El Riad Cactus, April 2023

ROCK ME IN 2023, WE DO IT FOR THE KIDS!

Busy busy busy the Temple is abound with activity. From the Circus committee getting all the details nailed down for our nine spectacular shows in late April to the Fife and Drum having a highly successful Johnny Holmes dance and turning around and preparing for a very busy St. Patrick’s day. The Chanters had a great Rock the Shrine night with POP ROCKS. Blast and Cast’s “Cabin Fever” was once again a fantastic night and huge success due to a tremendous amount of planning. The Motor Corp’s annual Frozen Pub Run was a chilling success. The Motor Corp and Sprint Cars teamed up for their CASH RAFFLE , I hope you didn’t forget to get your chance at a 10 Thousand dollar payout. These fund raisers are not only fun but the men of the El Riad Shrine, with help from some ladies, go above and beyond to make them successful, a big shout out to all of them. THANK YOU!!

The annual Midwinter Session for the MSA was canceled due to a huge winter storm and was put off until April 18 through a zoom style meeting, some how I don’t think that will be near as much fun.

The travelers, Ill Sir John Whitelock, recorder and Ill Sir Maury Richard, Treasurer are down in Texas gaining the additional knowledge to further their leadership roles, and just when you thought you couldn’t teach an old dog new tricks, they fool us.

MONTHLY STATED MEETINGS

April 12, 2023

For the Purpose of Old and New Business

Your Attendance is Urgently Requested

WEAR YOUR FEZ — DOOR WILL BE TILED

Attest: John Whitelock, P.P., Recorder

Yours in the Faith, Leo Baumgart Potentate

The bathroom remodel is starting right after St. Patrick’s day, the Temple will remain open during the construction. There may be some minor inconveniences and we ask for your patience, it will be well worth it when finished. The bathroom project is not only just because we needed it, it is a huge factor in our building rental attractiveness. Well that’s all for now and I want to thank you all in advance for help at the Circus, your help is the ONLY way this Circus works.

ONCE AGAIN EL RIAD DOES IT BETTER!!

In the Faith,

Leo Baumgart Potentate EL Riad Shrine Temple 2023

IN THIS ISSUE

10 ISSUES A YEAR PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF EL RIAD SHRINE DECEMBER–JANUARY ISSUE AND JUNE–JULY ISSUE ARE COMBINED

Shrine Office: 510 S. Phillips Ave., P.O. Box 1203, Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1203 (605) 336-1117 • Fax (605) 336-3059 • (800) 477-3574

Office Hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday

2023 EL RIAD SHRINE OFFICERS

Leo Baumgart, Potentate Executive Committee Chairman, 2023 Cactus

Doug Kristensen, Chief Rabban Exec. Divan, Circus, Membership, Futures Comm., Building & Entertainment Chair, Pote’s Party Chair, Football, Shrine Cup, El Riad ByLaws, 2023 Cactus, 2024 Cash Calendar

Mark Richard, Asst. Rabban Exec. Divan, Circus, Membership, Futures Comm., Pote’s Party Comm., Corn Palace Shrine Club, Oriental Band, Fife & Drum, Ritualistic Unit, El Riad By-Laws, 2023 Cactus

Scott Denney, High Priest & Prophet Exec. Divan, Hospital Comm., Futures Comm., Clowns, Roadrunners, Dance Club, Motor Corps, Sprint Car Unit, Gopher Shrine Club, 2023 Cactus, Sportsman Classic

John Whitelock, PP, Recorder El Riad By-Laws, Executive Divan State Donor Relations

Maury Richard, PP, Treasurer Executive Divan

On the Cover...

On Saturday, March 11, the Clowns celebrated Stomp’s birthday bash with Chuck and Puc and entertainment. The Shrine night at the Stampede was a great time and the clowns were a hit with many folks of all ages.

Steve Haase, Oriental Guide Exec. Divan, Unit & Club Seminar Futures Comm., Lewis & Clark Shrine Club, Chanters, Horse Corps, Ski Club, Steel Drum Band, Shriner of the Year

Bill Thompson, 1st Ceremonial Master Exec. Divan/NV, Futures Comm., Spring Ceremonial, Classie Autos, Legion of Honor, Directors Staff, Culinary Unit, Family Day

Paul Berndt, 2nd Ceremonial Master Exec. Divan/NV, Futures Comm., Fall Ceremonial, Rickshaws, Parker Shrine Club, Provost, Shutterbugs, Worthington Shrine Club

Board of Trustees

David Neiman, PP, Chairman

Thomas Benz

Loren Eggebraaten, PP

Edward Anstine, PP

Charles Brown, PP

Tony Bachman, Marshal Futures Comm., Big Bend Shrine Club, Twin Lakes Shrine Club, Highlanders, Blast & Cast Club, Blast & Cast North, Watertown Clowns

John Schuety, Captain of the Guard Futures Comm., Brookings Shrine Club, Outhouse #1, Back 40 Boys

Brian Schultz, Outer Guard Futures Comm., Rosebud Shrine Club, Big Band

Todd Schmidt, Chief of Staff MSA, Pote’s Aides, Parades, Asst. Chief of Staff, Ceremonials, Imperial pilgrimages.

Dave Murphy, Assistant Chief of Staff Attend monthly COS meetings

George Hamilton, Chaplain Fall Ceremonial – Necrology

Don Laurila, Temple Director Ceremonials – 2nd Section

John Archer, Membership Co-Chairman

Charles Brown, Membership Co-Chairman

Jeff Landborg, Circus Chairman

Rob Angerhofer, Circus Asst. Chairman

Matt Johnson, Football Chairman

Doug Schneider, Shrine Cup Co-Chairman

Ryan Simmons, Shrine Cup Co-Chairman

Ethan Serck, Sportsman’s Classic Chairman

Jeremy Swenson, Sportsman’s Classic Asst. Chairman

Paul Buriak, Shrine Hospital Chairman

John Whitelock, Donor & Sponsor Relations

Doug Kristensen, Pote’s Party Chairman

Steve Haase, Unit/Club Seminar

Jim Dewey, Roadrunners President

Gail Gustafson, Roadrunners Coordinator

James Hoy, Masonic Relations

Reid Jensen, Public Relations Director

David Murphy, Stop Burns Chairman

Gail Gustafson, Front Office assistant

Kent Quail, Unit/Club Support

Shutterbugs & Pixels, Shrine Photographers

Designs by Liz – Liz Lambertz, Cactus Editor & Webmaster

Mark Richard, Cactus Advertising Sales

All articles or comments should be directed to the Editor at cactus@elriad.com and advertising matters to the advertising sales manager at advertise@elriad.com

For information concerning Shriners Hospitals for Children, call (800) 237-5055.

Photo by Josh Jurgens

EL RIAD FIFE & DRUM

ll of the happy news the Fife’s have to report, it is completely overwhelmed by the sudden passing of brother Mark Wolfe on Feb. 24. Mark was a beloved, long-time Fife member and part of the legendary “twin towers” base drum duo with Murray Driggs. A celebration of life event will be planned for a later time. His Fife and Drum brothers share our very heartfelt condolences to his Lady Cheri and the entire Wolfe family.

Well, the cover of the last edition of the Cactus says it all about our big 25th anniversary Johnny Holm party. Johnny and 900 of his friends were in the building partying like never before...What a night! Congratulations to our officers and all the Fife members for an incredibly successful event. We also used this event platform to generate donations directly to Shriner’s Healthcare. This year we raised $7,500! Those backers are: Wayne & Karen Johnson, Streich Construction, Interstates Battery, Vern Eide, Prairie States Trucking, Roger’s Plumbing, Milliron Granite, Midwest Stone, Digit-All, and Benardo Sanchez Painting.

Following Johnny, Brad Streich and his merry band of foodies served 120 spaghetti dinners at Wednesday Bar. Brad generously donated his costs back to the Fife and

by Bruce Norton

ADrum. He then went on to host a float making party for an entry in this year’s St. Patty’s Day Parade (his idea also). What fun Fife fellowship this was! Played bag toss, and grilled burgers as well. Check out the article with the finished picture of the float. This time together reminds me of building our boat for the Dell Rapids boat races 10+ years ago. Darrell Griggs earned his “Admiral” nickname in spectacular fashion as he held a full salute across the finish line while being bombarded with water balloons.

Cory Gray and his Lady Jen hosted a rush party on Friday, February 24. Eight new member candidates attended with the evening being highly successful by any measure. This party generated four petitions with four more pending. Truly a great night of Fife fellowship! Given how well these types of gatherings turn out, I am sure we’ll be doing more.

The remainder of the time we spent devoted to our 19th Annual St. Patty’s Day Bash! So exciting we actually had a float in a parade thanks to Brad Streich. With a big beer pong tourney, the Khartum Pipes and Drum on hand, and ECLIPSE performing, we were in for a big day. Not to mention all the food and green beer. Can’t wait to show you pictures in our next Cactus!

Mark Wolfe

Brad Streich and his merry band of foodies.

The beginning of the St. Patrick’s Day float.

Rush party hosted by Cory Gray and his Lady Jen.

A packed house featuring the Johnny Holm band.

We would have never been able to finish this float without all the helping hands!

EL RIAD BIG BAND

Greetings. This is the quiet time of year for the Big Band. We have three Dance Club nights scheduled for this year, otherwise several of our members area still hibernating!!!

by Dave Rowe, Secretary

Below is schedule as of this printing with more dates coming. Hope you will join us!

LAST CALL dates

“Last Call” is busy booking summer “gigs” and practicing on some new material to be added to our set lists. We had a great year in 2022 and looking forward to a busier and better year in 2023. One of the highlights for this year: We have partnered with Lloyd Companies to help raise money for the Children’s Transportation Fund. Lloyd Companies has offered to match our tip jar contributions, “dollar for dollar” up to $5,000!!! That means we will have a great check to present to the Pote at the Fall Ceremonial. We are excited!

We have several repeat performances this year and some new ones. We are scheduling another “Thursday Night Live” in Watertown. We are hoping for a cooler than 100 degree night like last year! We are booked again this year for the annual Hot Summer Nights, at the W.H. Lyons fairgrounds, sponsored by the Sioux Falls Corvette Club and booked again for Nybergs Ace Car Show in July. Mark your calendars for Monday nights at McKennan Park, we will play again this year on Monday July 17. We have been asked to play for the Hangar Dance for the Air Guard Air Show in July as well. We will be appearing at the Barefoot Bar, in Okoboji again on Labor Day and will be the featured entertainment at the joint Lincoln/Washington High 1973 Class Reunion at the Shrine in September.

• Thurs., June 22: Thursday Night Live - Watertown

• Fri., June 23: Private party at the Shrine (wedding)

• Sun., July 2: Lake Madison (Private party)

• Wed., July 12: Hot Summer Nights (W.H.Lyons fairgrounds) open to public and free

• Mon., July 17: 7-8:15 p.m. Monday Night at McKennan Park

• Sat., July 22: Nybergs Ace Car Show

• Thurs., July 27: Hangar Dance Air Guard Air Show

• Sat., July 29: Private family reunion Sioux Falls

• Mon., Sept. 4: Barefoot Bar, Lake Okoboji 4-8 p.m.

• Sat., Sept. 9: WHS/LHS joint 1973 Class Reunion at the Shrine

More date pending………………stay tuned !!!

Whatever life throws at you, you have millions of brothers to help you catch it.

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MEMORIALS & CONTRIBUTIONS

TRANSPORTATION FUND

In Memory of Fred Frank: Lewis & Clark Shrine Club

In Memory of Robert Pfeifer, PP: Mike & Bunny Howes

Donation:

Dwight Bloomquist

Robert Koletzky

License Decals:

Evan Brink

Dustin Knutson

Tom Anderson

Bruce Heitman

Ryne Dalldorf

Dan Altenburg

Ed Gustafson

Cody Christianson

Don & Helen Jensen

Howard Greer

Lonnie Glanzer

Joseph Alick

HOSPITAL FUND

In Memory of Doris Gitz: Bill Andersom

$100 MILLION DOLLAR CLUB

In Memory of Robert Pfeifer, PP: El Riad Past Potentate’s Association

In Memory of Marvin K. Berke:

Ronald & Doris Rollefson

In Memory of Mark Wolfe: El Riad Chanters

KEITH ROSE BUILDING FUND

In Memory of Robert Pfeifer, PP: Dave & Jan Lewis

Marv & Debbie Lovro

Jon & Carol Milander

Dan Peterson

Mark Svartoien

Marcia Knutson

Mary Cozad

Dave Neiman

In Memory of Mark Wolfe: Bruce & Leslie Norton

SHRINE PATIENT CHRISTMAS PARTY FUND

In Memory of Jenna Burckhard: Matt & Laura Johnson

BLACK CAMEL

ROBERT B. PFEIFER, PP

Sioux Falls

Mar. 18, 1930 – Feb. 24, 2023

Created: May 13, 1960

MARK S. GRAHAM

Sioux Falls

Mar. 20, 1945 – Dec. 6, 2022

Created: May 20, 1978

FRED FRANK

Wausa, NE

Aug. 22, 1943 – Dec. 30, 2022

Dec. 16, 2015

We are sorry to say that Nobles sometimes pass away without our acknowledgement. As they are Brothers, they are due the recognition of their passing. Please assist in notifying the Temple when a Noble expires.

Phone 336-1117 or email office@elriad.com.

EL RIAD SPRINT CARS

March flashed by with a blink of an eye, with busy Wednesday night socials. Happy birthday to all the Nobles that came and had drinks and meals on the Potentate and Divan. The 10k cash raffle with the Motor Corps was successful, congrats to all the winners of games and cash prizes.

April will bring us circus time and it will be a busy 4 days, April 20-23. Hope to see all our Nobles there helping

EL RIAD CHANTERS

Sing a song of happiness. We have had a successful Pop Rocks event. The place was rockin’ all night long. Big thank you to all the Chanters who put in the time to make this a great event. Special thanks to the Clown Unit for the help they provided. Also the Rickshaws for they’re help. Special thanks to the wives and significant others who helped with set up, event work, and clean up. Special thanks to the 17 entrants into the Karaoke contest. Congrats go to the winner Brianna, second place Valerie, and third place Jenny. What does it take to make a successful event? It takes many hands digging in to do a job and when all those hands work together you have the ingredients for success.

by Chad DeVries

make this another great success for our temple.

Hopefully, April brings some warmer temps to help melt all the snow so we can get the cars ready for the summer parades and competition. Looking forward to getting the cars on the streets to do what we do, drive and slide for the kids.

by Evan Brink

Two days later we were at the Pentagon to sing the national anthem for the Northern Sun Basketball Tournament Championship Games. This also was a successful event because we had good participation. Thank You Chanters.

Remember that you are welcome to join us on Tuesday evenings 7:00 p.m. sharp. Keep singing, you can’t sing with a frown on your face.

EL RIAD CLOWNS

For the first 22 years of my life I grew up on a farm in west central Iowa and Paul Harvey’s “So God Made A Farmer” has always rung true to me. If you are not familiar with it, God made the farmer on the 8th day. On the 9th day, God made a Dog according to the writings by Lorna Olitch, “So God Made A Dog”. As I sat and thought about Paul and Lorna’s writings, I wondered what was made on the 10th day...

So God Made a Clown

On the tenth day, God looked down on his newly created world and said, “I need someone who will spread cheer through all of mankind.”

So God made a clown.

God said, “I need someone who will shave his beloved beard, don a wig,oversized shoes, clothes that don’t fit or match, cover his face with paint, then go out into the public without a care in the world.”

So God made a clown.

God said, “I need someone who will teach himself how to juggle, do magic, tie balloon animals and ride a unicycle, then go out and perform these crafts in front of complete strangers.”

So God made a clown.

God said, “I need a character who will entertain at many circus shows to add excitement and childhood wonderment, bringing laughter and smiles to both the young and the old.

So God made a clown.

God said, “ I need someone who will rise with the sun on a weekend morning, drive to the meeting place, load heavy and awkward contraptions, travel to a town they have never been, unload the contraptions, and wait patiently for an hour in any and all weather conditions, only to re-load those same contraptions a short time later, travel back home to their families 8-10 hours later, just for the sake of entertaining unfamiliar faces of all ages along the streets, for a mere 30 minutes.”

So God made a clown.

God said, “I need someone who will visit my sick children in hospitals, and my elderly in nursing homes, in an effort to help them forget all the pain and loneliness they are experiencing, atleast for a short time.”

So God made a clown.

God said, “Lastly, I need someone who will do this without complaint, with a smile on his face, and joy in his heart, so he can spread that joy to people he would have never known.”

So God made a clown.

Brian (Sticky) Schultz, author of “So God Made a Clown”

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS: MAY 18, 2023 SPREAD THE JOY ASK

The SC-TC Board of Governors will hold a town hall meeting at El Riad Shrine on Thursday, May 18. The meeting will host all temples in the SC-TC service area and provide a forum for the exchange of information between the temples and the Board of Governors on hospital operations. It will also provide a forum for individual Shriners to ask questions of the board members. A dinner will be held that evening at El Riad Shrine, and all Shriners and ladies are invited to attend.

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THE “WIFE AND DRUM” & THE FLOAT

Brad Streich and his merry band Fife leprechauns decided to build a float for the St. Patty’s Day parade in downtown Sioux Falls to help promote our bit St. Patty’s Day Bash! What an amazing time of fellowship that ensued to get the float ready. It is especially meaningful for all the Fife Ladies and friends that also helped.

The pictures show the float from start to finish. It featured a sound system, lights, and heaters! The Silent Messenger on the back looks like it was professionally painted. The first weekend of work featured a large group of Fifers at Brad Streich’s shop. Besides starting on the float, we squeezed in a bean bag toss tourney and grilled hamburgers.

The second weekend of work was even bigger as Brad Streich himself describes: “We had a rockin group of lads and lassies at the shop this weekend! This talented gang, not only did way fancier artwork, but also prepped, smoked and a few dedicated souls helped babysit the porkers til 10pm, while we

by Bruce Norton

tested out the speakers and strobe lights on the float lol. Pork went in the roasters overnight with the secret ingredients and by noon Sunday, it smelled like heaven all the way down the street! Couple of the boys helped shred it all up, vacuum seal and clean up! Jodi and Paul Woessner, daughter Kennedi and best friend Katherine Gray (not only Future Fifers too, but, those two girls absolutely rocked the detailed artwork on the back of float!!)”

Final touches were added throughout the process and by any measure, the float turned out great! We will have more pictures of the parade and our St. Patty’s Day Bash! in the next Cactus. Thanks to our officers and everyone that worked on the float. Without question, this is what our fraternity and brotherhood as Shriner’s is all about!

Want to close by thanking the Ladies and friends again that helped out. Made our time together much better and fully supported our reputation as the “Wife and Drum”...We wear this reputation with honor!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOBLES!

April 2023

Patrick Ahl 4–1

Barry Brown 4–1

Curt Calhoon 4–1

Richard Courtney 4–1

Clifford Hicks 4–1

Donald Nemer 4–1

William Shields 4–1

Austin Machmiller 4–2

Freddie Contreras 4–3

Kyle Eberts 4–3

Lamont Jibben 4–3

Dean Theisen 4–3

Steve Tripp 4–3

Randy Ingalls 4–4

Terrence Jorgensen 4–5

Todd Long 4–5

Kenneth Stofferahn 4–5

Terry Embertson Jr. 4–6

Garry Johnson 4–6

John Kittelson 4–6

Sidney Pederson 4–6

Steven Rames 4–6

Robert Burke 4–7

Roy Drake 4–7

Brian Shabino 4–7

Jayson Strauss 4–7

Caleb Van Vooren 4–7

Joel Vipond 4–7

Allen Brown 4–8

David Duncan 4–8

Larry Wilcox 4–8

Dwight Zahn 4–8

Arden Harberts 4–9

James Kroger 4–9

Mark Leonard 4–9

James Nesseth 4–9

Scott Wick 4–9

John Mielenz 4–10

Paul Colbert 4–11

George Larson 4–11

Aaron Neiman 4–11

Robert Sorensen 4–11

Paul Sundvold 4–12

Wyatt Year 4–12

Zachary Porter 4–13

Lyle Swenson 4–13

Roger Thompson 4–13

Troy Magnuson 4–14

Dennis Powers 4–14

Laverne Andersh 4–15

David Bangasser 4–15

Patrick Barritt 4–15

Emil Jares Jr. 4–15

Chad Larson 4–15

Charles Addy 4–16

Dan Altenburg 4–17

Ben Anderson 4–17

Greg Dix 4–17

Jim Walsh 4–17

Bradley Wilkens 4–17

Raymond Mollet 4–18

Craig Pfeifer 4–19

Ashton Larsen 4–20

Douglas Pederson 4–20

Byron Schafersman 4–20

Craig Sletten 4–20

Brian Mehlhaff 4–21

Floyd Rummel IV 4–21

Rob Angerhofer 4–22

E Steve Lefevre 4–22

Timothy Allex 4–23

David Dierks 4–23

James Goedtke 4–23

Chris Kahny 4–23

Alban Gray 4–24

Randall Jensen 4–24

Herman Martin 4–24

Erik Nyberg 4–24

Joel Turner 4–24

James Dewey 4–25

Richard Fuhrer 4–25

Richard Amos 4–26

Hans Christensen 4–26

Donavon Kettwig 4–26

Thomas Leesch 4–26

Kent Quail 4–26

Kenneth McIntosh 4–27

James Taylor 4–27

Calvin Vaudrey 4–27

Christopher Hahn 4–28

Darrell Schultz 4–28

Todd Thoelke 4–28

Lonnie Bayer 4–29

Fred Gage 4–29

Mark Dunn 4–30

Donald Miller 4–30

William Thompson 4–30

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EL RIAD MOTOR CORPS

With all the snow we have had the last couple months its finally time to prepare for our 2023 riding season. Road Captain Lonnie Albers is setting up our parade and competition practices which will be starting soon. If you ride and would like to knock the winter rust off in a safe environment, check out our schedule of events on our Facebook page El Riad Motor Corps.

With March in the rear view mirrors, we want to give a special shout out to Vice Commander Jerry Hauff and his team for another successful cash raffle. Chuck Ihlen had his steady hand on the finances, Lonnie Albers and John Bayer helped most of the crowd get the wing span they all deserved on the 50/50 drawing, Past Commander Steve Haase ran the ticket board, Kevin and Robin Tomshack helped with the card games and the Emcee of all Emcee’s, Past Potentate and current Treasurer for El Riad Shrine,

by Bill Thompson

Mo Richard was the perfect ring master. The success of this event is only possible with the time and commitment given from all our members and friends of the Motor Corps. So if you bought a ticket, thank you. If you have a friend who bought a ticket, thank them. If you see Ken Ward, Tom Anderson or Ernie Wevik, thank those guys for being among our top cash raffle sellers. Circus Days will be at all 5 Nyberg Ace locations. Please tell your friends about these events. It is a great opportunity to get tickets for the kids and the inflatables will be there from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Check your calendar for our May bars as we are planning for our world class fish fry. We will be posting the additional meals on the El Riad email blasts.

If the weather breaks enough for you to take a ride, remember to check the air in your tires after sitting over the winter. Ride safe.

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

The Fife and Drum hosted a Rush Party Friday, February 24 at the home of Cory Gray and his Lady Jen. Eight prospects accepted invitations to mingle with Fife and Drum members and their wives, learn about being a Mason/Shriner, and seeing first hand what our fraternity/philanthropy is all about. This type of gathering has such an immediate impact, especially for the wives of the prospects. Instead of relying on their husbands to try and explain or go by what they’ve heard from others, they get to experience what its all about. And we all know the Shrine fraternal experience is hard to explain, but great to enjoy. In settings like this, it makes it so much easier to recruit. This party resulted in four petitions with four others pending.

The membership committee would like to see every El Riad group host a rush party. Get some couples together, invite some friends, and work to secure some candidates. If you’d like a membership person to come in to present the Lodge/Shrine aspect of the evening, just let us know. There simply isn’t a better way to generate a new member and almost immediately assimilate him and his wife into our great fraternity. Doesn’t take much work, is a lot of fun, and highly effective. Please make it a point to plan one for your group soon!

The Spring 2023 Masonic Festival will be held on 3/31/23 through 4-1-23. What a terrific event this has become thanks to a lot of hard work by some talented Masons. The first degree is planned for Friday night that includes a taco bar. Rolls/coffee for Saturday morning, Jimmy John’s for Saturday lunch, and lasagna for the Saturday night Table Lodge. 2nd Degree and Master Mason

by Bruce Norton

LODGE DEGREE SCHEDULE

• March 31 & April 1, 2023, Spring Masonic Festival

• May 6, 2023, Shrine Spring Ceremonial

• October 6 & 7, 2023, Fall Masonic Festival

Degree’s will take place Saturday. All activities and meals will be at the Masonic Lodge due to construction at the Shrine. This is really a special time of brotherhood and all Mason’s are encouraged to attend. We ask you follow details on the Festival through the various communications leading up to the event.

Following the Spring Masonic Festival is the Shrine Circus, followed by our Spring Ceremonial. What a grand time it is to be a Mason/Shriner! Hope to see our fellowship on full display at the Circus and if you aren’t volunteering yet, please make plans to do so. Keep up the attention on recruiting new members and look forward to seeing all our great Nobles at these important spring events!

The Fife and Drum hosted a Rush Party at the home of Cory Gray!

We do everything we can to be present. And still be part of history.

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CONFIDENTLY SPEAKING: VERONICA’S STORY

Ayear and a half of specialized speech therapy after cleft palate helped build Veronica’s confidence and her conversation skills.

Veronica was just 8 months old when she came to Shriners Children’s Chicago with a cleft palate, a small hole in the roof of her mouth, related to a jaw tumor removed just after birth. David Morris, M.D., chief of plastic surgery, performed two surgeries to repair the palate. She also had ear tubes placed.

Speech challenges are common for children with cleft palate. After Veronica healed from surgery, she resumed speech therapy through her state’s early intervention program. But her family said she made only limited progress in her talking skills over the next year

Veronica was 4 when she started speech therapy at Shriners Children’s with ”Mrs. Richards,” as she likes to call speech language pathologist Sarah Richards, MS CCC-SLP, who specializes in treating children with cleft and craniofacial conditions. Veronica struggled with many sounds she should have been making accurately at her age. “She would say ‘gaga’ for ‘dada’ or ‘kukky’ for ‘puppy,’ which made it difficult to understand her,” Richards said. These speech differences often occur as patients learn alternative ways to speak because of the cleft.

Veronica came every Tuesday to the Chicago location for an hour of speech therapy. Using a fun child-focused approach, they worked to correctly produce consonants

such as p, b, t and d. “Once she progressed in those areas, the focus shifted to later developing sounds, such as /s/ and /s/ blends (‘soup’, ‘spider’). Veronica made tremendous progress,” Richards said.

Veronica spent 17 months in therapy. At first, she “was very shy. With every week she was more excited and happy about ‘Ms. Richards’ and the activities they have been doing. When she saw her in the hall, she ran to her, hugged her and forget about my existence,” Veronica’s father, Dominik, said. After each session, Richards would discuss progress, or concerns if there were any. “She also gave us homework, usually activities or a list of words that we could practice at home.”

Working hard and playing with “Ms. Richards” had a huge role in Veronica’s overall development. With time, Veronica felt more confident speaking. “She was not shy around adults or kids anymore,” Veronica’s family said. Veronica also received speech therapy within her school district, where the therapist noticed her tremendous progress.

Veronica was discharged from speech therapy at Shriners Children’s in the summer of 2022. “Shriners Children’s Chicago has great doctors and therapists. It is a place to go when your child needs help. We will be forever thankful to Ms. Richards for everything she did for Veronica and our family,” Veronica’s family said.

EL RIAD SHRINE STATED MEETING

by John Whitelock P.P., Recorder

March 8, 2023 • El Riad Temple • Sioux Falls, South Dakota

The meeting opened at 7:00 pm by Potentate Leo Baumgart. Chaplain George Hamilton gave the invocation. Potentate Baumgart then led the Nobles in the Shrine Pledge of Allegiance.

The minutes of the Stated Meeting held on February 8, 2023 were, upon proper motion and second, approved as printed and distributed.

Treasurer’s Report: High Priest & Prophet Scott Denney gave the Treasurer’s Report as of January 31, 2023. Upon a proper motion and second, this report was approved.

Building and Entertainment Committee Report: Chief Rabban Doug Kristensen announce the following matters address by the B&E Committee:

• The new AV equipment had an issue and a software update was downloaded. Download needs to be verified.

• The Groom Room has been cleaned and will proceed.

• Cold Storage is being cleaned out to increase storage capacity.

• A sub-committee has been formed to look at POS system for Shrine.

• We had some issues with our roof drains and some seams on the roof, causing some leaking. This will be looked at in the Spring when snow is off the roof.

• Kitchen floor pump was replaced by Lonnie.

• Fire alarm system is out of date. We will be getting this updated this year.

• CPR training will be provided to event coordinators, office staff, and Road Runners. Any Noble can also attend training at the cost of $25. An email from the Office will be coming out.

• We are updating the drink posters located at each end of the main bar.

• Bathroom remodel will be starting soon. Bathroom facilities will be available.

• We will start having Event Coordinators attend B&E meetings on a quarterly basis.

Upon proper motion and second, the Building and Entertainment Committee Report was approved.

Chief Rabban Kristensen also gave an update on the Cash Calendars. Please put your unit events in his mailbox so he can ensure they get added to the calendar. May 1 is

the deadline for submitting pictures for this year’s Cash Calendar.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Chief of Staff: Chief of Staff Todd Schmidt reminded the nobility that they need to get their parade forms turned in for approval by the Potentate prior to attending the parade. He also informed the nobility of the following events for 2023: Spring Ceremonial May 6; Board of Governors Meetings May 18; Potentate’s Parade in Dell Rapids June 26; Imperial Session Jul 1-6; Family Day (location TBD) July 23; MSA Summer Session Aug. 24-26; Fall Ceremonial Nov. 4.

Potentate Baumgart welcomed two nobles from Yelduz that attended the meeting. They are now living in Sioux Falls and are interested in becoming Associate Members at El Riad.

Membership: Co-Chairman Illustrious Sir John Archer, PP, informed the nobility that they have been extremely busy the last 6 weeks with increasing membership. They had a Cold Sands on Mar. 2 and created one new noble. He encouraged units to have their own Rush Parties and if they need assistance they can ask the Membership Committee to help. This is just a start, so please keep working hard on membership.

Masonic Relations: Chairman Jim Hoy provided to the nobility news of the Masonic Lodges, relating to the Masonic Festival March 31-April 1, still looking for conductors. All petitions must be turned in to the Shrine Office by 5 pm or the Masonic Office by 6 pm on Mar. 9. Mar. 9, Unity stated meeting, FC degree; Mar. 9, Worthing stated meeting; Mar. 11, Unity Sen. Warden Outing; Mar. 16, Minnehaha special meeting, MM degree; Mar. 23, Unity stated meeting, MM degree. Grand Lodge Senior Grand Warden Dane Bloch also spoke on continuing to improve Grand Lodge communication. The Annual SD Masonic Classic golf tournament is June 15 in Watertown. Register at sdmasonicclassic.org.

Circus Committee: Chairman Jeff Landborg covered dates of upcoming circuses: April 17-18, Chamberlain; April 20-23, Sioux Falls; April 24-26, Mitchell; June 22-23, Yankton; June 25, Winner. He also covered items pertaining

to the Circus; we continue to need manpower, especially Ushers; concession policy, $1 tickets available will needed for all items; Circus Days is at Nyberg’s Ace on April 8, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., manpower needed to grill hot dogs and hand out coupons, wear your Shrine shirts and fez; Out-of-town circuses need manpower as well.

Hospital Report: Potentate Baumgart reported on the Board of Governors meeting hosted by El Riad on May 18. They will conduct a town-hall meeting, with Imperial Officers, Board of Governors, 18 Temples and all nobility being invited to attend. There will be a social hour, presentation, dinner, and then a question/answer time. Dinner will be $20 per person, more information to follow.

Public Relations: Potentate Baumgart reported that El Riad will host the Chamber of Commerce Mixer on Mar. 14 at 4:30 p.m.

Divan Reports: 1st Ceremonial Master Bill Thompson reported on the Director’s Staff, Classie Autos, and Legion of Honor; Captain of the Guard John Schuety reported on Brookings SC and the Hillbillies; High Priest and Prophet Denney reported on Clowns, Motor Corps and Sprint Cars; Assistant Rabban Mark Richard reported on Mitchel SC, Oriental Band and Fife and Drums.

El Riad Trip Reports: Marshall Tony Bachman reported on Marketing and Membership Conference that he and 1st Ceremonial Master Thompson attended in Grapevine, TX. Membership Committee will develop scripts to help those in talking with candidates. They learned about a lot of new ideas and overall we need to do better at conveying our message.

For the Good of the Order: Chief Rabban Kristensen informed nobility that we are planning a trip to Magnet, NE to thank them for Hot Dog Days. The establishment will be making a donation to El Riad, date to be announced. Noble Lonnie Albers reminded nobility to beware of email/text scams.

There being no further business before the body, Potentate Baumgart thanked the Provosts for tiling the doors and Assistant Rabban Richard for taking the minutes in place of John Whitelock, PP Recorder. A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 8:22 p.m. The motion was approved.

Respectfully submitted, Mark Richard, Assistant Rabban

2023 EL RIAD UNIT & CLUB CONTACT LIST

All cities are in South Dakota unless otherwise noted. (605) is the area code for all South Dakota phone numbers.

BACK 40 BOYS

President: Clayton Wilhelm (Holly)

1401 S. Lindenwald Dr., Sioux Falls, SD 57106 (605) 759-2966 clayton.j.wilhelm@gmail.com

(As Called)

BIG BAND

President: John Bayer (Janean)

1511 Riverdale Rd., Sioux Falls, SD 57105 (605) 360-1204 jbayer254@hotmail.com

(Unit Meets for Ceremonials)

BIG BEND SHRINE CLUB

President: Claude Olson

26959 Farmers Rd., Platte, SD 57369 (605)680-0728 claudeolson49@icloud.com

(Meeting dates as called)

BLAST & CAST

President: Kevin Wohlleber (Laurie)

1204 W. Whispering St., Sioux Falls, SD 57108 (605) 376-4337 absolutecomfort@sio.midco.net

(Meets 3rd Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m.)

BLAST & CAST NORTH

President: Eric Caulfield (Jessie)

315 Bentley Ave., Bradley, SD 57217 (605) 237-6863 ecaulfield@itctel.com

(As Called)

BROOKINGS SHRINE CLUB

President: Robby Flint (Donna)

1703 Calumet Rd., Brookings, SD 57006 (605) 696-0143 donna.flint@sdstate.edu

(Meets 1st Monday, 5:30 p.m. @ Cubbies)

CHANTERS

President: Evan Brink (Jean Saunders)

2105 W. 16th St., Sioux Falls, SD 57104

(605) 212-4544 brinkster_e@yahoo.com

(Rehearsal every Tuesday @ 7 p.m., Social @ 8 p.m.)

CLASSIE AUTOS

President: David Wilson (Charyl) 2409 S. Sheffield Cr., Sioux Falls, SD 57106 (605) 413-5597 davwilson@sio.midco.net

(Meets 2nd Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m.)

CLOWNS

Big Clown: Kevin Wingert 4601 E. Clark St., Apt. 2, Sioux Falls, SD 57110 (605) 730-0150 wingertk23@gmail.com

(Meets 1st Thursday @ 6:30 p.m.)

CORN PALACE SHRINE CLUB

President: Dustin Knutson (Amanda) 25021 402nd Ave., Mitchell SD 57301 (605) 630-0463 dustink@boydsgunstocks.com

(Meets last Thursday @ 6:30 p.m.)

CULINARY UNIT

President: Steven Hauff (Susan) 904 Ridge Rd., Sioux Falls, SD 57105-5047 (605) 376-2452 steve@dakotasportsonline.com

(Meets as called)

DANCE CLUB

President: Chris Karr (Erika) 7421 W. Luke, Sioux Falls, SD 57106 (605) 695-0391 ckarr@silveradostud.com

(Meets 3rd Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m.)

DIRECTOR’S STAFF

President: Jeremy Reimer (Sheila) 7025 W. 56th St. #1, Sioux Falls, SD 57106 (605) 496-3890 jeremy.c.reimer@gmail.com

(Meets 3rd Thursday @ 7:00 p.m.)

FIFE & DRUM CORPS

Brigadier: Scott Nepp (Virginia) 301 N. Grange Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57104 (605) 413-9044 scottnepp@gmail.com

(Meets 2nd & 4th Mondays @ 7:30 p.m.)

GOPHER SHRINE CLUB

President: Michael Simon (Marlene) 47373 Co. Rd. 51, Windom, MN 56101 (507) 822-2500 simonmn@rrcnet.org

(Meets as called)

HIGHLANDERS PIPE & DRUM

President: David Wooters (Julie)

217 S. Country Club Ave., Brandon, SD 57005 (605) 261-3531 wootspad@alliancecom.net

(Meets 2nd & 4th Mondays @ 6:00 p.m.)

HILLBILLY OUTHOUSE #1

President: Matt Gage (Amy)

2420 S. 2nd Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57105 (605) 251-9465 info@mattgage.net

(Meets 3rd Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m.)

HORSE CORPS

Trail Boss: Cal Wheeler (Donnel)

229 N. Euclid Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57104 (605) 310-9185 calwheeler53@gmail.com

(Meets last Saturday @ 10:00 a.m.)

LEGION OF HONOR

Commander: Ron Hammer

3011 N Highland Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 605-201-2682 hammerman6543@yahoo.com

(Meets 1st Wednesday @ 7:00 p.m.)

LEWIS & CLARK SHRINE CLUB

President: Doug Kristensen

401 E. Grant St., Wausa, NE 68786 (402) 360-3492 boneskr@hotmail.com

(Meets 2nd Tuesday @ 6:30 p.m. Social/Eat; Mtg @ 8:00)

MOTOR CORPS

Commander: Bill Thompson (Kim)

2009 S. Firefly Dr., Sioux Falls, SD 57110 (712) 204-2827 bill.thompson.j13x@statefarm.com

(Meets 3rd Wednesday @ 7:00 p.m.)

ORIENTAL BAND

President: Dan Altenburg

1412 S. Western Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57105 (605) 209-3327 dan.j.altenburg@gmail.com

(Meets Thursdays @ 7:00 p.m.)

PARKER SHRINE CLUB

President: TBD

(Meets as called)

PROVOST

Chief: Bill Rise (Tami) 1000 N. 6 Mile Rd., Sioux Falls, SD 57110 (605) 360-7611 rise_william@hotmail.com

(Meets 4th Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m.)

RICKSHAWS

Emperor: James Goering (Mandy) 704 Royal Ave., Crooks, SD 57020 (605) 370-3976 james.goering@hotmail.com

(Meets 1st Tuesday @ 6:00 p.m.)

RITUALISTIC

President: Thomas Lewis

4000 S. Homerun Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57110 (240) 274-8276 tomlewis2002@hotmail.com

(Meets as called)

ROADRUNNERS

President: James Dewey (Lisa) 7512 W. 58th St., Sioux Falls, SD 57106 (605) 731-9330 roadrunnershriner@gmail.com

(Meets as called)

ROSEBUD SHRINE CLUB

President: Richard Ringstmeyer (Janet) 27968-318th Ave., Winner, SD 57580-6441 (605) 840-0032 rjringstmeyer@goldenwest.net

(Meets 1st Wednesday @ 7:00 p.m.)

SHUTTERBUGS

President: Tom Anderson (Jane) 47948 Copperwood Ct., Harrisburg, SD 57032 (605) 366-6238 roadwarriortma@gmail.com

(Meets last Wednesday @ 7:00 p.m.)

PIXELS

President: Shelby DeVries (Chad)

300 N. Pennsylvannia Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57107 shelbysundvold@gmail.com

(Meets with Shutterbugs)

PROVOST

Chief: Bill Rise (Tami)

1000 N. 6 Mile Rd., Sioux Falls 57110 (605) 360-7611 rise_william@hotmail.com

(Meets 4th Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m.)

SKI CLUB

President: Paul Maxwell 2903 E. Bragstad Dr., Sioux Falls SD 57103, (605) 370-9920 paulcmaxwell@yahoo.com

(Meets as called)

SPRINT CARS

President: A. J. Richard (Kayla)

921 S. Conklin Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57103 (605) 940-7473 alexanderjamesrichard@gmail.com

(Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays @ 6:30 p.m.)

STEEL DRUM BAND

President: Bruce Wentzel (Bonnie Overweg) PO Box 91014, Sioux Falls, SD 57109 (605) 366-8137 tec_dist@hotmail.com

(Meets 2nd, 3rd & 4th Thursdays @ 7:00 p.m.)

TWIN LAKES SHRINE CLUB

President: Steven Walker (Betty) 916 N. Washington Ave., Madison SD 57042 (605) 270-9041 walkersb55@yahoo.com

(Meets 1st Tuesday @ 7:00 p.m.)

WATERTOWN SHRINE CLOWNS

President: Jeff Gamber (Annette) 805 13th St., Watertown, SD 57201 (605) 881-3974 jeff@countyfairwatertown.com

(Meets 4th Thursday, dinner @ 6 p.m., meeting @ 6:30 p.m.)

WORTHINGTON SHRINE CLUB

President: TBD

(Meets as called)

Please contact Senior Grand Warden Dane Bloch to register candidates, questions, and hotel information

dane.bloch@sdgrandlodge.org

PARTING SHOT

The Clowns had someplace to be...the Shrine night at the Stampede!

PHOTO BY SHELBY DEVRIES

El

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Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1203

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