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March 2019 Edition 3443 South Galena St., Denver, Colorado 80231

Family Day at El Jebel

Saturday, March 9, 2019

(in place of the Monday meeting)

El Jebel Shrine

3443 S. Galena St.—2nd floor

Social hour 11:30 Brunch around 12:00 noon

$15.00 per person

Enjoy time with our Shrine Child and family,

along with a hospital recap

Brunch menu:

Fresh Fruit Salad

Croissants and Beignets

Shrimp & Grits

Andouille Sausage Frittata

Creole Brandy & Raisin Bread Pudding

Reservations Required

303-455-3470

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Bobby Marner

Full Charge Bookkeeper

El Jebel has an open position for a Full Charge

Bookkeeper. The position requires a minimum of five (5)

years’ experience as a full charge bookkeeper working

with QuickBooks or an equivalent bookkeeping system.

It is estimated that this position will require between 8 –

10 hours per week and the salary range will be $20 - $30

per hour, based on experience.

Please contact :

Rich Silver, (303) 478-0821 or rsilver20@me.com.

Nobles, Ladies and Family of El Jebel Shrine:

What a great time we had going to Grand Junction for

their Installation. The bus trip was awesome and you

couldn’t ask for more! Kent and Mona (as usual) kept our

tummies full and our bodies hydrated. Our very own

H.P.P. Ken Jones earned his new nick name Astro! Funny

story but I’ll let him tell you the details surrounding it.

The ride over was beautiful and the conversations price-

less. Upon arrival Outer Guard Bill Brasstte greeted us

with the traditional Wendy’s cheeseburger (long story but

Bill enjoys telling it). Our Ladies were whisked away to

multiple vineyards to enjoy the time together (and I be-

lieve they did). It was a short time in Grand Junction but

so much Fun! The ceremonial they put on for our two

new nobles was fantastic. I would like to give a “Shout

out” to our New Nobles Doug Finley his Lady Julie

(Denver) as well as Scott Krebs and his Lady Ashley

(Montrose). Welcome to El Jebel Shrine! The El Jebel

Pipe Band traveled over to Grand Junction to mark the

occasion and make it memorable for those New Nobles.

Once again the Pipe Band leads by example. Congratula-

tions to Gary Weiszbrod and Lady Twila as newly ap-

pointed President of WCSC. Congratulations are in order

for the WCSC Shriner of the year Jerald Conyers. When

hard effort is recognized the result is these two nobles!

Job well done! Thank you to all the members and ladies

of WCSC for treating us to a great time. If you haven’t

been there you are missing out on a great time!

The February Family night was hosted by the T-Nobles

(the can-do unit) with a Sweetheart’s Theme. The El Jebel

widows were treated by the T’s to a complimentary meal

along with music, candy, poetry and a special perfor-

mance by the “HIKE” choir. We celebrated two new Aide

Emeritus creations Kent Eckley and Emit Hurdelbrink. So

many awards were given to hard working Nobles that our

recorder Jay Bobick could barely keep up. Our “Master of

Ceremonies” Cary Williams along with Bobby “The Po-

et” Juchem did a great job of running the night. That night

was a great example of “many hands make light work”

Thank you all so much!

The time honored “Shrine Family Brunch” was brought

back to life this year. It honors our past leaders and our

current Divan and Aides members. This is not a small

task to coordinate but well worth the effort! Thank you

for your help in bringing back our heritage Greg and

Kendy (Cusick) Rindone and to all the Aides that

attended and helped out “You Rocked It!”

Moving on to the March madness it seems we have a lot

of fun ahead of us. Saturday March 9th is our Family af-

ternoon meeting. This luncheon does replace our regular

Monday night meeting. The reason it’s being held on a

Saturday afternoon is because we are going to have a

“Shriners Child” there. The story that’s being told will

remind us all “why we do what we do as Shriners”. I en-

courage all to attend, meet the family and enjoy the time

together. Reservations are a must.

March 12th is IHOP day! Assistant Rabban Ron Wil-

liamson along with a host of other Nobles and ladies are

coordinating El Jebel’s attendance at the store locations.

Proceeds go to the Shriners Hospital, so come out, smile

and give a tip of the fez! Not sure how to get involved?

Call Ron 303-668-2072 he knows where the help is need-

ed.

St. Patrick’s Parade is March 16th. After the parade

please join us at Highlands Lodge at 3550 Federal Blvd

for a membership (new and old) party. The Pipe Band

will be performing and the fellowship is going to be sec-

ond to none! Come out and enjoy a lunch and libation

with us. Reservations are a must so we have enough food

and drink. See the flyer that “Astro” made this month for

details or call the office 303-455-3470.

This year has started off as a whirlwind of fun and ex-

citement and the reason is you. The people and units are

bonding together and it really shows. Remember “Many

hands make light work”!

Fraternally,

Bobby Marner

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Jay Bobick

ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL

EL JEBEL - ALL ACROSS COLORADO

The first Temple “adventure’ for February was our

weekend trip to Grand Junction for the annual visit to our

Western Colorado Shrine Club. The bus was on the

road Saturday, 9 February right on time at 7:00 am. With

traffic it was an enjoyable 5 hours, forty minutes. We all

had great drinks, snacks and lunch provided and served

by Kent and Mona Eckley. If you didn’t go, you missed

an excellent feed. Arriving at 12:40 pm to the hotel, the

WCSC members were there to greet us with our room

keys, smiles, hugs and handshakes. There were 36 No-

bles and ladies from the East who joined the WCSC No-

bles and their ladies. After getting settled in our rooms,

the ladies went on the bus for an afternoon touring vine-

yards and tasting wine. The Nobles gathered at the hospi-

tality suite for socializing and more drinks and food. We

then adjourned for the Ceremonial that was given with

precision by the WCSC Officers. The two new Nobles

are Noble Doug Finley with his Lady Julie, who will be

with the eastern Nobles and Noble Scot Krebs with his

Lady Ashley who will be with the western Nobles. Let

all the El Jebel Nobles welcome these new Nobles. That

evening we all enjoyed the great banquet and the installa-

tion of the WCSC Officers and Board-of-Directors. The

Potentate then honored the new WCSC President, Gary

Weiszbrod, with his new Fez. The new Nobles were pre-

sented their membership cards and “papers” and then

their ladies crowned them with their Fez. It was a fantas-

tic weekend!

Our February meeting was Family Night chaired by the

T-Nobles who had an excellent program emphasizing

Valentine’s Day with rose, and candy for the ladies. The

evening began at 6:00 pm with the Presentation of the

Colors, Pledge of Allegiance led by Noble Ed Richards

and the National Anthem led by the Chanters and the

HIKE Choir signing. Our Chaplain then gave an Invoca-

tion prior to dinner. Noble Cary Williams was the Master

-of-Ceremonies for the evening and signaled each table to

join the buffet line. The dignitaries attending were Past

Potentates, Illustrious Sirs Jack Patten, Amer Plaisted,

Doc Powell, Jim Fitzpatrick, Ron Cosens, Tony Dattilo,

Matt Raia, Larry Clark and Rich Silver. From the Scot-

tish Rite was Matt Raia, Secretary and from the York

Rite was Steve Hubbard, Grand Chapter, Council and

Commandery Treasurer. From the Eastern Star was

Worthy Grand Matron Linda Wingate. Our new Noble,

Diego Rodriguez attended with his family. It was great

to see and welcome these members of the Masonic Fam-

ily.

After dinner the Potentate awarded an Emeritus Fez to

Emit Hurdelbrink and Kent Eckley. Illustrious Sir Bobby

then presented 11 of the 24 awards published in our Feb-

ruary Red Fez. (See February Red Fez for names)

Three other awards were presented at the Western Colo-

rado Shrine Club the weekend before. Yes, 10 more will

be presented in the future.

Assistant Rabban Ron Williamson spoke on the return

of the IHOP Pancake Day that collects funds for Shriners

Hospitals for Children. The Day will be Tuesday, 12

March at over 25 IHOP Stores throughout Colorado.

Make sure you spread the word and go to your local

IHOP on March 12th.

Noble Bobby Juchem introduced the HIKE Choir who

signed to three songs; Falling in Love with You, I Swear

and My Girl. The five signers were able to let all present

know that their mission is to raise funds for hearing im-

paired youth to improve their hearing abilities. HIKE

stands for Hearing Improvement Kids Endowment and

these young ladies and their entire organization have

raised over $6 million since their beginning. What a

wonderful philanthropy. Noble Bobby thanked the T-

Noble team and all others who made the night memora-

ble. He then read four poems commemorating the mean-

ing of Valentine’s Day followed by honoring the Shrine

Widows with words of thanks for their continued support

of El Jebel.

The Potentate thanked everyone for attending and

closed the evening at 7:55 pm, peace and harmony pre-

vailing.

Per Shriners International Bylaws. “There will be a special election for the El Jebel Treasurer position at the April 8, 2019 Stated Meeting. All nobles are encouraged to attend and vote.”

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EL JEBEL SHRINE

Phone (303) 455-3470 Fax: (303) 458-8849

Red Fez Articles—office@eljebel.org

THE RED FEZ

Desktop Edition 2019-3

Bobby Marner

Illustrious Potentate

ELECTED DIVAN

Joe Kent Chief Rabban

Ron Williamson Assistant Rabban

Ken Jones High Priest & Prophet

Ron Pitcock Oriental Guide

Rich Silver, P.P. Treasurer (Interim)

Jay Bobick Recorder

APPOINTED DIVAN

Gary Loberg 1st Ceremonial Master

Perry Mittler 2nd Ceremonial Master

Joel Roche Marshal

John Titterington Captain of the Guard

Bill Brassette Outer Guard

Ron Dunsmore Director

Jim Oliver Chaplain

LIVING PAST POTENTATES

Lee E. Schlessman (1970)

Robert G. Van Male (1988)

Thomas D. Palmer (1989)

Jack D. Patten (1990)

Steve Tucker (1991)

Richard E. Williams (1993)

Amer Plaisted (1994)

Dr. David Powell (1997)

Jim Lear (1998)

Michael G. Severe (1999)

Jim Fitzpatrick (2000)

Ron Cosens (2003)

Richard Karns (2004, 2005)

Clint Dexter (2006)

Tony Dattilo (2007)

Fred Taylor (2008)

Jim Stewart (2009)

Ed Rendon (2010)

Dennis Proctor (2011)

Jim Long (2012)

Matthew Raia (2013)

Phil Hause (2014)

Michael Trevathan (2015)

Larry Clark (2016)

Rich Silver (2017, 2018)

PUBLICATION STAFF

Susan Boles, Editor

Jim & Judy Taylor , Photographer

Tony Dattilo, P.P. Feature Writer

Subscriptions are available to members. Call the office

303-455-3470 if you would like a copy mailed to you each month for an annual fee of $15.00

There was a friend whose heart was good

He walked with men and understood

His was a voice that spoke with cheer, And felt like music on the ear

His was a smile men loved to see; His was a hand that asked no fee for friendli-ness or kindness done. And now that he

has journeyed on, His is a fame that never ends, He leaves behind uncounted friends

Passed thru the Unseen Portals

In Memoriam

“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.

Dean G. Smernoff

Marvin Smith

James W. Pool

Wayne B. Litten

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Membership Report

Total Membership (with Associates)

976

2-Creations

5-Restoration

4-Expired

Calendar of Events

March

9 Family Day

12 I-HOP

16 St. Pat’s Parade & Party

30 Nile Installation

April

6 9 Health Fair at Denver Consistory

8 Stated Meeting & Ladies Program

13 12- OES 4 Corners Festival

21 Easter Sunrise Service at Denver Consistory

May

8-11 Consistory Spring Reunion

13 Family Night

22-26 Potentate’s Trip—Costa Rica

27 Commerce City Parade (call out)

El Jebel Shrine emails

Recorder—recorder@eljebel.org

Susan Boles—office@eljebel.org

Red Fez articles—office@eljebel.org

Accounting—director@eljebel.org

Calendar—office@eljebel.org

Points—points@eljebel.org

Donations

Operating Fund in Memory of

Mayes, Suzanne Jacobsen, Ed

&Co CPA, Hanson Welch III, George

Producing Co, Buckeye Oil Welch III, George

Cortez, Jan & Miles Welch III, George

Roth, Janet Welch III, George

Paterson, Ronna & Jim Welch III, George

Covode, Ann & Russ Welch III, George

Shriners Hospitals for Children In Memory of

Welle, Dick Donation

Gaumer, Carl & Margaret MacDonald, Lee

Gaumer, Carl & Margaret Lenon, Jack

Gaumer, Carl & Margaret Carpenter, Bob

Gaumer, Carl & Margaret Motz, Howard

Haynie, Julia MacDonald, Lee

Richers, Elmer Cram, Jim

Forbes & Family, Norma Forbes, Kenneth

Coleman, Christine Forbes, Kenneth

2019 PARADES BY DATE

March 16th St. Patrick’s Day Parade - Call Out

May 27th Commerce City Parade- Call Out

June 15th Salida/FibArk Parade - Official

July 4th Brush Parade - Official

July 27th Buffalo Bill Days Parade – Call Out

August 10th Wheat Ridge Parade - Call Out

August 24th CSSA Sioux City Parade - Official

September 7th Arvada Parade - Call Out

November 9th Veterans Day Parade - Call Out

Per Shriners International Bylaws. “There will be a special election for the El Jebel Treasurer position at the April 8, 2019 Stat-ed Meeting. All nobles are encouraged to attend and vote.”

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El Mejdel Temple No. 47

Daughters of the Nile

PQ Carole Bolduc

Happy St. Patty’s Day everyone! I’m sure all of you

have exciting plans for the big Parade in Denver and the

festivities afterward….good times!

El Mejdel has been doing very well this year with the

induction of several new members, and we will be having

another Ceremonial at our March Session. It’s been very

gratifying to have new members come into our organiza-

tion, particularly with the excitement and enthusiasm

they have shown. We welcome these new ladies and

know they will enjoy the friendship and fellowship of our

Temple; some of them have already joined a Unit. Get-

ting involved in the Temple’s activities is a sure-fire way

of enjoying our organization and its members.

At our February Session, our Pr. Chaplain, Judy Proc-

tor, conducted a beautiful Memorial Service. A white

rose was placed on the altar in tribute to each of the la-

dies we lost during the 2018 year. Londonderry Air was

performed by the El Mejdel Chimes and the Lord’s Pray-

er by the El Mejdel Dancers and Pageantry. Both perfor-

mances made for a beautiful Memorial.

In addition to our upcoming Ceremonial in March, we

will also be electing new Officers for the 2019-2020 year.

Hard to believe this past year has gone by so quickly.

Our Queen Kendy has done a spectacular job and repre-

sented our Temple beautifully. We are all proud of her.

March 30th will be Open Installation of Officers of El

Mejdel, and we hope a good many of you will attend.

We are all looking forward to spring and the upcoming

summer months of fun!

Mona Eckley presents Kent his Aide emeritus

Fez

Kristy presents Emit Hurdelbrink his Aide

Emeritus Fez with the help of the

Recorder, Jay

Valentine Family Night

Illustrious Sir Bobby presents Cary Williams,

with his Lady Jutta his Jewel of El Jebel Diego Rodriguez with his Lady Sara is presented

his Jewel of El Jebel by Illustrious sir Bobby

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Didja know?

by ejgw

Congratulations, Mason of the Year for 2019! ‘Tis a

great honor for hard-working Noble Byron Walker, one of

the T-Nobles and one of those guys behind the scenes that

contributes so much to El Jebel without a lot of fanfare or

accolade.

Although he is of Anglo-Saxon ancestry Noble Byron is

a rare Colorado native; born in Pueblo, his father (also a

Mason) moved them to Minturn where he attended grade-

and high-school. While there, he started his travels to-

ward the east by joining the Leadville Chapter of DeMo-

lay. He also met the love of his life, Alice Pierson. Their

first official date was to a DeMolay dance and they were

married in 1959.

Byron is one of those never-heard-of graduates from

Golden’s own institution of higher education, the Colora-

do School of Mines. Back then, it was a “land grant

school,” meaning students had to take ROTC. This

worked to his advantage as he was commissioned in the

Army, served in the Army Corps of Engineers, and retired

as a Lt. Colonel after 21 years. This background he par-

layed into a civilian career working as an engineer all

over Colorado, culminating in environmental monitoring

of coal mines for the State of Colorado.

When he was two years old, he fell in love with electric

trains when he was given his first “O” gauge train (it still

retains its rightful place under his Christmas tree). After

riding on all the rails in Colorado, he did volunteer work

at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden. Being

raised at the foot of the Mount of the Holy Cross in the

Holy Cross District of the U.S. Forest Service, he spent a

lot of time hiking, camping (he is an Eagle Scout), fish-

ing, hunting, and skiing. Skiing on the training slope

used by the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, he

served 19 years with the National Ski Patrol. He gave up

hunting when it became necessary to carry the frying pan

in rather than pack meat out of the woods. His sleeping

bag and backpack tent are now in the archives of his base-

ment in favor of a self-contained trailer. His skis are per-

manently mounted on the wall of his garage. He still fly

fishes although now from gentle stream banks.

Masonry has been an important part of Noble Bryon’s

life. He was raised in Eagle Lodge Number 43 in Min-

turn in 1958. He joined the National Sojourners while

stationed in Heidelberg, Germany. and Scottish Rite in

Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Fulfilling a long-time dream

of supporting Shiners Hospitals, he joined El Jebel

Shrine, and later the York Rite bodies in Golden. His two

sons, Victor and Andy, and his grandson Steven are also

Nobles in El Jebel. Byron is Past Master of Golden City

Number 1, and Past Grand Patron of Eastern Star in Col-

orado. Alice and Byron supported Rainbow Girls, Job’s

Daughters, DeMolay, and generally all bodies Masonic.

In appreciation, the Fellowship Hall in the Golden City

No. 1 Lodge building was dedicated to her memory, and

to Byron. Byron believes the saying “You only get out

of Masonry what you put into it” is less than a half truth.

One gets much more out than one puts in.

Widowed after 51 years and with the infirmities of age,

life changes. Yet Byron is sipping his blessings from his

saucer as his cup is overflowing. Grandson and WB Ste-

ven graduated from the University of Edinburgh and,

when he was married in Estes Park, many of his class-

mates attended the wedding, some from as far as Austral-

ia, Israel, and Kenya.

Didja know that in Bryon’s Golden City Lodge Number

1 Blue Lodge the candles are lit by using a taper lit from

a candle kept in the East, and that candle came from

Rosslyn Chapel? Yup, the famous chapel in Roslin,

Midlothian, Scotland (spelling differences intentional and

authentic).

Byron Walker (center) receives “Mason of the Year award!

Chief Rabban Joe Kent is awarded his

Platinum #1 Jewel by Kendy Cusick-Rindone as

Illustrious Sir Bobby Congratulates him

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Bill Greene (WØGVT): Bill was presented his 70-year Masonic pin at Weston

Lodge #22 on Wednesday, November 7, 2018. Three officers

from Bill's Casper, Wyoming Masonic Lodge #15 made the

278-mile drive to Littleton from Casper to present Bill with

this pin. A few of the Radops members including me had the

honor of attending Bill's presentation. I recall Bill Elmore, the

Master of Casper Lodge #33, making the statement that Bill

Greene was the very first member of their lodge who was pre-

sented with a 70-year pin. One note of interest is the three Cas-

per Lodge officers made the 556-mile round-trip within a 24

hour period!

Ken Behrens (KBØYLN): Ken was recently notified by the Secretary of his

home lodge that he would be presented with a 50-year pin

sometime in 2019. October 2018 marked Ken's 50 years as a

Mason. Ken's only lodge association is with the Franklin

Lodge #31, which is located in Pinedale, Wyoming. Although

a date for the presentation of Ken's 50-year pin has not yet

been set, Ken is patiently waiting for his lodge to contact him

with the scheduled date.

Ken is aware he may be waiting several more months

before receiving notification of the presentation date because

Franklin Lodge #31 apparently has a motto: “never a rush”. To

further illustrate this, Ken didn't receive his 2018 dues notice

until March of that year; three months after the due date of

January 1, 2018!

Pinedale, Wyoming is a small town with a population

of roughly 1400 residents and is located approximately 100

miles north of Rock Springs, Wyoming. Ken was stationed

there in the 1960s while enlisted in the US Air Force. Ken's

immediate supervisor was a mason from Boston, Mass who

requested a special compensation from the Franklin Lodge to

begin memory work with Ken.

After working with Ken for several months, an eighty

-year-old member of that lodge named Kit Carson was as-

signed to be Ken's examiner for his Master Degree. During the

examination, Mr Carson apparently became confused with the

order of the questions he asked Ken. After correcting Mr Car-

son a few times, Ken was instructed by Mr Carson to ask and

answer the remaining questions himself. The Master of Frank-

lin Lodge #31 interrupted Ken shortly thereafter, proclaimed

Ken proficient, and then rewarded Ken by assigning him to

learn all three lectures!

Ken and his lady Cyndi are hoping to make the 467-

mile commute to Pinedale.sometime this spring before the

lodge goes dark during the upcoming summer. Franklin Lodge

#31 has approximately 60 members. Ken has been the Secre-

tary of the Radops since the year 2000! The Radops would like

to thank Ken for 19+ years of continuous service to our group!

Radops Meetings:

The Radops weekly on the air meetings (aka Sunday

Night Nets) are held every Sunday evening at 7:00pm on

146.985 MHz. We also have an in-person meeting on the forth

Monday of each month at the Shrine starting at 7:00pm.

Radops

By Michael Marcus

Recent Masonic Pin Recipients

The Radops would like to congratulate three of our

members who have either received or will be soon receiving

their 50 or 70 Year Masonic pins. These Nobles are Mac

McElravy (NWØJ), Bill Greene (WØGVT) and Ken Behrens

(KBØYLN). More information for each of these Nobles is be-

low.

Mac McElravy (NWØJ): Mac received his 70-year Masonic pin in 2018, which

was presented by the officers of the Aurora Masonic Lodge

#156. Mac currently resides at the Eastern Star Masonic Re-

tirement Community and has been a resident there since No-

vember 2017. Mac served as the Radops Treasurer for several

decades until November 2017 when his health no longer al-

lowed him to continue in that capacity. In January 2018 our

newly elected officers nominated Mac to serve as our Treasur-

er Emeritus, which he accepted and continues to hold. Mac is

one of our eldest active members and still participates in many

of our Sunday Night Nets via his Ham radio. In the Fall of

2018 Mac made a surprise visit at one of our monthly in-

person meetings held at the Temple. Everyone in attendance

was extremely happy to see him again in person!

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Clowns for Hire?

By "Cuddles" Swede Nelson

President, El Jebel

Shriners Clown Unit

On occasion we have been approached with a

question like, "Can we hire one of you guys (Shriner

Clowns) for my wife's (child's, boss's, etc.) birthday

(retirement, anniversary, etc.) party?" The short answer

is, "yes and no." Please let me explain.

As Shriner Clowns, we are prohibited from direct

hire for private parties. However, if a clown was to offer

himself for hire as simply a clown (undistinguishable

from any other clown) and not related to the Shrine in

anyway, then a different picture presents itself. For what

it's worth, I'm unaware of any of us clowns in the El Jebel

Shrine who avails himself for hire to private functions.

I know one lady in the Denver area that does pro-

fessional clowning for hire, for example, to kids birthday

parties and similar events. She told us in a Clown School

class that other clowns are in the Denver area, and they do

clown work to supplement their income, as well. I was

very pleasantly surprised to encounter at one occasion a

lady who enjoyed doing "corporate gigs"! The "rate for

hire" for these professional clowns is about $200 per

hour; $300 per hour is near the top of the pay scale; $300

can be easily called for at a performance for a corporate

event. Additionally, the time limit for kid parties ranges

from one to two hours; it can be a solid two hours for an

evening of wonderful corporate enjoyment. That's right,

they are not cheap! (Contact me through the Shrine

should you have a need for a professional clown!)

My thoughts for this Red Fez article would be

incomplete if I didn't make a plea to you fun-lovin'

Shriners to become a clown!

El Jebel Computer Club

By Jim & Judy Taylor

The February 12th meeting was started with lunch at

Fresh Fish. Following lunch, the group convened at El

Jebel on the second floor for the meeting with 8 present.

President Elect Ed Hamm opened the meeting at 1:00 and

followed the normal agenda.

Ed & the Taylors did the set-up and took photos with

Optars of the new Divan prior to the January 14th Stated

Meeting and Installation ceremony. Ed & Judy also took

Valentine pictures of couples at the Valentine Family

Night meeting. Unfortunately we ran out of Photo Ma-

genta ink. It has been purchased and the rest of the pic-

tures have been printed and many have been distributed.

Four more cartridges need to be replaced to have a com-

plete extra set.

Sam & Mary Wittner were voted in as new members.

Ken Behrens will travel to his home Lodge in Wyoming

to receive his 50 Year pin. The March meeting will be on

March 5th, rather than March 12th, because everyone

should be working at “IHOP Free Pancake Day”.

The next meeting will be lunch at Wendy’s at 11:30.

There is “Troubleshooting” between 12:15 and 1:00 by

appointment, and the meeting & program will start at

1:00. The next 3 programs are:

March 5 – Home Security Systems (Do It yourself)

April 9 – Mobile Applications & Services

May 14 – Windows 10 Upgrade

Jim gave a report on the happenings at El Jebel. Di-

van Rep was unavailable.

For the Program, Ed discussed use of some computer

applications that some might not be aware: Amazon,

Google Maps and “OTG” (e.g., On the Go) – a new type

of cable.

All Shriners are invited to join our club; dues are

$12.00 per year. Wives, guests, and curious people are

always welcome.

If you have any questions, please contact Jim Taylor,

303-795-3278, jimta1@msn.com.

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NORTHEAST Colorado

Shrine Club

by Jerry Wardrip, Secretary

Here we go again with this early Morning gathering.

One advantage to this early morning stuff, we are usually

treated to a gorgeous sunrise and this morning is no dif-

ferent. A few clouds have gathered off to the east and as

the sun comes up we are getting a great relaxing highlight

to start our day.

Our President Noble Cecil Souders called the meeting

to order and offered the prayer followed by the pledge.

The minutes of our last gathering were reviewed and ap-

proved as printed. Noble Jerry Wardrip gave the treas-

ures report as our brother Noble Earl Craddock is still

recovering from some surgery; the report was accepted as

reported. Noble Jerry Wardrip brought up the fact that we

are working on getting our permits for this year’s fire-

works sales.

We still have things going on in the York Rite and de-

gree work in Blue Lodge. We will be doing the Order of

Malta in Commandry and we have brothers working on

proficiency on first and second degrees. Our Blue Lodge

and York Rite bodies are keeping busy which is good. It

keeps us learning.

We have done a few interviews for this year’s Masonic

Scholarship with a couple more scheduled. We are also

putting together the final plans for the Academic awards

for the 7th and 11th graders.

As the sun was now up above the horizon and the day

was looking brighter, and we seem to have covered all our

necessary business it was now time to move on to the rest

of our day. The President Cecil Souders closed the meet-

ing at about 7:10 AM with peace and harmony prevailing.

You know that you all have a standing invitation to

come out and meet with us the second Monday of each

month here at the Overland Trail Café at the Atwood in-

terchange at 6:00 A.M. That is the Sinclair Station at Exit

115 off I-76. Good Food and Great Fellowship.

February meeting of the February Meeting of the

Northeast Colorado Shrine Club Outpost #1 Colorado Consistory

RV Roamers

by J. & J. Taylor

Reporting as promised from last month: The din-

ner meeting @ Malone’s Clubhouse Grill “inning” in Jan-

uary was hosted by the Dattilo’s. Ron Williamson, Divan

Rep, installed the RV Roamers officers for 2019 (see pic-

ture). Also, the Potentate’s pins were handed out to those

who were there (20 of us!)

On February 17th Roamers met at Fresh Fish

Company for a WONDERFUL buffet and meeting. If

you’ve never been to their Sunday buffet try it, you’ll like

it---and of course try our RV Roamers, which you will

like as well! Twenty-three members and guests, including

Ill. Sir Bobby Marner and his Lady Lisa, showed up for

this February “inning”, hosted by the Ashleys and Potters.

Of note: Richard Talkington, Treasurer, sug-

gested the Roamers donate some of the treasury money to

go to the Hospitals for Children. It was unanimously vot-

ed on sending $1000 to the Salt Lake Shriners’ Hospital

for Children.

President Jim went through the upcoming events

to September. Next meeting on March 17th will be an

“inning” at The Old Spaghetti Factory in Westminster.

Come join us if you can.

And again: RV Roamers members or guests do

not have to have an RV; we have lots of friends who just

join us for the “innings” 8 times a year, and even others

who rent an RV or else a cabin for “outings”. Come have

fun with us!

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The

Sandblasters

By Claude Akridge

The Sandblasters last meeting was held on January

30th at the Golden Corral located at W. Hampden Ave. @ S.

Santa Fe Drive. The meeting was opened by our President,

Carl Gaumer with the pledge to the Flag and Prayer led by

Jack Patten PP. Carl reported that the Arizona trip was ready

to go and there were 17 members and guests signed up for the

golf trip. By the time this article is printed they will be back

home, hopefully with a safe trip and good golf playing weath-

er. There will be NO regular Sandblaster meeting in February

due to the AZ trip, the next regular meeting will be Wednes-

day March 27th.

Jim Teagarden gave an up-date on the 2019 golf sea-

son and asked the members to suggest any courses they want-

ed to play, and he was going to schedule them on Thursdays

because Thursdays best suited the members and also usually

could get better starting times.

The green books (25) have been ordered and will be

distributed as soon as they are printed. The 2019 roster is at

the printers and will be ready by the March meeting. The I-

Hop pancake event is back to El Jebel this year which will be

held on March 12th so Sandblasters if you can help at any of

the locations that day, please call the Shrine Office and find

the location close to you. We need to support this event.

The Sandblasters make a special welcome to Noble’s

Matthew Madrid and Gary Deulley for visiting our January

meeting. Thank you for coming and hope you become mem-

bers soon. We are sure you will enjoy the Club.

Not much to say about golf this time of year with

all the cold weather we have had, but spring is almost here and

remember you are always welcome to our meetings.

Caring Ladies

By Jeanne Thompson

The Caring Ladies of El Jebel began the new year with

Installation of Officers. Past President Darlene Tietz hon-

ored the officers by administering the oath of office to

President Carolyne Irwin, Secretary Jeanne Thompson

and Treasurer Kay Bell. Since the January luncheon was

a social only, the installation was held during the Febru-

ary meeting.

As usual, Miss Kitty made her rounds, collecting dona-

tions for the Shrine Hospital Transportation Fund. Her

monthly travels result in a donation about once a year and

the ladies are proud to be able to support the Shrine in this

manner.

We are the widows of Shriners and Masons, and invite

any other widows to join us in camaraderie, laughter and -

as is true for most Masonic meetings - good food. If you

are a widow, you are warmly invited to join us on the sec-

ond Wednesday of every month, 11:30 at the Chalet Res-

taurant, 7340 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Here we find

friends, joy and support as we enjoy good food offered at

a modest price, new and old friendships, combined with

news from the Shrine and each other. Please call Kay

Bell at 303-430-9001 if you can join us. If you need a

ride, let her know and we will find someone who lives

near you to bring you. And if you decide at the last mi-

nute that you would like to join us, come on down! It's

easy to pull up another chair at the table!

Jim Kato with his Lady Crystal is awarded his

Jewel of El Jebel by Illustrious Sir Bobby

Harry Livermore receives his Jewel of El

Jebel, assisted by his mom Sandy, from

Illustrious Sir Bobby

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Arab Patrol Shirley Korodi

Amy Fargo

Band Charles Shaeffer

Clowns Jerold “Flower” Kent

Dune Buggy Patrol Don Strand

Mike Terry

Ed Stoumbaugh

Jeffco Shrine Club Mini Yoritomo

Lois Martin

Legion of Honor Norma Florea

Keith Gilchrist

Glenn Fishel

Provost Guard

Ellen Dattilo

Greg Melton

RV Roamers Jerry Kent

Ralph Dougherty

Pat Marshall

Ellen Tye

Jim Taylor

Glenn Fishel

Dorothy Hering

Bea Gardner

Debbie Raia

Radops

Dick Anderson

Pauline Bradley

Glenn Fishel

Jane Schneider

Sid Wright

Sports Dave Lawton

T-Nobles Randall Weber

Valentine Family Night Award Presentations

Judy Taylor presents Jim with his Gold

Collar as Illustrious Sir Bobby looks on Don Weiser is presented his Gold Collar by

Lady Cathie as Illustrious Sir Bobby

Offers congratulations him

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2019 Ladies Secret Pal

Name: _______________________

Address: ______________________

____________________________

Birthday: ____________________

Anniversary: _________________

Hobbies: _____________________

___________________________

Favorite Color:

____________________________

Favorite Flower:

_____________________________

Favorite Foods:

______________________________

*Make sure to keep this a secret. We will reveal our

Secret Pals during the December 2019 Ladies Program.

mail form to: Lisa Marner

P O Box 140307

Lakewood, CO 80214

Or email: aatslisa@yahoo.com

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed

Western Colorado Shrine Club

By Steve Thomas

We had our Installation of Officers Party Saturday Feb-

ruary 9th at Grand Vista Hotel in beautiful suburban

Grand Junction, Colorado. We were blessed with Illustri-

ous Sir Bobby Marner, his Divan and members of El Jeb-

el Temple of Denver. Was good to renew old friendships

and meet new friends from the Denver area. Our Poten-

tate and his Divan did a wonderful job of greeting us and

installing our officers for 2019. He had a special treat for

us when he brought the El Jebel Pipe Band. These guys

ROCK! Illustrious Sir Bobby had great encouragement

and plans for us and El Jebel for 2019.

He installed all our officers for 2019 and I know they

will be a good lineup. We are under good leadership with

Noble Gary Weiszbrod at the helm. (Hey try spelling

Weiszbrod while using spell check. Drives it crazy.)

This year we also had our Shriner of the Year of Western

Colorado presented on this night. It went to a very de-

serving Noble. Jerald Conyers, who has been very active

with the Shrine, Blue Lodge, York Rite Order, Scottish

Rite, Rainbow Girls and DeMolay for years. He has spon-

sored many children to our hospitals and made many trips

to Salt Lake hospital. Being there for some of their func-

tions and especially carrying toys for the kids in time for

Christmas. Jerald was also in charge of our Installation

Party again this year and did a great job as usual. Things

like this take hours and hours of planning and working

with all involved.

I'd like to thank El Jebel Chaplain Jim Oliver for his

prayers for us and his presentations of thoughts and en-

couragement.

Our Ceremonial team did a great job installing 2 new

Nobles. Doug Finley came over the hill with the Denver

folks and Scott Krebs came in from Montrose. Welcome

aboard Nobles. Scott is chomping at the bit to join the

WCSC Clown unit. He is in for the time of his life.

Western Colorado Board of Directors meeting was

called to order (with new officers in place) at 11:45am by

Pres. Gary Weiszbrod. Invocation by our Chaplin Roger

Phillips and Pledge of Allegiance by Jim

Ditmore. Minutes were approved as mailed.

Old Business: We thanked Illustrious Sir Bobby Marner

and his crew for coming and helping with our Installation

of Officers. We have a contract with Jordan Productions

for our 2019 circus and with a couple of adjustments we

will have that signed and set to go.

He wants to do one show in Montrose Thursday night

May 30th 7pm, one show at 7pm in Delta May 31st. and

Sat. June 1st a show at 3pm and one at 7pm.

(Continued on pages 14& 16)

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(continued from page 13)

Gary thanked us for putting our trust in him for 2019 and

he has a good line up of chairmen for things that need to

be done. He is working on a list of jobs for each of the 2

vice presidents so they know what is expected of them

this year.

1st VP Chris Geisler our Circus Chairman had family

emergency and is out of town.

2nd VP Jim Ditmore our PR man is going to be in charge

of advertising and promotion of the Shrine.

We sent 4 kids to Shriner Hospitals this month.

Jim Ditmore had our parade line up and I am attaching a

copy of that here.

Our President wants to have some Shriner get togethers

this year and is starting out with a Fat-Paddy's Party

March 9th at the Blue Moon in Grand Junction 1pm to

3:30pm with special prices for us and a cash bar. Come

on out and have some fun. Gary wants to have a couple of

pot luck picnics this summer and says if anyone has an

idea for something fun to do, let him know and we can

discuss it. Maybe some ATV trips or golf for those who

do that.

We are all geared up for IHOP pancake day March

12th. See y'all there. Because of the date we have to

change our meeting for March to the 3rd Tuesday, the

19th at 11:45am.

WCSC Corvettes: They are planning to do a lot of pa-

rading this year. Glad to see that as this gives me targets

to aim for.

WCSC Tri-County by Steve Thomas:

All our new officers were duly installed by Illustrious Sir

Bobby Marner February 9th at the Installation Party in

Grand Junction, Colorado. We got to meet and greet new

and old friends and had a great time. I feel we are under

good leadership and will have a great 2019.

Well I missed the 50/50 cash prize again because Jim

Ditmore laid claim to that and he is using it to build a bar-

rier around his dog house as Gus is getting kinda out of

hand and tries to attack anyone and everyone who won't

pet him when they visit. My lady Jacki won the door

prize which was a beautiful indoor desert. We had a great

time at RJ's Steakhouse until someone ran into Brother

Gary Weiszbrod's Honda Ridgeline (Which was legally

parked and not making any advances on anyone.)

We meet in Feb. and March at CB Tavern in downtown

Delta, Colorado. We are doing this in support of one of

our Nobles who has bought in on this adventure. (I take

tips for the free advertisement Fred). The meeting will be

at 1pm Feb. 23rd and March 23rd.

WCSC Clown report by (guess who) Steve Thomas:

Well, here we go with a new leadership for 2019 after

being installed as such by our Illustrious leader Bobby

Marner in the ballroom of Grand Vista Hotel in Grand

Junction, Colorado Feb. 9th. Was great to see him and all

his crew come over the hill for that special event.

(Especially that he was so gracious as to bring that great

El Jebel Pipe Band with him. What a group they are. )

We have been asked to entertain kids at a kindergar-

ten function in Montrose at a date the end of April. More

on that ia I get the Info.

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Mark your Calendar to

“Save the Date”

St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Party

March 16, 2019

I-HOP Pancake Day is back!

March 12, 2019

We are looking for volunteers to man the stores

IHOP #1821 13700 E. Mississippi Avenue, Aurora IHOP #1814 5280 Wadsworth Bypass, Arvada IHOP #3584 13650 E. Colfax Avenue, Aurora

IHOP #1838 5820 S. Parker Road, Aurora IHOP #1836 1675 28th Street, Boulder IHOP #3073 962 S. 4th Street, Brighton

IHOP #1825 575 Genoa Way, Castle Rock IHOP #2076 1595 S. Colorado Blvd, Denver IHOP #1815 3100 S. Sheridan Blvd, Denver IHOP #1840 3730 Quebec Street, Denver

IHOP #1832 800 Englewood Pkwy, Englewood IHOP #1834 1502 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins

IHOP #1837 2420 Highway 6 & 50, Grand Junction IHOP #1823 2701 W. 29th Street, Greeley

IHOP #1818 7017 S. Clinton Street, Greenwood Village IHOP #1831 9565 S. University Blvd, Highlands Ranch

IHOP #3519 389 S. Wadsworth Blvd, Lakewood IHOP #2101 2495 Williams Avenue, Limon

IHOP #1828 12634 W. Indore Place, Littleton IHOP #1824 7733 W. Long Drive, Littleton

IHOP #2126 2040 Ken Pratt Blvd, Longmont IHOP #1819 5450 Stone Creek Circle, Loveland IHOP #3581 221 W. 104th Avenue, Northglenn

IHOP #1833 11133 S. Parker Road, Parker IHOP #2071 401 Center Drive, Superior

IHOP #1830 4730 W. 120th Avenue, Westminster

If you can volunteer your time, please call your

former captain or

Ron Williamson 303-420-3280

All proceeds go to Shriners Hospitals for Children

APRIL 8, 2019

STATED MEETING

(Ladies Program)

Full Charge Bookkeeper

El Jebel has an open position for a Full Charge

Bookkeeper. The position requires a minimum of

five (5) years’ experience as a full charge bookkeep-

er working with QuickBooks or an equivalent

bookkeeping system. It is estimated that this posi-

tion will require between 8 – 10 hours per week and

the salary range will be $20 - $30 per hour, based on

experience.

Please contact :

Rich Silver, (303) 478-0821 or

rsilver20@me.com.

Per Shriners International Bylaws. “There will be a special election for the El Jebel Treasurer position at the April 8, 2019 Stat-ed Meeting. All nobles are encouraged to attend and vote.”

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Illustrious Sir Bobby Marner presenting our 2019 Western Colorado

President Gary Weiszbrod and his lady Twila.

Our new Noble Scott Krebs and his lady Ashley. He is raring to go with the WCSC Clowns

Illustrious Sir Bobby presenting the Jewel of Honor to Fred Carson with his lady Dawn.

This Shrine girl on top of 14,150' Mt. Sneffels is what we are all about

people

New Noble from Denver Doug Finley and Lady Julie

Western Colorado's Shriner of the Year Jerald Conyers being presented his award by his daughter.

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You are cordially invited to attend the

Ninety First Annual

Open Installation of Officers for

El Mejdel Temple, No. 47,

Daughters of the Nile

Saturday, the Thirtieth of March

Two Thousand Nineteen

At 1 O’clock P.M.

Highlands Masonic Temple

3550 Federal Boulevard

Denver, CO When Princess Brenda A. Penn

Will be crowned Queen

Reception to Follow

Please RSVP to Pr. Margaret Zeaphey

Phone: 303-465-4207 E-mail:

jzeaphey@msn.com

Please provide Name and Official Title

Kendy Cusick-Rindone Kathy Loerwald

Queen Pr. Recorder

Sports

By John Kesig

Another new year of fun and parading is upon us. The

installed officers for 2019 are: Greg Rindone – Pres. John

Kesig – Vice Pres and Hos Varner – Secy/Treas.. Our

membership is up to 22 members with three new ones

this year: Ron Cosens, Clint Dexter and Paul Whannel.

Only seven members do not parade.

We wish a special get well and speedy recovery to Bob

Patten.

The first parade of the season is St. Patrick's Day in

Denver on March 16. This year has six Callout parades

which are: St Patrick's on 3/6, Commerce City on 5/7,

Buffalo Bills on 7/27, Wheatridge on 8/10, Arvada on

9/7 and Veterans Day in Denver on 11/9. The three

official parades are: Salida on 6/15, Brush on 7/4 and

Sioux City, Iowa on 8/24 (CSSA). The Sports also have

several social events planned for the year.

Our February meeting on the 13th at the Willis Case

Golf Course at 11:30 AM had 25 persons attending:

Clarks, Cosens, Dexters, Eckleys, Kesigs, Mayers, Paust-

ians, Plaisted, Rendons, Rindone, Whannels, Williams,

Wingates and Kathy Myers. A special thanks to Ron Co-

sens and Carl Gaumer for making our new rosters. What

a good way to become familiar with our members.

If you have a convertible and would like to join, social-

ize and parade with a fun group, we meet on the Wednes-

day of the second full week of the month. We will meet

at the parades during the summer months.

The Hike Choir performs for the Valentine

Family Night

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OPTARS

By J & J Taylor

On February 5th the Optars met at “Citron”, a

Greek restaurant located on Yosemite near Hampden.

We had planned to have our usual dinner at Village Inn,

but unbeknownst to all of us, it was closed! So, we had a

good meal---might go there again.

Then we ambled down the road to the Shrine to

have our meeting and program. President Ron opened

the meeting with 7 enthusiasts present (one couple had to

leave after the previous dinner). The minutes were ap-

proved, but not read---Jim T. suggested they read the Red

Fez! Under Old Business, Ron D. stated that our Optara-

ma this year will be events the Optars have done. Ed H.

will assemble this.

Two new members voted in are Sam and Mary

Wittner. Several ideas were presented for the club to

consider: Optars could print passport photos for a

charge; personal 2-part cards with prospects’ info can be

printed; a Red Fez ad about a special Saturday program

for a charge; and for the Feb. 11th Monday night meeting

we would print pictures of “Sweethearts” (done---see

below).

Ed Hamm did the “shooting” of the Sweetheart

Valentine Family Night (with others helping, of course).

Unfortunately, upon changing ink cartridges for the print-

er it was discovered the cartridges we had stored were

empty. So, some pictures were delayed a week or so,

until they got printed. Take a look at the enclosed picture

and let us know how we can get these last ones to them!

To finish off the meeting, Ron W. gave the Di-

van report for our appointed Divan Rep Ron D. We were

reminded “WE ARE ALL ON THE MEMBERSHIP

COMMITTEE!”

The next meeting will on March 5th, where we

will eat dinner at New York Deli, on Hampden just east

of Monaco and then go to the Shrine for our meeting.

We’re going to do a photoshoot of a pet model,

“George”, the Markell’s 13-year-old doggy! He’s “never

modeled before” (so his agent may not charge too much),

but according to Cathe, “He’s pretty calm” (unlike the

last doggy model we had!)

Come join us for the fun!

OPTARS

Valentine

Photo

Shoot

Pipe Band

By Kent Burns

Is it spring yet? February sure was long!

In February, the Band made our

second sojourn into the mountains – all the way to Grand

Junction to answer our Potentate’s request to play for the

installation and banquet of the Western Slope Shrine

Club. Had a great time, and once again, we had clear

roads. We did, however, learn that west-bound I-70 can

be every bit the parking lot as those found out at DIA. It

took us an hour to go from Morrison to Idaho Springs,

and another hour to get to the tunnel. The headaches

were not limited to slow progress – the slow traffic with

all that exhaust lead to a real Excedrin headache.

March is that fun month we in the piping commu-

nity either love or dread. St. Patrick’s Day brings out the

best and worst in some people. Many has been the time

when those who have possibly imbibed a wee bit too

much get a little frisky with their hands and suggestive

with their mouths. We find it interesting that if we guys

made the suggestive remarks or provocative moves some

girls do at this time of year, they would be piping sunlight

to us for months. You get used to it after a while, but it is

still aggravating. No more so than the “my next-door

neighbor’s barber’s veterinarian’s receptionist’s grocery-

checker’s boyfriend’s niece’s babysitter” went to Scot-

land once. And that is not all that far-fetched scenario,

especially at the Highland Games.

However, such could be a nod of appreciation (or

envy) that we have worked so hard to prefect our craft.

There are some in town who tout the El Jebel Shrine Pipe

Band as (one of) the best band(s) in Colorado. We defi-

nitely have improved these last few years and have a ra-

ther large repertoire to show how hard these pipers have

worked to learn tunes. For the novice, the musical pieces

pipe bands play are called “tunes,” not “songs.” That is a

pet peeve of many pipers – the explanation given is

“songs” have words, “tunes” do not. That is not strictly

correct – many (especially “traditional”) tunes were an-

cient chants or songs that were “arranged” for pipes. An-

other tidbit for the novice is pipes have only nine notes

with no provision for sharps or flats. With such a limited

range, it is oft times difficult to completely transpose a

song/tune for bagpipes. That is why our Military Set

does not include the Air Force song – too many

“accidentals” (sharps/flats) as well as spanning more than

the one octave available on the pipes. (More such info

next month.)

Should there be any out there who would like to

join for all this hard work and fun, the Band meets every

Thursday evening at the Shrine at 1900 (or 7:00pm for

the uninitiated). Come on down!

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T-N-T

Tux—N—Trikes

Contact Jim Oliver

303-716-1380

Add a little class without using gas!

Hats available in the Shrine Office

$12.00 or a donation—which ever is more.

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March 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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3

4 DeMolay

Divan Meeting

5 Computer Club

6 Band

Directors Staff

7

Pipe Band

8

9 Family Day

10 Daylight Savings

Time

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12 Optars

13

Band

Dune Buggy

14

Pipe Band

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16 St. Patrick’s

Parade & Party

17 St. Patrick’s Day

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19 Nassab

20 Band

Spring Begins

21 Pipe Band

22 23

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25 Radops

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27 Band

Directors work

night

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Pipe Band

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30 Nile Installation