................................. Chief AideHarold Schatsneider .................................................. Outer GuardW. Bruce Steube, III 33°, PP ............................................... RitualLee Stewart, PP ................................................................. DirectorBud Stuver ...................................................................... Chief Aide

COMMITTEE / UNIT / CLUB EMERITUS NOBLESMike Ash .................................................................................. BandBill Athas ................................... Finance Officer, Legion of HonorNorm Bensen ................................ Treasurer, Venice Shrine ClubRichard Brainard ............................................................. King PinsJack Bryant (Chief Pilot) ........................................ Flying FezzesJ.D. Copher ................................................ North Port Shrine ClubSelwyn Damron ...................................................... Director’s StaffWilliam F. Dokes .............................. Secretary, Gulf Shrine ClubRaymond Drury, Sr. .................. Secretary, Manatee Shrine ClubHarry Falck ............................................................... Oriental BandEd Gremp ................................................................................. BandDarwin Heinzman ............................................................ King PinsEarl Huntzinger ................................. Gulf Shrine Club TreasurerJim Macdonald .......................................... North Port Shrine ClubOtis Manchester ........................................ North Port Shrine ClubWillis “Bill” Mather ........................................................... King PinsWilliam McKown ........................................................ Past MastersJarrett Miller, PP ..................................................................... BandGeorge Mitchell, KCCH ................................................... HillbilliesPhil Mitchell, PP, KCCH ..................................................... ClownsWilliam Pincumbe ......................................... Banjo Band DirectorStanley Preston .................................. Chaplain, Gulf Shrine ClubGary Schweinshaupt, KCCH .................................... Desert PatrolP.W. Towsley ............................................. North Port Shrine ClubSam Upton (Flight Director) ................................... Flying FezzesClint Van Tassell ....................................... North Port Shrine ClubEd Wallace .............................................................. Camel HerdersAlf Weidner ................................................................ Desert PatrolFrank Wild ........................................... Hospital Service Chairman

2011 DIVAN ADDRESSES, PHONES AND EMAIL

Tom Millaway (Kaye) Charles Levan, 33°2702 Dalhart Ave. 164 Nightingale Cir.North Port, FL 34286 Ellenton, FL 34222(941) 240-6166 (941) [email protected] [email protected]

Bill Zurlo (Stacey Lee) Gary “Rocky” Kearney (Wendy)407 White Oak Way 1315 Tinamou Rd.Sarasota, FL 34237-6440 Venice, FL 34293-2935(941) 954-3013 (941) [email protected] [email protected]

Conrad “Connie” Jacobi (Deanie)6333 Stone River Rd.Bradenton, FL 34203-7895(941) [email protected]

Oscar Cloutier (Peggy) Dale LaBell (Donna)6702 Stone River Rd. 11315 Rivers Bluff CircleBradenton, FL 34203-7820 Bradenton, FL 34202(941) 739-8470 (941) [email protected] [email protected]



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BANKSCadence Banking ..................... Back PageIberia Bank, Jules Simon, VP ............... 19

BOOK PUBLISHERA2Z Pubilications, Adrian Krieg ............ 18

CPAsTerry L. Armentrout, CPA, PA ............... 22Bobbitt, Pittenger & Company, P.A. ..... 24

CONTRACTORS - ELECTRICALElectricity of Sarasota, Inc. ................... 30

CONTRACTORS - GENERALD.R. Coffman Construction Co.. ........... 22

CONTRACTORS - HEATING & A/CJim McDonald Heating & Cooling ........ 30

CONTRACTORS - IRRIGATIONDon Vos Sprinkler Company ................. 25

CONTRACTORS - REMODELINGD.R. Coffman Construction Co.. ........... 22

CONTRACTORS - ROOFINGConway Roofing Co., Sid Conway ....... 34

CREMATION SERVICESICS Cremation Society ............................ 11

FINANCIAL SERVICESHart & Hart Financial Svs, Barry Hart . 19Vignocchi Financial, Anthony Vignocchi . 27

FUNERAL HOMESFarley Funeral Homes & Crematory .... 20Toale Brothers Funeral Homes ............. 31

FURNITURE - SALESSleep King Inc., Bedroom Furniture .... 19

GOLFPeridia Golf & Country Club ................. 25

HOTELSMainsail Suites Hotel & Conf. Ctr.. ...... 11

JEWELRYDiamond Vault, Ali Chokr.. ...................... 2Impressions by Ron, Ron LeVene ....... 13

MASONIC ORGANIZATIONSNational Sojourners ............................... 46

MEDICAL ALERTFirst Response Monitoring, Tom Cunningham ................................ 26

OPTICIANSOptical Service ....................................... 34

PAINTING CONTRACTORSEric’s Painting & Decorating ................. 18

PLUMBERSAqua Services, Inc., Plumbing ............. 18Rusty Plumbing ....................................... 34

REAL ESTATEMichael Saunders (Omer Quesnel) ..... 31

RESTAURANTSSahib Shriners Restaurant .................... 3Terrace on the Green Restaurant ........ 25

SENIOR LIVING & CAREBahia Oaks Lodge .................................. 38

SHRINE CLUBSEnglewood Shrine Club ......................... 40Gulf Shrine Club ..................................... 46Manatee Shrine Club ............................. 40Motor Corps Shrine Club ....................... 34North Port Shrine Club .......................... 46Venice Shrine Club ................................ 31

SHRINE ORGANIZATIONSThe “Q” .................................................... 22

SHRINE SUPPORTERSPurmort & Martin .................................... 34

SAHIB SHRINE INFORMATIONBirthday/Anniversary Dinner/Dance 6, 47Christmas Banquet (Dec. 6) ................. 10East West Shrine Game ................... 36,37Hospital Committee Report ................... 6Ladies Christmas Lunch (Dec. 15) ...... 21Lodge Meeting Dates/Locations .......... 44Masonic Digest ...................................... 42Million Dollar Club ................................. 32Money Mania ........................................... 35New Year’s Eve Party (Dec, 31) ........... 23Officers (Elected & Appointed) ............ 52Potentate’s 2012 Spring Cruise ........... 50Recorder’s Report ................................. 33Reporter Advertising Rates .................. 13Rusty Mason Night (Jan. 31) ................ 39Sahib Bingo (Every Tuesday) .......... 20,35Sahib Building Fund .............................. 30Sahib Unit leaders (w/ phone numbers) . 52Sahib Unit News ...................................... 18Shrine Club Directory ........................... 12Shrine Club News ................................... 12Shrine Club leaders (w/phone numbers) 12Shriners Hospital Contributions ........... 6

Speaker Bureau ...................................... 33Stated Meetings ...................................... 6Thursday Luncheons ............................. 34Trust Fund ................................................. 24

SAHIB UNITSAides ........................................................ 46Banjo Band .............................................. 46Dance Band ............................................ 40Clowns ..................................................... 40Greeters ................................................... 46Hillbilly Clan 78 ....................................... 13Kentucky Colonels ................................. 32Kingpins – Pancake Breakfast ............. 40Legion of Honor ...................................... 32Mariners ................................................... 32Model Ts / Classic Cars ......................... 32Oriental Band .......................................... 46Pipes and Drums ................................... 46

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS AND SAHIB SHRINE INFORMATION

NEW ADVERTISERSIN DECEMBER

LOST ADVERTISERSIN DECEMBER



1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31

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11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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6:00am Outside Rental MH

11:00am Luncheon2:00pm Pipes & Drums - MH

7:30pm Oriental Band - MH11:00am BINGO - MH2:00pm Band - CRA

10:00am Divan/FinanceMeeting

7:00pm Past Masters-CRA7:00pm Bar Bingo - Lounge7:30pm Clowns - MH

8:00am-8:00pm OutsideRental MH

East/West Shrine GameTropicana Field St. Pete



10:30am Temple Guard-CRA11:00am Luncheon2:00pm Pipes & Drums - MH7:00pm Ritual Team - CRG7:00-10:00pm Outside

Rental MH

18 10:00am Grand Lodge ofNew York MH

7:00pm Motor Corps7:30pm Directors Staff - CRA

11:00am BINGO - MH2:00pm Band - CRA

12:00-4:00pm NYLA7:00pm Bar Bingo - Lounge7:30pm Clowns - MH

8:00am LOS Meeting MH7:00pm Johnny

Cash - June CarterCash Tribute

10:00am Provost Guard - CRA10:00am Greeters - CRA2:00pm Pipes & Drums - MH5:00pm Big Band Dance7-9:00pm East/

West Shrine GamePre-Game Party

11:00am BINGO - MH2:00pm Band - CRA6:00pm Birthday Anniversary Dinner Dance

10:00am Red HatLadies Luncheon

7:00pm Bar Bingo - Lounge7:00pm Model T / Classic Cars - SL7:30pm Clowns - MH

3:00pm RededicationService - St. George'sEpiscopal Church -Bradenton

9:00am Club/Unit Head Meeting

7:00pm Oriental Band - MH7:30pm Mariners - CRA

1:30pm Aides - CRA2:00pm Pipes & Drums - MH5:00pm Big Band Dance

REPORTERDEADLINE

7:00pm Installation ofOfficers/Stated Meeting

11:00am BINGO - MH2:00pm Band - CRA6:30pm Vettes - SL

ReporterReporterReporterReporterReporter DeadlineAlways the First Day

of the Month

7:00pm Bar Bingo7:30pm Clowns - MH

11:00am BINGO - MH2:00pm Band - CRA6:30pm Rusty

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5:00pm King Pin Christmas Party6:00pm Motor Corps Christmas Party - SL

11:00am Luncheon12:01pm Ladies & Nobles Christmas Luncheon2:00pm Pipes & Drums - MH7:00pm Ritual Team - CRG

10:30am Hospital Childrens Christmas Party5:00pm Poinsettia Parade North Port5:00pm-2:00am Outside Rental - MH

11:00am BINGO - MH2:00pm Band - CRA6:00pm Birthday Anniversary Dinner Dance

10:00am Red Hat Ladies Luncheon7:00pm Bar Bingo - Lounge7:00pm Model T / Classic Cars - SL7:30pm Clowns - MH

6:00pm Oriental Band Christmas - SLClerk of the Court - MH

10:00am Greeters - CRA10:00am Provost Guard - Lib11:00am Luncheon2:00pm Pipes & Drums - MH

7:30pm Stated Meeting Election of Officers

9:00am-2:00pm High 12 Luncheon5:00-10:00pm High 12 Dinner7:00pm Bar Bingo - Lounge7:30pm Clowns - MH

11:00am BINGO - MH2:00pm Band - CRA5:00pm Cabiri Christmas Party - Sahara-Rear6:00pm Club/Unit Christmas Party6:30pm Vettes - SL

5:30pm Greeters Christmas Party - Venice7:00pm Oriental Band - MH7:30pm Mariners - CRA

8:00am-1:00pm Pancake Breakfast

9:00am Club/Unit Head Meeting7:00pm Sarasota Holiday Parade

11:00am Luncheon2:00pm Pipes & Drums - MH


5:30pm Manatee SC Christmas Party-Peridia7:00pm Bar Bingo - Lounge7:30pm Clowns - MH

7:00pm Motor Corps7:00pm Oriental Band - MH7:30pm Directors Staff - CRAGulf SC Potentate Reception

4:00-10:00pm Clowns Christmas Party

11:00am Luncheon1:30pm Aides - CRA2:00pm Pipes & Drums - MH

10:00am Divan/FinanceMeeting

7:00pm Bar Bingo - Lounge7:00pm Past Masters-CRA7:30pm Clowns - MH


7:00pm Oriental Band - MH 11:00am Luncheon2:00pm Pipes & Drums - MH

New Years Eve Party

REPORTERDEADLINE

Rusty Mason Reunion – January 31Sure is a great refresher, don’t you think? It’s also a goodway to get that Masonic friend into Sahib! Please inviteyour Masonic friend or neighbor, and bring him yourself toour Rusty Mason Night! Check the details on page 39.

7:00pm Bar Bingo - Lounge7:30pm Clowns - MH

New Years DayNo Pancake Breakfast

“beashrinernow.com has been an extremely helpful resource in recruiting new members,” said Randy Rudge, membership development director of Shriners International.

“In today’s world everything is about convenience, and the website allows prospective members to sign-up and learn about the great benefits of being a Shriner in a matter of minutes.”

To help bring traffic to the website, Shriners International Headquarters has put together a marketing campaign. You can find online banner ads for beashrinernow.com, as well as print ads and inserts that were created for temples to hand out to prospective members.

The website is a terrific educational resource because it helps explain the relationship between the Masonic Order and Shriners International, and also features a video about the fraternity’s history. Site visitors can learn about the fraternity’s connection with Shriners Hospitals for Children® and take a virtual tour of one of the hospitals.

beashrinernow.com also helps answer any questions about the necessary steps to becoming a Master Mason and Shriner. If, after reviewing the process, an individual would like to pursue membership, all he has to do is select “The Next Step” tab , fill out a short questionnaire, and he will be paired with a virtual mentor.

One of the great features of beashrinernow.com is the interaction membership candidates have with their virtual mentors. Virtual mentors are Shriners who are active in their temple and Masonic Lodges and have volunteered to guide interested applicants through the membership process.

Candidates are paired with virtual mentors who best suit their professional and personal interests. The mentor becomes a trusted friend and advisor through exchanges of knowledge about

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Freemasonry and becoming a Shriner. The process is intended to re-create the Masonic teaching of developing close, trusting relationships with prospective Masons through personal communication.

Statistics prove beashrinernow.com is helping the fraternity more effectively reach a younger demographic, given that the most recurring age for these new members has been 32. This number is especially interesting to Shriners, since one of the fraternity’s co-founders, Dr. Walter Fleming, was the same age when he developed the concept of the fraternity.

By continuing to spread awareness with initiatives like beashrinernow.com, we look forward to adding more exceptional men to the “world’s greatest fraternity.”

For the last couple of years, Shriners International has been busy developing new tools to help increase awareness of the fraternity. One of those ongoing efforts is the website beashrinernow.com, which was created specifically as a way for interested potential members to learn about the fraternity, easily and quickly.

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