February 2011

Arabian Tales

Volume 29, Issue 2 $1.25 per Issue

2011 Potentate Illustrious Sir Tom & 1st Lady Valerie Calvin The Official Publication of the El Zaribah Shriners, Phoenix, Arizona

El Zaribah Shrine Ritualistic Team Casting Call Those who witnessed the Ritualistic Ceremony and Arch Degree at the Lake Havasu Ceremonial on October 16th saw another fine performance by the two teams. We are fortunate to have such fine actors and speakers on these teams.

However, we are in need of understudies for each of the speaking parts in the two plays. Each time we perform these, we experience scheduling conflicts by one or more members, which results in the current members doubling up on parts.

So, we nEED you! If you have an interest in working with one of the Ritualistic teams, please contact Alan Dye or call his cell (480-223-2914), or call the Shrine office (602-2310300). Understudy parts are available ranging from a few sentences to several paragraphs.

We are looking for those members committed to excellence in the performance, will attend approximately 3 practices prior to each performance, and are willing and able to travel with the teams to Lake Havasu City or wherever the performances may be given in the future.

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From The Potentate...

Nobles and Ladies, my Lady Valerie and I are so very proud to serve as the 115th Potentate and First Lady of El Zaribah Shriners during 2011.

Twenty-one years ago I sat in the sand dunes outside Yuma, attending my first Shrine Ceremonial as a Candidate then a new Noble. While attentive to the Ceremonial, I took in the Mounted Patrol, their horses in full Parade attire surrounding the grounds from on high, looking magnificent.

Shortly after, we had the “2nd Section” which was all about fun. I paid close attention to all that was happening that day, and also kept an eye on then Potentate George Deitrich. I said to myself then, “one day I want to be Potentate.” 21 years later, here I am. I want to thank every one of you for making my dream come true and for your vote of confidence and trust in me.

Over the past 4 years, I’ve had some fantastic mentors. Ill. Sir Russ Gunther – 2007; Ill. Sir Dave Polner – 2008; Ill. Sir Jim Miller - 2009 and Ill. Sir Phil Houghton this past year. Each of these Potentates made a positive impact on me as well as El Zaribah. I want to say “thank you” to each of them. This isn’t to leave out all the other Past Potentates who mentored me and offered their help as well throughout the coming year.

Our motto this year is, “Havin’ Fun, Gettin’ It Done” and our emphasis is on increasing membership and community awareness. We’re truly looking forward to having some fun with planned events, but at the same time, accomplishing our goals of increasing membership as well as projecting our image into the community in a positive manner while increasing the awareness of Shriners, El Zaribah and Shriners Hospitals for Children.

So many of you expressed your desire to help during 2011 stating, “Just let me know, anything you need done, I’m here to help.” I’m now calling on you for that help.

You can indeed help me, and all El Zaribah Shriners, by obtaining just one new member for both the Spring and Fall Ceremonials. The Spring Ceremonial will be held at El Support Our Advertisers

Zaribah April 23rd and of course, the Fall Ceremonial will be in Lake Havasu October 15th. Petitions for membership to El Zaribah may be found on our web site as well as in the Temple office.

The new Membership Development Team led by Merle Anderson totals 18 people at this time, and I’m sure once everyone’s able to see the plan they’ve put together, more Nobles will volunteer to help. This team includes Past Potes and even a Past Imperial Potentate, all there to help you bring someone into our fraternity. They have the knowledge and tools to help you do that.

At the Jan. Stated Meeting, we watched a presentation by Membership Development Team Chair Merle Anderson and Asst. Rabban Ed Stolze that gave us some eye-opening statistics. Nobles, it’s quite simple. If we continue with the attitude, “well, this is the way we’ve always done it,” our beloved El Zaribah won’t be the same as we know it today.

If each of us, as Nobles of El Zaribah Shriners, doesn’t bring into our fraternity the new members I’m asking you to, you won’t recognize El Zaribah by 2014. We’ll be under 1,000 members and unable to operate our Temple. Immediately after Stated Meeting I had several Nobles come up to say it was a great presentation by Merle and Ed and they just had no idea where we were until they saw these statistics. I’m counting on you now to fulfill those promises you’ve been making over the past few months.

Here are some of the fun events we’re looking forward to over the next couple of months. Feb. 11th & 12th is Yuma Silver Spur weekend. We’ll be joined by Al Bahr who’ll provide a roasted chicken lunch after the Parade, then El Zaribah will put on a Hillbilly Degree. The Yuma Foothills & Yuma Shrine Clubs will hold an OV Friday evening.

Saturday, Feb. 26th is our Potentate’s Ball with a very special guest as well as entertainment by a very funny comedian and magician. Many reservations are already coming in. Better get yours in now, this will be a fun evening for all.

Come see us at El Zaribah.

Tom Calvin, Potentate 2011 “Havin’ Fun, Gettin’ It Done” February 2011 / Arabian Tales 3

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From the Treasurer...

Greetings from the bucket closet. Well, you’re stuck with me another year, and let’s hope I can continue giving you good news.

Right now, all of our buckets are doing very well and if you made the February meeting you heard the year-end results, which are very encouraging, especially during the hard times most people and businesses have experienced the past 2 to 3 years.

As I emphasize at each meeting, the biggest single reason we’re doing so well, and what continues to be our biggest asset, is the Nobility and their families. Please come to the functions whenever possible.

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By now you should have heard about the exciting calendar of events Pote Tom has in store for us, and surely some of the things have interest for you and yours. Try to come out and enjoy them.

Pote Tom’s following a series of extremely good leaders and has a tough act to follow and keep pace with, but with your help and involvement, I’m sure he’ll come through with flying colors.

Here’s hoping the entire year is good to you and yours, and hope to see you soon. The Bucket Man

Potentate’s Bolo – The Hemis Kachina.

Probably one of the most beautiful and best known of all Hopi Kachinas is the Hemis Kachina. At sunrise, when the Kachinas come to the plaza to dance for the first time, they bring with them entire corn plants, the first corn harvest of the year, to distribute to the audience.

In Niman, or the Home Dance, no other Kachinas appear, neither clowns nor side dancers, only the Hemis Kachinas.

Masonic Charity: The Masonic Sheaf of Corn represents charity to the less fortunate.

First Lady’s Brooch - The Ram Having a predominant role in most cultures, the animal symbolism of the Ram speaks of Determination, Action, Energy, Initiative and Sacrifice. It is also a symbol of new beginnings. This represents to me the qualities within El Zaribah of our Nobility and their Ladies, the enduring passion to provide children with new beginnings.

Valerie Calvin, 1st Lady El Zaribah Shriners 2011 Unit & club heads being sworn in at installation

Unit & club heads being sworn in at installation

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Unit & club heads being sworn in at installation

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recorder’s Message...

Nobles, I want to thank each of you for electing me to be your 2011 Recorder. Filling Paul Reynolds seat won’t be easy.

While serving as your Recorder, I will do my best to meet your every need. Any suggestions you may have, please feel free to drop by my office.

I received notice that Past Imperial Potentate F.T. “Hogan” H. Doubler, Jr, MD passed away November 24th.

MeMbershiP NuMbers...

Petition for Initiation and Membership forms have been updated. The fees are: Initiation Fee - $100.00, Dues - $109.00, new Fez - $150.00 for a total of $359.00. Money must accompany the Petition in order to be accepted. Give us a call in the Office (602-231-0300) if you need these new forms.

Let’s look toward a great year with Illustrious Sir Tom Calvin at the helm and give him the support he’ll need during his year.

Yours in the Faith, Jack M. Garrett, PP, Recorder

Membership December 13, 2010 Membership January 3, 2011 Regular Members Associate Members

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All Units and Clubs MUST fill out and file an Activity Request for each event – fraternal, charitable or fund-raiser.

If you have questions or need Activity Request forms, please contact your Recorder.

Jack Garrett, PP, Recorder

Wednesday, february 9, 2011 7:00 pm – el Zaribah shrine center For the Purpose of Old and New Business Your Attendance is Urgently Requested Wear yOUr feZ – dOOr Will be tiled Attest: Jack Garrett, PP, Recorder Yours in the Faith, Tom Calvin, Potentate

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Hubert W Cocklin Richard J Niemann Raymond P Prettyman Norm W Glaser William G Norton Charles V Phemister Clayton M Wallers

ASSOCIATE MEMBER DROPPED Dellar L Gilbertson Owen D Mooney Marlin P Peterson

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shrine Clubs & units Meeting Nights...

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Director’s staff...

Hi and Happy New Year to all.

Membership’s the word for 2011; Ill. Sir Tom Calvin has been emphaWe’re back in the swing of things again and looking forward to another sizing this for many years. For the Director’s Staff, memgood year. We have some Parades coming bership is vital since our purpose is support for the up and looking forward to a good turnout for Divan and to provide a great Ceremonial for our new all. Remember, it’s music that keeps us Candidates or prospective Nobles. To support this puryoung. J. pose, we’ve remodeled our Director’s Staff room upstairs at the west end of the building. The Unit meetings are now in the room and the Unit’s in the process of moving all the Unit pictures up to the new room. Once these very important items arrive, the transformation will Clowns... be complete.

A second activity we’re planning is a Director’s Staff Steak Fry this 2011’s here and off to a great start with the Installation of the new Divan and the Unit and Club Officers. It’s time for all Mason-Shriners to spring. At our Jan. meeting, we made preliminary plans and next month step up and become an active part of the El Zaribah Shrine. In order for we’ll share them with you and have tickets available. We find that workour Temple to survive we need the membership to become active. If ing together on fund-raisers or Ceremonials really bring the Unit together you’re not an active member and want to become active, ask the and supports our and the Temples objective, Membership.

Our next dinner meeting is Feb. 23rd with social hour at 5:30, dinner Recorder for information on upcoming events that you can volunteer to about 6:45 and the Unit meeting following. Everyone’s invited; bring your help with. There are plenty of activities that could sure use your help.

The Outreach Clinics are in full swing and that means the Clowns will Lady, kids and friends. Dinner is $10, prepared and served by the Unit. be attending them as frequently as possible; if you want to volunteer, ask If you’d like to attend, please contact Leo Balthazor (602-740-5635) and Ill. Jim Miller who’s taken on the duties of the Temple’s Hospital Chair- he’ll make a reservation for you. A Red Coverall man, where and what you can do. There’s always plenty of work that can be done. If you’ve never been to one of the Clinics then give yourself a gift and come out and see the children your Temple’s helping. el Dulabs...

The El Zaribah Clowns look forward to With start of 2011, the El Dulabs want to wish the very best to our new serving the Nobility of our Temple. Please remember if you want our Unit to assist with an Potentate and Divan and that wish also extends to all Nobles and Ladies upcoming event, we need to be asked in ad- of El Zaribah.

We’d also like to thank our brother Rick Fasano for the excellent job vance and not 2 or 3 weeks in advance. We schedule months in advance and the more he did as our President durning the past 2 years. As we all know, it’s not notice you can give us, the better the an easy task coordinating family, work, Masonic organizations, all while attending Shrine and Unit functions. Rick did a fine job. chances are we can help. Doug “BB Clown” Fry This year, our small but mighty Unit plans to participate in as many Parades and Shrine functions as possible. So……..if you’re looking for a Unit and like Culinary...

Parades, old cars, classic cars and trucks, then our Greetings from the Culinary Unit. This is the time of the year when we Unit may be just for you! You don’t even have to have make plans and set goals for the months ahead. We’re starting with a a “Parade ready “car right away. clean slate and a chance to establish the things we want to achieve in two So check us out and visit one of our monthly meetings on the 3rd important areas of our Unit, fund-raising and social activities.

Wednesday at 7 pm. Howard Goldman, El Dulab Pres.

There’ll be plenty of opportunities to get together and serve at regular events, like the Stated Meetings, the Barbeques and the CornFest, but there are other, more Unit-oriented activities to discuss.

To make sure you don’t miss out on any of them, join us at our Unit meetings, held the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm. Ralph Jones, Scribe

the clowns & Oriental band in the fiesta bowl parade

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Motorcycles...

Another New Year was formally introduced by a number of festivities.

Florence Parade had a great LOH turnout - McCullough, Wax, LeClair & Johnston marching and Hudson, Horn, Grimm with the Parade vehicle and members Butler, Massey and Folker doing their thing elsewhere. December Stated Meeting saw Johnston a one-Noble Colors Presentation.

Let’s try to do better next Stated Meeting. Others present but not in uniform were Horn, Trundy, Grimm, Hudson, Wax, Folker, Hagenian & Massey. Congratulations are in order for Chris Hagenian being elected as Oriental Guide. We know he’ll be a great addition to the Divan.

Fiesta Bowl Parade saw a great LOH turnout. Marching carrying the Colors were Hagenian, Wax, McCullough, Johnston with Trundy giving commands and calling cadence. Scrimager, LeClair & Grimm were with the Parade vehicle. Participating elsewhere were Butler and Massey.

Members having medical problems include Charles Johnson, Tom and “Okie” Horn and Chuck Hudson. At the time of writing this article the Horn’s and Chuck were home recuperating. Charles Johnson and his wife are currently residing at the Kansas Masonic Home.

The Legion of Honor Unit consists of Nobles who have served honorably or are currently members of the armed forces of their country. It’s an Honor to belong to the Legion of Honor unit. You served your country and now have the opportunity to serve the Shrine and have fun at the same time. We lead the El Zaribah Shrine Parades, present the Colors at Stated meeting and various other functions as requested by the Illustrious Sir. Nobles, those of you with computers and access to the Internet can access the Legion of Honor Web Page at: http://members.cox.net/johnston30/ for information regarding Legion of Honor Scheduled Functions. Eligible Nobles and their Ladies are invited to check us out and attend our 6:00 pm dinner meeting held the 3rd Monday of the month. The business meeting is in the LOH Room at the El Zaribah Auditorium at 7:00 pm each month except June, July and August. Scribe PC/Adj./Fin. Officer Virgil Johnston

With cooler weather upon us, it’s been a great time to get out and ride. The Fiesta Bowl Parade was a great way to end 2010, with a lot of activity coming up for us. The Laveen Parade on Feb. 5th and the Yuma Silver Spur Parade Feb. 12th will give us a chance to show what we’ve been working on in all our practice sessions.

Upcoming events include our annual “Cookin’ Contest” at Mick & Janelle’s (in March), the “Bowling Palooza” (also in March), the “We Ride so Kids Can Walk” Bike Event (in April), and the “Antique Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet” (in April). Please join us at our meeting Thursday, Feb. 10th and see what all the excitement’s about. We’ll be busy, but we’re committed to HAVING FUN!!

New members and “Old Timers” are working hard for our Temple.

Please join our 2011 Officers: Pres. Tom Sheldon, VP Mike Ozee, Sec. Jerry Lee “Buzzy” Buswell, Treas. Jim Reid, Quartermaster Ron Garwood, and Parade Captain Moe “The Destroyer” Detroyer. Ride Free, Ride Long, Ride Safe.

Q: What Do You Get When You Squeeze a Horvath?

A: Juice.

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Mounted Patrol...

Howdy Ya’ll, as we look into the 2011 calendar we’ll be having lots of fun activities, rides, and Parades. Please keep in touch for the details, and as they’re finalized I’ll try to have the whole year in the next article.

A big “hats off” to our outgoing Captain for a well organized and run year. Now we look forward to a new year and anticipate an equally fun year under new Captain Charlie KooNistra. Just remember when talking to him to talk loud and slow and for best results, if you’re looking for answers, talk to Stef, his lovely Lady.

Try to make the meetings, we need and welcome your input. Most of all, it’s always good to get together with good folks. While you’re at it, try to make the Shrine meetings, the same holds true there.

Looking forward to crossing trails, and Vaya Con Dios.

misfits pres. robbie robinson in the prescott christmas parade

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November brought sad news to the Oriental Band as the Black Camel paid a visit to a key member of the Band for over 25 years – Kenny Downes. Kenny was active with the Band right up to the end and he was even looking forward to playing in the next Parade. We paid tribute to Kenny at his memorial service by playing “Amazing Grace” on our musettes. We also played Amazing Grace at the Dec. Stated Meeting in honor of Kenny.

In December we joined the Drum and Bugle Corps to put on a Christmas Concert and potluck. The crowd appreciated the authentic oriental sounds of the Band for “We Three Kings of Orient Are” and “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” (at least they threw money our way as we played).

Many thanks to the Drum and Bugle Corps for allowing us to participate.

Did I mention the potluck had so much great food I think I put on 8 pounds just that night.

Also in Dec., the musette players signed up to ring bells at the Salvation Army outside WalMart. We played Carols like “What Child is This (Greensleeves)”, “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem” and “Oh Holy Night” on the musettes during our 2 hr. block and we estimate people donated $250 - $300 during that time. Many thanked us for playing true Christmas songs, including WalMart’s employees who said we could be heard throughout the store.

On New Years Eve, when the Concert Band pulled out of the Fiesta Bowl Parade, I put on my long johns, sweat pants, a wool sweater and the Class A Shiek outfit and marched behind the Divan, just in front of the Clowns. I was mostly playing traditional Oriental Band music but from time to time, you could hear me playing “Auld Lang Syne.” ABC TV had great coverage of the Parade with over 7 minutes dedicated to the Shrine.

We even got a close-up of Bob on the musette playing “Nomad” and “Hootch.” You can go to their website and view the Shrine Parade entries if you hurry. We’re about 18 minutes into Part 4’s segment.

We’re looking forward to participating in many upcoming Parades, starting with Laveen and Apache Junction in Feb. Happy New Year - SC

We offer our sincere congratulations to the newly installed Divan. The Temple Guard Unit anticipates working with great dedication and enthusiasm all throughout the year with such a fine set of Officers.

The beginning of January found the Temple Guard changing command with members moving up in responsibility. The new Officers are: Capt. Art Nehill, 1st Lt. Mick Richards, 2nd Lt. Scott Tracy, Treas. Paul Reynolds and Sec. Jimmy Schulte.

The Official Visit for the Temple Guard will be held on Feb. 15th. Social hour will start at 6 and dinner will be served at 7 pm.

We Guardsmen are looking forward to another fine year of Parades with food, fun and fellowship for all. The Laveen Parade will be the first of many followed by the Yuma Parade an OV. Also, we’re making plans to assist with the CIF BBQ from setup to cleanup. We also are scheduled to work the brunches during the year and we’ll need help for all of these activities.

Thanks to all Temple Guard members who helped with the Whole Hog Roast Dec. 31st, including our junior members, Mike Richards and Jimmy Schulte.

2010 Capt. Jasper Nichols deserved his Nov. Noble of the Month Award for all his service and work during the year for the Temple and the Temple Guard Unit.

Transportation...

Here we are at the end of another great year. This year will even be better, under the Direction of our new board President.

For those who didn’t make the Christmas Party and OV with the other Units, you missed a great and fun filled event. We presented our Potentate with a token of our appreciation and his Lady for the job they both did for us this year. They will both be missed.

We finished up the year with the Fiesta Bowl Parade and was it ever fresh. So fresh that some of the folks up north couldn’t come down, they were saying something about snow. Sorry, we sure missed all of you.

We want to tell Ted to get well soon so he Patrol... can come back and play with all of us. You’re We’re very proud of all our members in the Patrol family. Everyone, inmissed; get well soon, looking forward to cluding our Ladies, pitch in to help with the duties for which our Unit is reseeing you soon. sponsible. Our aim’s to make all El Zaribah Shriners equally as proud, We’re pleased to see Jim back at our especially when we march to escort place. After taking this year off from Parade the Potentate and the Divan in local Chairman, he’ll be back to us as our Chairand out of town Parades. man and it’ll be great to see that truck back where it belongs (TransIt’s great to have our “Sun Birds” portation).

Carol and Dean Halling back in town We’ll be going to Wickenburg in Feb. for their Parade, also we have after their annual journey to Illinois.

Apache Junction that same month, so tune your auto for another great We’re looking forward to the Silver year of Parades.

Spur Parade in Yuma February 12th, Lost Dutchman Parade in Apache Please try to attend Feb. meeting, and bring your dues.

Junction on February 26th, as well as forming the Honor Aisle for the PoJust a note - we no longer have the motor home, the Clowns are now tentate’s Ball. using it and I’m sure they’ll get great use of it. BB said they have plans The Patrol’s a hard working and fun group of Shrine Masons. If you’d for that coach. like to find out more about us, please join us for dinner and our monthly Hoping everyone had a great holiday season, see you soon. meeting the 1st Wednesday of every month at El Zaribah.

Fred Wulff, Capt.

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Apache Wells...

Casa Grande...

In Dec. the Club members selected 2011 Officers: President Ill. Sir Gary Preston; 1st VP Gus Gillilan; 2nd VP Bob Mattson; Sec. Jack Roberts; Treas. Bill Metcalf; Chaplain Earl Isakson. The new Officers were installed at the Presidents Ball Jan. 15th. Here’s wishing them a most successful and productive year. The Apache Wells Shrine Club thanks outgoing Pres. Jerry Dunn and Lady Arlene for their dedication and energy in the service to the Club during the years going through the Club chairs.

On Dec. 6th the OV and Annual Christmas Party was held and those attending can testify to the great time had by all.

The Jan. Luncheon and business meeting was held the 10th. The February business meeting and luncheon will be held on the 10th in Apache Wells Country Club Hall. Social starts at 12:30 and business meeting and lunch at 1 pm.

On February 20th the Club will hold the Annual Spring Shrine Golf Tournament with a 1 pm shotgun start. The funds raised in this great golfing event go to the Shrine Children’s Hospitals. All interested golfers (not only Shriners) are welcome to participate and are guaranteed to have fun plus help children at the same time. Get your friends and come on out and play.

As a heads-up, on March 5th from 7 – 11 am, the annual Apache Wells Flea Market will be held in the Apache Wells Country Club Parking Lot. The Shrine Club will have a stall and donations of salable goods are certainly welcome and needed. So give up your tired, unwanted, but sellable items around the house and then come on down and buy all the good stuff you can’t live without. For pickup of items you wish to donate, call Harry Lipert (480-807-1195). Flea Market funds support the operation of the mini cars used by the Club in Parades. Also from 7 am – 2 pm Coffee, donuts, brats and burgers will be on sale by the Shrine Club in the Gazebo & Room C. On March 10th, the business meeting and luncheon will be held in Apache Wells Country Club Hall. Social starts at 12:30 and business meeting and lunch at 1 pm. March 24th, we’ll hold the 4th Annual Pitchfork Fondue at the Apache Wells Gazebo Room A and C from 4 – 7 pm.

It’s open to the public and is intended as a money-maker to support the Shrine Children’s Hospitals Transportation Fund. This fund is used to help transport patients and family to and from the hospitals. Bring your friends and neighbors and enjoy the meal and help the children.

Jack Roberts, Club Scribe

Casa Grande Shrine Club’s looking forward to a successful 2011. Our new Officers are in place and ready to go.

They are: President Jerry Hampton; VP Ray Atkins; Sec. Ken Karnes and Treas. Tom Cardona.

We’ve investigated different places in Casa Grande to hold our meetings. Either the places are too small or charge too much for our Club. Presently we’re at Eva’s on Pinal. Some members have expressed a dislike to the Mexican food; however, Eva’s has an American menu also.

Casa Grande had a Veteran’s Day Parade and 8 of our Nobles were in it. Jerry Hampton and Ken Karnes are Clowns and were in the Florence Parade.

We’re looking forward to a good meeting and our OV in February.

Ken Karnes, Sec.

Computer...

Following a spirited election campaign and much electioneering a motion was made, seconded, discussed and unanimously approved to reelect the current Officers for a new term in 2011. Smile The Tech Net Microsoft software has been downloaded (approximately 200 GB) and will be installed as soon as the computers are in order to receive it. This will allow us to trouble shoot any type of Microsoft Software problem.

This is the place to bring your Christmas computers and/or computer problems and find solutions or help in operating them. Enjoy the camaraderie of fellow computer users.

Don’t be shy about bringing your problem in for us to work on. Also a lot of good information is presented at each of our meetings. There are no dumb questions, as the answer to what might be thought dumb is what several members wanted to ask but were shy or perhaps had a problem expressing.

We spend little time with administrative action and most talking or working with computers. If you have a computer problem that requires bringing in your computer, don’t hesitate to do that.

The Club meets the 4th Monday of each month at 7:00 pm except June, July, and August. All members of El Zaribah and their Ladies with an interest in computing are invited to visit our Club meetings. Ladies attend and participate along with their Noble.

The Computer Club has a Web Page that can be accessed at: http://members.cox.net/computerclub/ It can also be accessed from the El Zaribah Web Page link. The Computer Club Web Page contains links to other web sites that provide useful information for the use of computers. Check these links out and see what they offer. Virgil Johnston, Club Sec.

divan ladies ready to fez their nobles

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The Drum & Bugle Corps held their Election of Officers at their annual Business Meeting in Dec. Congratulations to those elected - Pres. Jack Garrett, VP Sanford Wax and Sec./Treas. Alan Dye. The entire Corps would like to thank Jack and his slate of 2010 Officers for their work in seeing that 2010 was a great year for the Drum & Bugle Corps. And we’re confident Jack and his 2011 Officers will continue to ensure the Club remains strong, participating in Temple events as they have in the past.

Congratulations to Tom Calvin in being elected Potentate of El Zaribah Shrine for 2011. We’re proud of him and looking forward to a great year under his leadership. The Drum & Bugle Corps plans to be an active Club this year and stands ready to support Tom, the rest of the 2011 Divan, and all of El Zaribah with our presence.

At the Drum & Bugle Corps meeting Dec. 21st, we held a Christmas Party for members, their Ladies, the Oriental Band and several guests.

This was our 3rd annual party and performance, and as every year since, we had a great time. Everyone brought more food than we could possible eat. We again performed several Christmas numbers, had a performance by the Oriental Band, listened to the D&B “Symphonic Quartet,” and had a lot of laughs. Thanks go to everyone who contributed to this fun event.

The Drum & Bugle Corps is always looking for those who enjoy music and camaraderie and have thought about what fun it would be to play an instrument in a band. I’m always surprised with the number of Shriners I meet who say they played an instrument 30 or 40 years ago but “could never do it now” or “have forgot everything they learned.” We guarantee if you come down any Tuesday evening at 5:30 pm in the Band Room to look us over, we’ll have you playing with us the first night. Alto Bugle

The Officers and Provost members would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and a healthy 2011. We had our Annual Provost Christmas Brunch, which was well attended by our Provost and Ladies. The El Zaribah Provost Club awarded Junior Grimm “Provost of the year 2010” for his long and outstanding service to the Provost Club and his dedication to El Zaribah Shrine. Congratulations to you, Past Commander Junior Grimm.

Points to Ponder: “In good communication, people should be in no doubt that you have reached a conclusion” John Adair Provost Club Meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of the month. You’re invited to join us in the Red Fez room at 5:00 for dinner and fellowship prior to the 6:30 pm meeting. Please come and join us.

Words of Wisdom: “You can’t hope to be lucky. You have to prepare to be lucky” Timothy Dowd The Provost Club motto is “Protecting and serving the Shrine” and our mission is to provide security at the Temple events and assist the Potentate as requested.

Join us if you’re interested working as security for your Shrine. Please contact Captain Don Obara (480-361-6339) or Duty Officer Pete Speas (480-510-4849). The uniforms will be supplied by the Provost Club, you’ll be working with experienced Officers and I’m sure you will find your participation very rewarding.

Provost Website has been updated. For more information, please log on to www.el-Zaribah.org and click on El Zaribah’s Blog at the left top of the page, then click “Units and Clubs” and look for the Provost Club.

Scribe, Don Obara, donobara@cox.net

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breakfast before shopping for everyone!

mr. & mrs. santa: george krob & lady theo.

mr. & mrs. santa & children with chuck leon

art loomis & fred boehm

richard eyr greeting & helping check out

dave luebke checking out nobles

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West Valley...

My, how time flies when you’re having fun. Here it is February and 2010 just flew by.

The Sun Lakes Shrine Club’s Annual Golf Outing at Sun Bird Country Club Nov. 13th was an outstanding success and is the Club’s main fund-raiser. There were some 140 golfers plus additional workers and participants who enjoyed the barbecue and award ceremony on Sun Bird’s patio afterwards. Many thanks to all the committee members and sponsors who contributed to the success of the event.

Noble Don Watkins chaired the event, ably assisted by never tiring Nobles and their Ladies who worked from setup at 6:00 am to tear down at 3:00 pm. The event awarded the usual low gross and low net flight winners, closest to the pin, longest drive as well as a cash drawing and over 100 drawing prizes. Income was substantially greater this year, in spite of the downturn of the economy, which says a lot about residents and businesses in and around Sun Lakes who desire to support the Shiners and their activities.

Our Nov. 8th dinner meeting was well attended as we inducted 2 new members and our 2011 Club Officers. The Club wrapped up 2010 with our Annual Christmas Party Dec. 13th at the Sun Lakes Country Club where we enjoyed a fun evening of fellowship, holiday spirits, gift exchange, good food and lots of laughs. In addition to being our Club’s Christmas Party, it was our annual OV by El Zaribah’s Potentate Ill. Sir Phil Houghton honoring him and his lovely Lady Ronda.

Jan. 10th was our start for the new year and was well attended. We swore in new member Jim Smith and voted to approve minor by-law changes. The food was excellent as always.

Now that the Golf Outing, Christmas Dinner/OV and Election of our 2011 Officers are finished, we’ll be back to our regular meeting/dinner schedule the 2nd Monday of each month in the AZ Room at Sun Lakes Country Club. Be sure to attend the Feb. 14th Valentine’s Meeting and Dinner. The festivities will start with social time at 4:30, break at 5:00 for the Meeting, then at 6:00 pm is Dinner. All Shiners, their Ladies, honorary members and guests are invited.

Notes for members of the Club - Don’t forget you can bring guests to our dinners and it’s a good way to let prospective members experience the fun the Club has to offer.

The members of the Sun Lakes Shrine Club wish all a very prosperous, healthy and fun 2011. Through the efforts of the Shrine, we hope others less fortunate will also enjoy the upcoming year.

The West Valley Shrine Club’s meeting at the Briarwood Country Club in Sun City West on Wednesday, Feb. 13th with their Ladies for a first class dinner. President Paul Meierhenry invites all Shriners in the area to join us. Please call Secretary Hal Nolde (623-566-0050) for more information. Dress is business casual with fez. Reservations may be made with our Treasurer Ken Mitchell (623-974-2404).

The West Valley Club is primarily a social organization representing Shriners from all over Shrinedom. El Zaribah and all other Shriners are urged to come and get acquainted.

sun lakes golf tournament at sun bird country has club pres. lyman hatch & his foursome in front of #3 hole in one prize from coulter motors gmc

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Yavapai County...

During Bradshaw Mtn. Shrine Club’s last meeting Dec. 15th, III. Sir Phil Houghton and Recorder Paul Reynolds were there to sign the By-Laws that would combine both Bradshaw Mtn. and Yavapai Shrine Club into one new Club that will be known as the Yavapai County Shrine Club.

Ill. Sir Phil spoke a little about the combination of the 2 Clubs and that it was his honor to sign the By-Laws structuring the new Club.

Ill. Sir Phil praised those who were instrumental in seeing this merger to fruition. The By-Laws were then signed by the officials who formed the new Club.

The first Board of Director’s meeting was held Jan. 3rd. The first General Membership meeting was Jan.13th. The meetings will be held the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm. March, September and December meetings will start at 11:30 am. All Nobles, their Ladies and any other guests will be welcome. Meals will be buffet style and the cost will be $20 per person and includes everything.

Please come join us for the fun, camaraderie and good food!

Hersh Eaton, Sec.

ceremonial ycsc by-law signers. seated: richard guinn, ill. sir phil houghton, recorder paul reynolds, hersh eaton & frank benedict. standing: george krob, stan stobierski, bill brown, fred boehm, James robinson, paul dey, & chuck leon

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Yuma Foothills...

Yuma...

Information: Pres. Gary Steeves (307-689-0774). Thank you Jr. Past Pres. Lanny for our splendid 2010 year. An outstanding accomplishment is the membership roster designed by you and Lady Ruth.

Best wishes 2011 Pres. Gary Steeves for you and all your Club and Unit Officers. We look forward to another enjoyable year!

Foothills Shrine Club operates from October through April. Its purpose is to provide a Shrine Club for visiting Nobles in Yuma. These visiting Nobles from the far north including Canada are those who fill our Club and Units with Officers and members; they serve on the several committees, volunteer with our Shriner Diners and participate in our Colts Parade activities.

Several of our Ladies have a fund-raising activity to benefit our Hospital program and it’s our Ladies who decorate our tables so beautifully at the socials. The December 2010 Social decorations were especially great and were justly appreciated!

The Nobles who served our Club so well in the past but are now unable to participate because of poor health or injury deserve our gratitude for the many past years they did so.

Some special activities are the aluminum can collection & raffle by Dirty Ernie, the jewelry sales, the Noble Lee fish feed, and several others. We should honor those Nobles who’ve sponsored children into our Hospitals. Also those who volunteer with the Helping Hands organization, County Game & Fish, their Church, the Sheriff Department and those who help Yuma Shrine Club at their Fair Booth, Circus and much more.

Nobles: Don’t take laxatives and sleeping pills the same night!

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

Greetings and Happy New Year from Yuma Shrine Club. By the time you get this, we’ll be having our Rodeo Parade and OV. It should be a great time.

We have an interesting lineup of Officers this year - all are single except for our Treasurer. Makes seating at events cozy.

We’re lined up for many Parades and beginning to solicit help and supplies for our annual fund-raiser, the famous Yuma County Fair Shrine Food Booth. There will be plenty of potatoes to scrub and dishes to do. The date will be around the first of April, so keep your calendars open.

Our stated meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm at the American Legion Post 19 on Virginia Ave. All are welcome any time.

Yours in the faith, Don Plank, 2011 Pres.

NobLe of The MoNTh - DeCeMber

December Noble of the Month Mick Degn Motorcycle members Ed Chandler and Brad Riddle introduced Mick to the Shrine. He joined in 2002.

He’s a member of the Motorcycle Unit where he’s served as Sec., VP, and President.

Mick enjoys promoting the mission of helping children through special events like the annual Bowling Palooza, We Ride So Kids Can Walk and The Night of the Child Benefit. He’s also organized numerous events for Shrine children including the Northern Train Trip, Arena football and Coyote Hockey games.

These events raised over $500,000 in donations and financial support.

NobLe of The MoNTh - NoVeMber In 2010 Mick served as WSA’s Asst. Director and served as Chairman November Noble of the Month Jasper Nichols for Finance and fund-raising for EL Zaribah. Mick’s ability to organize and Jasper joined El Zaribah in 2007 and he’s been get people involved in various ways is a talent that’s benefitted the Shrine extremely active ever since. Jasper immediately in many ways. We certainly appreciate all the effort Mick gives to the joined Temple Guard, serving as 2nd Lt., Sec. and Shrine organization.

Captain.

Mick’s also active with motorcycle rights, serving as a state lobbyist for Outside Temple Guard, Jasper assisted Ron the Modified Motorcycle Association. He and his wife Janelle reside in Miller with hospitality functions at many different Casa Grande. events. Jasper’s at every Temple function, helping Please join me on congratulating Mick for a job well done. wherever needed. He’s mastered the tent assembly at most events in- Phil Houghton volving cooking in the rear parking lot. We also watched him grow into a master fire starter for our various pit BBQ events.

Phone: (623) 572-0931 Fax: (623) 572-4757 Jasper stepped up to help organize the WSA Hospitality Suite and visit our website: www.azwordsunlimited.com played a major role in the CIF BBQ, CornFest and our Night of the Child fund-raiser. He also worked with the Mounted Patrol to put together a weekend at Munds Park. At each Stated Meeting, we’d get to hear from Jasper as he kept our Temple secure serving as Captain of the Guard. offers In addition to his Shrine duties, Jasper supports his Lady Linda DuBois Complete Business & Secretarial Services as High Priestess of the Ladies Oriental Shrine. Jasper’s accomplished a lot in his short time in El Zaribah and continues to be fully involved in our • Brochures • Fliers • Correspondence organization.

• Newsletters • Mailing Lists • Tape Transcription • Resumes • Notary Services Please join me in congratulating Jasper Nichols for being our Novem- • Club Rosters ber Noble of the Month. Phil Houghton

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2011 Potentate’s Ball

Saturday, February 26th

El Zaribah Shrine Center 5:00pm - Social Hour 6:00pm - March In 6:30pm - Opening remarks by Emcee and Presentation of Special Guest 6:45pm - Dinner 8:00pm - Entertainment

Michael Finney

Renowned Comedian / Magician 2009 World Comedy Magic Act of the Year

$50.00 Per Person

Coat and Tie or Black Tie Please All Nobles, Ladies and Guests Invited Reservations Required *** Your Choice Of 8 0Z Center Cut Prime Beef or 8 OZ Chicken Cordon Bleu. Accompanied with Tossed Salad with Ranch or Raspberry Vinegeret, Summer Squash Vegetable Medley, Assorted Dinner Rolls.

For Dessert - Pecan Pie or Mango Sherbet with a cookie. Iced Tea & Coffee ***

Special $99.00 Room Rates Hilton Garden Inn, Next door to El Zaribah For these special rates, go to this link on the internet: http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/groups/personalized/P/PHXANGI-EZS-20110223/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

Please mail completed information with your form of payment to: El Zaribah Shriners - Potentate’s Ball 552 North 40th St., Phoenix, AZ 85008 Reservation Deadline – Friday, February 18, 2011

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Aramel...

Ladies Oriental shrine...

Aramel Ladies had a very nice Holiday Lunch at Lon’s Dec. 2lst. Sorry the rest of you couldn’t make it. Louise Pool, who suggested Lon’s, wasn’t able to be there either - we missed you, Louise, but your suggestion was fantastic! We all plan to go back! The tables under the trees, with fresh white tablecloths, was most inviting but we chose inside, as the weather was beginning its downward spiral.

I hope everyone had a delightful Christmas holiday. I sure did and I can’t believe the Holidays have come and gone!

So it’s back to our regular schedule. Tuesday, Jan. l8th was our first meeting of the new year, and we do look forward to all you recently widowed Ladies joining us. We meet at 11 am for a meeting of sorts, then have lunch and whatever the situation dictates, we’ll do. Sometimes we play a game, games or just talk and visit. This is most relaxing and that’s always a winner! Did I remember to say we have lunch in the Red Fez Room, you order from the menu.

So please come and let us know all about you, what you’re doing and what you’d like to do. In case you don’t get a call, won’t you please contact any of our Officers and make a reservation. President Joy Weaver; VP Bonnie Kennington; Sec. Sally Olsen; and Treas. Julia Ayers. Chaplain is Dorothy Martin.

Treat yourself and surprise us!! Come join us for lunch. See you there!

Julia Ayers

Greetings from Sphinx Court #65, Ladies Oriental Shrine! Happy 2011 to ALL! Our Ladies are looking forward to another great year of working for the KIDS and joining our Nobles in their endeavors. We held a Membership Tea the middle of January and are hoping to welcome several new Ladies into our midst at our March Ceremonial. If your Lady hasn’t joined us yet, please have her contact any LOS Lady and we’ll get her a petition.

We continue to work hard on our fund-raisers and still have several cookbooks available for purchase. If you haven’t seen one of these books, you really should – it’s beautifully done and has luscious recipes from a lot of people YOU know, including our new First Lady Valerie Calvin.

We’ll be hosting a Style Show and Luncheon on February 12th. We hope you’ll pass this information along to your Lady so she can join us.

As always, we wish you good health and happiness and send our condolences to those who are ill or have lost loved one. Stay safe, happy, and busy working for the KIDS. Lady Linda DuBois, High Priestess 2010-11

Daughters of the Nile...

Just a reminder: Our local Hospital & Clinic Office phone number is 602-231-0188 or toll-free 1-800-784-6980

It’s hard to believe this is February and the year of “Music in the Heartland” is almost over!!

We had a Ceremonial in January and welcomed two new Princesses... what a great way to start off the year!!! I want to thank those who’ve supported our silent fund-raiser. Your participation is greatly appreciated.

Now, get set for the fun-filled afternoon of music and surprises. Feb. 20th is our HEARTS HAPPENING fund-raiser. Cost is $25 and reservations to Pr. Carol Shepard by Feb 13th. For reservations or info call 623566-4649. Fun will start at 2:00 and Dinner at 4:00. Dress Casual.

Sandi Beneke, Queen

a jeweled tiara replaces ill. sir doug “U-W” kurbat’s fez as he celebrates his birthday

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Clinic News...

In July 2010, Shriners Hospitals for Children started accepting third party pay (insurance) when it’s available. As this program expands to all the Shriners Hospitals in the system, it’s imperative that Shriners use the proper terminology when explaining our hospitals. It’s also important from time to time to review what our hospitals do.

The following statement comes from the cover page of the Shriners Hospitals for Children official website: Shriners Hospitals for Children is a health care system of 22 hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing pediatric specialty care, innovative research, and outstanding teaching programs for medical professionals. Children up to age 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of

the patient’s ability to pay.

The key phrase is that children receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. This is what we need to stress. Shriners Hospitals for Children will continue to provide very high quality care to children, just as they’ve done for almost 90 years. If insurance is available, then Shriners Hospitals for Children will accept it. If insurance isn’t available, Shriners Hospitals will still care for those children also.

Since third party pay is going to be collected by an outside agency, our hospital staffs (doctors, nurses, etc) won’t know which children have insurance and which don’t, thus the quality of service and care will be equal to all children and this is the way we as Shriners want it.

I hope this answers most of your questions. Please call the El Zaribah Shrine Hospital Office if you have any further questions or concerns. We’ll get the answers for you. Jim Miller, PP, Hospital Chairman

Transportation Donations...

In Memory of Ill. Sir Don Claxton Joe and Sandra Simmons In Memory of Mary Rodriquez Richard Webb Bill Thomas In Memory of Ross Neal Wilma J Granzow In Memory of Colette Assad Red Hatters at Sunrise In Memory of Kenneth E Downs James and Donna Downs Wm. and Marjorie Williamson In Memory of Elvira and Pat Lyberg Olaf T Lyberg El Zaribah Mohave Shrine Club Carol Wood El Zaribah Flying Fez Club El Zaribah Apache Wells Shrine Club Night of the Child Paul McCullough Jeanne Demley

2011 Parade schedule...

Feb 5 Feb 12 Feb 26 Mar 5 Mar 19 Jun 11 Jun 18 Aug 20 Sept 17 Sept 24 Oct 15 Nov 11 Nov 12 Nov 19 Nov 26

Laveen Yuma Silver Spur Apache Junction Chandler Buckeye WSA Livermore, CA Prescott Valley Payson Shrine Circus Pinetop Lake Havasu Tempe VA Anthem VA Gilbert Florence

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...noble of the year...

EL Zaribah Noble of the Year Tom Johnston Tommy Dale Johnston was born in Cedar Vale, KS. At age 8 Tom got sick and was diagnosed with polio in his right hand and arm. The doctor performed emergency surgery under coal oil light in the family kitchen before transporting him to Wichita to the hospital. During high school summers he worked as part of a harvest crew going from ND to TX harvesting wheat. He played football and basketball, played trombone in the band and participated in class plays. He helped in the family dry goods store as well as on the farm during the school year.

Tom attended college in OKC, OK and Arkansas City, KS. While at Arkansas City Junior College he met Sheila White. They married in 1962 and have 3 children, 6 grandchildren and 2 greatgrandchildren.

In 1966 Tom moved his family from KS to AZ and went to work for Airesearch. They bought a home in Tempe where they still reside. Tom retired in 1995.

In 1992 Tom joined El Zaribah Shrine. He was in one of the largest classes to become Shriners. Tom became a member of the Director’s Staff in 1994 serving as Pres. in 1999. He was Treasurer from 2004 - 2009. He rode one of the Director’s Staff mini-mo-

torcycles in Parades from 1995 - 1999 and took responsibility for keeping the 6-man bike up and running for Parades from 1995 1999 as well.

Tom’s been the MC for several Potentates for the Pote’s Ball.

He started MC-ing the Shrine Circus in 1999, the CornFest in 2000 and served as MC for the Night of the Child for the last 2 years.

Tom served on the Potentate’s Staff from 1996 - 2002. He was an Executive Aide in 2007, 2009 and 2010; a Personal Aide in 2005; Chief of Staff to Potentate John Kinter in 2003; and Assistant Chief of Staff in 2004. He was Assistant Temple Director in 19992000 and served as Temple Director in 2001-2002.

In 1995 Tom became a member of the Order of the Quetzalcoatl.

He was Camaxtli in 2005 and is currently a WSQA Officer.

Tom’s currently Pres. of the Desert Chariots and served as WSA Marketplace Chairman. He was a member of the Arch Degree team from 2004 - 2006; he’s been a member of the CIF committee; and has served in some capacity with the 365/Children First/Night of the Child Committee since 1994. He’s been an Asst. to Jack Garrett and the Shrine Circus since 1997. He’s a member of the Sandbaggers, Hillbillies and the Royal Order of the Jesters.

Tom’s Shrine experience provides him with an invaluable insight and understanding of many of the Shrine’s processes. This insight was very helpful at various times during the year when he whispered good words of advice in true Masonic fashion. He was a valuable member of the Potentate’s staff this year.

Please join me in congratulating Tom on being Noble of the year for 2010. Phil Houghton

...phil’s farewell and thanks to ronda...

EL Zaribah Nobles, Ronda and I’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of you for allowing us the honor of representing EL Zaribah Shrine this past year. We had many wonderful experiences, visited many places, made new friends and solidified existing friendships. One of the greatest honors was to see the work our Nobles and Ladies do to put on great events at our Shrine. Everyone puts their heart and soul into our fundraising efforts and our entertainment events.

Part of the leadership role is to help create memories people enjoy. Our memories are numerous and we enjoy them. I hope you took away some positive memories from last year and talk about them often.

I encourage you to keep your eyes, vision and focus on the future. Our organization needs your focus on the future to help us survive and become better. We have some good people on the Divan who have the best interest of the Shrine at heart and they deserve all the support we can give them. It truly takes each and every one of us to pull together to help us move into the future. Things are changing and so must we. Big picture thinking and planning for how to get there must be done.

We ended the year with a fantastic event, the Christmas Party for our hospital patients and their families. It was beautiful, we had a good time and saw many happy children and families that day. The response from them has been fantastic. The entertainment for that day, Michael Finney, has pledged to come back and help again next year to make it bigger and better. That says a lot for him to donate his time, effort, money and presence to make our children feel better. A special thanks to Ronda for or20 Arabian Tales / February 2011

ganizing it, Michael Finney for the entertainment, and to all the people who helped put it together and made donations to the project during the year. We’re making plans to do it again.

In closing, I say: Thanks for the memories! Remember, Together We Can Make A Difference!

Yours in the faith, Phil and Ronda Houghton

First Lady Ronda Houghton donated all the funds she received throughout the year, in addition to lots of her own money, for toys and goodies for our children at the Christmas Party.

A big THANK YOU for her devotion to our KIDS and the Temple in general.

She will be missed. Paul Reynolds

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Research Provides Better Understanding and Treatment of Cleft Lip and Palate In 2009, researchers at Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Northern California identified a gene in mice that may uncover the fundamental mechanisms of cleft lip and palate, a common birth defect that affects about 5,000 children annually in the U.S. The discovery was made by a research team led by Chengji Zhou, Ph.D., a principal investigator for the Institute of Pediatric Regenerative Medicine (IPRM), a collaborative research program of Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Northern California and the University of California, Davis.

The research revealed that all of the mice with a disrupted gene named Lrp6 developed a cleft lip and cleft palate and showed the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms involved.

The findings of Dr. Zhou and his colleagues were published in the September 2009 issue of the scientific journal, Development.

“This discovery may someday allow scientists and doctors to identify the mutations in related human genes that may cause cleft lip and cleft palate in children and to find new drug targets to prevent this kind of birth defect during pregnancy,” said David Pleasure, M.D., director of research at Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Northern California and the IPRM. “Our hope is that scientific discoveries made by Dr. Zhou and the team of researchers working at Shriners Hospitals for Children® will one day transform the lives of children faced with congenital birth defects and other physical challenges.”

(left) Dr. Zhou’s research is contributing to a better understanding of the possible genetic causes of cleft lip and palate. (right) Dr. Stoddard’s research has led to a new, less invasive treatment for cleft lip and palate. Here, he looks at a series of corrective devices used in the treatment.

A New Treatment Additional research in the field of cleft lip and palate includes the development of a new method of treatment of patients with wide cleft lip and palate. Created by Beth Roscoe and Philip Stoddard, M.D., of Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Springfield, the innovative process helps close the gap prior to cleft lip surgery.

A plaster model of the patient’s lip and palate is scanned into a computer. Then, using CAD/CAM (computer assisted design and computer assisted manufacturing), a series of palate-shape corrections are created on the computer. The corrections are designed to serially reduce the gap, taking growth into consideration.

These digital models guide the manufacturing of the series of corrective appliances for the patient. It generally takes about 12 corrective steps to achieve the desired result (each device closes the gap by about half a millimeter on each side, and is worn for a week). Ideally, this method is meant to begin when the patient is about 1 month old and takes from 10 to 15 weeks to complete.

Saving Time and Money There are several benefits to using this procedure, according to Dr. Stoddard. The computer-assisted design provides consistent results; it allows for expected normal growth; the appliances are not surgically inserted, therefore, no anesthesia is required; clinic wait times are reduced; and if patients live far from the hospital, several appliances in the series can be given to the family at a time, reducing the number of visits to the hospital. The new process saves time and expense.

Shriners Hospitals for Children® has a patent pending.

These research projects exemplify Shriners Hospitals for Children®’s commitment to improving care for children with cleft lip and plalate through a comprehensive, coordinated program, including research. www.shrinershospitals.org

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Providing Care for Cleft Lip and Palate at Shriners Hospitals for Children® Cleft lip and palate deformities occur when the tissue that forms the upper lip and roof of the mouth fail to join together before birth.

The condition is associated with alterations in speech, hearing and facial growth. Cleft lip and palate is corrected by reconstructive surgery and multidisciplinary therapies.

Approximately 5,000 children are born each year in the U.S. with cleft-associated deformities. In fact, facial clefts are one of the most common birth defects in the U.S. Children with facial clefts have various interrelated problems involving the brain; the development of the skull and facial bones; the structure of the ear and the ability to hear; the teeth and the ability to chew and eat; and the mouth and nose and the ability to breathe and speak.

Reconstruction must be staged with the child’s growth in order to restore the facial skeleton and functionality as completely as possible.

Mollie Carlson is just one of the many children with cleft lip and palate who has received treatment from Shriners Hospitals for Children®. Today, Mollie is studying communication disorders in college, and hopes to one day be a speechlanguage pathologist.

A Common Birth Defect Despite the frequency of its occurrence, and the severity of the deformities, care for patients with cleft lip and palate can be difficult to obtain. For this reason, Shriners Hospitals for Children® added cleft lip and palate to the health care system’s service lines in 2005. Treating cleft and palate problems is a long-term commitment; children require care from birth to adolescence, which fits well in the health care system’s mission of providing family-centered care until the patient’s 18th birthday.

Care for cleft lip and palate is currently available at the Shriners Hospitals for Children® located in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston, Los Angeles, Northern California, Portland and Springfield. Multidisciplinary services include surgery, orthodontics, hearing, speech and psychological therapies, and additional supports.

Shriners Hospitals for Children® has also partnered with the Humanitarian Foundation of the Grottoes of North America, a Masonicaffiliated fraternal organization. Children with special needs are often excluded from normal childhood dental care, which is important in the successful treatment of cleft lip and palate, and the Foundation will provide appropriate patients who need cleft lip and palate surgery with financial assistance for routine dental care.

The partnership has benefited more than 50 Shriners Hospitals for Children® patients.

Cleft lip and palate is a common and serious condition. Shriners Hospitals for Children® is committed to improving care for children with this condition through a comprehensive, coordinated program of clinical excellence, teaching and research.

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Medical Staff Recognized for Expertise

Oscar Suman, Ph. D.

Robert Sheridan, M.D.

One reason Shriners Hospitals for Children® is renowned world-wide as a leader in burn care is the excellence and expertise of the health care system’s staff. Two examples are Oscar Suman, Ph.D., and Robert Sheridan, M.D. Oscar Suman, Ph.D., an exercise physiologist and director of the Children’s Exercise and Wellness Center at Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Galveston and associate professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, was honored

by President Barack Obama for his work in helping children recover from burns at a White House ceremony in January.

Dr. Suman was one of 100 researchers selected to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award is the highest honor given by the government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are in the early stages of their careers.

The award is meant to recognize scientists who have demonstrated potential for leadership in developing and discovering knowledge in science and technology. Dr. Suman specializes in developing exercise regimens to help children recover from burns.

“It is an extremely great honor to be nationally recognized for the work we do at the Shriners Hospital in Galveston,” said Dr. Suman. “It is a re!ection of the great work and dedication that our Galveston staff and faculty exhibit daily. I hope to be able to continue to devote my life to burn care research.”

The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Program is administered by the National Science and Technology Council. Several participating federal agencies submit nominations, including the National Institutes of Health, which nominated Dr. Suman.

The respect for Shriners Hospitals for Children® among those in the burn care "eld is indicated by prestigious leadership positions held by hospital staff.

Robert Sheridan, M.D., assistant chief of staff of Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Boston currently serves as the president of the American Burn Association, a premier national organization dedicated to improving the lives of those with burn injuries. In addition, Dr. Sheridan is co-director of the Sumner Redstone Adult Burn Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sheridan is certi"ed in surgery and surgical critical care and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Chest Physicians and American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

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...calendar Of events as Of 01-23-11... febrUary sUnday

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After Spinal Cord Injury, Brittany is Walking and Dancing Again Brittany Fojtik was a dancer in peak physical condition when a car accident left her with a spinal cord injury (SCI). Doctors told her that she was paralyzed from the chest down and would never walk again. The tenacious young girl, then 10 years old, set out to prove them wrong.

The dedication and drive that helped Brittany succeed as a dancer was redirected toward making a full recovery. She devoted many long hours to therapy at Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenŽ — Chicago and just two years after her injury, not only is she walking – she is dancing again.

On Nov. 2, 2008, Brittany was en route to her family’s new home in Katy, Texas. Brittany and her brother, Daniel, sat in the middle seat of their minivan as their father drove. While the van was moving, Brittany unbuckled her seat belt to grab an item from the back.

A sudden and unexpected turn of the wheel caused the van to hit a concrete GUDLQDJH FXOYHUW 7KH YHKLFOH ÀLSSHG through the air and Brittany was ejected from the car out the back window; VKH ÀHZ IHHW DQG ODQGHG RQ WKH pavement.

The next thing Brittany remembers is a man telling her “everything is going to be OK.â€? She was surrounded by sirens, ambulances and paramedics before being airlifted to a hospital in nearby Houston. Her mother, Beverly Fojtik, was told she may not make it WKURXJK WKH Ă€LJKW In addition to her SCI, Brittany sustained a broken arm, hip, wrist, nose and ribs, as well as massive internal bleeding. After spinal fusion surgery, Brittany spent 18 days in the intensive care unit while her vital signs stabilized.

As Brittany’s condition continued to improve, it became clear that she would need rehabilitation at a facility that specialized in pediatric SCI. A therapist recommended Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenŽ — Chicago to the family and on Dec. 1, 2008, a transport team relocated her to the Windy City.

Brittany worked with physical and occupational therapists at Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenŽ — Chicago for two-and-a-half weeks in early December. Examinations during this admission indicated that she had sustained a complete SCI (American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale A), meaning she had very little chance of walking again. Despite the dim prognosis, Brittany’s progress continued. The day before she left to go home for the Christmas holidays, she discovered that she could move one of her big toes. “It all started happening so fast,� explained Beverly. “When we got home the next day, she was able to swing her leg from side to side. From then on,

there was some kind of new movement all the time.�

Brittany returned to Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenÂŽ — Chicago in mid-January 2009 for a month-long stay. Her therapists began standing her up and she was able to move her hips a little bit. With the help of leg braces and WKHUDSLVWV %ULWWDQ\ WRRN KHU ÂżUVW ÂżYH steps since the accident on Feb. 11, 2009. “I cried and cried and cried,â€?

Beverly said. “And I wasn’t the only one – the nurses and therapists were crying too. Nobody expected this.â€? %ULWWDQ\ÂśV LQMXU\ ZDV UHFODVVLÂżHG DV an American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale D, which means that she has an incomplete SCI and VLJQLÂżFDQW UHFRYHU\ LV H[SHFWHG 6LQFH she began rehabilitation, she has progressed from a wheelchair to a walker to forearm crutches. She now walks with a cane and only uses her wheelchair at the mall and the airport.

The level of recovery and return of function that Brittany experienced is unusual and was a wonderful surprise and outcome for both the SCI team that worked with her and her family.

Doctors noted a number of factors that contributed to her success, including her physical condition prior to the injury, a positive personality and a lot of hard work.

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