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2 ZUHRAH ARABIAN APRIL 2018

IN MEMORIAM

Sunshine Committee

When you hear of a noble who has been ill,hospitalized, convalescent,or shut-in, please contactZurhah Shriners, 952-426-3023. It is important to provide the noble’s address,name of hospital or nursinghome.We now have a new e-mail address,you can contactthe committee [email protected].

A new sign-out system hasbeen implemented forwheelchairs on loan fromZuhrah Shriners. If you haveobtained a wheelchair in thepast and are not using it, wewould appreciate having itreturned.We have had manyrequests for wheelchairs thisyear. If you return a wheel-chair, kindly return it throughthe office for our recordkeeping. Donated wheel-chairs in good condition willbe accepted, too.

Zuhrah Shrine CenterHours of Operation

Zuhrah Shriners administrative office:Monday – Friday 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

VoiceMail and Email AddressesZuhrah phone 952-426-3023

You may also email comments and questions as follows:

[email protected] [email protected]




In an effort to make your Divan more accessible to the Nobility,we have created an email address: [email protected].

Please put this in your address book. If you want to ask the Divan a questionor make a suggestion, or if you are concerned about something, send an emailto this address and the entire Divan will get a copy.The Divan has committed

to follow up with all emails that we receive.

Send changes of address to

6120 Blue Circle Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343-9109

Units and ClubsWhen you have news to include in an issue of the Arabian,please send it by email, if possible, to [email protected]

NEWS• Send your news in the body of an email, or attach a Word

document, or attach a PDF – especially for event ads.• Put Arabian in the Subject line of the email.

PHOTOS• Attach JPG photos to an email or a Word document

• Original digital photos are preferred• Set digital cameras to higher-quality file size

• Identify people in photo• Include caption for use with the photo.

DEADLINE: 10th of the monthNews submitted after deadline will be included on a space available basis.

Odell C SchallerHarvey E VinitskyDonald D Ridge

Lester K SeabergSteven L Kilmer

Thomas ChristensenJohn B Heimkes

Members Send Changes of Address to

6120 Blue Circle Drive Minnetonka, MN 55343-9109

or: 952-426-3023or: [email protected]

UpcomingZuhrahEvents

(new events are in red)Apr 7....Women’s Style Show LuncheonApr 8 ................RASC Pancake BreakfastApr 8................Lebanon Lodge BreakfastApr 13-14 ....Grand Lodge of MinnesotaApr 15 ..............BASC Pancake BreakfastApr 20 ................Zuhrah Stated Meeting

and CeremonialApr 22 ....Leg of Honor Omelet BrunchApr 27 ....................................Bunco NightMay 5 ......................Sporting Clays ShootMay 5 ......................................Derby PartyMay 11 ..........................................Pig LunchMay 11 ................Zuhrah Stated MeetingMay 18 ................Shriners at Twins GameMay 19....................................Hospital Day

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APRIL 2018

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ZUHRAH SHRINERS DIVANELECTED

Potentate ......................................................James Burlingame Jr.Chief Rabban ......................................................Bradford RobertsAssistant Rabban .............................................................Verl RaapHigh Priest & Prophet ...................................................Jon PavolaOriental Guide..............................................................Curt QuastRecorder.................................................................Darryl MetzgerTreasurer..............................................................Frank Namestek

APPOINTEDFirst Ceremonial Master.............................................Chaz MillerSecond Ceremonial Master ..............................................Bill ViceMarshal ...........................................................................Loran GoffCaptain of the Guard .....................................................Clif BaileyOuter Guard .............................................................Scott HughesChaplain ......................................................James Burlingame, Sr.

ARABIAN EDITORSend news items to: [email protected]

Bobbie LampiRSL desktop publishing services

320-251-9115 [email protected] Fairfield Court, Saint Cloud, MN 56303

SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN – TWIN CITIES2025 East River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55414

Phone: 612-596-6100

Zuhrah Stated MeetingFriday,April 20, 2018

Zuhrah Shrine Center 6120 Blue Circle Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343

Dinner at 6:00 p.m. / Meeting at 7:00 p.m.Dinner $15: Salisbury Steak with Oven Roasted Red Potatoes,

Crunchy Apple Salad, Cookies and Milk.

Meal RSVP by April 13 to [email protected] or 952-426-3023

Zuhrah Stated MeetingFriday, May 11, 2018

Zuhrah Shrine Center 6120 Blue Circle Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343

Dinner at 6:00 p.m. / Meeting at 7:00 p.m.Dinner $15: TBA

Meal RSVP by May 4 to [email protected] or 952-426-3023

Future Stated Meeting

locations

April 20, 2018Ceremonial to follow dinnerZuhrah Shrine Center 6120 Blue Circle DriveMinnetonka, MN 55343

May 11, 2018Zuhrah Shrine Center 6120 Blue Circle DriveMinnetonka, MN 55343

APRIL 2018 ZUHRAH ARABIAN 3

From the Potentate

Nobles and Friends —Then there was the Ball—Back To

The Beach. What a great event forZuhrah! Friday night saw hundreds ofZuhrah Nobles, wives and friendsparting around the DoubleTreeGarden Court wearing summer beachattire. It gave me a warm feeling justlike I was back at the beach. Somepeople got very creative with theirbeach attire. Congratulations to BillYungk and Ronda Anderson for beingvoted for having the best costumewith “Weekend at Bozo Jr’s.” It wasnice to see that Bozo Jr.made it to theball. Minnesota Valley Shrine Club wasvoted the best decorated room.A bigcongratulations goes out to them andall of the Unit and Club Hospitalityrooms.They looked great and it wasnice to have the Daughters of the Nilejoin us with a hospitality room thisyear, too.A big thank you to them.

At the Ball on Saturday morning,wehad a great Seminar for our Unit andClub Heads, informing them on theoperations of Zuhrah. I appreciate thetime that our nobles took to put onand attend the seminar. If you didn’tmake the seminar, contact Verl Raapfor the information.

Saturday afternoon our Ceremonialteam and Ceremonial Masters put onan excellent Ceremonial. Twelve newnobles crossed the hot sands thatafternoon. Congratulations to them.New Nobles, please get involved andfind a unit to join.

Saturday night found us dressed inour finest.The Unit and Club Headslooked great during the GrandMarch, passing through the LostIsland Tiki Hut, built by Mark“Spanky” Coleman. We then danceduntil one a.m. to the music of MichaelRiddle and Friends.They are a greatband and the music wasenjoyed by all.The Pipesand Drums did a lit-tle late, late nighte n t e r t a i n i n g .Thanks to themfor letting me getsome sleep thatnight.We did havea couple of inci-dents with peoplegetting a little out ofhand; remember, Nobles,that we represent the Craft andmust always be on our best behavior.

A couple of weeks after the Ball,thirty-two of our Zuhrah friendsenjoyed a week cruising on the RoyalCaribbean “Harmony of the Seas.”

What a ship! It is one of the largestcruise ships in the world.Fun was hadby all, and I now look forward to thewarmer Minnesota weather ahead.

The Friday night Oasis is becominga huge event.We play Bunco at leastonce a month. It’s fun and easy toplay. For $5 and an appetizer, you canhave a fun, inexpensive night. Thankyou to Heather Mewhinney for run-ning the event. My Lady Linda’s proj-ect “Toys for the Shrine Hospital” isreceiving half of the entry fee, so thefund is growing.The next Bunco nightis April 27th, so come on down tothe Oasis.

The Funsters hosted the annualEaster Egg Hunt at Zuhrah again onMarch 31.They did a great job as usualand the kids all went away happy. It is agreat feeling to see the Shrine Centerfull with families having a great time.Thanks to the Funsters, the Guardiansand 101 for helping.

Those of you who are not ScottishRite Masons are being given a specialinvitation on April 5th to join with ourScottish Rite Brothers to enjoy anevening of Brotherhood that will fea-ture a Representation of the 27thDegree, Knight Commander of theTemple. See the ad in this edition ofthe Arabian. Some of your fellownobles are taking parts in the degree.Dinner precedes the degree with horsd’oeuvres and a cash bar afterwards.Please send in your RSVP as soon aspossible, by contacting the ScottishRite Office at 612-871-1500.

Don’t forget that the 165th AnnualCommunication of the Grand Lodgeis taking place at the MinnesotaMasonic Heritage Center on April 13& 14.The Friday night Banquet will beat the Airport Marriott Hotel.Contactthe Grand Lodge for reservations.This moves the April Stated Meetingof Zuhrah Shrine to Friday, April 20.We will have a short Stated Meetingwhich will be followed by an old-timeCeremonial. Since it is the night of astated meeting, this will be a stagevent, and we plan on having a 2ndsection. Find a candidate and sign up apetition for this Ceremonial. Let’s tryand match the number of new mem-bers taken in at the ball.

On Saturday, April 21st, we will beseen in the streets of NortheastMinneapolis visiting some of the areasfamous drinking establishments.Contact Scott Hughes for informationabout the NE Pub Crawl.

The Spring Fundraisers of VidaliaOnions and Flower Sales are off andrunning. Illustrious Sir Gary Sibbenand Royce McEwen are heading theseup.Orders for both are due soon with

delivery in early May. Please see theads in this Arabian and get

your orders in now.These are easy

fundraisers thatrequire no up frontmoney fromZuhrah. The prod-ucts are easy tosell to your neigh-

bors and friends.Everyone will need

flowers for the spring,and the onions are great.

I hope to see you at some of theevents taking place in April. Zuhrahhas something to offer for everybody.

Jim Burlingame 2018 Zuhrah Potentate

Jim Burlingame, Jr., Potentate

Trea$ury Note$Greetings, Nobles and interestedreaders.

The Treasurer Report for the monthof February is like a good news badnews.The bad news is that we did notgenerate the income that was budgeted.We budgeted to receive $26,335.00 andonly generated $16, 812.00. The majordifference was that we did not receivethe amount of dues that was plannedfor.The good news is that our expenseswere $6,176.00 versus the budgeted$22,008.00. The expenses were off-setby incomes of $4,202.00 from the insur-ance reimbursement from the units andclubs insurance, $850 from the Unitsand Heads group for the Potentate’s cal-endar and postage expenses and thePotentate’s Ball expenses that have notbeen submitted yet.

Next month we should have the Ballexpenses completed and a surprise of

Jennifer’sJottings

Hello!For the past fourteen years I have

worked with the llama show at theMinnesota State Fair. How employmentworks at the State Fair is that all season-al and fair time employees are hired justfor that time period, so it does not mat-ter how long you have worked there,you fill out an application every year.Like many applications, it asked forpast/current employment and main jobduties performed. The day I filled outthe paperwork for the 2018 fair I shov-eled, cleaned the bathrooms,cut checks,helped a couple people make dues pay-ments on-line,ordered beer, filed paper-work, and other various items. I wasn’treally sure how to fill out the form, butI was reminded that I will never get intoa rut here. Can you believe people askme if I get bored? Thanks to you all foralways keeping my days interesting!

While getting ready for the fair andother summer activities, I was lookingat the calendar and figuring out when Iwould not be in the office for the nextfew months.The first day coming up isFriday, April 27th. I mention thisbecause I will always do my best to leteveryone know when I won’t be in, butI also want to remind everyone that ifI have the day off, the building willmore than likely be locked. I alwayssuggest that if you are going to stop in(and I always love the company!) youshould call first. I’d hate to havestepped out to run to the bank, or hadcalled in sick and people drive hereand can’t get into the building.

Thank you all!Jennifer

some last year’s circus expenses thathave recently arrived. We ended themonth with receiving $10,636.00 ver-sus the projected $4,327.00. Nextmonth will probably show a differentresult with the Potentate’s Ball and theunexpected Circus expenses.

Unit Club Financial reports are stilllagging. I have received reports from 19Units and Clubs.There are still 23 Unitsand Clubs that haven’t sent in theirreports.

Nobles, we have some fundraiserfunctions that we need your supportfor.The Onion and Flower sales are inprocess as well as the support of theOasis. Remember that the Oasis isopen every Friday, and we look for-ward to seeing you there.

Thank You.Frank Namestek 2018 Zuhrah Treasurer

MEMBERSHIPNext Ceremonial:Friday,April 20th

Zuhrah Shrine Center.We will have a shortened Stated Meeting and then the Ceremonial.

See the return of the 2nd Section and enjoy some fellowship.Get your petitions in.

Price is $249 and it includes 2018 dues, dinner and a FEZ.

Not that Fez!

This Fez!

Reach out and find Brothers who want to become Shriners.We are all on the membership team.

Let’s get those petitions in!

Pote’s family ‘Back at the Beach’


SHRINERS INTERNATIONAL

TOYS are always in short supply at the Shriners Hospitals for Children – Twin Cites. I wouldlike to have Zuhrah collect TOYS or money for TOYS to help fill the shelves at the ShrinersHospitals for Children – Twin Cities during 2018.TOYS are given out after a child’s appointment.The cabinet space in each department is limited, so smaller TOYS are best. However, they do havea supply of larger TOYS that are used for special occasions, like birthdays, having surgery, gettinga new prosthesis and sometimes when a child is having a hard day.

Money always works also,so they can buy what they need.Cash or checks can be turned into Zuhrahor sent to Linda Metzger at 5510 Sycamore Lane N, Plymouth, MN, 55442. Checks must be madepayable to Women’s General Auxiliary 4 Kids (WGA4Kids); please note “TOYS” on the memo line.

TOYS List for the Shriners Hospitals for Children – Twin CitiesAll TOYS must be new.These are just some of the most popular TOYS:

Girls: Boys:Barbie dolls, (the real ones), Action figure, Batman, Spiderman,Avengers

anything related to Barbie Nerf guns, not the real big onesBaby dolls, medium size Nerf Basketball HoopsTea/dish sets Small to medium remote cars and trucks Princess things Smaller Tonka trucks and TractorsMy Little Pony/Pretty Pony things Small Space SwordsHair styling play sets Hot Wheels and accessories

Footballs, basketballs, soccer balls, etc.Infants and Toddlers: Sports itemsFisher Price Toys: musical and light up,

Chatter telephone, Remote phones, Older Kids:Ring Stackers Rubic’s Cube

Musical light up microphones Hand held gamesMickey and Minnie Mouse, WalletsThomas the Tank, Paw Patrol toys Small pursesPush and Go cars EarbudsMatching games Make-up kitsPull toys Nail polish kitsBlocks WatchesWooden Peg PuzzlesDoctor kitsAll ages:Mr. Potato Head Puzzles that are kid friendly (24- 500 pieces)Magic sets Play-dough kits, not real big onesArts and Craft sets Magna DoodlesEtch-a-Sketch *Legos are very popular for both boys and girls*Any toy that has to do with the latest movie out is also popular.Games like: Yahtzee, Jenga, Sorry, Monopoly, Connect 4,Trouble, Chutes and Ladders,

Candyland, Let’s go Fishing, any game is good.

Thank you for your support—let’s fill the Hospital shelves with TOYS!

Linda Burlingame – 2018 Potentate’s Lady

2018 Potentate’s Ladylaunches TOYS forShriners Hospitals forChildren – Twin Cities

2018 IMPERIALS E S S I O N

July 15 – 19For the second year in a row Imperial Session

will not be over July 4th weekend.

BACK TO THE BEACH!As everyone is (or should be) aware, the 2018 Convention will be returning

to sunny Daytona Beach, a world renowned vacation destination, and we are suggesting some activities to keep you and your family entertained and engaged.You might want to make “Destination Daytona Beach” a family vacation.

When you think of American originals with fun in the sun, simply say “Welcometo Daytona Beach.”

Twenty-three miles of sandy, white beaches on the Atlantic Ocean are open topedestrians 24/7 with free access.Walk the sands or rent deluxe chairs, surfboards,boogie boards, bikes and now available paddle boards. Cars are permitted in designated areas of the beach from sunrise to sunset, tidal conditions permitting.

And for no other reason, just be lazy and enjoy the beautiful beaches!


SHRINERS HOSPITAL – TWIN CITIES


ZUHRAH SHRINERSMasonic RelationsCommittee

The spring reunion class for theMinneapolis Valley of the Scottish Riteis named after Ill. Sr. James O.Burlingame, Sr. Past Potentate ofZuhrah Shriners.That class starts April26th with the 4th and 14th Degrees,May 10th with the 18th Degree, andconcludes on May 12th with the 30th,31st & 32nd Degrees.Any Shriner whois not a member of the Scottish Riteshould embrace this opportunity tojoin this special class and become aScottish Rite Mason.

As a point of information, the springlong class is being named for anotherZuhrah Past Potentate, Ill. Sr. LawrenceW. Bachman. A very memorable eventto have the two spring classes namedafter our past Potentates.

If you don’t know about the ScottishRite and its Degrees, you have anopportunity to see what it is like byattending a unique Scottish Rite pres-entation of the Knight Commander ofthe Temple on April 5th. Registrationopens at 4:00 p.m. with dinner runningfrom 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. when we willadjourn to the Red Room for an educa-tional presentation.You will be exposedto of one of the more dramatic presen-tations of the Scottish Rite, the KnightCommander of the Temple, which willcommence at 6:30 p.m. At the conclu-sion, the hors d’oeuvres and cash barwill conclude at 10:00 p.m.

If you are a member of the ScottishRite, use this April 5th opportunity tobring a brother to see the presenta-tion of the Knight Commander of theTemple. You can even bring a MasterMason from your Blue Lodge.

Just think about it.Dinner, a show,andsocial for only $6.00 for non-ScottishRite Masons.You actually can afford totreat your Brother to quite an evening.Please let the Minneapolis Valley’s officeknow your head count so enough foodcan be prepared at (612) 871-1500 [email protected].

If you need help in getting informa-tion about some appendant Masonicorganizations and don’t know who totalk to, please talk to me and I will helpyou get connected. Here are someevents that are happening:

Blue Lodges• Sunday,April 8th – Pancake Breakfast,

Lebanon Lodge No. 346, SavageAmerican Legion 12375 PrincetonAve, Savage, MN.

• Friday, April 13th and Saturday, April14th – 165th Grand Lodge ofMinnesota Annual Communication,Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center,11411 Masonic Home Dr,Bloomington, MN.

• Tuesday, April 17th – 5:30 p.m. 84thAnnual Lynnhurst Turkey Dinner,Osman Shrine Center – Lost Spur,2750 Sibley Memorial Hwy,Eagan,MN.

• Friday,April 20th – 6:00 p.m.NewportLodge No. 118 & Mizpah Lodge No.191 Entered Apprentice Table Lodge,Newport Lodge No. 118, 644Broadway Ave, St. Paul Park, MN.

• Saturday,April 21st – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Pancake Breakfast,Arcana Lodge No.187, 920 Lowry Avenue NE,Minneapolis, MN.

• Saturday, April 21st – 6:00 p.m.Winona Lodge No. 18 7th AnnualTable Lodge, Winona Lodge No. 18,926 West 5th St,Winona, MN.

• Saturday, April 21st – Casino Night,

Sherburne Lodge No. 95,Osseo,MN.• Saturday April 28th – 5:00 p.m.

Scotch Tasting Event, Compass LodgeNo. 265, 4228 W. Broadway,Robbinsdale, MN.

• Sunday,April 29th – 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.Jasper Lodge No. 164 PancakeBreakfast, Jasper Lodge No. 164, 155W 4th St, Rush City, MN.

• Sunday,April 29th – 8 a.m.to 12:30 p.m.Forest Lake Lodge NO. 344 PancakeBreakfast, Forest Lake Lodge No. 344,119 8th Ave SE, Forest Lake,MN.

• Sunday,April 29th – 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.Wayzata Lodge No. 205 French ToastBreakfast and Geranium Sale,Wayzata Lodge No. 205, 407 EastLake St,Wayzata, MN.

Scottish Rite• Thursday,April 5th – 4:30 p.m. Beyond

the Blue Lodge Event, 27th Degree andSocial, Minneapolis Valley, Minneapolis,MN.

• Degrees taking place at the Duluth,Minneapolis, Rochester, and St. PaulValleys. Check their schedules forinformation.

York Rite• Detailed information on many York

Rite events is now available onwww.mnyorkrite.org.

Eastern Star• Saturday, March 3rd – 5:30 p.m.

Cancer Dance, Rosetown AmericanLegion 542, 700 County Rd C West,Roseville, MN.

Youth• Friday,April 6th, to Sunday,April 8th –

Minnesota Job’s Daughters GrandBethel,Cragun’s in Brainerd.

• Friday,April 20th to Sunday,April 23rd –Heartland Ritual Championships.

• Saturday, April 28th – DeMolay CampProject Day, J E Meyers Memorial Park,4000 Enchanted Ln,Mound,MN.

• Check out www.MNDeMolay.org foradditional information.

You are welcome to post yourMasonic related events and fundraisersdates on the Zuhrah Shriners MasonicRelations Committee’s Facebook page atwww.facebook.com/mnmasoniceventsafter you “Like” the page.

The whole fraternity is better off whenwe are all active and together. Don’t justrestrict yourself and limit your activity toonly one or two things. There is a richexperience in Masonry and plenty of phi-lanthropies in need of your assistance.

Carl Lidstrom, [email protected]

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The Divan Ladies are developing a Ladies Mentoring program in tandem with the Zuhrah Strong MembershipCommittee. One feature of the program is direct communication to the Ladies about events happening at Zuhrah forthe Noble's Lady and family, Zuhrah Ladies Connect.Another aspect is personal contact with the new Noble Lady dur-ing the time the noble is going through the Ceremonial. In the near future The Zuhrah Ladies Guidebook will serve asan information resource tool, and will be available at www.zuhrah.org, LadiesInfo (tab in the upper right corner).

Do you have a question? Email it to [email protected] and you will receive a response from a member ofthe Ladies Mentoring team.

Do you know a Lady who would like to be added to the Ladies Connect communications? Email her name to [email protected].

Zuhrah Divan Ladies [email protected]


ZUHRAH SHRINERS

Hello, Nobles,I hope everyone survived April Fools’

Day unscathed. I would guess there arerelatives and friends out there who lovepractical jokes and yearn for April 1stto come around. The one thing I havelearned, never pull a practical joke onsomeone who knows Karate!

I just wanted to let everyone knowthat Zuhrah’s Closet is going strong andwe keep taking in new items. At theMarch Stated Meeting I turned in $25that was donated the previous month.This money was donated to Lady Linda’sprogram TOYS for Shriners Hospitals forChildren.This is a program administeredby the Woman’s General Auxiliary. Theywill accept new toys or cash/check dona-tions so they can buy toys for the kids inthe Hospital.All of the monies collectedthrough Zuhrah’s Closet will go directlyto the program. If you wish to write a

check for aZuhrah’s Closetitem please make itout to WGA4Kids;please note “TOYS” on the memo line.

Zuhrah’s Closet is a program to col-lect Zuhrah logoed clothing or Shrinebling: pins, buttons, tie clips, rings, cufflinks, shirt button covers, items like that.The items are then placed on a coatrack at the ZSC and are on display forall Nobles to browse and purchase.There is a suggested donation price liston the clothes rack.This is only a sug-gested donation, feel free to leave more??.We have been receiving new items allthe time so please check back for newadditions.

Thank you for your support of theTOYS for Shriners Hospitals for Children,either by donations or purchases.

Noble Scott Fredell

Zuhrah’s Closet

Horsemen awardedCully’s Column trophy


ZUHRAH SHRINERS – UNITS

Greetings Nobles, Ladies and Friends,For those who went on the

Potentate’s cruise, welcome home! TheSteel Drum Band, along with the otherparade units, is gearing up for anothersuccessful parade season. We alreadyhave been invited back to several paradesand looking into some new ones.

The monthly business meetings arewell attended and this is greatly appreci-ated by your officers. If any members arein need of uniform slacks, yellow shirt,bolo tie or hat,please contact Mark Kipp.

One topic we continue to discuss isrecruiting new members. If you are read-ing this and are not a member of aparade unit we invite you to considerjoining the Steel Drum Band. We willencourage you to learn to play the steeldrums; however, it is a fact that somesimply are not musically inclined. Inthose cases we will encourage them toplay other percussive instruments suchas the tambourine, maracas, claves,gourd, triangle, shaker or bongos. Wealso have other support roles like drivingthe van. For nobles who are interestedin joining a performing group,you do nothave to look far to find one that is inter-esting, fun and so much appreciated bycheering parade crowds. We will teachyou very quickly and painlessly.We havepractice on Saturday mornings and amonthly business meeting the 1stTuesday of each month at 7 p.m. All ofthis takes place at the Plymouth MasonicLodge in Crystal. If you should need aride, I am sure we can arrange that aswell. Contact info is listed below. TheBand travels to and from the parades inan air conditioned van and performs ona beautiful float much to the delight ofadoring crowds. With the enthusiasticcrowds and the camaraderie of your fel-low nobles, there isn’t much more youcould ask for. Give us a try, you’ll like it.

If you are on Facebook, please checkout our page. Just search for ZuhrahSteel Drum Band. We will be postingsome videos, photos and our paradeschedule on it.

The Sunshine Committee also reportsseveral members continue to undergovarious treatments.We are keeping thefollowing in our thoughts and prayers,Cookie Burlingame, Jim Burlingame, Sr.PP, Grumpy Garton, Peg and LarryHorwedel, Dee Johnson,Tom Lind,TomMacLeod,Marilyn Powers, Sunny Reinersand Adrian Skytland, PP.

Birthday wishes go out to ladies SandySegal (19) and Nobles Dave Hanson (21)and Mark Kipp (22).Anniversary congrat-ulations go out to Peg and LarryHorwedel (12) and Audrey and KeithBraiedy (27)

To continue the series on the ques-tions the Band receives at parades:

Q: What types of drums do youplay? Or Why are they so many differ-ent drums?

A: Just like there are different instru-ments in an orchestra or sections in achoir, there are different types of steeldrums.

Some play the LEAD drums whichplay the melody of the song and couldbe considered the soprano of ‘ourchoir.’ These are single drums and have29 different notes on them

Others play DOUBLE SECONDSwhich are two drums which have 28 dif-ferent notes.The Seconds play the song’sharmony and would be the altos in ‘ourchoir.’

We also have TRIPLE CELLOS whichlike their name indicates are 3 drumseach with 8 different notes on them.TheTriples play the low chords and rhythm.The Triples would be our Tenors.

Finally we have the TENOR BASSdrums. These are the four 55 gallondrums in the back of the float. Each ofthese drums have five notes on them.The Tenor Bass would be the baritone inour vocal quartet.

The Zuhrah Steel Drum Band alsohas some other percussion instru-ments such as the bongo drums, theconga drums and the claves.

In closing, here is a quote from WBGeorge Washington in a letter toBrother Benedict Arnold from 1775:“While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the rights of conscience in others,ever considering that God alone is the judgeof the hearts of men, and to him only in this case they are answerable.”

Mark Kipp763-404-2476

[email protected]

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SOCIALITES

Come join us at the Old Log Theatre,April 29th; Lunch at 12:00, Play at 2:00.Reservations to Svenn Borgersen.Lunch, Play, Tax, Gratuity $57.07, Showonly $32.90. Checks made out toSocialites. Stay tuned for next event.

We are always looking for newmembers.

Svenn BorgersenPresident

651-452-5370

Hello Guns and Hoses,April is upon us and we have already

sprung ahead one hour. I know it is on TVand radio to check your batteries insmoke detectors and CO detectors. Iwould recommend not just testing thembut put in a new battery; it is very cheapinsurance. If your house, ice fishing shackor cabin does not have detectors in themplease buy a couple and put them up.Place the smoke detector up highbecause smoke is warm and rises in aroom. Put your CO detectors both highand low because CO tends to be morestable and could be high or low depend-ing on where the leak is and air currentsin the room.A great rule to follow is toread and follow the manufactures direc-tions.Also most detectors only last fiveor six years.They still will chirp when youpress the test button but that does nottest the CO sensor, just the battery. Bestto just buy a new detector and install it.

For Zuhrah’s May Stated meeting Ihave a short video lined up to showthe nobles. It is to bring attention andawareness to Law Enforcement week.

Our next Guns and Hoses Statedmeeting is this April 30th at KipsAuthentic Irish Pub in the MinneapolisMarriott West just off 394 and HWY169. We will meet for dinner first at1800, then start the meeting at 1900. Ifyou are thinking of joining Guns andHoses, please come to the meeting andwe can fill you in over a great dinner anda quick meeting, I promise!! The biggestthing we need to do is vote in a ProvostMarshal. I have the badge all ready, evencustomized it for us.

Stay Safe Scott Fredell

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(612) 817-0325 voice and text

Hello, Rod and Gunners,Here we are another month closer

to soft water fishing. I would guess manyhave May 12th circled on the calendar.As the weather gets warmer and icefishing houses get put away, the focusturns to getting the boat ready for thewater. For the rest of us non-boat own-ers, there is always a buddy around thecorner with a nice boat who is willing totake a friend fishing. After all, isn’t itmore fun to fish with someone?

April brings some fun events.The firstone is Grand Lodge on the 13th and14th.Then Friday.April 20th.Zuhrah willhost a Stated meeting along with aCeremonial. It would be nice to see alot of Rod and Gunners in our Clubshirts passing out brochures and shakinghands of new Nobles.

We still have pheasants and wild riceto sell. I know it has been a long fundrais-er but there is a little more work to doto earn money to bring the Hospital kidsfishing in June and July.We mustn’t forgetthe goal at the end of selling, the manysmiles of some pretty cool kids!

Also the spring Dave Vice MemorialSporting Clays shoot is May 5th.We arein the process of selling raffle tickets andstation sponsors to help raise money forthe Shriners Hospital. Bill Vice is incharge of passing out the raffle ticketsand registration for the shoot. If youneed tickets to sell to friends and familymembers, Bill can get you set up. Thetickets are only $5 each or a book of 5for only $20.There are ten firearms onthe raffle or a cash alternative for thosethat are not interested in the firearm.

Our next meeting is April 11th at7:00 p.m. at the Osseo/Maple GroveAmerican Legion in Osseo. Dinnerbefore hand at 6:00 if you are interest-ed. I will bring the new Provost Marshalbadge and we can vote on our requiredProvost Marshal.

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Greetings, Funsters and Nobles,Before we get into current activity, I

need to thank all the Funsters whoworked on getting our Potentate’s Ballcabana up and ready for the weekend,especially Tim Cornell (Wheels) andWayne Swenson (Buttons) for the newtables and the great over-door mural!And thanks to all those who brought thewonderful food for the room.Thank youall.All of our hard work paid off with aroom decorations Third Place Awardtoo.And also thanks to Nick Wager andthe Mariners for their assistance.

When you read this, the Easter EggHunt will be old news. I will include anupdate on that next month.

May 19 is Hospital Day at our ownShriners Hospitals for Children – TwinCities.We should be there in force. Let’sget a good group of Zuhrah Funsters toshow for this event.This is our backyardso let’s do our part to represent Zuhrah.

Remember, Funsters: we are alwayswelcomed at the Dad’s and Donuts thathappens at Zuhrah! Good times had byall……..

Larry Rode (Ziggy) has been workingon getting our summer parade sched-ule together. He had a rough draft ofpossible parades at the March meeting.When the final schedule come out,please sign up for the parades as soonas you can. This will help make theparading season more enjoyable for all.

I look forward to a fantastic paradingyear and hope it can be as successful aslast year.

Remember, as P.T. Barnum said, “Tome there is no picture so beautiful assmiling, bright-eyed, happy children; nomusic so sweet as their clear and ring-ing laughter.”

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Greetings, Zuhrah Nobles,The Potentate’s Ball was a great time.

Illustrious Sir Jim Burlingame and hisLady Linda definitely know how to throwa party. “Back to the Beach” was a funtheme and the Legion of Honor went allout. Having the theme announced a fullyear out did make it easier.We went witha Scuba Shop! Noble Jeff Agan is a MasterDiver and Instructor, so it made it veryrealistic.We had a lot of good feedbackon your efforts. We even had our ownreal Mermaid who got around to all unitsand danced till the end of the night. It wasnot a good, but great time.Thanks to myLady Shannon and Jeff’s Lady Jen! Onlything is we need to get better banquetfood for the buck, really. Over all, all hada good, no, great time.

By the time we read this, the Legion ofHonor,will have the first Parade for 2018under its belt. We will be doing the St.Patrick’s Day Parade in Crosslake

Minnesota.Yes, it will be early and yes, itwill be chilly, but it is a great parade!Currently we have fifteen parades thatare on our calendar. Many we know arein, some we have worked with, but youknow how it is, their committee has tocontact our committee and yadda yadda.They somehow magically come together.Actually with some hard work for PastCommander, current Adjutant Jeff Agan.

In our February meeting we broughtBrother Noble Jerry Cleveland into ourgreat unit and voted on two more.Wealso had a first reading, with talk of twomore petitions coming in.Yes, it is timeto grow.With some additions, I am hop-ing to get Legion of Honor with the Flagand Rifles in front of the truck at asmany parades as possible.

April 22nd is our Spring OmeletChampagne Breakfast. We are alsoadding to the menu, Biscuits and gravy!ATTENTION we are MOVING theVENUE! The new location will be

Mpls/Richfield American Legion6501 Portland Ave SoRichfield, Mn 55423They will be opening the bar no later

than 10:00 a.m. and are doing much tohelp us with our changes. Lots of easyaccess parking and Centrally located.Talk to any Legion member you knowor tickets will be available at the door. Ifyou have questions contact me,WB Phil

Carlson Commander 2018. 952-334-3350 [email protected] to allLegion members, we need all the helpwe can get or just come down andbring family to have an omelet, thatworks too.

We will be looking to do our meet-ings at the Shrine Center again by May.With the weather turning nice and thepatio in, I am hoping to use the grilland get some super meals going. Somewill absolutely be a family affair.

We are talking MSA in August. Ifaffordable, many of us will go. If we can,we will also bring Jeeps and do theParade, too.

Looking forward to putting theshovels away!

2018 Commander Phil CarlsonLegion of Honor



Greetings from the ZuhrahHorse Patrol: 58

Love wasn’t the only thing in the airon Valentine’s Day.There were storiesand a hint of horse manure,too.

First the stories...‘Uncles’ Bill Leadens and Dick Rindal

are constant sources of stories and thehistory of the Horse Patrol. Especiallyduring the winter, it’s nice to sit downbeside the fire in the clubhouse and lis-ten to them talk about days gone by.

It was the Potentate’s Ball that got ustalking one day.The theme of ‘Back to theBeach’ got me to thinking about what Billdid during World War 2. I knew he hadserved with the Marine Corp during theWar as part of the Greatest Generationbut did not know exactly where. Forthose of you not familiar with the historyof the Marine Corp during World War 2,those brave Marines spent a lot of time(probably too much time, if you could askone of them) on beaches all over theSouth Pacific ending the reign of terror ofthe Fascist Japanese Empire.

My inquiry got Bill to telling a story ofa friendship which was woven throughover 40 years of his life. I will try to doit justice...

As a young man, Bill found himself onParris Island preparing with his unit todo their part. While in training, Bill’sappendix burst and he needed an emer-gency appendectomy. Of course, therewere no doctors on-hand so they hadto have the Navy medic take it outbefore anymore damage was done. Bill’sabdomen became infected and he wasplaced in a Navy hospital.The infectionwas quite severe (it prevented Bill frombeing sent overseas) and he spent a lotof time in the hospital.

While in the hospital, the guy in thebed across the aisle befriended Bill andlooked out for him because he was sosick.This ‘Tony’ made sure Bill was doingOK. As it turned out, they were bothfrom Minnesota and when it came timeto be shipped home,Tony took care of Billon the train to make sure he got home allright.When they came home, they got offthe train and went their separate ways.

Fast forwarding 15 to 20 years(either the late 50s or early 60s), wefind our friend Bill Leadens walking thebeat serving with the MinneapolisPolice. He remembers that outsideone local business downtown, a drycleaners, that he could ‘tag’ (ticket) a

car almost every day for a parking vio-lation: same car, different violation,everyday.As Bill put it,‘I tagged the helloutta that car.’ This went on for a longperiod of time. Probably we are stillriding on some of the streets paved byBill’s service in tagging that car.

One day, the owner of that car final-ly saw Bill ticketing his car. “Hey, heyyou.Are you the one giving me all thetickets?” he yelled from across thestreet.

As he approached Bill, he continued,“Hey...hey, I know your face. I know you.”

“Yeah, I’ve been writing you ticketsfor a while now.”

“No, no, you and I served in theMarines together.”

It was then that Bill realized he hadbeen ticketing his old friend Tony thewhole time.They both had a long laugh.Bill and Tony became re-acquainted andremained friends while Tony continuedto run that dry cleaning business.

Fast forward to 1986 and our BillLeadens is now a newly minted ZuhrahShrine Horseman and is attending one ofhis first Zuhrah functions. Who did hesee? That’s right, his Marine brother, hisfriend and Past Potentate and fellowHorseman Tony Zahos.

Now the Manure…As we may recall, Valentine’s Day

was particularly warm, 30 to 40degrees. This meant we had perfectweather for a trail ride: beautiful sun-light, almost no breeze, ‘warm’ andnice melty snow for traction. Therewere a lot of riders out in the after-noon. All were able to get a nice ridein before helping to load up the wag-ons with all of supplies for our roomat the Potentate’s Ball. Thanks toWendy, Chris, Chuck, Tiffany, Donal,and Brad for helping to pack every-thing up. (PS: the aforementionedTrumpeter Swans apparently spendtime out on the lake.)

We all had a great time at the Pote’sBall and were honored to win the covet-ed Cully’s Column award for the secondtime in our history. Once again, theHorsemen’s room seemed to be the (or a)place to be late into the night on Friday.Rumor has it that things were still rollingwell after 2 a.m. when ‘mom’ told all thekids to go to bed.

At the February Stated Meeting(delayed due to Larry Messerli’s roman-ticism) we voted on and accepted theinfamous Scott Hughes into the HorsePatrol.Welcome aboard, Scott, we lookforward to seeing and riding with you!We also discussed adding ropes or lari-ats to our parade tack. I assume (and Iwill admit I was not paying completeattention because I was trying to deci-pher the pricing model for the flowersale) these lariats are ostensibly torestrain Larry.My thought: this is a start

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but we probably want some duct tape tosilence him too. Just a thought. CaptainGretton covered our parading and prac-ticing plans for the season and outlined atwo-year plan to get us ready for theInternational in Nashville.

Community OutreachAs part of our 2018 initiative to re-

invest in community outreach, we wel-comed the Orono-Westonka U10Bteam to the barn on 2/25 for pizza,horseback rides in the indoor arena, anda crash course on the Shriners andShriners Hospitals for Children. Therewere 30 children at the barn that dayand they had a wonderful time. Thankyou to Rob and Jen Stewart, DennisMyron, Susann and Ben Dye, Art Hart,Scott and Katie Udell, Jeanie, and Pattyand Rob Mason for making it all possible.

Cowboy BreakfastThe March Cowboy Breakfast start-

ed out rocky:we had apparently double-booked the ranch for Andrew Arashiba’schild’s birthday party at the same time.Fortunately, we were able to make it upto the birthday party group by providingfree food and rides to the kids to makeup for the inconvenience of having toshare the barn and clubhouse with us.

As for the breakfast itself. It was a suc-cess once again. This was in large partdue to the efforts of Chris Mullin, BradRandall,Art Hart and John Mac. Not tomention Chris Pounder and DennisMyron ensuring the rides were goinggreat.We also tested out letting kids eatfor Free. It worked.

Oh, and Andrew Arashiba pitched inby helping as a Loader to get kids onhorses. On his first official visit to thebarn as a Horseman, Scott Hughesimmediately pitched in and got to workin the kitchen. Great job to all. Thanksalso to Wendy (bartender), BradRoberts (cashier),Larry Messerli (maitred’/social butterfly), Phil Smith and ScottUdell (servers), and Ben Dye (cleanup).Apologies to those I am unknowinglyomitting.

UpcomingDrill practice will be starting up here

shortly, either in the indoor arena orthe outdoor.Also, don’t forget that ArtHart’s Steakhouse crew is at the barnevery 2nd Wednesday of the month tocook up steaks for one and all. Drop usa line so we know you’re coming sowe’ll have a steak for ya’.

Humbly submitted,

Young Man Afraid of His Horses

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Hello, everyone!You might be wondering why the

President of Zuhrah Antique Cars iswriting this month’s MotorHeads article.The answer involves some great news.

When reading last month’s Arabianand seeing that the MotorHeads weregoing to disband, the ZAC felt that doingso would leave a big hole in our units.The motorcycling community is largeand diverse, and there needs to be aplace in Zuhrah and Shrinedom forthem.Additionally many ZAC membersown motorcycles while most of theMotorHeads own classic cars.

Thus I am pleased to announce thatthe Zuhrah MotorHeads will live on as apart of the Zuhrah Antique Cars unit.After discussion and meetings both unitsfelt that we were a great fit together andhave agreed to a merger of the units.TheMotorHeads will be an semi-autonomous unit within the ZAC—theywill be members of both ZAC and theMotorHeads.

This is a fantastic opportunity forboth of us to share and to grow. I couldnot be more happy.

To our newest ZAC brothers, wel-come.Thank you for your confidence inus.We are delighted that you are with us!

Thomas WalkerPresident

Zuhrah Antique Cars



Greetings from the Zuhrah AntiqueCars Unit! The weather is nice andthere’s a Spring in our step as we getready for a great season.

To start things off we are VERY excit-ed to announce that the ZAC is mergingwith the Zuhrah Motor Heads! We had along set of meetings and discussions anddecided that we had a lot in commonand that being together would really ben-efit both of us. We are both extremelyhappy and are looking forward to themany shared activities that we have com-ing up. I know that you will make ournewest members feel welcome.

This summer will be a busy yet funparade season.We are looking forwardto upcoming parades in Fridley, St LouisPark, Northeast Minneapolis (with ourfriends in the Lions), Columbia Heights,Blaine, Roseville, Delano, Apple Valley(yes, we will be doing the Car Showparking), St Paul Rondo (in support ofour Fezzan brothers), LeSueur, Watkinsand Plymouth, so far. Remember thatour schedule is subject to change sowatch your email and Facebook forupdates! To like us on Facebook go towww.facebook.com/ZuhrahAntiqueCarsUnit where we have lots of photos andvideos of the awesome stuff we do.

In addition to parades,our officers areplanning to do more car shows and stat-ics than we have in previous years.These,along with possible mini cruises, socialevents, Feztival of Trees, the Potentate’sBall Decorating Committee (it’s nevertoo early to start planning!) and ofcourse our Fall Mystery Trip will make

for a busy, but very enjoyable, upcomingseason. These are always great opportu-nities to volunteer and participate foranyone including those nobles who don'thave a car for parades.Contact any ofour officers for information on how youcan help (even if you’re not a member wewould love to see you!).

Our monthly Burger Runs are fun andvery popular. These are on the 4thWednesday of every month starting at 6p.m. at preselected restaurants.You don'tneed to be a member to join in the funand spouses are always welcome. Pleasejoin us this month at Lookout Bar & Grill,8672 Pineview Ln North, Maple Grove,MN.In May we’ll make our first trip to theGold Nugget Tavern and Grille at 14401Excelsior Boulevard, Minnetonka, MN.Due to a busy parade season we’ll be tak-ing the month of June off, and in July we’llbe supporting the Temple at the IceCream Social. We are always looking forgreat ideas of places to go,so if you have aplace you think we would enjoy please letus know.We would love to hear from you!

If you would like the Zuhrah AntiqueCars Unit to appear at your parade orfunction drop our Captain a line [email protected]. If you wouldlike to drive a classic car in a paradecontact us as well.We are always look-ing for people willing to drive cars (evenif you don’t own one!).

Check us out our business meetingsare held the 2nd Wednesday of themonth starting at 7 p.m.We meet at theZuhrah Temple (6120 Blue Cir Dr,Minnetonka, MN) and many membersarrive early around 6 p.m. for food, bev-erages and conversation. If you’re inter-ested in joining our unit or would likemore information drop us a line [email protected] donot need to own a classic car to join ourunit—just have an interest in classic carsand a desire to drive one.

Fraternally,Thomas Walker

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Greetings, all!As you read this, the Zuhrah Pipe Band

will have braved the elements once againand participated in the St. Patrick’s Dayparade in New Richmond, Wisconsin.While the event has not yet happened aswe write this, it would appear that therewill be a decent contingent of the Band(and their loyal entourage) attending.(We’ll have to fill you in on actual PipeBand participants next month.)Meanwhile, the group is also working ontheir annual appearance at the MinnesotaGrand Lodge Communications this Aprilwhere once again we’ve been asked topipe in the dignitaries for the GrandLodge Banquet. This is not just for theZuhrah Pipe Band but all pipers anddrummers are invited to join in the event.If you think you’d like to join in, pleasecontact either our Drum Major Mac orour Pipe Major Ralph.

Communications have also beenmade to officials of some of the paradesthat the Pipe Band tends to participate(Mapleton and Watkins to name just afew). Again, the Pipe Band would love itif any member of the Pipe Band (or aPipe Band ‘wanna be’) would join us.

Meanwhile, the pipers and drum-mers have been working on the newtune,The John D. Burgess March. If youhaven’t gotten your copy of the tune,please contact piper Ted Martz([email protected]) and he willget you a copy. Meanwhile, if you’d liketo hear the tune, checkouthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkaIEf50DbM .

And as always,nobles looking to learnhow to play the pipes or drums (or justjoin the Band for the comradery) arewelcome to join us each Monday at ourpractice. We are still gathering at theMinneapolis Scottish Rite (6:30 p.m. forchanter/drum practice. 7:00 p.m. for fullband practice). We all seem to have apretty good time, and we sincerelyinvite you to join us.

Sláinte (health) to one and all,

Your Pipe Band Scribes,Biff Wellington and Noah Zark

Fun and Games at theBeach


ZUHRAH SHRINERS – CLUBS

WELCOME TO THE VALLEY—WE ARE LOCATED AT THE CORNEROF SUNSHINE and FRATERNAL WARMTH.

MVSC is numero uno. At the Potentate’s Ball banquet, MVSC was award-ed the best decorated hospitality room. Our President Kevin Raley accept-ed the trophy from Potentate Jim Burlingame Jr.

Brad Roberts (Ball Chairman), Jim Burlingame (Potentate), Kevin Raley (PresidentMVSC) & Wendy,Tom & Deb Blackwell (Decoration Co-Ordinators), and

Vice President Jerry Cleveland & Missy.We heard many compliments on our hospitality room which was decorated

in the theme of the Ball—Back to the Beach. We heard many nice commentson the large variety of food appetizers supplied by our ladies and also on thefruit carvings by Deb Blackwell. Thank you, Deb, for all your time and effortin our hospitality room. The best compliment we heard several times was thewarm hospitality our guests felt when visiting in our room.

The fun started on Friday evening. Our members who donned costumeswere Tom and Deb Blackwell, Jim and Diane Berg and Jerry Clevelandwho dressed in a lobster costume. Our President Kevin dressed in his favoriteattire—tank top, shorts, and flip flops.

Left: Kevin Raley,Tom Blackwell, and Lobsterman Jerry. Right: Tom and Deb Blackwell

Saturday at the Ball started with Zuhrah units playing poolside in the after-noon. Once again, my heart was warmed by listening to the performance fromthe Drum Corps with whom I paraded for 23 years.

MVSC had twenty-two members and ladies attend the Banquet. During theGrand March, our President Kevin (holding the trophy for best room decoration)and his Lady Wendy were introduced. Following the Grand March there wasdancing poolside. Terry and Banay Fried were voted top dancers from MVSC.

Left: Craig & Sara VanMeter. Above:Wendy, Kevin,Deb,Tom, Jane, Paul, Craig, & Sara.

Greetings, Nobles and Ladies,As I pen this article, we are exactly

one week away from the arrival ofspring, with its warmer weather, longerdays, and opportunities to get out of thehouse to start shedding the extrapounds we put on this winter. And withspring comes… PANCAKES andSAUSAGES! More on that later.

BASC had its first stated meeting sincethe January installation of new officers onMarch 14th at the Bloomington EventCenter with President Royce McEwenpresiding. Joining in the festivities wereVP Sven Borgersen, Secretary RobFendler, Treasurer Phil Bemis, boardmembers Jim Rausenberger, TomO’Hara, Dave Pickit and ScottWagner, Provost Marshal Mark(Wyatt Earp) Olsen,and BASC mem-bers Dave Alstrup,Marlowe Anderson,Brad Ahrens and Al Paulsen. We alsowelcomed Zuhrah Masonic RelationsRep Carl Lindstrom to our meeting, andappreciated his invitation to attend theKnight Commander of the Temple repre-sentation on April 5th at the Scottish RiteTemple.

The stated meeting started out on avery positive note with most of the atten-dees very supportive of the new leader-ship and anxious to hear of the many newinitiatives that BASC will undertake thisyear. However, that came to a screechinghalt when, as I asked for a motion toapprove the agenda, I was interrupted bya loud “NO” by our new BASC ProvostMarshal Wyatt. I immediately poundedmy gavel (well, it’s actually a hammer—more on that later, too) and reprimandedhim for his insolence. One would thinkthat if anyone in our club would under-stand the importance of proper rules andorder, it would be the Marshal – apparent-ly ours needs a little more training. Oncethe motion and second were made forthe approval of the agenda, discussion fol-lowed, during which Marshal Wyatt askedto be added to the agenda so that hewould have time to assess fines.The origi-nal motion was amended, seconded, andpassed (but just barely).

The rest of the meeting was progress-ing quite nicely until we got to the newagenda item asked for by Marshal Wyatt.He took the floor, and, as his usual style,spoke gibberish about unwritten rules andtraditions and other non-sense. Nobleswere fined for showing up late for themeeting, not wearing their fez, not writingreports, etc. One member complainedthat this was worse than any new tax planever legislated in Washington DC.

Then when I was fined for not havingmy gavel – that was the last straw! Truthbe told, there is a mountain of evidenceproving that there is COLLUSION tak-ing place between the BASC ProvostMarshal (Wyatt) and the ZuhrahProvost Marshal (let’s call him MattDillon), as they were both in attendancethe night that the aforementioned gavelwas STOLEN from the newly installedBASC President. Marshal Wyatt was lastseen eyeing the gavel on the dinner tableas I arose to take care of some personal

Bloomington

Thank you to all MVSC members andladies who attended to make it a fun-filled weekend. Special thanks to thoseworked on the set-up, clean-up and teardown and especially to Tom Blackwellwho spent 11 hours building our bam-boo hut for the beach theme. Weappreciate the time and effort that KevinRaley and Jerry Cleveland put in forthe procurement, delivery, and set-up ofour libation station. Also special thanksto our ladies for supplying the deliciousappetizers. It takes a lot of work by a lotof people to put on a good party but itwas well worth all the effort. It was afun weekend visiting with our Shrinerfriends in the various hospitality rooms.*****************************

Minnesota Valley Shriners Club held itsFebruary Dinner & Stated Meeting onFebruary 22 at the CharthouseRestaurant in Lakeville. Thirty-threenobles and ladies enjoyed good food andfellowship. Chaplain Loran Goff pro-vided us with an inspirational invocation.

The Zuhrah Divan in attendanceincluded Jon Pavola and Jean along withLoran Goff and Judy. Also in atten-dance with us was Past Potentate DonWurden and Carole. President Kevinpresented Jerry Cleveland with a plaquerecognizing Jerry’s service as 2017President.MVSC is once again supportingour Hospital KIDS with a donation fortheir Prom. Some of our ladies also havedonated their previously used dresses forthe girls to wear at their Prom.

MVSC members are currentlyinvolved with fund raising activities. Wejust completed our Spring ShrinersBreakfast & Bake Sale on March 18.Details to follow in May Arabian. In addi-tion, we are involved in fundraising forZuhrah with the vidalia onion sales andthe flower garden plant sales.

On behalf of MVSC, we would like toextend a special invitation to our "PREVI-OUS ACTIVE MEMBERS" to come visitus again at one of our monthly dinnermeetings. If you would like transporta-tion to our meetings, please call me, andI will make the arrangements. We lookforward seeing you soon.

Remember – the more you partakein MVSC and Zuhrah, the more enjoy-ment you receive in return. Check yourArabian for special events each monththat are planned for your enjoyment.

Our next dinner meeting is April 26at 6:00 at the Savage American Legion.All Shriners, their ladies, and guests arealways invited to attend our monthlydinner meetings.We think you will enjoyyourself. Please call me with any ques-tions you might have.

We are blessed to share in all the funand fellowship that the Shrine has tooffer and we are always mindful of whywe are here—to support and heal “ourKIDS” in the Shriners Hospital and theMasonic Children’s Hospital at theUniversity of Minnesota.

Have a great month and think ofonions, flowers, and warmer weather.

Ken ChambersArabian Correspondent

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business, and as I came back to the meet-ing Marshal Wyatt was seen handing ashiny wooden object to Marshal Dillon,asboth of them laughed heartily. Not want-ing to make too much of a scene at ourrecent meeting, I gladly paid my fines, butwith a warning that justice will be served.

The remainder of the meeting went alittle smoother, except for every timeMarshal Wyatt had something to say. Itbecame readily apparent that he was notgoing to abide by Robert’s Rules of Orderduring the meeting, so by ExecutiveOrder I declared that Robert’s Ruleswould be immediately replaced byRoyce’s Rules of Order, and that all of mydecisions would be final! That’s whenWyatt’s sidekick in the back of the room,Scott (“Tulip Tycoon”) Wagner,started making some smart-a__ com-ments. I don’t have the time nor the inkto report to you how upset I was withhim,but I am sure that he is also involvedin the COLLUSION with the Marshals.

The meeting adjourned at 8:47 – near-ly 20 minutes past schedule, all becauseof the problems caused by the aforemen-tioned members. I will do my best toensure that all future meetings adjournby 8:30. And I would be remiss not togive a special thank you to the “anony-mous” member who picked up the tabfor everyone’s dinner (although I heard arumor that he was so disgusted withthose two yahoo’s at the back table thathe let them pay for their own meals).

Back to the PANCAKES andSAUSAGES! As everyone knows theBASC makes the best pancakes andsausages in all of Shrinedom, and yournext chance to taste these delicacies iscoming up on Sunday,April 15th,from8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We will beserving at the Bloomington Event Center(formerly KC Hall) on AmericanBoulevard, and all are welcome – nobles,ladies, family, friends – even Marshals. Noone should ever be denied the chance topartake of this “ALL YOU CAN EAT”extravaganza.

Another important date to put onyour calendars is Saturday, May 5th,when we will be celebrating the “144thRunning of the Roses” at the ZuhrahShrine Center “Derby Party”.Watch your Arabian and E-rabian fordetails and registration information.

Finally, a huge thank you to everyonewho has supported the Spring FlowerFundraiser this year.We know that youare all anxiously awaiting the delivery ofthese flowers, and we are sure that youwill get lots of enjoyment out of them allsummer long.

Don’t forget – for a “Flipping GoodTime” join us on Sunday,April 15th,for our Pancake and SausageBreakfast! Hope to see you there!

Royce (the Ruler) McEwenPresident 2018

BASC


ZUHRAH SHRINERS – CLUBS

Our March meeting was held atLynde’s Restaurant in Osseo. Fifteenmembers were present on a cool butotherwise nice evening.The food wasgood and prices reasonable.

We went over upcoming eventswithin Zuhrah and the Masonic familyand enjoyed each other’s company

Our April meeting will be held atPizza Ranch in Champlin on April 10th.

GPS Friendly Address:Pizza Ranch12443 Champlin DriveChamplin, MN 55316Phone 763-421-2558

AASC MEETINGS ARE:SOCIAL AT 5:30 p.m.ORDER ABOUT 6:00

DINNER by 6:30 2nd Tuesday of each month.

As always nobles and their wives orsignificant others in the north end of theCities are invited to attend our meet-ings.You will be welcomed,and I am surethat you will find that we appreciate theopportunity to meet and greet you.

The reluctant Scribe,

Curt Speller, President763-422-6842

[email protected]

Greetings, Nobles:My name is Steven Scheffert, and I am

honored to have been elected andinstalled as the President of the HO HOArea Shrine Club for the upcoming year.I am looking forward to a fun and busyyear as we have already participated intwo events and had one meeting. HOHO club members should have receiveda 2018 meeting/event schedule by now,so we hope to see many of you duringthe year.

On Monday, February 5th, ourFebruary Meeting took place at Ettlin’sCafé in New Prague, where we greetedour 2018 Potentate, Illustrious Sir JimBurlingame Jr., and the 2018 High Priestand Prophet Noble Jon Pavola. A bigthanks to Noble Don and Judy Conn forhosting the meeting.

During the meeting we held our2018 Installation of Officers ceremony,and the following officers wereinstalled for the year:• President Noble Steven Scheffert• 1st Vice-Pres Noble Kevin Thune• 2nd Vice-Pres Noble Nate Smithson• Secretary Noble David Scheffert• Prov Marshal Noble Don Seeman• Chaplain Noble Charles Richter

I would personally like to thank NobleDavid Scheffert and Lady DorothyScheffert for the gavel that was presentedto me from our original Lodge where weboth joined Masonry.

In the middle of February, our ShrineClub was well represented at the 2018Potentate’s Ball weekend, where we hadfive nobles and their ladies, see imagebelow, attend the Banquet and Ball onSaturday evening, and we had severalother nobles come to the event on Fridaynight and Saturday morning/afternoon.Noble Kevin Thune, Noble NateSmithson and I also attended theClub/Unit Head seminar session onSaturday morning, which was veryinformative as I personally learned some-things that I always wondered about orjust never knew.

Front Row (L to R): Lady Robyn Smithson,Lady Kathren Tainter, Lady Dorothy

Scheffert, Lady Sue Honetschlager andLady Joyce Swenson. Back Row: Noble

Nate Smithson, Noble Steven Scheffert,Noble David Scheffert, Noble Dan

Honetschlager and Noble Wayne Swenson.

On Thursday, February 22nd, theLadies of HO HO once again madetheir famous Potato Salad (over 300lbs. of it) for their annual fundraisingevent, which is used at the ArlingtonLions Club Fish Fry event. Over 20individuals were in attendance to helpmake the potato salad that evening andthen battled the snowy conditions to

Zuhrah Women’s Auxiliary We will be holding our next meet-

ing at the Zuhrah Center on Saturday,May 12th. We meet at 11:30 and willbe having a catered box lunch.We aretrying a Saturday meeting to accomo-date the working Ladies.

The Style Show was a success. TheChristopher & Banks store in EdenPrairie showed their Spring line. I wantto thank all the people/committeemembers who helped with the styleshow. Jane Hagstrom did a fantastic jobheading up the committee. I can’t thankher enough for all the time and effortshe and the committee members putinto the event. All monies raised go tothe hospital for the Wheelchair fund.

We do not meet again untilSeptember. Enjoy your summer, and Ihope to see all of you at the Zuhrahevents scheduled.

If interested in joining the Auxiliarycontact me at 651-452-5370.

Sue Borgersen, Chairman651-452-5370

They say you are lucky to maintainfriendships over the years with peoplewho you meet at various stages in yourlife. So, who are they? Perhaps they arethe people you work with, your neigh-bors, extended family, childhood friends,or the folks you break bread with…

East Central Area Shrine Club meet-ings are the third Thursday of eachmonth. Your lady is welcome as arethose interested in Masonry. Don’t letbeing single stop you from enjoying thefun, a good dinner or finding out what’shappening at the Shrine or local BlueLodge events.We are Zuhrah and Osman(OZ) Shriners plus others so everyone iswelcome!

We meet at restaurants,wearing ourFez, so folks know who we are and/orwill ask us! Join us in Stacy at theRustic Inn on April 19th;Social Hour5:30 p.m. Dinner/Mtg: 6:00 p.m.Order off the menu – adult beveragesavailable.

Get out for some fun, share yourstory and make new friends for life –as you can never have too many. Anddon’t worry about doing dishes. Don’twait; call Mike,The Wizard of OZ,at (651) 210-6584 to be part ofECS and help children be just likeyou and me, but better!

Fraternally yours,

Mike Hill

Party!! A stomping good time. Comewith your steel-toed boots to stompour “Hard Durham Wheat” into pan-cake flour: necessary to make thefamous Pancakes. Those round thingsthat turn into wheelchairs and othernecessities for our own Shrine Hospital.

An extra event is a large display ofexcellent handy work of beautiful,as wellas practical, items for home or gifts.While we are cooking the best pancakesand sausage, the Ladies of CompassLodge are showing their wares. In addi-tion, our Shrine bands are playing foryour entertainment.

The date for your “Hard DurhamWheat” cakes is April 8th from 8:30 to12:30 at the Crystal Community Center(4800 Douglas Drive North). Our 71years old tradition continues.

On April 3rd, a Tuesday, we will havethe gathering of the R.A.S.C. members,wives and anyone else who wishes agood meal. Gather at Jake’s Restauranton Hwy. #55, one block west of Hwy.494 and one block north. Come andbring friends, relatives and anyone youcan Shanghai.

Rick Ackerman, Scribe763-545-1233

We had a few new people join us forour March dinner.Dennis Sherwood andhis lady Claudia were there for their fisttime. It looked like they both had a greattime. Maybe with a little help from theAquavit? Dennis shared some goodjokes with the group. I hope we seemore of them in the future.Paul and Loribrought their friend Ron,who had nevertried torsk before. He must have likedthe fish because his plate was clean as awhistle. Jim Higgens return with a guestall the way from northern Wisconsin.And a big thanks goes out to Phil Kasten,who took time out from his busy sched-ule to bring Tom Fjelde all the way upfrom Northfield.

Jane Carlson,one of the luckiest ladiesI know, finally won the free dinner draw-ing. Jane, you’re one step away from win-ning the big 50/50 drawing. Speaking ofthe 50/50 drawing, I would like to apolo-gize to our Illustrious PP Ted Martz. Iaccused him of short changing someonewhen he was selling the tickets inFebruary.Ted explained to me what hap-pened, so everything is all good now.How could I have ever doubted Ted??Roberta Olson was the lucky winner ofthe 50/50 in March. I’m sure she tookRich out for lunch with the winnings.

I can’t believe it—there are onlythree more torsk dinners left until webreak for the summer. Here are theupcoming dates,April 4th, May 2nd andJune 6th. Please come join us for thegreat food, plenty of laughs and fellow-ship.You need not be a member! Socialhour starts at 5:30 with dinner beingserved at 6:30. Reservations need tobe in by the Friday evening before ourdinner. Please call Paul Thour at 612-281-4623 or email [email protected] for reservationsof for more information. Remember“The More the Merrier”

Skol pa fisken –

Your Scribe,Old Sven here

Happy Spring to all! Hard to believethat we are into April already.Well wedidn’t meet in March due to a winterstorm.We haven’t been real busy as aclub, but with everyone’s effort thatwill change for us.The board and I havebeen throwing around ideas forfundraising for the club, and we are stilllooking for ideas. If you think of anyplease contact any of us.The strengthof our club depends on the participa-tion of its members. I truly believe thatif we concentrate as a club on differentfunctions, the membership part willgrow itself! We need ideas and desireto rear its head again.

We are meeting at the Willmar VFWApril 2, 2018.Will keep this short andsee you at the meeting with your ideas!

Richard Bergstrom2017 President,WASC

Willmar

Torsk Club

make it back home safe and sound.Unfortunately, our March meeting in

Arlington was postponed due to thestorm that moved in on March 5th, butwas rescheduled for March 12th, wherewe will already start to plan for our sum-mer events of Volunteering at the WarriorDash event in Le Sueur and the SummerMidwest Shrine Association session out inDeadwood, South Dakota.

Our next meeting will be held Monday,April 2nd, at Toody’s in Henderson, andthen on Monday, May 7th, at Hahn’sDinning and Lounge in Winthrop. Wehope to see many of you there.

Lastly, I would like to thank our PastPresident Noble Dan Honetschlager forhis service to the club last year. NobleDan lead us through a successful year aswe had many fun meetings and eventsthroughout the year and he especiallyhelped me prepare for my year asPresident.Thank You, Noble Dan!

Submitted by:Steven Scheffert

2018 President HO HO Area Shrine Club

Left to right: ECS President Mike Schultzwith Nobles Dean Yorston, John Becvar andOsman support, give 100 tickets to the localPHASE Program – adult disabled employeesso they might enjoy a Shrine Circus, whichisn’t available in rural Central Minnesota.


BUSINESS LISTINGS Contact Bradford Roberts at [email protected] Listings $75 per year

ZUHRAH SHRINERS CALENDARSUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

MARCH 25Palm Sunday

26Guns & Hoses

27Club & Unit Heads

28LOH StatedMarshall ASC Antique Cars Burger Run

29 30Good Friday

31PassoverEASTER EGG HUNT

APRIL 1Easter

2Drum Corps StatedHo HoPatrol StatedWillmar ASC

3Cycle CorpsRASCScottish Rite StatedSteel Drum Band

4101FlamesMarinersTorskWest Metro SC

5Scottish Rite 27°

6OASIS IS OPEN!

7Women’s GeneralAuxiliary Luncheon

8RASC PancakeBreakfast

9Band BoardFunsters Pipes & Drums

10Anoka ASCBloomington ASC Owatonna ASCMembershipPast PotesZuhrah Auxiliary

11Antique CarsHorsemen StatedThe Chairmen

12Finance Committee

13OASIS IS OPEN!

14Patrol Cap Shuey

15BASC PancakeBreakfast

16 17Lynnhurst DinnerCanby ASCCeremonial Unit Cobra Corps RASC Board

18FlamesGuardian Unit

19FlyersScottish Rite 28-29°

20ZUHRAH STATEDMEETING3:30 Divan Meeting5:30 Trustees5:45 Dinner7:00 Stated MeetingSPRING CEREMONIAL

21DADS & DOUGHNUTS

22LASC PancakeBreakfastLOH Omelet Brunch

23 24Club & Unit Heads

25LOH StatedMarshall ASC Antique Cars Burger Run

26Minn Valley SCScottish Rite 4° and 14°

27OASIS IS OPEN!

28

29 30 MAY 1Cycle CorpsRobbinsdale ASCScottish Rite StatedSteel Drum Band

2101FlamesMarinersTorskWest Metro SC

3 4OASIS IS OPEN!

5R&G Sporting ClaysShoot

Run for the Roses Party

AccountingMesserli & SchadowLarry E. Messerli CPAMinneapolis, [email protected]

AttorneysDavid E. CulbertMinneapolis, MN952-546-5440

Hanson Lulic & Krall, LLCTony R. KrallMinneapolis, [email protected]

Auto Dealers

Lockwood Motors, Inc.Chet LockwoodBob LockwoodMarshall, MN800-658-2455www.Lockwoodmotors.com

Auto RepairYoungstedts "Goodyear"Hopkins, MN952-933-4305www.Youngstedts.com

Cleaning Services

Quick Dry-Tech Carpet &Upholstery CleaningChuck StennesMinneapolis, [email protected]

Computer ConsultantScherstad Systems Inc.Ross E. Hjermstad

Elk River, MN

612-221-2889

[email protected]

Contractors

CCRCC Carlson

Construction Co.

David Carlson "Too Tall"

St Louis Park, MN

952-545-2403

Financial Advisors

Jirak & AssociatesAmeriprise FinancialTim Jirak, CFP, ChFCEden Prairie, [email protected]

Funeral DirectorsWashburn McReavyWilliam L. McReavy, Sr.William W. McReavy, Jr.Jim EwaldMinneapolis, MN612-377-2203www.washburn-mcreavy.com

Heating & AirStandard HeatingMinneapolis, MN612-824-2656www.Standardheating.com

InsuranceChoice Insurance AgencyOwen R SeeleyMinnetonka, [email protected]

Horizon AgencyDick DevineEdina, MN612-333-4455www.davidagencyinc.com

Medicare (Health Insurance)Ernie RidensMinneapolis, MN 55447763-755-9699

Real EstateAmy E. Kerber International President’s CircleRealtor, Graduate RealtorInstitute, Certfied Relocation SpecColdwell Banker Burnet7550 France Ave. S. Suite 100Edina, MN 55435952-844-6062 office 952-844-6000 front desk 952-210-4414 cell phone 952-844-6099 faxEmail: [email protected] Web: AmyKerber.CBIntouch.com

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RoofingKaufman RoofingDick KaufmanMinneapolis, [email protected]

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Senior Home CareServicesIndependent Home Care AgencyAlexander O.Walker, Director763-205-57633300 County Road 10 Suite 300EBrooklyn Center, MN 55429

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Robbinsdale AreaShrine Club

Sausage and

Sunday,April 8, 2018

8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Crystal Community Center

4800 Douglas Dr. N.Crystal, MN 55429

Donation – $8.00Children 8 & under

$3.00

Tickets Availablefrom any

Club Memberor at the Door

The Original (1949) Pancake

Recipe Using Unbleached

Natural Hard Durum Wheat Flour

Over1,500,000

Served

Proceeds from this activity are for the benefit of the Robbinsdale Area Shrine Club.

Payments are not deductible as charitable contributions.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Mobil Nobles 52nd Year Pig LuncheonCelebrating the Ascension of

Outer Guard Scott HughesFriday, May 11, 2018

Cocktails 11:30 a.m. – Prime Rib LunchCost – $25.00

Zuhrah Shrine Center6120 Blue Circle Drive

Minnetonka, Minnesota

Sponsored by the Zuhrah Past Potentates

Dress: Fez and Traditional Tie

Purchase tickets or RSVP by May 7thContact Zuhrah Office 952-426-3023 or [email protected] LaVine 952-388-3006 or [email protected]

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