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2 ZUHRAH ARABIAN MAY 2018

IN MEMORIAM

Sunshine Committee

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

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

Zuhrah Shrine CenterHours of Operation

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

VoiceMail and Email AddressesZuhrah phone 952-426-3023

You may also email comments and questions as follows:

[email protected] [email protected]




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

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

to follow up with all emails that we receive.

Send changes of address to

6120 Blue Circle Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343-9109

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Raymond J HolubRobert G Ehrlich

Members Send Changes of Address to

6120 Blue Circle Drive Minnetonka, MN 55343-9109

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

UpcomingZuhrahEvents

(new events are in red)May 5 ......................Sporting Clays ShootMay 5 ......................................Derby PartyMay 11 ..........................................Pig LunchMay 11 ................Zuhrah Stated MeetingMay 18 ................Shriners at Twins GameMay 19....................................Hospital DayMay 28 ..................LOH Picnic at ZuhrahJune 9 ..................Zuhrah Stated MeetingJuly 12 ..................Zuhrah Stated MeetingJuly 15-19........................Imperial Session,

Daytona Beach, FloridaJuly 25..............................Ice Cream SocialAug 15-18......Midwest Summer Session,

Deadwood, South DakotaAug 25 ....................................Twins Game

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MAY 2018

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ZUHRAH SHRINERS DIVANELECTED

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

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

ARABIAN EDITORSend news items to: [email protected]

Bobbie LampiRSL desktop publishing services

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

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

Phone: 612-596-6100

Zuhrah Stated MeetingFriday, May 11, 2018

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

Dinner at 6:00 p.m. / Meeting at 7:00 p.m.Dinner $15: Lasagna with Cheesy Corn Bake,Tossed Salad, Cookies and Milk

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

Zuhrah Stated MeetingFriday, June 8, 2018

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

Dinner at 6:00 p.m. / Meeting at 7:00 p.m.Dinner $15: BBQ Beef, Macaroni and Cheese, Baked Beans, Cookies and Milk

Meal RSVP by June 1 to [email protected] or 952-426-3023

Future Stated Meeting

locations

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

June 8, 2018Zuhrah Shrine Center 6120 Blue Circle DriveMinnetonka, MN 55343

What: The Oasis Bar will be open – stop by!

Who: Zuhrah members and their guests

When: Friday nights 4:30 p.m. – ???

Where: Zuhrah Shrine Center6120 Blue Circle DriveMinnetonka, MN

Zuhrah Oasis open on Friday Evenings

MAY 2018 ZUHRAH ARABIAN 3

From the Potentate

Nobles and Friends —Is it Spring yet? Because of the

deadline to get this in the MayArabian, I am writing this article inmid-April during a major snowstorm.Although we had many warmthoughts this winter with the Backto the Beach Ball and the Potentate’sCaribbean cruise, I am still missingout on Spring in Minnesota.

The cruise was wonderful.We sailedon what was at the time, the largestcruise ship in the world; “RoyalCaribbean’s Harmony of the Seas.” Ithad everything you can imagine, and thegroup enjoyed it all. If that wasn'tenough, we had a honeymoon, a 50thbirthday and two engagements to cele-brate. Congratulations to the newly-weds,Cheryl and David Carlson. I won’ttell you about the 50th birthday butcongratulations to Bill Yungk & RondaSarner-Anderson and Gary Krimmel &Elizabeth Springfield on their engage-ments.A big thank you to all the cruisersfrom the Burlingame family.

Our Vidalia Onions and My GardenFlower kits should be arriving rightnow. These were great SpringFundraisers.Thank you againto Illustrious Sir PPGary Sibben andRoyce McEwen forheading up thesefundraisers and toall of the Zuhrahnobility and ladiesfor the sales.Please pick up yourproducts and pay forthem as soon as possi-ble, so that we wrap upthese fundraisers.

The Zuhrah Women's Auxiliaryhad a wonderful banquet and styleshow at Zuhrah in early April. Wehosted over 160 ladies. Ill. Sir PPJerry Oliver treated them to greatmeal.The Ladies of Zuhrah put on afirst class banquet and showed thatZuhrah really can be a great facilityfor hosting this type of an event.Scott Fredell has volunteered to beour new Event Coordinator for

Zuhrah. Please contact him [email protected], if you are look-ing to hold an event at Zuhrah.

Many Zuhrah Shriners, includingmyself, attended the 165th AnnualCommunication of the Grand Lodgeat the Minnesota Masonic HeritageCenter in April.We had a great timeand the membership committee dis-played our booth in tandem with theLegion of Honor promoting theirexcellent degree team.We had a greattime meeting with Masons fromacross the state of Minnesota andtelling them of the many activities andevents we have at Zuhrah. I want tocongratulate our new Grand Master,Most Worshipful Brother Ed Halpaus,and all of his officers for the comingyear, but most especially Ill. Sir PP TonyKrall for continuing on in the GrandLodge line and representing Zuhrah atthe same time.

The April stated meeting may havebeen one of our shortest of all times,It preceded our Spring Ceremonialwith a second section performancethat we haven’t seen in a while.Congratulations to our new ZuhrahNobles. They now have Zuhrah’snewest club to join, "Cheers", thanksto Scott Hughes and Clif Bailey.Nobles, please stay active in Zuhrah. Ialso want to thank our CeremonialUnit and Membership team for alltheir hard work in putting this eventtogether.

Bunco at the Oasis and Dads &Donuts are two new activities that arereally catching on. Thanks to DebNiederhaus running Bunco in April, fill-ing in for Heather, and Clif Bailey forthe great activities for the kids at Dads& Donuts. Check the Arabian andeRabian for details and the event dates.

Please attend some of the eventsthat we have coming up in May. TheRun for the Roses Kentucky DerbyParty is May 5th at Zuhrah.Wear yourfinest hat and watch the race on thebig screen. The annual Pig Lunch willbe on Friday,May 11,with Jerry Oliverpreparing the meal.We know it will be

great and a fun time to wel-come Scott Hughes offi-

cially to the Divan.Memorial Day findsthe Legion ofHonor carryingthe colors at theFort Snellingparade.This will be

followed by a picnicat Zuhrah that is open

for all to attend.And lastly see this Arabian

for my trip to Maryland to watch theGopher football team play Maryland.We will also have time to tour the DCand Annapolis area. Please check itout.The early deadline has passed butsome seats may still be available.

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

Jim Burlingame 2018 Zuhrah Potentate

Jim Burlingame, Jr., Potentate

Trea$ury Note$Greetings, Nobles —

For the month of March our incomewas $25,647 versus the proposed budg-et of $21,625.Dues income was $24,481versus the budgeted amount of $16,908.We had no building rental income andthe Oasis income was down versus thebudget.Thanks to all the Nobles for pay-ing their dues on a timely basis.

Our expenses were $43,574 versusthe budgeted amount of $53,708. Ourexpenses were less than budgeted inFraternal, Building & Administrativeexpenses. Overall it was a very goodFinancial month versus the budget.

The Ball expenses came in and were

Midwest Summer SessionAugust 15–18, 2018

Deadwood, South Dakota(reservation form on the back page)

Jennifer’sJottings

Hello!While trying to decide what to talk

about this month, I happened to get twoseparate phone calls about dues andtheir payment options.Topic decided.

Let’s start in the beginning. Duesnotices and reminders come from Tampanow,not from this office.My understand-ing is that the change took place in 2017but I could be mistaken with the timeline.What that means is that no one herecontrols when they go out,or how manyreminders people get. I had heard thatone time they sent email notices andsome people accidentally got five in a dayor two. Oops.Tampa also sends out thecards and stickers now. Once dues arepaid it triggers their system to queue thestickers to be sent. If you need a newcard or think that you should have got-ten your stickers already or they are lost,I am able to order you new ones.

To actually pay your dues, or anythingyou are paying to Zuhrah really, thereare several options. We happily acceptchecks or cash through the mail or inperson.We also are quite happy to takecredit cards. At the Zuhrah website, ifyou scroll to the bottom of the page,there is a link for Payments & Donations.Once you click on that is will take you toour payment system. I try to list anythingthat may be out there to pay for on thefront page. If I miss something or it is anodd item, you can always put it underZuhrah General Fund and make a note.The system will accept the major creditand debit cards and can also make trans-fers from checking and savings accounts.If people are using a credit card andwould rather not do it online, give me acall. I am always happy to take yourmoney.

If you have questions about yourdues, or really anything with your mem-bership, as always, don’t hesitate to callthe office, and I will do my best to help.

Thank you all!Jennifer

lower than the budget because of adiscount Doubletree gave us for themeal that received many complaints.The unexpected Circus expense thatcame in was reported against the 2017budget and did not affect this one

There are still ten Unit and ClubFinancial reports that are outstanding.I need these reports ASAP becausethe Temple Form 990 needs to becompleted and sent in to Imperialbefore May 15th. The data in thereports is input to the 990 Form. I willbe contacting the outstanding Unitsand Clubs to solicit the input.

Onion and Flower sales went well

Meet the Divan and Ladies

and the products should be in soon.Feztival of Trees planning has started.Most committee heads have beenestablished. I will be looking for a cou-ple of people to head up a couple ofthe committees as soon as I establishthe details of what the committees willdo. Units and Clubs, start planning foryour tree and if you know of a busi-ness that would be a part of this year’sFeztival please contact me so we canplan how to encourage them to partic-ipate this year.

Remember that the Oasis is openevery Friday, and we look forward toseeing you there.

Thank You.

Fraternally,Frank Namestek 2018 Zuhrah Treasurer

Potentate Jim Burlingame, Jr and Lady Linda

Chief Rabban Bradford Roberts and Lady Claire


SHRINERS INTERNATIONAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Linda Burlingame – 2018 Potentate’s Lady

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

2018 IMPERIALS E S S I O N

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

will not be over July 4th weekend.

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

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

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

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

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


SHRINERS HOSPITAL – TWIN CITIES

Bears That Carevisit children’s

hospitalsThe State Patrol’s charity Bears That Care visit-

ed two hospitals close to Easter this spring.We vis-ited the University of Minnesota MasonicChildren’s Hospital and the Shriners Hospital. Atthe University we passed out goodie bags contain-ing a coloring book,crayons,small toys,and a BeanieBaby. Some of the kids too old or too young toenjoy a goodie bag received a big stuffed bear.

One volunteer had talked to his mother aboutthe visits he went on and explained the items wepassed out to the children. So, she took it uponherself to sew a personal size Kleenex holder thatalso fit a chapstick and 2 oz.hand sanitizer.She theneven filled all the hand made holders with a pack-age of Kleenex, chapstick and a container of handsanitizer! This was a very nice addition to ourgoodie bag program.We passed these out to theolder kids at both the University Hospital and at

Shriners Hospital. A few might have even madetheir way into the hands of some pretty nurses.

At the Shriners Hospital we passed out somesuckers that she had included.We are guided byChild Family Life Specialists to the differentrooms and leave a goodie bag with the family,we chat a bit and move on to the next room.

Bears That Care has been visiting area hospi-tals since 1987. Uniformed Troopers arrive intheir squad cars and we bring with us SmokeyBear and McGruff the Crime Dog. New this yearwas the addition of Officer Judy Hopps from themovie Zootopia. Officer Hopps was a big hit! Allthe kids knew who she was and wanted a pho-tograph with her. Some of the parents even rec-ognized her and wanted a photograph, too.

Here is our web site for more information.www.bearsthatcaremn.org

Here is the group at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital.Left to right: Trooper Derek Haehnel, RCO Jessica M.,Trooper/Noble Scott Fredell as Smokey Bear,

RCO Joe F. as McGruff the Crime Dog,Trooper Ryan Velazquez as Officer Judy Hopps,Trooper Lisa Lorenzen, Capt. Jason Bartell.

Here is the group at the Shriners Hospitals for Children – Twin CitiesLeft to right: RCO Jessica M.,Trooper Lisa Lorenzen, Sgt. Shevlin,Trooper Ryan Velazquez as Officer Judy Hopps, Capt. Jason Bartell,

Trooper/Noble Scott Fredell, RCO Joe F.


ZUHRAH SHRINERSMasonic RelationsCommittee

I attended Grand Lodge and was ableto witness Most Worshipful BrotherEdward R.Halpaus being installed as ournew Grand Master for the 2018-2019year. Because of the inclement weather,he cut his speech short, but he didcover part of his theme for the ensuingyear. Now at home, I am looking at thepin that he presented to those Masonswishing to receive one, and it remindsme of his remarks. Part of his theme is“civility” and it is clearly identified onthe pin he has commissioned.

I thought I knew the meaning of“civility.” Most Worshipful Brother Edthinks deeply about Masonic topicsand teachings, so I thought someresearch would be in order.

Wikipedia identified the word bystating, “Civility comes from the wordcivilis, which in Latin means “citizen.”Civility is more than the individual’sactions as a citizen. When civility func-tions properly, usually there are manycitizens performing their civic duties bytaking part in the political process (vot-ing, governance), which is also known ascivic engagement.”

Looking at this quotation we are onceagain presented with the word “duty.”We as Masons should be very familiarwith the concept of “duty” and it onceagain presents itself. Yes, it also meanswhat I initially thought of workingtogether and exercising politeness. Thewriting goes on to also state, “Thenotion of positively constructive civilitysuggests robust,even passionate,engage-ment framed in respect of differingviews.” I think these are important con-cepts to keep in mind. It turns out theword “civility” truly is a word with deepmeaning and, as you think about thisword, it can lead you down many paths.

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

Blue Lodges• Saturday, May 5th – 9:30 a.m. Dan

Patch Masonic Club, MinnesotaMasonic Home, 11501 MasonicHome Dr., Bloomington, MN.

• Saturday, May 5th – 6:00 p.m. 7thAnnual Beer & Cigar Night,Sherburne Lodge No. 95, Kraus-Hartig VFW, 8100 Pleasant View DrNE, Spring Lake Park, MN.

• Friday, May 11th – 5:00 p.m. AnnualRobert Burns Table Lodge,Glen AvonLodge No. 306, Kitchi Gammi Club,831 E Superior St, Duluth, MN.

• Tuesday, May 15th – 6:00 p.m. 4thSchool of Instruction, Arcana LodgeNo. 187, 920 Lowry Avenue NE,Minneapolis, MN.

• Saturday, May 19th – 9:00 a.m. to12:00 p.m. KidsID, Northeast-Winslow Lewis Lodge No.125,MapleGrove Clinic, 14500 99th Ave N,Maple Grove, MN.

• Saturday,May 19th – 9:00 a.m. to 1:00p.m. Pancake Breakfast,Arcana LodgeNo. 187, 920 Lowry Avenue NE,Minneapolis, MN.

• Sunday, May 20th – 5:00 p.m. CharterNight Banquet, Northeast-WinslowLewis Lodge No. 125, Majestic Oaks,701 Bunker Lake Blvd NE, Ham Lake,MN.

• Friday, May 25th – 11:00 a.m. to 2:00p.m. Como Lodge Roast Beef Dinner,Braden Lodge No. 168,Arcana LodgeNo. 187, 920 Lowry Avenue NE,Minneapolis, MN.

• Monday, May 28th – 10:00 a.m.Masonic Memorial Day Service,Acacia Park Cemetery, 2151 PilotKnob Rd, St Paul, MN.

• Wednesday, May 30th – 6:00 p.m.Metrowest Masonic Association,Plymouth Lodge No. 160, 5707 WBroadway, Crystal, MN.

Scottish Rite• Wednesday,May 2nd – 4:00 p.m. Spring

Reunion Day One: 4° & 14°, St. PaulValley, St. Paul,MN.

• Saturday, May 5th – 8:00 a.m. SpringReunion Day One: 18° 30° & 31°, St.Paul Valley, St. Paul,MN.

• Thursday, May 10th – 4:00 p.m. SpringReunion Day One: 4° & 14°,Minneapolis Valley,Minneapolis,MN.

• Saturday, May 12th – 8:00 a.m. SpringReunion Day One: 18° 30° & 31°,Minneapolis Valley,Minneapolis,MN.

• Degrees taking place at the RochesterValley. Check their schedules for infor-mation.

York Rite• Saturday, May 5th – Wisconsin

Grand Chapter of Royal ArchMasons, Janesville,WI.

• Tuesday, May 8th – 6:30 p.m.Damascus Commandery No. 1:Installation of Officers, St. PaulMasonic Center, 200 E. Plato Blvd, StPaul, MN.

Eastern Star• May 3rd–5th – Grand Chapter of

Minnesota, River’s Edge ConventionCenter, St. Cloud, MN.

Youth• Sunday, May 20th – 10:30 a.m.

Honorary DeMolay Degree, St.PaulMasonic Center, 200 Plato Blvd, StPaul, MN.

• Saturday, May 26th – MinnesotaDeMolay Sweetheart Formal, Lady ofthe Lake Cruises,8 Water St,Excelsior,MN.

• Sunday,May 27th – Masonic Youth Day,Valley Fair, 1 Valley Fair Dr, Shakopee,MN.

• Monday, May 28th – 10:00 a.m.Masonic Memorial Day Service,AcaciaPark Cemetery, 2151 Pilot Knob Rd,St Paul, MN.

• Check out www.MNDeMolay.org foradditional information.

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

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

Carl Lidstrom, [email protected]

Prom Party for ShrinersHospital patients is a

highlight of spring

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

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

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

Zuhrah Divan Ladies [email protected]

The Prom Party at the Minnesota Masonic Home inBloomington was held on Saturday night, April 7th. Andthere were one hundred seventy people there, including thevolunteers and staff with about one hundred fifty kidsdancing their hearts away all evening long. As in previousprom events, kids were there from six states. A very dedi-cated staff to work with kept everything running smoothly.It all starts with the volunteers decorating with balloonsdonated by Anagram International. This whole event iscoordinated by Maureen Johnston of the Shriners Hospitaland her staff.

Such as Carol, who took all the beautiful pictures; thevideographer, Aaron, and his assistant, Megan. Then therewas the DJ, Jeff Atkinson, and of course the MinnesotaSchool of Cosmetology students who made all the girlslook beautiful.This year, we had five Guardians on hand tomake sure everything went smoothly and helped conductthe Grand March. Emcee for the Grand March was KenBarlow, the Channel Five weatherman. Ken’s wife,Theresa,

was also at the party as she also works at Shriners Hospital;she was working at the check-in station for the prom party.

The party is primarily funded by the Units and Clubs ofZuhrah and has been responsible for the last six years topay for the rented dance floor, the pizza and Subway sand-wiches for the party.The Guardians would like to say a bigThank You for the financial support from the followingUnits, Clubs and individuals.The amounts vary from $20 to$100: the Oriental Band, ZARC, Horsemen, Funsters, SteelBand, 101, Cycle Corps, Rod & Gun, Ceremonial, Patrol,Antique Cars, Band, Cobra Corps, Robbinsdale ASC, BirakSC, Bloomington ASC, Litchfield ASC, Minnesota Valley ASC,Owatonna ASC,Anoka,ASC,Torsk Club, Socialites, Ho HoSC, Phil Epstein, Curt Quast,Van Nelson, and, of course, theGuardians.

The Guardian Unit has reached out to the other templesthat send patients to the Minneapolis Shriners Hospital andexpect some of them will also contribute to this event nowand in the future.

A photo of the prom-goers after the Grand March at the Minnesota Masonic Home. Many family and friends witnessed the event.


ZUHRAH SHRINERS


ZUHRAH SHRINERS – UNITS

Greetings Nobles, Ladies and Friends,First, on behalf of the entire Steel

Drum Band, Happy Mother’s Day to allthe special ladies.

Hopefully Spring and Summer willkick Old Man Winter out of here sowe can get ready for parade season!

Our parade schedule is shaping upnicely this year. We have already beeninvited back to several of our ‘normal’parades. The Steel Drum Band and theMariners were included on the CelebrateNortheast Parade’s Save the Date flyer.

Our big concern this year is will wehave enough panners to perform at ourparades.Some members are having somehealth issues which will prevent themfrom making many of our parades. If youhave ever considered being in a paradeunit, I hope you would strongly considerjoining us in the Steel Drum Band. Wewelcome new players on our steeldrums as well as in our percussive sec-tion which includes the claves, maracas,tambourine, bongos or congas. We willteach you very quickly and painlessly.Wehave practice on Saturday mornings anda monthly business meeting the 1stTuesday of each month at 7 p.m. All ofthis takes place at the Plymouth MasonicLodge in Crystal. If you should need aride, I am sure we can arrange that aswell. My contact info is listed below.TheBand travels to and from the parades inan air conditioned van and performs ona beautiful float much to the delight ofadoring crowds. With the enthusiasticcrowds and the camaraderie of your fel-

low Nobles, there isn’t much more youcould ask for. Give us a try, you’ll like it.

A tip of the baton goes to ourQuartermaster Keith Braiedy and BrianBusch for getting the van and float out ofstorage and all prepped for the summer.

The Sunshine Committee alsoreports several members continue toundergo various treatments. We arekeeping the following in our thoughtsand prayers, Cookie Burlingame, JimBurlingame, Sr. PP, Grumpy Garton, Pegand Larry Horwedel, Bob Johnson, DeeJohnson, Tom Lind, Tom MacLeod,Marilyn Powers, Sunny Reiners andAdrian Skytland, PP.

Birthday wishes go out to LadiesLinda Burlingame (2nd), BettePeterson (10th), Sharon Hendrickson(17th) and to our Nobles AndrewHockert and his birthday buddy LarryHorwedel (both on the 29th).Anniversary congratulations go out toGloria and Brian Busch (1st).

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

Q: Why are you wearing that funnyshirt? (a Hawaiian shirt)

A: In my opinion, our uniforms maybe the most comfortable ones of all theZuhrah parade units as we wearHawaiian shirts, a bolo tie, Dockers, astraw hat and white ‘sneakers’.With thisuniform and riding on a covered float,even on the hottest days, we are com-fortable playing. Plus, after a parade wecould hit our favorite watering hole fora crushed ice cocktail and fit right in.

In honor of Mother’s Day, here is aquote from WB George Washingtonregarding his mother, MaryWashington: “My mother was the mostbeautiful woman I ever saw.All I am I oweto my mother. I attribute my success in lifeto the moral, intellectual and physical edu-cation I received from her.”

Mark Kipp763-404-2476

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SOCIALITES

The "Guys and Dolls" show at theOld Log Theatre lived up to its reviews.Fantastic. A good time was had by all.

The Socialites next event is socializa-tion at the Oasis on Friday, May 25.Come when you can, leave when youmust. Bring a snack to share. We areworking on making this a monthly eventto promote our group and the Oasis.

Our third annual wine tasting eventis in the planning for September at theSovereign Estates Winery.

Svenn BorgersenPresident

651-452-5370

Hello, Nobles,How is everyone doing now that

most of our spring snow has melted?And I have to emphasize most of thesnow is gone. May brings us LawEnforcement week. Law EnforcementWeek was started by a joint resolutionof Congress in 1962. National PoliceWeek pays special recognition to thoselaw enforcement officers who have losttheir lives in the line of duty for the safe-ty and protection of others. The Gunsand Hoses Club will play a short videoat the Stated meeting May 11th honor-ing those Officers who lost their lives inthe line of duty.

As a reminder, here are our nextmeeting dates: July 30th, October22nd.We will meet at Kips Irish Pub inthe Minneapolis Marriot West just off394 and Hwy 169.We will meet beforethe meeting at 6:00 to have dinner andthen hold our Stated meeting at 7:00p.m. If you are a current or retiredPublic Service Officer, Fireman,Emergency medical personnel or if thiswas your MOS in the military, you arewelcome to join our Club. Membershipis $25 a year.

We have our logo on file at a sport-ing goods store, and they can embroi-der the logo on most anything youbring in to them. October is fireawareness month, so for the OctoberStated meeting we will show a videodealing with fire safety. Call or type ifyou have any questions about ourClub.

Scott FredellPresident, Guns & Hoses

[email protected] (612) 817-0325 voice and text

Hello, Rod and Gunners,Hey, isn’t all this snow great?! I know I

hear you!! I am tired of all the snow too.Oh my, the winter that never ended. Itmight take an ice breaker ship to attendthe fishing opener on Lake of theWoods. Depending on when this issueof the Arabian arrives in your mailboxthe Annual Dave Vice Memorial SportingClays Shoot to benefit the Hospitaleither is tomorrow, or last week.At anyrate I hope everyone had a great time. Iwant to thank all of our sponsors and allthe volunteers and especially all theshooters that came out to support ourHospital! Thank you all very much!

The Rod and Gun Club meets thesecond Wednesday of the month at theOsseo Gun Club; this a CHANGE inlocation.We will order in dinner beforethe meeting at 6:00, and then ourmonthly meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. Ifyou are interested in: hunting, fishing,shooting, sporting clays, pistol shootingthis is the Club for you! Membership isonly $25 a year, with your first year’sdues you get to pick out an official Rodand Gun baseball hat.

The Club still has wild rice and pheas-ants to sell. We pre-bought them andneed to sell them all in order to sendthe Hospital kids trout fishing this sum-mer. One pheasant is $16, a pound ofwild rice is only $10.There are packagedeals where the price gets a little cheap-er. Order forms are available from Bill.

A new hunt this year will be a prairiedog hunt to South Dakota.This hunt willbe over the weekend of June 22nd tothe 25th or 24th.The cost of a license is$150, the hotel is $75 per room eitherone or two beds.Meals/lodging will be atthe Grand River Casino and Resort; plusgas.This is an open hunt for all Shrinersand a buddy if you want to bring one.Letme know if you are interested.

Hospital Day will be May 19th.We willhave the trout pond and minnow racesgoing.We need lots of Rod and Gunnersto staff these two fun Hospital Dayevents. Our annual Lake of the Woodsfishing trip this summer is full. Summerevents are the Hospital Camp kids troutpond fishing at Star Prairie Wisconsin,June 27th and July 25th. Remember towatch your muzzle as closely as youwatch your reputation. Stay Safe.

President Scott [email protected]

(612) 817-0325 voice/text

R & G contact infoPres. Scott Fredell 612-817-0325

[email protected] V.P. Mark Eilers 612-968-0834

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Greetings, Nobles,Given the weather, we had a great

Easter Egg Hunt this year as we had 60children and over 80 adults in atten-dance.As well as the normal Easter EggColoring Contests and the annual“Crawl for Coins”, we added some newgames.We also raffled off several Easterrabbits and bears as well as a boy’s and agirl’s bike.Oh, the smiles on the winners’faces were heart warming.The proceedsof the bike raffle allowed us to donate$250 to the Shriner’s Hospital Women’sAuxiliary. So thank you all who attend-ed and worked,especially to Wheel’s son(Thomas) who volunteered to wear theBunny suit. And an extra big Thank Youto the 101’s and the Guardian’s. It wouldbe very difficult to do the Hunt withoutyour assistance.

We voted to attend the Legion ofHonor Omelet Breakfast on April 22nd,with the Funsters picking up the tab foreach couple attending.

Just a reminder, on May 19th isHospital Day at our Minneapolis ShrineHospital. Let’s get a good group ofFunsters in attendance and give Zuhraha good showing.

Larry (Ziggy) has been working onour summer parade schedule. Soundslike it will definitely be a busy July!

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Happy Frozen Spring All!Hopefully spring is truly here as

you’re reading this. It was warmer inCross Lake for our 1st Parade on St.Patrick’s Day, than the first week ofApril. Minnesota living!

We are getting the conformationsfor Parades in. We’re sitting at seven-teen planned so far, with up to halfsecure.Adjutant Agan, doing a great jobgetting us busy for this summer and fall.

Our Omelet Brunch will have passedon April 22. Will tell you how it wentwith our venue change. It’s at the Legion

on Portland Ave in Richfield. I thinkwe’re going to get good reviews addingSausage and Biscuits.Will Report.

The Illustrious Sir asked me about ourMemorial Day Parade and Picnic. Webegan doing the Picnic at the ShrineCenter year. With the patio done andhopefully by the end of May furniturethere, we will doing it there again thisyear. Many do not go out of town, so wehave been asked and agreed to openingour Memorial Picnic to all of Zuhrah! Yes,we will be doing Brats,Dogs and Burgers,picnic food, for everyone.You and yourfamily are invited to come and spendMemorial Day with the Legion of Honor!Watch for ads, more news to come.

Welcome, Nobles Joel Porter andJerry Cleveland, to the Legion ofHonor! More to come!

Happy Parading (If the snow goesaway).

Phil Carlson2018 Commander

Hello, Brother Nobles.It has been a few months since we

posted an article in the Arabian. It’s abouttime I get back to this.We have not dis-banded, nor do we intend to. Our grouphas been inactive as far as our originalpurpose was.The Zuhrah Amateur RadioCorps was founded in 1949 to provideradio communication at various pointsalong our Zuhrah Shriners parades.Carrying two way radios, we were ableto assist in keeping all units in a paradeequally spaced and paced. If some eventoccurred at the front, or anywhere elsein the line, stopping or slowing the pace,we could radio this info to our membersalong the parade line to stop or slowdown to prevent units bunching up orspreading out, creating jams or gaps inthe line.We once had members embed-ded inconspicuously in each unit of theparade. Every unit was perfectly spacedand paced.When the parade had to stopor slow down, it was so precise it lookedas though it was deliberately planned justso you could enjoy the unit in front ofyou for a few moments.

In many cases our parades were solong the police would have to stop theparade to allow traffic to flow through

cross streets. The police and our radiooperators would be able to worktogether to simultaneously stop everyunit of the entire parade, even the frontunits, again keeping every unit evenlyspaced while traffic control policedrained cross streets of waiting vehicles.

We began by using military surplustwo way radio sets called walkie-talkies. Beginning in 1942, these radiosets, produced by Galvin Mfg Co.,under the brand name Motorola, withthe military designation SCR 536,(Google it) were put into use duringWWII for short distance communica-tion on the battlefield. After the war,like other military equipment survivingthe war, these sets found their wayinto civilian use by police, constructionprojects and amateur radio operators.This led to the creation of the ZuhrahAmateur Radio Corps.

Today the members of ZARC at arecent meeting have decided we willcontinue our group and remain a sup-porting unit of Zuhrah. We have 15members with 3-6 attending ourmeetings.We invite your inquiries. Ourlunch meetings are open, and we wel-come your attendance. We love tohave visitors; it brings new conversa-tion into our lives. If you like shortmeetings, great food, interesting talk,and can break away for lunch, pleasejoin us.We meet at the VFW Post on67th and Lyndale Avenue South inRichfield, Minnesota, at 11:30 a.m., thesecond Thursday of each monthexcept June, July and August.

73, (hamspeak for Best Regards.)

Phil Epstein, Pres.612-360-7575, text or talk



Greetings from the ZuhrahHorse Patrol: 62

Horseman Clyde Brink passed awayon January 13.He joined the Horse Patrolin 1993. He was a graduate of HamlineUniversity and went on to work for StateFarm Insurance. Dick Rindal was able toattend Clyde’s funeral and extend condo-lences for the Horse Patrol.

We had several visitors at ourMarch Stated Meeting.Neil Brodinof Brodin Studios, Inc. visited us.He gavea brief history of the company, whichdesigns and build statues to honor themilitary and fallen police officers. Neilhad previously visited the ranch and indoing so, this triggered his memory thatthey had previously made statuary ofShriners. Neil was able to track downthe last Shriner statue the company had(it’s about 10 inches tall) within theirstore rooms. He affirmed that BrodinStudios is a firm supporter of theShriners and our mission.He stated thatthey had made a cast of the Shriner stat-ue so they can being producing themagain. Lastly, Neil made a gift of the stat-ue to the Horsemen to honor all we do.We gratefully accepted his gift.

Also visiting us in March were repre-sentatives of the American Legion and theDepartment of Veterans Affairs (VA).Bonnie from the American Legion hadvisited us for a Camp Achieve day lastsummer and thought about whetherthere was not something similar we coulddo with veterans receiving care from theSt Cloud hospital. Brett from the VAspoke to us and conveyed there are manyveterans from many conflicts who strug-gle on a daily basis with their experiences.He asked that we consider how we couldhelp by potentially providing the opportu-nity for veterans to visit the ranch.We areeagerly investigating what we can do tosupport our veterans. Stay tuned!

Riding has been hit or miss thismonth. With the brief and tauntingglimpse of Spring in mid-March,ThreeRivers Parks closed the trails to hors-es until further notice. Little did any-one know what we would get 10-12more inches of snow in March andearly April.We have started practicingin the indoor arena recently. I’ve notheard what the results have been yet.

Spring (in other parts of the country,for sure) typically represents re-birthand return. In California, the ‘Return ofthe Swallows to the Mission SanJuan Capistrano’ serves as confirma-tion that the brutally cold California win-ter is truly over and that the Californianscan store their winter jackets and stock-ing caps until Jack Frost arrives next win-ter. (Honest to God, young vibrantCalifornians were wearing winter jacketsand hats in 60 degree weather. It had tobe seen to be believed.) San JuanCapistrano is nestled in the valleys ofSouthern California, about halfwaybetween Anaheim and San Diego (as theSwallow flies) and just in from the coast.

For the past 60 years, the communityaround San Juan Capistrano has cele-brated the return of the Swallows witha parade and fiesta.The area actually hasa long history of ranching and horse-

back riding which continues today. Tohonor that history and local culture, theparade itself is billed as the ‘largest, non-motorized parade in the United States’.Allowable modes of transportation arefoot, bicycle, unicycle and horse. Ourscout was at this year’s parade to seewhat it was all about; here is the report.

The parade is very large from theperspective number of units, length ofthe parade, and people attending.Basically, the whole town of San JuanCapistrano is shut down all day (thelocal Amtrak train kept running).Parkingwas available about a 15-20 minute walkfrom the route.The parade kicks-off at11 a.m. and runs 15-20 city blocks (fromwhat I could see. I never saw the startand I never saw the end).The parade is,in fact, so long that there are at leastthree announcer/ emcee booths todescribe each of the units as they go by.As far as attendance, the day is likeCowboy St Patrick’s Day: all the localscome out in various forms of Cowboyand Cowgirl regalia (both with andwithout ‘trail’ cred: older folks, Google‘street cred’. It’s a term used by kidsthese days). Along the parade route Iwalked, the people were 4-6 deep alongthe sides of the streets.

I would estimate that 60% of the unitsin the parade were either on horse orpulled by horses. Local dignitaries andfiesta royalty were either in 30-foot wag-ons or in very elegant carriages. Thehorses were every breed, color and sizeimaginable. The US Marine Corp waswell represented with their MountedColor Guard leading the parade followedby the Marine Corp band from nearbyCamp Pendleton. Law enforcement was

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also well represented by the CaliforniaHighway Patrol and Orange CountyMounted Patrols both present.After 2.5hours and 90 or so units, I had to leave.I believe the parade was three-fourthsover when I left.There were rumors ofa Shrine unit being in the parade, but ithad not come along by the time of mydeparture.

This parade is truly a horse unit’s dream.Logistically, it’s probably not possible forZSHP to participate but man o’ man, wecan dream…

UpcomingOur June COWBOY BREAKFAST

is on June 10th at the barn from 9 to 12:30p.m.Please join us for fun and food.

Our address is: 4505 County Road92, Maple Plain.

The ranch is located on the portionof Hennepin County Road 92 thatruns between Highways 12 and 55.From the north (55), the ranch isapproximately one mile south on 92.From the south (12), the ranch isapproximately 1/4 mile past CountyRoad 11.The barn is on the west sideof Cty Rd 92.As you drive, keep an eyeout for the two large horse statues onthe edge of the driveway.

If you get lost, call us at: (763) 972-6857.

Humbly submitted,

Young Man Afraid of His Horses

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A few years back,who knows when itdoesn’t really matter, a jovial brotherwas recommended by another brothernicknamed “High Pockets”, to become amember of the Zuhrah Cycle Corps.After the usual process, this jovial broth-er was unanimously accepted as a mem-ber and we all welcomed Edwin Reiners.

At the time, we all had no idea theride (S’cuse the pun) we were in for.Brother Ed Reiners brought newideas, outspoken opinions, endlessenergy and talent to the Cycle Corps.

For me, the ride culminated in a tripto the Midwest in Rapid City where theCycle Corps was a robust pack of avidHarley riders doing their thing for thebetterment of the Shriners Hospital.One of the brothers who was wellacquainted with the area after his sev-eral trips to Sturgis, arranged for a ridefor all riders in attendance where wewould go through Custer State Park,Needles Highway, many small townsand gift shop stops, the town of Sturgisand finally a stop at a steak house for adinner. Fantastic! It was made betterbecause half way through the ridebrothers High Pockets and Ed Reinersdecided that it was so hot that theyneeded to ride without shirts. Now, ifyou can remember Ed’s stature of a few

years ago, that was a sight to behold.I digress.Time marches on when one

day I received a distressed phone callfrom Brother Ed’s daughter Alison, stat-ing that her “Daddy” had a diagnosisthat would take him from us in a shorttime frame. I can’t describe to you thegut wrenching feeling at the time but, Iknow we all have been there at sometime in our lives. Fast forward to theMidwest here in Bloomington where,when Ed and I met in the Oasis, helamented that this is his last one and heis enjoying it. I was speechless!

To Ed:It hurts so bad, to say goodbyes.....Pain is felt, with tear-filled eyes.......The news we dread want not and

fear.....Suddenly, reality becomes crystal

clear.......Knowing the risk, and chances we

take.....We start up our motors, the trip we

do take.....With freedom, and passion, the wind

in your hair...........You may not have made it, but I'll meet

you there...........I'm not sure when, but I'll see you. my

friend............Making sure that your journey, never

will end........Riding beside you, our spirits let

free......All of us Shriners, together we’ll be!!

Ride on, my brother, till we meetagain........... Old Guy!

Tim “Ronin” JirakPresident 2018

Zuhrah Cycle Corp



Greetings from the Zuhrah AntiqueCars Unit!

This summer will be a busy yet funparade season.We are looking forwardto upcoming parades in Fridley,Northeast Minneapolis (with our friendsin the Lions), Columbia Heights, BlaineRoseville, Delano, Apple Valley (yes, wewill be doing the Car Show parking), StPaul Rondo (in support of our Fezzanbrothers), LeSueur, Watkins andPlymouth so far. Remember that ourschedule is subject to change, so watchyour email and Facebook for updates! Tolike us on Facebook go to www.face-book.com/ZuhrahAntiqueCarsUnitwhere we have lots of photos andvideos of the awesome stuff we do.

On the parade route and elsewherein ZAC and Temple events be sure tolook for our new unit shirts! We’veincluded photos of Karl and Naomi toshow you just how great they look!

In addition to parades our officersare planning to do more car showsand statics than we have in previousyears. These, along with possible minicruises, social events, Feztival of Trees,the Potentate’s Ball DecoratingCommittee (it’s never too early tostart planning!) and of course our FallMystery Trip will make for a busy butvery enjoyable upcoming season.These are always great opportunities tovolunteer and participate for anyone

The Zuhrah Pipes & Drums

Are Looking for New Members

No Experience Necessary!

Call Jerry Oliver

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What: The Oasis Bar will be open – stop by!

Who: Zuhrah members and their guests

When: Friday nights4:30 p.m. – ???

Where: Zuhrah Shrine Center6120 Blue Circle DriveMinnetonka, MN

Zuhrah Oasis open on Friday Evenings

including those Nobles who don’t have acar for parades.Contact any of our offi-cers for information on how you canhelp (even if you’re not a member wewould love to see you!).

Our monthly Burger Runs are fun andvery popular. These are on the 4thWednesday of every month starting at 6p.m.at preselected restaurants.You don’tneed to be a member to join in the funand spouses are always welcome. Pleasejoin us this month as we’ll make our first

trip to the Gold Nugget Tavern andGrille at 14401 Excelsior Boulevard,Minnetonka, MN. Due to a busy paradeseason we’ll be taking the month of Juneoff, and in July we’ll be supporting theTemple at the Ice Cream Social. We arealways looking for great ideas of placesto go, so if you have a place you think wewould enjoy please let us know. Wewould love to hear from you!

If you would like the Zuhrah AntiqueCars Unit to appear at your parade orfunction drop our Captain a line [email protected]. If you wouldlike to drive a classic car in a parade con-tact us as well.We are always looking forpeople willing to drive cars (even if youdon’t own one!).

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

Fraternally,Thomas Walker

PresidentZuhrah Antique Cars

Karl Flick shows off the new ZAC shirt toSteven Maslonka

FLOZAC models our new ZAC shirts

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Our April meeting was held at thePizza Ranch in Champlin.The fried chick-en seemed to be very popular as well asthe pizza assortment and some of themembers discovered dessert pizza wentwell with the soft serve ice cream.

When we went over upcoming eventswithin Zuhrah and the Masonic family, Iforgot to mention the nice coverage thatthe Hospital Kids Prom received onChannel 4 news. We were among theunits and clubs that donated to helpcover the cost. Great job, Guardians.

Our May meeting will be held atDehn’s in the private dining room onMay 8th.We will order off the menu

GPS Friendly Address:Dehn’s Country Manor11281 Fernbrook Lane No.Maple Grove, MN 55369Phone 763-420-6460

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

2nd Tuesday of each month.

As always nobles and their wives orsignificant others in the north end of theCities are invited to attend our meetings.

The reluctant Scribe,

Curt Speller, President763-422-6842

[email protected]

We were honored to have ourIllustrious Potentate, Jim Burlingame Jr.join us at the April Torsk dinner. He saidit has been a long time since he has hadtorsk and aquavit.We hope to have himjoin us again for dinner before the end ofthe year. Also we had a couple of firsttimers, Craig Nordby from theHorseman and his father-in-law.Welcome, it is always good to see newfaces. Carolyn Anderson was the luckywinner of the free dinner for nextmonth and Paul Thour was the winnerof the 50/50 drawing.The numbers wereverified by Rich Lyons; he said they werea match. Do you think the fix was in???

We only have two dinners leftbefore we go dark for the summer (ifthe summer ever gets here). May 2ndand June 6th. Hopefully the snow willbe gone by our May dinner so we canlook out at the beautiful golf course.As always we meet at Minnesota ValleyCountry Club in Bloomington. Socialhour starts at 5:30 with dinner beingserved at 6:30.The cost is $25.00 perperson. For those of you who are notfish eaters, there is an alternate mealthat consists of a chicken breast withvegetables, potato and salad.Reservations need to be in by theFriday before our dinner. For reserva-tions or for more information pleasecontact Paul Thour at 612-281-4623 ofemail at [email protected]. Hopefullywith the warmer weather coming andthe sun is out later we will see somemore of the people who can’t get outduring the winter months.

Remember:The More the Merrier!!Skol pa fisken –

Your Scribe,Old Sven here

who is sick of this winter

Marshall

Greetings from the membership ofBirak.We hope your Spring has gotten akick-start now that the snow has finallyquit. As I write this, however, there arepredictions of a huge snowstorm to hitthe southern half of the state. Ice on thelakes in central Minnesota was meas-ured about at least two feet recently,and it was solid! We need some sun.

Twenty members trekked to Ten MileLake Steakhouse for the Circus Kick-Off dinner and meeting April 2. Due tosnow, slippery roads and near blizzardconditions in the metro area, sevenwere unable to make the meeting,including the four Divan members fromthe Twin Cities. It was a delicious mealof chicken and ribs and nearly everyoneasked for a take-home box.

As I have mentioned before, the BirakClub is taking on a major project Saturday,August 25,to benefit the Shriners Hospitalfor Children – Twin Cities. At theMinnesota Masonic Heritage Center, weare attempting the Guinness Book WorldRecord Largest Bean Bag Tournament. It isEXTREMELY important that you help usget the word out NOW on this event bytalking with your friends and neighbors,contacting bars and organizations thathave held tournaments in the past to getthese teams signed up. We need 161teams to break the record and still needto order the boards.

Registration between 9 a.m.-11 a.m.visit: www.beanbags.eventbright.comto register. On-line registration onlyand no late entries. There will be twobrackets, one at 10 a.m. and the secondat 12 noon. There will be tailgatingfrom 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Then we head to Target Field towatch the Minnesota Twins/OaklandAthletics baseball game. Gates open at4 p.m. and the first pitch at 6:10.By pur-chasing your tickets on-line, a portionof every ticket will benefit the Hospital.Visit www.twinsbaseball.com/shrinersto purchase tickets.

Onion, onions, onions.Yes we will beselling Vidalia onions again this spring.We have ordered 6,000 pounds, with2,000 pounds going to the PerhamLodge for them to sell to raise moneyfor their scholarship fund.

June 2 will be our Spring StatedMeeting / Steak Fry / Ceremonial inBattle Lake.

June 16 will be clean-up and prepfor the Birak Shrine Circus which willtake place the next week.Tuesday andWednesday, June 19 & 20.

Kar KorWe have a preliminary schedule for

the summer parade season and the firstperformance in early June in FergusFalls. Fast forward to August, we havesix rooms reserved for the MSASummer Session in Deadwood wherewe plan to participate in both parades.

Until next month . . .Jon Tamke

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Minnesota Valley Shriners Clubextends its warmest greetings to allZuhrah nobles and ladies especially theNEW NOBLES and LADIES ofZuhrah.

We welcome you to join us at ournext dinner meeting on May 24 at Fong’sEvent Center in Prior Lake. Please callme with any questions you may haveabout our Shriners Club. We hope youwill join us for good food and a goodtime with new friends.

MVSC held its March Dinner & StatedMeeting at Caspers CherokeeSteakhouse in Eagan.We had 44 noblesand ladies in attendance. After pledgingallegiance to our flag, our ChaplainLoran Goff provided us with inspira-tional words of wisdom.We then enjoyedthe Caspers specialty—a delicious steak.Some chose the great walleye or chicken.

Our March meeting was attended byour Divan members Jon Pavola andJean and Loran Goff and Judy alongwith Past Potentate from 2007 DonWurden and Carole. Our specialguests for the evening were invited byJohn and Carolyn Loutzenhizer.Sean and Tracy Gardiner are withthe Osman Shriners. Sean is theHigh Priest and Prophet with Osman—the same office as our own Jon Pavola.We trust that Sean and Tracy enjoyedthemselves. Even with their busy sched-ule, we hope that they will visit us again.

Once again with good food andgood fellowship everyone experiencedan enjoyable evening.

FUND RAISERSMinnesota Valley Shriners Club has

been active in fundraising in March andApril. On March 18, MVSC had itsmost successful pancake, french toast,and sausage breakfasts in several years.We had a 42% increase in attendancecompared to the last few years.The suc-cess of our breakfast fundraisers is aresult of the dedication of our members.Thank you so much for your support.

Our ladies had an outstanding BakeSale with a 36% increase from their pre-vious record sales from last fall. At thisBake Sale, the ladies sold $1263 of theirhomemade baked goods. They donateall of this money to the wheelchair fundat our Shriners Hospital. Thank youto all of our MVSC ladies for theirgreat support of our Club and ourHospital.

MVSC has also been busy withfundraising for Zuhrah. Our Club soldabout 2000 pounds of Vidalia onions, and

Torsk Club

Marshall Area Shrine Club Installation of OfficersLeft to right: Dave Larson – Treasurer, Jim Burlingame Jr – Potentate,

Brian Gruhot – President, Lyle Theisse – Secretary

in the first year of selling flower gardenplants, our Club sold 65 flower kits.Together, these two campaigns raisedabout $1800 for Zuhrah. Good job guysand gals. You made Zuhrah proud. Ourgratitude goes to Carole Wurden forheading up our flower fundraiser and toKevin Raley for heading up the onionsales.

Shriners Hospital Day – May 19.MVSC members and ladies are plan-

ning to meet at the front entrance ofhospital at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May19. We will tour the hospital for a cou-ple of hours and then get together forlunch at a local restaurant.

This is a great opportunity for ournewer Shriners to get acquainted withour hospital. By attending, our “not-so-new” Shriners will be re-inspired bythe great work the hospital staff doeson a daily basis for our KIDS. You willleave standing a little taller and feelingthe pride of wearing your red fez.Hope to see you.

On April 6, the Prom for our hospitalpatients was held at the Masonic HeritageCenter. Teenage patients— past andpresent—from several states attended.There was a picture in the Star Tribunenewspaper of hairdressers volunteeringtheir time to fix the girls’ hair, and therewas news coverage on at least two localTV channels showing the 90 teenagersat the Prom. MVSC donated moneytowards the Prom and some of our ladiesdonated their previously used dresses forthe girls. It made you feel proud to seethe present and past hospital patientshaving a good time at their Prom.

UPCOMING EVENTS May 5 Kentucky Derby Day at

ZuhrahMay 11 Zuhrah Stated MeetingMay 19 Shriners Hospital DayMay 24 MVSC Dinner Meeting at

Fong’s in Prior LakeJune River Boat Cruise on the

Mississippi.All Shriners & ladies are welcome.

July Another summer outdoor get-together. Details pending

Aug 4 MVSC Summer Picnic

In the summer months of June, July,andAugust, our Club is “dark”—having nostated meetings. However, the “bright-ness” shines with the social fellowship atour summer activities. We hope you willjoin us.

All Shriners, their ladies, and guestsare always welcomed at our dinnermeetings and special events. Please callme with any questions you might have.

A quote from the late Virgil Neimanwho was President of MVSC in 1998:

“May we play forever”Enjoy the month and the warmer

weather.

Ken ChambersArabian Correspondent

[email protected]: 952-888-8225


ZUHRAH SHRINERS – CLUBS

HELLO! from the Ho Ho AreaShrine Club and Classic Cars Corps –

Our April monthly meeting was heldat Toody’s Sweet Treats in Henderson,Minnesota. If you relish the old-fashionedsoda fountain,Toody’s Sweet Treats is theplace to go as you discover the hiddengems in the various communities ofsouth central Minnesota.We had a greatturnout of 31 nobles and ladies. A deli-cious meal of pork loin, mashed pota-toes, carrots, and cornbread was served,followed by an ice cream dessert. A bigthanks to Noble Vic and Lady Shelby andNoble Ned and Lady Mary for pulling usback into Henderson.

Joining us for our meal, our guestspeaker, Becky Pollack. Becky is theExecutive Director of the Ney NatureCenter located just outside ofHenderson. After dinner, Becky gavean update of what exciting things are

Greetings, Nobles and Ladies,Today is April 15th, 2018 – a day that

my BASC brethren and I should be serv-ing hundreds of hungry people who havecome to feast on our delicious pancakesand sausages for years. Instead, I sit herelooking out my family room window atmore than a foot of snow in my yard, anda driveway that is begging for much need-ed attention from my snowblower. Thislatest spring storm started on Friday,the13th of April, so some people think it’sjust bad luck. I have a different opinion—since it’s not the first snowfall we’ve hadthis April, I think this is just Mother Natureplaying an extended April Fool’s Joke on allof us. Whichever it is—bad luck or ajoke— it’s pretty obvious that everyone inthe Twin Cities (except for the owners ofBuck Hill) are sick and tired of snow, andready for spring to arrive.

Bloomington

This is the 52nd year of BASC hostingpancake breakfasts, and according toTreasurer (and BASC historian)Phil Bemis, this is the first time in that52 year history that we have had toreschedule a breakfast. Knowing thatsomeone in our club always has to beblamed for whatever goes wrong, twoculprits have been identified. The first isme, of course. As President, whatevergoes wrong is my fault—no questionsasked. Even when my gavel was stolen atthe January installation dinner byMarshalls Wyatt and Dillon, it ulti-mately was my fault, because the officialreport submitted by Marshall Dillon isthat the gavel was “lost”. More on thatlater. The second culprit is our newestBASC member, Mac MacFarlane. Macwas officially sworn is as a member at ourApril 10th Stated Meeting—welcome toBASC, Mac! Unfortunately, the theory isthat since all past breakfasts have beenheld on time, Mac must be some sort of“bad luck” charm. I guess it makes sensesince in less than a week of membershiphe pulls something off that hasn’t hap-pened in more than a half century. I feelsorry for Mac, so I’m not going to let himcarry this burden alone—I’m sure thatthrough some extended therapy sessionsat a nearby oasis, we will be able to stillcarry our heads high. And just for therecord,this dark time in the history of theBASC will be officially known as “TheDouble Mac Attack.” Finally, the 2018BASC Spring Pancake and SausageBreakfast will be held on Sunday, April22nd at the Bloomington Event Center.

The April BASC Stated Meeting wasvery well attended, and was highlightedby the return of said “stolen/lost” gavel,which showed up at the meeting in thehands of Marshall Dillon. After pay-ment of another $5 fine, an apology andsome tears shed by yours truly, my gavelwas finally returned to its rightful ownerafter three months in captivity. Rumorhas it that the gavel (which now has thename “Waldo”) may have even accom-panied Marshall Dillon and his lovelywife Judy on a Caribbean Cruise inMarch. Just for the record, the investiga-tion into possible collusion by theMarshalls and other BASC members willcontinue throughout my term.

By the time you are reading this article,BASC will be putting the finishing touch-es on the Zuhrah Derby Party, whichwill be held at the Shrine Center onSaturday, May 5th. Registration infor-mation can be found in this Arabian andonline. We hope many of you will be ableto join us and many other nobles, familymembers and friends at this fun event.

Another big event that will be happen-ing in early May will be the delivery ofmore than 250 Flower Kits from WagnerGreenhouses. I want to personally thankeveryone who has supported the SpringFlower Fundraiser this year, and a spe-cial shout out to the Horsemen (80kits),Minnesota Valley (63 kits) and theGuardians (29 kits) for their efforts.Weknow that you are all anxiously awaitingthe delivery of these flowers, and we aresure that you will get lots of enjoymentout of them all summer long.

The next BASC Board Meeting willbe held at the home of Dave Alstrupon Tuesday, May 1st, at 7 p.m., followedby the May BASC Stated Meeting at theBloomington Event Center on Tuesday,May 8th, also at 7 p.m.All BASC mem-bers are encouraged to attend both ofthese meetings.

Royce McEwenPresident 2018

BASC

happening at the Center. More infor-mation can be found at: neycenter.org.

The Classic Car Corps gave anupdate on some of the summer activi-ties:• About 15 parades are in the works.• Mid-West to be held August in

Deadwood, South Dakota.Our next meeting will be on May 7

in Winthrop. Hosts will be Noble DeanConklin along with Noble Peter Schue.

Social will begin at 6 p.m.with dinnerand a program at 7 p.m.

Zuhrah Women’s Auxiliary Our May meeting will be held on the

12th, 11:30, at the Zuhrah ShrineCenter.This is a Saturday. We are tryingto give our working members a chanceto attend. Lunch will be catered.

The Style Show and Luncheon was asuccess. Over 170 people attended.Children from the Hospital entertainedus with their dance and musical talents.AThank You to them and their families for

sharing their time and talent with us.The Silent Auction was an additionaltreat. Businesses and individuals whodonated items need to be recognizedand supported. They are: WagnerGreenhouse – Minneapolis, Old LogTheatre – Excelsior,Turbo Nails – Eagan,Lions Tap – Eden Prairie, Nothing BundtCakes – Minnetonka, Diamond CityBakery – Elk River, Abdallahs – AppleValley, Judy Teeters Adamson, and Mary

Skytland.A huge Thank You to all who worked

on the committee, served the food,cleaned up and participated in any wayto help make this event the success itwas.

We extend a warm welcome to allLadies to attend our meetings and events.

Sue Borgersen, Chairman651-452-5370

Style Show and Luncheon attended by over 170

As you can see, we are an activegroup and welcome new members.

Scribe – Dan [email protected]

507-317-0345

Ho Ho Shrine officers gather to plan what to talk about for the night’s meeting.


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

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22LASC PancakeBreakfastLOH Omelet Brunch

23 24Club & Unit Heads

25LOH StatedMarshall ASC Antique Cars Burger Run

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29 30 MAY 1Cycle CorpsRobbinsdale ASCScottish Rite StatedSteel Drum Band

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10Finance CommitteeScottish Rite 18°ZARC

11PIG LUNCHZUHRAH STATEDMEETING3:30 Divan Meeting5:45 Dinner7:00 Stated Meeting

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Mother’s Day

14Band BoardFunsters Pipes & Drums

15Canby ASCCeremonial Unit Cobra Corps RASC Board

16FlamesGuardian Unit

17Flyers

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23LOH StatedAntique Cars Burger Run

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Mobil Nobles 52nd Year Pig LuncheonCelebrating the Ascension of

Outer Guard Scott HughesFriday, May 11, 2018

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

Zuhrah Shrine Center6120 Blue Circle Drive

Minnetonka, Minnesota

Sponsored by the Zuhrah Past Potentates

Dress: Fez and Traditional Tie

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


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