OCTOBER 2013 VOLUME 87 - NUMBER 9

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OFFICIAL CALL OF THE POTENTATE:WEDNESDAY, October 9th

STATED MEETING - OPEN Zem Zem 5pm, Dinner 6pm, Meeting 7pm

-- Yours In The Faith, Illustrious Sir James Hutchins, Potentate

FROM YOUR POTE

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THE ASSISTANT RABBAN

by Dave Brady Sr.

THE CHIEF RABBAN’S CORNER

by Craig Jacobson

First and foremost, I would like to say once again what an honor it is to serve as your Potentate for 2013. Lady Marilyn and I are proud to serve on the Divan and we have enjoyed representing Nile Temple at the 2013 Shrine Imperial session, PNSA’s, parades and all other activities. Your support, friendship and kindness are gifts we cherish.

The combined efforts of the elected and appointed Divan, officers and members of Nile’s clubs and units and all of Nile’s volunteers have resulted in a great year so far. The business activities of golf, restaurant and facility rentals have been successful. And our hospital philanthropy continues to prosper. This is a result of Nile’s cadre of member volunteers and ap-pointed and elected officers who have supported Nile in an admirable fashion this year. I am proud to be a Nile Shriner.

I look forward to seeing and spending time with you at our upcoming events. We have a number of enjoy-able and beneficial major events coming up in the next few months. Be sure to read the Smile with Nile calendar for details about all of them. Some of the major events include;

1. October 5th - The Granite Falls parade is our last parade for 2013. Come and join us for this short pa-rade. It is a lot of fun.

2. October 9th - Plan now to attend the Open Stated Meeting in which ladies and guests are invited. The guest of honor for this meeting will be Noble Davis Korsmoe, Nile Temple’s Superintendent of Grounds for 41 years. Noble Davis retired several months ago, and this is our chance to honor him for making the Nile Golf Course such a beautiful and profitable place for our Temple to reside.

3. October 11th - We will hold our bi-annual Hospital Appreciation Luncheon. This year we are co-hosts with Daughters of the Nile. Please see the ad for this important event in this issue of the Smile with Nile.

4. Also on October 11th - Nile opens its annual Haunted House. This year the event is sponsored by KZOK Radio. Therefore, it has been officially named the “KZOK Haunted Nightmare at Nile.” This haunt-ing event (pun intended) will be held each Friday, Saturday and Sunday starting October 11th. The final night of haunting will be Friday, November 1st. Bring your whole family and prepare for a fun fright.

5. October 12th - Two of our ladies concordant bodies have events here at Nile. Daughters of the Nile have their “Walk for Awareness” in the morning and Ladies Oriental Shrine holds their annual fund raising auc-tion and dinner, Over the Moon, starting at 4:00 pm. Both these organizations use their fundraisers exclu-sively to support our Shriners Hospitals for Children.

6. November 2nd – The 2013 Nile Ceremonial will begin at noon at Nile. This is a change from your

It’s time to talk about electing 2014 Officers for Nile Shrine. Now more than ever, we need to elect competent, motivated Offi-cers at all levels. Leaders of our Units and Clubs and members of the Divan must be up to the challenges before us.

All to often, only a few an-swer the call because few are equipped to lead without sup-

port to make them successful. We have many examples of this and it’s effects on units and clubs.

Part of the problem is individuals standing in the way of progress. They don’t like change and will stand in the way of it even when it is desperately needed. You know who they are and you may feel powerless to stop them.

You DO have the power with your vote to send a mes-sage. It’s time we stop holding on and start moving on. Will you elect the past to keep things the way they are or will you elect a positive future for the Nile. WE can make positive changes and inspire new members and veteran members to go in new directions.

Elect those who demonstrate they care about you, value your ideas, recognize your input, listen and look you straight in the eye and tell you the truth. It’s called integrity. Do not elect those who are self serving, ar-rogant and will talk behind your back. Elect leaders, not puppets or yes men. You know who they are! Now is the time to take control of the future.

Nile’s future is in your hands. You hold the keys. Do not allow Nile’s future to be hijacked by the small group that controls the Temple now. Send them a mes-sage: “My vote counts and I will elect the best Nobles who will advance my Unit, my Club and our Nile into the future.”

I am now officially retired from the Boeing Company. My plan is to spend more time at Nile soaking up as much knowledge as I can. I will continue to serve you, my fel-low Nobles and Brothers, the best I can to improve our Temple and to support the “World’s Greatest Philanthropy,” the Shriners Hospi-tals for Children.

The “Cruizin’ the Grape Wine tasting and Car Show” held on August 29th was a success and a great time by all who attended. We hope to have it again next year. A huge thanks goes out to Liz Day for her time and ef-fort put forward to help make this a success. Congratu-lations to the raffle winners and car show winner.

I hope everyone had a chance to attend the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe from August 22nd through Sep-tember 2nd where the Shurtah unit ran its BBQ Beef booth and the Oriental Band ran the Corn on the Cob booth. Both booths had a successful fair and made money. Thanks to all the volunteers who worked in these booths.

Plans are complete and are in action for our 3rd an-nual Haunted House starting on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, October 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th, 27th and Friday,November 1st. Check Smile with Nile for start times. The Haunted House committee along with the Director’s Staff, under the guidance of Illustrious Sir Dave Ramich, have done an outstanding job of building for the Haunted House. We know that this will be a big success again this year.

Our next stated meeting is October 9th and will be an open meeting. Zem Zem is at 5 pm, Dinner at 6 pm ($15 pp), Meeting at 7 pm.

Our last parade, on Saturday, October 5th is the “Rail-road Days” parade in Granite Falls. All units please make this parade and show your support for Shriners Hospitals for Children. As always before the parade, for a small price, breakfast will be served by Damascus Masonic Lodge there in Granite Falls. It is always a great breakfast.

Nobles if you are not a member of a club or unit please consider attending one of our Shrine Club meetings located in West Seattle, Renton, Sequim (Olympic Peninsula SC), Bremerton (Kitsap County SC), Oak Harbor (Whidbey Island SC), Mount Ver-non (Skagit Valley SC), Bellingham (Northwest SC), or here at Nile Temple (Eastside SC). For location and meeting times of these, check Smile with Nile or con-tact the office. We look forward to visiting clubs and units and will continue to do so when we can.

See you soon. Until next month, take care.

NILE CEREMONIALNovember 2nd

Ceremonial events all afternoon then stay on for the Greeters Crab Feed

Brunch: Noon 1ST Section: 1:00 pm Hot Sands: 2:30 pm Fezzing: 4:00 pm Zem-Zem: 5:00 pm Crab Feed: 6:00 pm

IN THIS ISSUECalendar 11Directory 2Donations 10Divan Messages 1Unit and Club News 4-5

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ELECTED DIVAN Potentate James Hutchins Chief Rabban Craig Jacobson Assistant Rabban David Brady, Sr. High Priest and Prophet Don Lane Oriental Guide Gale Kenney Treasurer David Ramich, P.P. Recorder Richard Syson

APPOINTED DIVAN 1st Ceremonial Master Al P. Lehner 2nd Ceremonial Master Harry Ginther Master of Ceremonies Larry Gillespie Orator Alden Sarmiento Marshal Terry Paull Assistant Marshal Carl Alexander, P.P. Captain of the Guard Rod Grosso Outer Guard Richard Blodgett

POTENTATE’S AIDES Executive Aide Larry Bronner Executive Aide Dennis “D.J.” Synnott Chief Aide John de Carteret Assistant Chief Aide Scott Wells Aide-Entertainment Dennis Wilkins

IMPERIAL COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES Potentate James Hutchins Chief Rabban Craig Jacobson Assistant Rabban David Brady, Sr. Recorder Richard Syson

AMBASSADORS Grand Lodge Sat Tashiro, P.P. York Rite T.H. Dickason Scottish Rite Sat Tashiro, P.P. Association of Shrine Oriental Bands Norm Wold PNW Shrine Assoc. of Oriental Bands Dave Barney Daughters of the Nile Dale Good Ladies Oriental Shrine Frank Martinez Damascus Lodge #199 Bryan Bechler Youth Groups - Demolay Jerry Parton Youth Groups - Rainbow Bob W. Wilson Youth Groups - Jobs Daughters Steve Morgan Ambassador-at-Large James “Yogi” Kalis Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Knight Ambassador-at-Large Sid Baggett

EMERITUS OFFICERS AND APPOINTMENTS Board of Governors-Spokane Ken Freeman Board of Governors-Spokane Gerald Seldon, P.P. Recorder James W. Hart Jr.

DIRECTORS Director of Uniformed Units Jud Chapin Director of Nile Fundraisers David Ramich, P.P. Director of Protocol and Rituals Carl Alexander, P.P. Director of Rituals Richard Kovak, P.P. Director of Public Relations Joe Busch Director of Membership Dennis Wilkins Asst. Director of Membership Ed Broker Asst. Director of Membership Jim Hansen Director of Golf Activities Richard Sardeson, P.P. Director of Management Systems Donald Moore Director of Crown of Honor Howard Wise Director of Shrine Clubs David Peterson Deputy Director of Shrine Clubs Steven M. Wilson Director of Patient Travel Dennis “D.J.” Synnott Asst. Director of Patient Travel Ron Savage Patient Travel Volunteer Dellazine Moran

COMMITTEES Co-Chairman - Bluegrass Don Lane Co-Chairman - Bluegrass Steve Kiley Co-Chairman - Bluegrass Jerry Smith Chairman - Golf Morrie Olsen Chairman - Golf Richard Sardeson, P.P. Chairman - $100 Million Club Virgil Mudd Co-Chairman - $100 Million Club Ned Daniels Chairman - Insurance Committee Al Dillan Chairman - Building and Grounds George Young Chairman - Hospital Forrest Wright Chairman - Pote’s Ball John de Carteret Co-Chairman - Pote’s Ball Larry Bronner Chairman - Winter Ball Larry Bronner Co-Chairman - Winter Ball John de Carteret Chairman - Haunted House David Ramich, P.P. Chairman - Nile Family Picnic JR Henning Co-Chairman - Nile Family Picnic Joe Busch Chairman - Navy Day Jerry Biddle Chairman - Easter Egg Hunt Gerald “Jerry” Seldon Jr. Chairman - Kids Christmas Party Gerald “Jerry” Seldon Jr. Chairman - St. Patrick’s Day Bob O’Brien

SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS Donor Giving Frank Young Historian Richard Kovak, P.P. Nile Piper Raymond Colby Nile Piper Larry Wing Parliamentarian Carl Alexander, P.P. Photographer Baltazar Gatan Temple Attorney Richard Kovak, P.P. Chaplain E. Jeff Craig Asst. Chaplain Richard Kovak, P.P. Hospital Representative - Portland Sat Tashiro, P.P. Hospital Representative - Portland Al Dillan Hospital Representative - Portland Carl Alexander, P.P. Hospital Representative - Portland Frank Young Hospital Representative - Spokane Eugene Gilbert, P.P. Hospital Representative - Spokane Don Lane

SHRINE CLUBS Eastside Shrine Club John de Carteret Kitsap Peninsula Shrine Club Fred Corbett Northwest Shrine Club Ron Fine Olympic Peninsula Shrine Club Steve Lingle Renton Shrine Club Richard Brandon Skagit County Shrine Club George Brown South Whidbey Shrine Club Jim Fulton West Seattle Shrine Club Bob Rice Whidbey Island Shrine Club Donald Dubois

UNIT HEADS President/Band Bob Wilson Captain/Calliope Robert T. Wilson President/Car Club A. Gary O’Leary President/Chanters Robert Starowski President/Clowns Gerald Seldon Jr. Director/Director’s Staff Jim Butler Captain/Drum & Bugle Corps Lance Schwartz Wagon Master/Fun On Wheels Glenn Baily Jr. President/Golf Club Arne Ringstad President/Greeters Roy Gorud President/Hospital Supply Corps. Eugene Gilbert, P.P. Commander/Legion of Honor “Mac” Mckinney Captain/Legion of Honor Drill Team Gerald Prouty Captain/Mini-Bikes Howard Wise Nile Park Ranger James “Yogi” Kalis Swordmaster/Ceremonial Swordsmen Neil Horman Sultan/Oriental Band Tony Bernales President/Past Masters Club Bryan Bechler Sheriff/Sportsmen’s Club Robert Sluder High Shire Reeve/Shurtah Scott Smith Director/Temple Guard Gerald “JR” Henning Director/Truckers Robert Clark President/Zem Zem Terry Grove

Nile Directory 425-774-9611, 425-672-1833 fax

Potentate - James Hutchins potentate@nileshrine.org x217 Chief Rabban - Craig Jacobson x218 Recorder - Dick Syson recorder@nileshrine.org x215 Treasurer - David Ramich treasurer@nileshrine.org x216 Membership - Howard Wise office@nileshrine.org x213 Accounting bookkeeper@nileshrine.org x214 Volunteer’s Desk x211 Divan Desk (office) x228 #19 Bar & Grill Office x311 Restaurant x312 Catering/O’Callahan’s x411 Pro Shop x512 Security x612 Men’s Golf Club x613 Patient Support Office - Dennis “D.J.” Synnott, x611 Ron Savage, Dellazine Moran or 800-432-8200

FOR YOUR INFORMATION···The Potentatecontinued from page 1

calendars. This year the Ceremonial will memorial-ize Past Potentate and Past Grand Master James O. Wood, who passed away earlier this year. All Nobles and Ladies of Nile are invited to attend the official initiation of our new Nobles and meet new members of the Nile family. This year we have planned our Ceremonial in conjunction with the annual Greeters Crab Feed. All our newly initiated candidates and their ladies will receive complementary tickets to the Crab Feed. This is an opportunity for all of us to meet and welcome the new Nobles and their ladies. Show your support of Nile by attending the Ceremonial and Greeters Crab Feed.

7. November 2nd is the annual Greeters Crab Feed, which offers all-you-can-eat fresh crab. Tickets often sell out, so get yours early.

8. November 15th – Open Stated Meeting and “Cash for Kids” Night, which is set for Friday, November 15th. This is also a change from your calendars. This year we will have at least 80 turkeys to raffle, so plan to come. Raffle tickets may be purchased at the door. 100% of the profits from this raffle go to Shriners Hospitals for Children.

I hope to see you and your family at as many of these Nile activities as possible. They are all very impor-tant to our Temple’s membership, philanthropy and financial wellbeing. Remember, we are all “United for a Noble Cause.” Advertising in SMILE with NILE

Let business owners know that advertising in SwN will help them and our Hospitals. Contact Bob Sluder (206-235-7714

or bob@nwhouses.com) with your referrals.

Hatasu Temple No. 1 Daughters of the Nile

Shriners Hospitals for Children ~ Appreciation Luncheon

Friday, October 10, 2013 Nile Shrine Center

6601 244th SW, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043

Past Supreme Queens, Supreme Elective Officers, Supreme Appointive Officers, Supreme Appointees, Subordinate Temple Elected Officers, Past Queens, Ladies of the Household, Supreme Temple Foundation Board of Directors, members of Nile Shrine and Friends:

Hatasu Temple No. 1 in Seattle invites you to attend a special Luncheon to learn about the Shrine Hospital System and our service as members of Daughters of the Nile.

In order to foster positive relationships between Daughters of the Nile/Hatasu Temple No. 1 and Shrine, and to encourage support of the Shrine Hospital System, especially the Portland Shrine Hospital, we have a rare opportunity to learn from, hear about and see our efforts on behalf of the SHS and therefore continue to build a long-term relationship with the Shrine as we celebrate our 100th Anniversary.

Program:

Registration 10:30 a.m. Foyer at Nile Shrine Center

Social hour 11:00 a.m. Ballroom

Table top displays 10:30-2:00 p.m. Vendors, Hospital, Clubs and Units, Nile Shrine Haunted House

Luncheon 12 noon Ballroom

Speakers 12:30-1:30 p.m. (to include Administrator, PR, Pote, Queen, Chrmn) other

Adjourn 2:00 p.m.

Shriners Hospital for Children - Portland, Appreciation Luncheon 2013

Shriners Hospitals for Children ~ Appreciation LuncheonFriday, October 11th Nile Shrine Center

Hatasu Temple No. 1 invites you to attend a special Luncheon to learn about the Shrine Hospital System and our service as members of Daughters of the Nile.As we celebrate our 100th Anniversary, we have this rare opportunity to learn more about the Shrine Hospital System and the Portland Hospital that we may continue to build a long-term, supportive relationship with the SHS.

Agenda:Registration 10:30 am Foyer at Nile Shrine Center Social hour 11:00 am Ballroom Table top displays 10:30-2:00 pm Vendors, Hospital, Clubs, Nile Shrine Haunted House Luncheon Noon Ballroom Speakers 12:30-1:30 pm Adjourn 2:00 pm

For more information please contact Pr., Molly Nagle at (360) 679-2196 or Nile Shrine Office at (425)774-9611 x212

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION···

CLASSIFIEDS WANTED: Shriner and Past Master wants to buy guns and fishing gear in any condition. George Wells. 425-775-1539.

WANTED TO BUY: Boy Scout Memorabilia. I am looking for patches, medals, neckerchiefs, pins, uniforms, sashes, etc. I am a collector, not a dealer. Karl at 360-733-8429.

FOR SALE: James O. Wood’s 2007 GMC Sierra pickup, white, covered bed, lift loader, running boards, 6,800 miles. $12K. Virginia Wood 425-255-6808.

SMILE with NILE Classified Ads. Let Us Help You Buy or Sell. Up to 35 words, $5 per issue for individuals, $10 per issue for businesses. Send copy with payment, your name, address and telephone number to the Nile office. Deadline: 8th of the month prior to publication.

INTERESTED IN A MOTORCYCLE CLUB

AT NILE?We are still trying to form a regular motorcycle rid-ing club here at the Nile. A minimum of 10 Nobles are needed in order to form the club. If one was formed we would have monthly meetings, plan money makers, have monthly rides, organize social events with family members and ride in parades without special maneu-vers. Ladies would not be allowed to ride in the parades with us but could participate in all other activities. Any-one interested in starting this club, please contact Dave Brady at bbunchiii@aol.com or 425-481-0159.

In the near future we will plan to meet at the Nile for all who are interested in this club. We may even plan a ride on a Saturday starting with breakfast at the 19th Hole. One idea is to have our monthly Breakfast or Lunch meetings on Saturdays and after the meeting go on rides or activities. Keep checking the SWN for more information.

Dear Nobles:

In a continuing effort to raise funds for our Nile Shrine Center and at the suggestion of Illustrious Sir Richard Sardeson, your Divan is considering naming several of the Temple rooms for individuals who wish to contribute and become the room’s sponsor.

The rooms that would be named after a sponsor, or a person of his choosing, are: The Gold Room The Caravan Room The Main Ball Room The Red Room. The room would be thereafter known by this name and a plaque would be placed over the door.

The necessary donation amount has not yet been determined. A future communiqué will supply this information.

Sponsoring contributions would be placed in the Building and Grounds Fund.

- Gale Kenney, Oriental Guide

NILE SHRINERS STATED MEETINGThe Stated Meting of Nile Shriners was held on Sep-tember 11, 2013. The meeting convened at 7:00 p.m.

The Marshal Noble Terry Paul introduced the Divan in reverse order: Recorder: Richard D. Syson Treasurer: Ill. David E. Ramich Oriental Guide: Gale H. Kenney (absent) High Priest and Prophet: Donald E. Lane Assistant Rabban: David M. Brady, Sr. Chief Rabban: Craig A. Jacobson Potentate: Ill. James L. Hutchins

The Honor Guards for the evening were the Nile Zem-Zem Unit.

The Legion of Honor presented the colors and lead in the Pledge of Allegiance.

The Chanters once again gave an outstanding rendi-tion of the National Anthem.

The colors were then posted.

The Legion of Honor, the Honor Guards and the Chanters were then excused with the thanks of the Potentate.

The blessing was delivered by our chaplain Most Rev-erend E. Jeffrey Craig.

Past Potentates were then introduced by the Marshal: 1988 Ill. Gordon B. Anderson 1994 Ill. John G. Lien 1996 Ill. Frederick H. Oliver 1997 Ill. R. Wayne Duke 2000 Ill. G.L. “Jerry” Seldon 2001 Ill. Carl L. Alexander 2002-2003 Ill. L.R. “Dick” Wilkinson 2005 Ill. George H. Wohlleben 2007 Ill. Richard E. Sardeson 2008 Ill. Richard M. Kovak 2009 Ill. Eugene “Gene” Gilbert 2010 Ill. Sat Tashiro 2011 Ill. David E. Ramich 2012 Ill. Roland D. Jennings 2012 Ill Walter Woodward, Afifi Temple

The Potentate then asked for new Nobles to come to the East and be recognized: Noble Ronald T. Jones was Greeted and he is our newest (4 ½ hours) member.

Since the minutes of the previous Stated Meeting were in the Smile with Nile, a motion was moved, seconded and passed to dispense with the reading of the minutes.

The Treasurer gave his report. No questions were asked.

Petitions: None.

Old business: All of the events held for the Nile were successful and we had a great summer.

Black Camel List: The Recorder read a black camel list that covered us since our last meeting in May. Noble Chaplain voiced the appropriate words of comfort not only for the Nobles who had left us, but in addition for those souls lost on September 11th in the World Trade Center.

New Business: Ill. Richard M. Kovak, was pleased to present Noble Mike Daniels, to speak about the Grand Lodge CHIPS Program. The information presented was excellent, it is program that deserves our attention and support as Masons and parents.

Ill. Kovak then spoke about the upcoming Ceremonial on November 2nd, and asked for our support for the new Nobles and asking them to join our Units and Clubs.

Assistant Rabban David M. Brady spoke about Nile hosting the 2015 Winter PNSA. He has been working on housing, meeting rooms and other items. He wants to have the Temple as a show piece for this event.

The High Priest and Prophet, Don Lane, spoke about the summer 2017 PNSA to be hosted by Nile Temple. He and his committee have already begun to work on his program and appreciates any assistance you can give.

Potentates remarks: He gave a summary of the events held during the summer months. He also spoke to the condition of our business and the business activities.

The facility report mentioned that our building is ag-ing, along with us, and more dollars will be expended in the future to handle the problems on the horizon. The Potentate asked us to consider a possible two year assessment to build up money to keep our beautiful building viable. Think about it. Just this past summer we have had repairs: new glass in the ballroom, seal-ing the foyer windows and installing drip guards, tree removal for safety reasons, new equipment for the #19 Bar and Grill, and others to many to list. It is your Temple, it is time to step up to protect it.

Successful events for Nile this summer were; Shurtah BBQ Beef Booth Oriental Band Corn Booth Blue Grass on the Green Men’s Golf Tournament Cruzin’ The GrapeMany thanks to those who participated and supported our Temple.

Announcements, and gifts to the Temple: OPSC presented a check to Nile for $1,000. For the building fund. Many thanks to you.

The fall ceremonial will be on November 2, beginning at noon and followed by the Greeters Crab feed BE THERE!

Up coming events: September 21,Yakima Parade September 28, DON Supreme Queen will visit Hatasu #1. October 9, Nile Stated-Open forum October is Haunted House Month October 5, Granite Falls Parade, it is the last one for the year. November 2, Ceremonial followed by the Greeters Crab Feed.Arne Thorkildsen spoke about his “partner” Bob Chamberlin, our lighting expert and complimented him for the great job he does.

He reminded Ill. Sardeson to slow down and look at the SWN sign, it’s been repaired and looks gorgeous!

Haunted House will be setting up this Saturday begin-ning at 9 a.m. Noble Larry Bronner is asking for vol-unteers to assist and to also be available for the event. He needs every “body” he can get. Pun intended.

Noble George Young is also looking for new Nobles to join the Building and Grounds crew doing work around our building. If interested please contact him.

Become involved, it is YOUR Temple.

There being no further business to come before this assembly, the meeting was closed

PNSA (Pacific NW Shrine Association)August 6-10, 2014, Boise, Idaho

For those Nile Shriners planning to attend PNSA in Boise, ID, August 6-10, 2014, we are holding a block of rooms at the Headquarters hotel, The Riverside.

SPECIAL CONVENTION RATES $109 plus tax per room per night for either one King Bed or two Queen Beds

In order to hold this block (within the PNSA block) we need to submit our names and individual credit cards all together on one list. Do “not” phone the ho-tel directly since the reservation agents will not know to book them out of our block.

Please contact W. Scott Wells, Asst Chief Aide, with the names and which credit card to use for holding the room (or rooms).

This will “hold” your room and it can be cancelled up to 24 hours prior to arrival with no penalty.

W. Scott Wells 4056 - 46th Avenue SW, Seattle, WA 98116 206 932 0162 (home) 206 915 0328 (cell) annscottw@msn.com

ATTENTION NILE NOBLES, LADIES AND FRIENDS:

Our NILE HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE will be starting Friday, October 11th and running Fri-days, Saturdays and Sundays through November 1st. Total of 10 days. All of the Fridays and Saturdays will go from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm and will be full scare. The three Sundays will run from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm and are setup to handle small kids. We need Shriners, their friends and family people to help work these events. Please call Larry or Annie Bron-ner (360-658-8304) and we will set you up as best we can with something that works for you. Thank you for your support.

Help Celebrate Hatasu’s 100th An-niversary by joining them on their

7 day Canada and Northeast Fund Raiser Cruise on October 4, 2014For information call 206-914-4541

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Calliope

by Bob T. Wilson, Captain.

Our next parade is October 5 at Granite Falls. The Calliope will play taped music during the Haunted House. More to follow at our unit meeting October 1. Check the Haunted House schedule on page 6 and please help one of those evenings.

Our Christmas dinner will be Sunday, December 8th, possibly in the Pote’s lounge. We’ll know more later.

Oriental Band

On September 20th, the Nile Oriental Band went on safari and traveled to Yakima to perform in the Yaki-ma Sunfair Parade with the Masada Shriners. It is not an easy trip as the route was difficult due to construc-tion but where can you go and not incur construction? The Potentate and the Assistant Rabban also attended the parade. The night before everyone enjoyed a great cocktail get together in a hospitality suite sponsored jointly by the Potentate and the OB. Afterwards all went to dinner and had a fine meal – just ask musette player Gaylord. The weather was great for the parade and the OB float provide for by Pasha II Gillespie, worked very well. Perhaps it will be used again? Past Sultan Martinez suffered a little because of the heat, his dark costume, the early morning trip and the inside-out cymbals he attempted to play. After the pa-rade several went to Masada Shriners, met old friends and had a nice piece of tender steak. It was truly a great trip. Might even do it again next year?

The OB plans on attending the Granite Falls Parade on October 5, and is considering returning to Nile’s 19th Hole for a late lunch afterwards. Give it some thought.

The Band fully intends to perform at the November 2, Ceremonial and will be in great shape to end the year at their Christmas Party on December 14.

Men’s Golf Club

by Arne Ringstad

This concludes the 2013 golf season for all fair weather players. The rain and snow (Jerry Biddle) players will still be out there on the course.

It was a great year at Nile and for the Golf Course. I have enjoyed being the Golf Club President for 2013 and would like to thank everyone who helped me.

We all have plans for making our little tree house a bit better. Please let someone know if you have some ideas for improvement of the Men’s Golf Club.

I hope to see all of you next year and hope the weather will be as good as 2013. Thanks again for your support.

Ladies’ Golf Club

by Sheri Baker

It is hard to believe our season is almost over but what a fabulous one we’ve had.

The matches were completed for the Club Champion-ship and a big congratulations to Ladies Division 2013 Club Champion Suzanne Young. Sheri Baker was 1st flight runner up. The 2nd flight winner was Elaine Cohn who fought a great battle with runner up Linda Shaw. It was fun to play the “match play” format. Not only did tournaments co-chair Char Summers organize the series of matches over a month long period but then put on an amazing celebration after play. It was great to see so many turn out including our social members. We enjoyed food, cake and champagne in our toast to the new Champion.

Char Summers, Linda Shaw, Sheri Baker and our Pro Joe Korn participated in a Pro-Am at Cedarcrest. It was part of a Western Washington PGA series. The weather was crazy but we had a blast. Joe did quite well and shot a 1 under par 69. Oh, to have his shots!

The slate for the 2014 officers was presented at the September meeting. They are as follows: Captain---Mary Jo Toivola Assistant Captain---Karin Ingleright Secretary---Nan Isakson Treasurer---Suzanne Young. Voting will take place at the October 1st meeting.

Later this month are the Monthly Medal Tournament, the Consolation Tournament and the Cross Country Play, which will be a 9:30 shotgun, followed by the Halloween party. Get your clubs ready.

One more important date: December 3rd is the end of the season Trophy Luncheon. Hope to see you there.!

Kitsap Peninsula

Shrine Clubby Al Dillan, Secretary

The club’s next stated is scheduled for Saturday, Octo-ber 12th at the Bremerton Elks. Zem-Zem at 2:00 pm, business session and program at 3:00 pm. Dinner will follow at approximately 4:00 pm. Featured in the pro-gram is Illustrious Sir Richard Kovak who will present his skit: THE RETURN OF GRAND MASTER HIRAM ABIFF. Because of the program, a special invitation has been extended to Master Masons. Seat-ing is very limited so attendance is by reservation only. No entry without a reservation. Call 1st Vice President SCORT SAGESER 360-692-6559 or Secretary AL DILLAN 360-394-7796 for reservations.

For the third year, KPSC is selling Noble Christmas trees. These are high quality trees, 7’ and 8’ tall and are priced very competitively. Order forms are available at Nile and at the October and November Stated Meetings. If you buy natural trees (not artificial) for your Christ-mas why not get it from Kitsap Peninsula Shrine Club?

Due to changes in Nile’s calendar, KPSC’s November meeting is now on the 9th. More information to follow.

NorthwestShrine Club

by Ron Fine, President

On Tuesday, October 1st we will meet at Jeckyl & Hyde Deli and Ale House 709 W. Orchard Dr for our monthly meeting. Menu for the evening will be: Chicken Cordon Bleu, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Roasted Veggies, Garden Salad, Rolls, Coffee, Tea and Dessert. For reservations contact Noble Ron Fine at 360-676-5747 or RonFine2@aol.com.

Elections for 2014 officers at November’s meeting.

At our last meeting the membership voted to continue the raffle and a steering committee was setup to see how we can keep the club from going under. Noble Al Jensen was appointed chairman (384-5419). If any of you have ideas please contact Noble Al. Jensen.

Sunshine Committee - Noble Bob Brower still having a hard time walking, Noble Everett Thompson still doing treatment for cancer. Please give these Nobles a call or send them a card.

With winter just around the corner be sure to get your car checked out for the weather that’s just ahead.Happy Halloween to all.

RentonShrine Club

by Margaret Gerber, Acting Secretary

Our Last Meeting was opened by President Brandon. There were jars on the tables for donations to the DAD Fund.

Dick Gerber announced that the club picnic would be on August 11th.

President Brandon thanked Pam for decorating for the meetings, getting the gifts for the ladies drawings and helping him get prepared.

Virgil let us know that Sylvia is living in an adult fam-ily home in Newcastle and is very happy and comfort-able there. Her general health is good but the dementia is affecting her memory. He visits her daily.

Gale Kenney presented Virgil Mudd and Marv Jackson with 100 Million Dollar club certificates with silver chains and thanked them for their years of service to our club. He also brought greetings from the Potentate and said to check Smile with Nile for the pa-rade schedule and other functions at the Shrine Center and at other Shrine clubs and units.

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West SeattleShrine Club

This October the West Seattle Shrine Club wants to wish everyone a happy Cranky Co-Workers Day, In-formation Overload Day, Evaluate your life Day and a very safe and happy Halloween.

The WSSC is looking for volunteers to work the Haunted House concession stand this year. If you are interested, please contact Scott Wells at 206-932-0162.

Our next meeting is on Tuesday, October 15th at Angelo’s Restaurant, 601 SW 153rd St., Burien. You can choose your meal from a menu consisting of a fine selection of pasta dishes and very nice salads. Join us in an evening of fun and friendship. Zem-Zem starts at 6:00 pm with dinner at 7:00 pm. Following the dinner we will have a short business meeting. A raffle follows the meeting.

Visitors are always welcome at WSSC. Guests need not be a Mason or Shriner to attend. We’ve been hav-ing great turnouts so be sure to let us know if you’re attending. Call Bob Rice at 206-932-0510 or Bill Fowler at 206-457-7133. Hope to see you there!

Ahmes Court #41

By Shirley Fjoslien, PHP

The October stated meeting will be on Wednesday, October 9th at the Scottish Rite Center. The 6:00 pm dinner will be served by the Oriental Dancers. Re-freshments after the meeting will be furnished by the Pageantry Unit.

Our biggest fund raiser of the year, the “Over the Moon” auction, will be held on Saturday, October 12 at the Nile Shrine Center. There will be both live and silent auctions. Come, socialize, shop, and have dinner. All the activity begins at 4:00 pm. For ques-tions, contact Chairperson Lady Guyanna Young at 425-844-9597 or OverTheMoonAuction@gmail.com. Tickets are $30.00.

Looking ahead: November dinner served by the Court and dessert by the Clowns. No stated meeting in De-cember. All-Court Christmas Party will be Monday, December 2.

Hatasu Temple No. 1

by Pr. Doris Stanton

Fall is here. Thank you everyone who came to the 100th Birthday Celebration Ceremonial with Supreme Queen Margaret-Ann Risk’s visit and the initiation of our new Princesses. The party was fun and a great success.

The Nile Haunted House runs October 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th, 27th and November 1st. If you can help, please contact Annie Bronner ASAP.

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Friday, October 11th is the 2013 Appreciation Luncheon for Shriners Hospital for Children-Portland. We invite everyone to join us at Nile with registration beginning 10:30 am, social hour at 11 am, luncheon at noon, speakers 12:30-1:30 pm and displays all day. Tickets are $22. Contact Pr. Molly Nagle at 360-679-2196

Saturday, October 12th will be our “Walk for Aware-ness” with all donations going to the Hospitals. Minimum pledge is $25.00. The walk will be around Mountlake Terrace neighborhood and the Nile Golf Course. Contact PQ Barb Lampi or Pr. Jean Penning-ton for info or donation sheets.

Our next session will be Monday, October 14th at 7 pm, with dinner at the 19th Hole Bar and Grill. We will be Honoring Founders, Past Queens, and 50 year mem-bers.

Friday, October 25th will be Badoura’s Fall luncheon and bazaar at noon. This is always a terrific event and hope you can make it. For further information contact PQ Carol Zahler.

Wednesday, October 30th will be Hatasu’s official visit to Portland’s Shrine Hospital. Chairperson Pr. Sandra Albertsons and her crew would appreciation donations-especially gift cards from Fred Meyer, Toys R Us, McDonalds, Target, Wall-Mart, iTunes, Star-bucks. Please bring them to our October session.

PQ Linda Burton will be taking orders for the Plush Pippin pies at the October session with delivery at November session.

Our Queen Teresa will be making her official visits to the Cleopatra group and Zora club this month.

Sunday, November 3rd at 5 pm we will hold a South End Social. This $5.00 dinner social, put on by the Rainbow girls, will be held at the Kent Masonic Center and will include a trivia party. Contact Pr. Sandra Monk for more information.

The Phantom of the Opera Purse Auction and party has been moved to Sunday, February 16th at 3:30 pm. Contact chairperson PQ Liz Day at the Nile Office.

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION···

Sunday, February 16th, 2014, 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm at Nile

1st Annual Purse Auction and PartyPlease donate any lightly used handbags, purses, totes, clutches, evening bags, men’s wallets,

computer cases or golf bags for the auction.

Bags can be donated at the Nile Office or by emailing Liz Day at phantompurseauction2013@aol.com

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A MESSAGE FROM THE IMPERIAL POTENTATEDear Fellow Nobles,

On behalf of all the nobles of Murat Shriners, I want to tell you what a tremendous pleasure and honor it was to welcome so many nobles, ladies and friends to the 2013 Imperial Session of Shriners International. We hope you enjoyed your time in Indianapolis, and left with many special memories.

Thank you again for the honor, privilege and opportu-nity to serve as your Imperial Potentate. The position comes with tremendous responsibility; however, work-ing together, we will accomplish great things.

As we are all aware, the strength of both our fraternity and our beloved philanthropy is directly related to membership. This Imperial year, our efforts will focus on increasing membership numbers, and increasing awareness of the Shriners fraternity, and its members, especially at the local level. We hope that our fellow Shriners will notice a new energy and commitment to membership, and to the fraternity as a whole, and will become active participants in our endeavors.

Your Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees will be putting a strong emphasis on growing and stabilizing our fraternity. We are pleased to announce a new membership development program: The Pace Program: Setting the Pace for a Strong Future. Over the course of two years, this pilot program will focus on providing customized temple membership strategies for specific groups within the temple.

This program will begin with an Imperial Officer and a representative from the Imperial Membership Com-mittee conducting an extensive meeting/brainstorm-ing session at the temple. The visiting team, together with the temple leadership, will develop membership strategies using the input from the temple Divan, Past Potentates, membership/public relations teams, unit/club officers, new members and ladies.

During the meeting, information on some of the best practices being used successfully at temples that have had continuous success will be shared and discussed.

This program is available to any temple whose leader-ship has a real and strong commitment, desire and willingness to secure the future of their temple. For the program to be successful, all the participants at the both the temple and national levels need to be commit-ted to working together – and working hard – through-out the course of the program.

Don’t miss this tremendous opportunity to strengthen and improve membership at your temple. All temples are invited to contact the office of membership devel-opment at membership@shrinenet.org or 813-281-8101 to learn more and to discuss participating in The Pace Program.

We are also pleased to announce the creation of the Red Skelton Shriners Community Awareness Award, which will recognize and honor those temples that demonstrate a strong, successful commitment to raising local awareness of the fraternity and to community involvement. Inspired by the Masonic Service As-sociation of North America’s (MSANA) Mark Twain Award, the Red Skelton Community Awareness Award will promote effective communication among temples, Shrine clubs and members as well as positive and creative community awareness initiatives and activities. Special thanks to Jim McCormick of Hadi Shriners for assisting in obtaining approval for the use of Red Skel-ton’s name from Mrs. Skelton, who was very gracious.

The first awards will be presented at the upcoming 2014 Imperial Session in Minneapolis. Information and details regarding criteria, submissions, deadlines and registration will be available on Shriners Vil-lage beginning Sept. 1. For more information, please contact the public relations department at shrinepr@shrinenet.org.

We ask that each of you re-commit yourselves to actively working to increase membership, and to ensur-ing that this great fraternity continues its long history of fun, fellowship and service to others.

Lady Margaret and I thank you again for the oppor-tunity to lead and serve you this Imperial Year, and we look forward to meeting and working with you. As we travel we will meet many of you for the first time – we look forward to those opportunities to make new friends and hear new ideas.

Yours in the faith, John A. Cinotto, Imperial Potentate

MASONIC OUTREACH SERVICESby Mary Craves-Hollands, Director

I was getting ready to submit my article to the various publications throughout the state when something stopped me from transmitting that article. After the events of the last few days, I have decided to re-write my article in an effort to explain to all reading what it is Masonic Outreach Services does for the aging members of the Fraternity.

In the past few weeks, I have worked with two Broth-ers who were not aware of the services we provide and were struggling, with great frustration, to handle some very emotional and complicated situations on their own. Both of these Brothers were assisting another Brother who is/was dying from cancer. Neither knew about the services Medicare and the state of Washing-ton could offer the ailing Brother nor what Masonic Outreach Services could do to help.

I am going to use these situations as examples of what Masonic Outreach Services (MOS) can provide. Let’s take the case of the first Brother. He was trying very hard to meet the wishes of the dying Brother which were to attend one more Lodge meeting and to pass away at home. Well, the Lodge meeting was taken care of seamlessly. The other request was trying to be met just by Brothers in the Lodge who might have a little time to be with the dying Brother at home. Hospice was called in but they are only with a dying person for a few hours a week. However, they want someone to be with the person on Hospice 24/7, so a valiant attempt was made to schedule members of this Brother’s lodge to be with the dying Brother.

Had I known about this situation a little sooner, we would have explored the Medicaid/COPES program to see if he might have qualified for a program I have written about before called COPES. The COPES program will pay for someone to come into a person’s home to provide care for several hours a day. The program can even reimburse a caregiver who has to be there 24/7. It is not a lot of money, but it would have reimbursed someone to be there more than the Lodge brothers were able to be there. Then the Lodge Broth-ers and Outreach Services could pick up the extra uncovered hours. Of course this would mean dealing with the state, but we here at Masonic Outreach Ser-vices are experts at doing just that.

The second Brother was trying to carry the burden of his dying friend and Brother all by himself. He was very angry and frustrated because there was no one to help coordinate services. His dying Brother is in a facility that he is not happy with, so he feels he needs to be with this Brother all of the time. In this situa-tion, we would explore the dying Brother’s income and assets to see if he would be eligible for Medicaid/COPES/VA. The next step would be to try to find a facility that was better equipped to give this dying Brother the care he deserves. Perhaps an Adult Family Home where there are no more than six residents. He certainly would get more attention and would have his needs met more quickly. We have lists of Adult Family Homes (Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Homes as well) and will even go out and make a visit to inves-tigate whether the home is suitable or not.

Probably the most important service we provide is creating a plan then assisting in executing and keeping that plan in place. We know how to navigate the “sys-tem” and get things accomplished. When one person with knowledge and connections heads up a group of folks trying to do the right thing, miracles can hap-pen. We see them happen all of the time.

I hope telling you about these Brothers has helped you to understand better what we do. For more informa-tion or to refer someone for our services, please call Mary Craves-Hollands at 206-878-8434/1-800-4630 Ext.101 or mcraves-hollands@mrcwa.org. We are here for all aging members of the Fraternity, their wives and widows. I look forward to hearing from you.

Chairman’s ReportAdministrator Update Hospital Administrator Craig ‘Patch’ Patchin reported that the Spokane Administrator position has been filled; the new Spokane administrator will be Peter Brewer. With the Spokane position filled, Patch will be able to focus his administrator’s expertise solely on the Portland hospital.

Hospital Operations The hospital leadership has been heavily involved in the 2014 budget preparation and the rollout of the system-wide strategic plan. The budgeting process is underway; we have received the official notice of both the 2014 operating and capital budget target figures. Patch reported that July productivity measures were good, with inpatient days, surgeries and OR utiliza-tion continuing at a healthy pace.

Development Office update It was announced that the comprehensive Capital Campaign, headed up by Development Director Mark Thoreson, has reached $71.5 million.

Divan Days 2014 Plans are underway for the Portland hospital’s Divan Days on April 27-28, 2014 for its supporting Temples’ Divan members and their ladies. If there are particu-lar topics that our Temple Divan members would like to see added to the biannual event; please contact your Temple’s board representative or Pat Grennan, Direc-tor of Community Affairs, at 503-221-3458 or pgren-nan@shrinenet.org.

Strategic Planning Update The hospital is planning to host a team from Home Office on September 5th, bringing the National Strate-gic Plan for review and input.

Hospital Receives Patriot Award ESGR (Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve) awarded the Patriot Award to Shriners Hospitals for Children® - Portland administrator Craig “Patch” Patchin and Director of Patient Care Services Su-zanne Diers, RN. Captain Susan Labhard, almost 30 year member of the Naval Reserve and 26 year employee as nurse transitions specialist of Shriners Hospitals for Children® - Portland nominated the two for the Patriot Award.

The Patriot Award recognizes individual supervi-sors and managers for support provided directly to the nominating Service Member. The Patriot Award reflects the efforts made by the employer to support Reservists and Guardsmen through a wide-range of measures including flexible schedules, time off prior to and after deployment, caring for families and granting leaves of absence if needed.

Hospital Pilots Google Glass Sonia Bouchard, Director of Clinical Support Servic-es, reported that the hospital’s Rehabilitation depart-ment is excited to be a part of cutting edge technology when it was accepted as one of the first 8,000 “testers” for the pilot phase version of Google Glass. Although not available to the public yet, Google Glass is a sim-ple, wearable device that allows the user to access their smart phone, email, GPS, internet, take pictures or video and other features yet to be designed. The mem-bers of the department’s assistive technology team are in communication with developers to create software applications specifically for children and teens with special needs, similar to those patients treated at the hospital. The hospital received one pair of the glasses, along with a very comprehensive training program for 2 staff members on this device. As part of the piloting of this new technology, the hospital is now positioned to have a very unique opportunity to give input and shape how Google Glass will be used for the patients we treat.

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In Appreciation of a Wonderful 2013 Pote’s CruiseRoss W McLaughlin

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Saturday, October 12th, 10:00 amThe walk will be held in the Mountlake Terrace neighborhood around the Nile Shrine Golf Course.

Fixed donations ONLY, no per lap pledges. Minimum pledge is $25. All monies must be turned in at the event.

For information, contact PQ Barbara Lampi, 425-647-1398.

Going the Distance for the Children Benefiting the Daughters of the Nile Foundation

October12, 2013 Registration/Donation Form

The walk will be held in the Mountlake Terrace neighborhood around the Nile Shrine Golf Course and Country Club.

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NOVEMBER 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Legion of Honor DT 11 am Haunted House

2 Ladies Welcoming Luncheon

Nile Winter Ceremonial

Greeters Crab Feed

3 4 5 Calliope 11:30 am Directors Staff 6pm Oriental Band 6:30 pm

6 Shurtah 6:00 pm Greeters 7:30 pm

7 Drum & Bugle 10:30am Renton SC

8 SWN Deadline Truckers 6:30 pm

9 KPSC

10 11 Pote’s Advisory Committee 1pm Board of Directors 3pm

12 Sportsmen’s Club 6 pm Oriental Band 6:30 pm Car Club 7:30 pm

13 Legion of Honor 5:00 pm Hospital Supply Corp 5:00 pm Swordsmen 5:00 pm

14 Drum & Bugle 10:30am Fun on Wheels 5 pm Mini Bikers 7 pm

15 Nile Stated Meeting

OPEN Kash 4 Kids Night

Skagit SC

16 OPSC – 1:00pm Gizeh Ceremonial

17 Nutcracker Champagne Brunch & Auction To Benefit Nile

18 19 WSSC 6pm Directors Staff 6pm Oriental Band 6:30 pm

20 21 Drum & Bugle 10:30am Temple Guard 6 pm

22 23

24 25 Board of Directors 3pm

26 Oriental Band 6:30 pm Zem Zem 6:00 pm

27

28 Office Closed

29 Office Closed

30 Decorate Nile for the Holidays

OCTOBER 2013

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

Calliope 11:30 am Directors Staff 6:00 pm Oriental Band 6:30 pm

2 Shurtah 6:00 pm Greeters 7:30 pm

3 Drum & Bugle 10:30 am Renton SC

4 Legion of Honor DT 11 am

5 GRANITE FALLS

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6 7 Pote’s Advisory Committee 1pm Board of Directors 3pm

8 SWN Deadline Sportsmen’s Club 6 pm Oriental Band 6:30 pm Car Club 7:30 pm

9 Nile Stated Meeting

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10 Drum & Bugle 10:30 am Fun on Wheels 5:00 pm Mini Bikers 7:00 pm

11 Truckers 6:30 pm Hospital Luncheon 10:30 am Haunted House

12 KPSC Golf Club Banquet Walk for Awareness 10:00 am Haunted House

13 Haunted House

14 15 WSSC 6pm Directors Staff 6:00 pm Oriental Band 6:30 pm

16 17 Drum & Bugle 10:30 am Temple Guard 6:00 pm

18 Skagit SC Haunted House

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21 22 Oriental Band 6:30 pm

23 Past Masters 5:00 pm

24 Drum & Bugle 10:30 am

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28 Board of Directors 3pm

29 Oriental Band 6:30 pm Zem Zem 6:00 pm

30 Golf Committee 1:00 pm

31 Drum & Bugle 10:30 am

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