September 2012 Volume 127 • Number 9
September 2012 Volume 127 ⢠Number 9 - Osman Shrine
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<strong>September</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Volume</strong> <strong>127</strong> <strong>•</strong> <strong>Number</strong> 9
Osman Shrine Officers<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
Divan<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Volume</strong> <strong>127</strong> <strong>•</strong> <strong>Number</strong> 9<br />
Frank J. Spevak III (Joan)<br />
Potentate<br />
fspevakgmail.com<br />
Donald Harmsen (Terrie)<br />
Chief Rabban<br />
dharmsen@ci.apple-valley.mn.us<br />
Directors Staff, Winona Area Shrine Club, Crown Jewel<br />
Roger Berge (Jennifer)<br />
Assistant Rabban<br />
rberge2@yahoo.com<br />
Osman Cycles, Pipe Band, St. Paul Zagalas<br />
Jeffrey Olsen (Julie)<br />
High Priest & Prophet<br />
jjolsen09@yahoo.com<br />
Drum & Bugle, East Central Shrine Club, Friendly Valley Shrine Club,<br />
Mighty Mites<br />
PICNIC!<br />
Russ Christofk and Faye Hassie check out<br />
the potluck. The food was great!<br />
Bruce Thomas (Terri)<br />
Oriental Guide<br />
partsxpress@charter.net<br />
Blooming Prairie Shrine Club, Cannon<br />
Valley Shrine Club, Clubs & Units, Provost<br />
Russell Christofk (Pauline)<br />
Treasurer<br />
rchristofk@comcast.net<br />
Tom West (Rose)<br />
Recorder<br />
twest212@hotmail.com<br />
Rich Purcell (Sharon)<br />
1st Ceremonial Master<br />
purcellrs@aol.com<br />
Austin Oriental Band, Austin Area<br />
Shrine Club, Clowns, Patrol<br />
Mike Nehm (Sandy)<br />
2nd Ceremonial Master<br />
smnehm@comcast.net<br />
St. Cloud Go-Karts, St. Cloud Shrine Club,<br />
St. Cloud Zagalas, Legion of Honor<br />
Anders Haugen (Adriana)<br />
Marshal<br />
ajhaugen@gmail.com<br />
Chanters, Hi-Hats, Mankato Shrine Club,<br />
Mankato T-Birds, Sheiks<br />
Larry Norte (Audrey)<br />
Captain of the Guard<br />
mn442man@yahoo.com<br />
Alexandria Shrine Club, Alexandria Calliope/Four Wheelers,<br />
Nomads Club, Cigar Club<br />
Sean Gardiner (Tracy)<br />
Outer Guard<br />
stigardiner@lightblast.net<br />
Albert Lea Shrine Club and Cars, Rochester Cycles, Rochester Dragons,<br />
Merry Medics, Rochester Shrine Club, Rochester Zagalas<br />
Ed Smith and Ted<br />
Veilleux from the<br />
Directors Staff.<br />
Rich Purcell, Mike Horn and<br />
Andy Weiss setting up the<br />
table.<br />
Scott Osterberg was the speediest<br />
watermelon cutter. Here he’s helped by<br />
Mike Werth and Bob Golder<br />
Anders Haugen displaces some H 2 O<br />
Jeannette Roberge, Julie Olsen and<br />
Joan Spevak sold raffle tickets to<br />
benefit the Transportation & Aid Fund<br />
Ill. Sir Frank leads the group<br />
in the Shriner Shuffle!<br />
Tracy Gardiner<br />
takes a shot at<br />
hubbie Sean.
Pote’s Notes<br />
Honoring Tradition -<br />
Moving Forward<br />
What a summer for Osman Shrine. Lots<br />
of great activities for everyone and the weather<br />
cooperated quite a bit.<br />
First a short recap. The Friday night gettogether<br />
before the Gala went very well and<br />
was our first chance to show<br />
off the newly cleaned-up<br />
barn. The Gala was a great<br />
success. Family and friends<br />
abounded. Many were<br />
asking about the couple on<br />
the floor that were dancing<br />
most of the night. That<br />
would be my brother Ed and<br />
my sister in law Mary. Their<br />
pastime is ballroom dancing.<br />
Mary dances competitively<br />
and my brother isn’t too<br />
shabby. We would like to<br />
thank every one that came<br />
and especially those in<br />
costume. We would be<br />
remiss if we didn’t thank all<br />
the past Potentates and their<br />
Ladies that attended.<br />
The following week we<br />
held our annual Picnic, this<br />
time at the Barn as well.<br />
Many enjoyed being at the<br />
Barn for the first time and<br />
could see all of the “parade”<br />
equipment. The choices of food were<br />
magnificent. I couldn’t decide which dish to<br />
sample. The plates seemed kind of small. The<br />
dunk tank was a big hit and the DJ added<br />
that extra touch.<br />
Midwest followed the next week and we<br />
had about 115 Nobles and Ladies, a very nice<br />
turnout. Thank you to my able bodied rowers<br />
In This Issue . . .<br />
Osman Family Picnic - 2<br />
Chili Cook Off - 5<br />
Float Your Pote - 7<br />
Membership - 8<br />
Hufli - 9<br />
Ceremonial - 9<br />
Hospital Update - 10<br />
Welcome New Shriners - 11<br />
Club & Unit Reports - 12<br />
At the Potentate’s Ball:<br />
“Rick” and gypsy lady Maria<br />
Ouspenskaya (Lon Chaney's<br />
Mom in the Wolfman 1941<br />
Version).<br />
for the Float the Pote event.<br />
They did their best to ward off<br />
the other Pote’s and their<br />
rowers. Welcome to all the new<br />
Camel Herders. It appears we<br />
have a few chemistry majors that<br />
were able to diminish the effects of<br />
the Camel. Others were not so<br />
fortunate. Congratulations to<br />
the Cycles Corps, the Mighty<br />
Mites and the Alex 4 wheelers<br />
for their awards at the<br />
Midwest Motor Corps<br />
Competition. The Cycle<br />
Patrol won first place for their<br />
division in the competition as<br />
well winning awards in the<br />
obstacle course. We had<br />
Osman Clowns compete and<br />
they won a second and a third<br />
place trophy.<br />
All of the above events<br />
could not have been<br />
accomplished were it not for<br />
the time and talent of the<br />
Aides. And we have a great<br />
crew of Aides. In particular,<br />
Chief Aide Rich Johnson and<br />
Lady Linda, Assistant Chief<br />
Aide Jerry Payne and Lady<br />
Nancy, Assistant Chief Aides<br />
Mike Werth and Tom Schultz.<br />
Joan and I thank you and all<br />
the Aides for your work<br />
during this summer. Many Nobles don’t<br />
know what it takes or see all the prep that goes<br />
into a successful function at Osman. The<br />
Aides are truly the Craftsmen in the quarry.<br />
Now on to the fall.<br />
We have a ceremonial<br />
in October that is<br />
<strong>September</strong> Birthdays - 24<br />
Spotlight on Shriners - 25<br />
Osman Womens<br />
Auxiliary - 26<br />
Pote’s Lady - 27<br />
Daughters of the Nile - 28<br />
Paper Supporters - 29<br />
Calendar - 30<br />
Gala Pictures - 31-32<br />
being graciously hosted by Garnet<br />
Lodge in White Bear Lake. The<br />
Master and Secretary, being of Noble<br />
Birth, along with Gary Winter, our<br />
Chief of Staff, are making arrangements<br />
for what I expect to be a great event. It<br />
is great to be able to go to the local<br />
lodges and bring together Minnesota<br />
Masonry and the Shrine. The message from<br />
the Grand Master Brian Beermann, and one<br />
strongly supported by the Shrine in the Twin<br />
Cites, is that we need to work together to<br />
build our future.<br />
With that in mind I would like to remind<br />
all the Nobles about our Hufli dinner in<br />
October. Like our very successful night at the<br />
Saints Game orchestrated by Anders Haugen,<br />
the Hufli is an opportunity to show others our<br />
camaraderie and fun while supporting the<br />
World’s Greatest Philanthropy.<br />
The last part of this month’s message is<br />
devoted to a much larger joint event to be<br />
held December 8. Grand Master Brian along<br />
with Zuhrah Potentate Tony Krall and I will<br />
be hosting a full day devoted to Masonry and<br />
the Shrine. The morning will witness a Third<br />
Degree the likes of which has never been<br />
experienced in Minnesota. The afternoon will<br />
showcase the Shrine in all its splendor. The<br />
evening will be an All Masonic Holiday Party.<br />
Watch the Osman for more details. Letters<br />
will be going out to Lodges informing them<br />
of the activities and we are asking that each of<br />
you be an ambassador to your Lodge and keep<br />
them aware of the event and how they can<br />
participate.<br />
We are coming in to the home stretch of<br />
the year and we are looking for a great finish.<br />
Es Selamu Aleikum<br />
Frank Spevak, Potentate <strong>2012</strong><br />
Official Monthly Publication of Osman A.A.O.N.M.S.<br />
2750 Sibley Memorial Highway, St. Paul, MN 55121<br />
(651) 452-5660 <strong>•</strong> Fax (651) 683-0231<br />
E-mail: doreen@OsmanShrine.org<br />
All communications regarding editorial content or advertising<br />
should be addressed to the Editor at the address above.<br />
Published in the interest of Osman Shrine.<br />
Osman Shrine Office Staff<br />
Doreen Lynch<br />
Office Manager<br />
Ellen Maine<br />
Assistant Office Manager<br />
Doreen@OsmanShrine.org Ellen@OsmanShrine.org<br />
S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2 P a g e 3
Midwest Shrine Motor Corps Association Competition<br />
Friday, August 10 <strong>•</strong> Grand Forks, North Dakota<br />
Osman Rochester Cycle Patrol are holding their 3 trophies for competition at MSA. They received 1st<br />
place for Drill Competition, 2nd place for Slow Ride and 2nd Place for Obstacle Course, all in the two<br />
wheel lightweight category.<br />
Captain of the Cycle Patrol<br />
Rick Dorn, receives the 1st<br />
place trophy for Drill<br />
Competition from the<br />
MSMCA President Curt<br />
Tanabe and 1st Vice<br />
President Tony Kile.<br />
Dave Roussopoulos, center, displays his trophy for 2nd<br />
place, multi-wheel light obstacle course at the Grand<br />
Forks Midwest.<br />
The Osman Cycle Corps receives one of their 2 trophies - 2nd place Slow<br />
Ride and 2nd Place Obstacle Course, all in the 2 wheel heavyweight<br />
category. In the picture is 1st VP Tony Kile from Aad, Dennis Sherwood,<br />
Captain of Osman Cycle Corps, Potentate Frank Spevak, Sean Gardiner and<br />
Pete Staloch, Lieutenant of the Cycle Corps. All four of us competed, Sean<br />
and Frank for the first time. Dennis and Pete were the two best times of the<br />
four of us.<br />
Who’s leg<br />
hasn’t seen<br />
the sun<br />
since 1978?<br />
See page 20<br />
The Alex 4-Wheelers are now<br />
the "Award Winning 4-Wheelers" since MSA in<br />
Grand Forks!! The 4-Wheelers got 2nd place<br />
in the obstacle course!! Way to go guys!!<br />
P a g e 4 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2
Please Join Us For<br />
The First Annual Osman<br />
The Potentate and the Osman<br />
Membership Committee would like to<br />
invite you, your family, friends and<br />
your Lodge to participate in Osman’s first ever Chili Cook Off.<br />
It will be held at the Osman Barn<br />
on Saturday, October 6th.<br />
Sampling will begin at Noon<br />
and Awards will take place at 3:00<br />
The cost to sample and vote will be $5.00 per person.<br />
The cost to enter your favorite chili recipe will be $15.00 and a large crock pot of chili.<br />
We will have meat raffles and bottle raffles going on throughout the event.<br />
There will be cash prizes for the best chili.<br />
First place will get 60% of the pot, 2nd will win 30% and 3rd will get 10% of the pot.<br />
The amounts will be determined by the number of participants. All proceeds will benefit our<br />
philanthropy.<br />
Please RSVP to Mike Nehm at smnehm@comcast.net or 651-269-2826 especially if you will be<br />
entering your chili.<br />
We may limit the number of entrants to the first 20 RSVP’s.<br />
Bring your cash for the raffles. A great time will be had by all.<br />
Thank you,<br />
O.M.C.<br />
S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2 P a g e 5
Osman<br />
Shriners’<br />
The Legion of Honor brought the jeep and<br />
was part of the mini caravan that took the<br />
leisurely cruise through the countryside<br />
on the way to Elko.<br />
The morning of Saturday, July 21<br />
started off with a few sprinkles, then<br />
came thunder, lightning strong winds<br />
and a heavy downpour. Everything but<br />
hail. Consequently, the classic cars did<br />
not show up for our annual car show.<br />
It was bound to happen. This was the<br />
first time in eight years that we were<br />
rained out. Despite the rain, we had a<br />
good turnout of Masonic helpers,<br />
including Zuhrah Shrine, Job’s<br />
Daughters and Demolay representation.<br />
Thank you to all that braved the storm.<br />
Late morning, when we knew for<br />
sure that the sun was not coming out in<br />
Burnsville, we packed up and continued<br />
the cruise to Shakopee. The sun was<br />
shining there, but the morning rain in<br />
Burnsville crushed all hopes of<br />
continuing the car show in Shakopee.<br />
Waiting for the rain to stop. Gary Winter,<br />
Mike Nehm and Paul Kuehl<br />
None the less, we<br />
continued our cruise to<br />
Elko Speedway for the<br />
races. We did manage<br />
to pick up a couple of<br />
car enthusiasts in<br />
Shakopee that were<br />
interested in taking the<br />
cruise to Elko.<br />
The Legion of<br />
Honor brought the<br />
jeep and was part of<br />
the mini caravan that<br />
took the leisurely cruise<br />
through the countryside<br />
on the way to Elko. Elko<br />
Speedway gave<br />
us preferential<br />
parking, let us<br />
follow the<br />
pace car to<br />
present the<br />
colors and<br />
allowed us in<br />
to the pit area<br />
to get an up<br />
close look at<br />
the race cars<br />
and a chance<br />
to talk with<br />
the drivers.<br />
What started<br />
out as a bad<br />
day ended up<br />
being a<br />
smokin’,<br />
roarin’ good<br />
time at the<br />
races!<br />
A big thank you goes out to our<br />
sponsors this year-Inspiration Design<br />
Center, Genz-Ryan Heating and Air<br />
Conditioning, Qdoba Mexican Grill<br />
and Elko Speedway. Also, the metro<br />
At the screening clinic for Shriners Hospital for Children-<br />
Twin Cities were Dean Brown, Staffer Mary Kautto, Madison<br />
Overmoen, Jim Smeby and Jerry Payne.<br />
Elko Speedway gave us preferential parking, let us follow the pace car<br />
to present the colors and allowed us in to the pit area to get an up<br />
close look at the race cars and a chance to talk with the drivers. What<br />
started out as a bad day ended up being a smokin’, roarin’ good time<br />
at the races!<br />
area Ruby Tuesday restaurants donated<br />
20% of sales that day from patrons that<br />
requested them to “give back” to the<br />
Shriners Hospitals for Children. We<br />
look forward to working with them<br />
again next year.<br />
Jeff Olsen<br />
P a g e 6 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2
Float Your Pote<br />
Who will be the winning Shrine in the first ever Float Your Pote<br />
competition during the <strong>2012</strong> MSA in Grand Forks? The Potentate<br />
of each Shrine will be charged with finding their best two men<br />
within their Shrine membership to propel their Potentate across<br />
the finish line ahead of the rest of the competition. This event was<br />
held in the pristine filtered waters of the kayaking and canoeing<br />
channel in front of the new Grand Forks Wellness Center.<br />
Rules allowed two men to paddle the canoe carrying their<br />
Potentate in an event that also featured a media and a Mayoral<br />
race. The winning Shrine won bragging rights and a very<br />
handsome trophy to carry back to their Shrine Center.<br />
Canoes, life vests and paddles were supplied by Cabela’s.<br />
Potentate Frank Spevak in the commander’s seat, waiting for<br />
Bruce Thomas and Sean Gardiner to paddle him to victory.<br />
Above , Imperial Sir Al Madsen took his<br />
turn on the Float Your Pote boats.<br />
Counterclockwise from top: The<br />
Potentate’s hand-picked superpaddlers<br />
stir up quite a wake. Bottom left,<br />
heading for a boat ram on their<br />
opponents. Bottom right, time to get<br />
wet. Immediate right, the mighty<br />
warriors make it to shore!<br />
S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2 P a g e 7
Membership / Mentoring<br />
Greetings Nobles and Ladies<br />
Summer is fleeting by and the kids<br />
are going back to school. (After 24<br />
years of kids at home,<br />
Sharon and I are empty<br />
nesters, Wow!) Our Ill. Sir<br />
Frank Spevak II reminds us<br />
to keep seeking good men<br />
to become Osman<br />
Shriners! Invite them to<br />
one of our upcoming<br />
events such as the<br />
upcoming Shrine Sunday<br />
Fun Day on Sunday, Sept.<br />
16th, the upcoming “Chili<br />
Cookoff” on Saturday,<br />
Oct. 6th at the warehouse!<br />
Prizes will be awarded for<br />
best chili! Invite potential<br />
Nobles to join us tailgating<br />
prior to the University of<br />
Minnesota Golden Gopher<br />
home football game, and to attend the<br />
always exciting Hufli dinner on<br />
Monday, Oct. 29th.<br />
Don’t be shy, invite potential<br />
members that may not even yet be a<br />
Mason but who you think would be<br />
great Masons and Shriners, someday!<br />
Let them experience the fun we have as<br />
members of a great fraternity, with the<br />
goal to help children, through our<br />
hospitals.<br />
I would also like to encourage all<br />
Osman Nobles to follow a few simple<br />
and easy mentoring guidelines. If you<br />
are a first or second line<br />
signer on a Nobles<br />
petition, follow up with<br />
that new Noble. Invite<br />
him and his family to<br />
attend our many social<br />
events. Offer to pick that<br />
Noble up and drive<br />
together to an event or<br />
stated meeting. We all<br />
appreciate those personal<br />
phone calls of concern<br />
and reminders.<br />
Remember …<br />
Together Everyone<br />
Achieves More<br />
Go TEAM!<br />
Rich Purcell<br />
Membership Committee<br />
Hang out with your family - and<br />
Shriners - every third Sunday<br />
The next event is Sunday, <strong>September</strong><br />
16. All interested Nobles, Ladies,<br />
children, friends and family are<br />
invited to golf 9 holes, golf<br />
beginning approx. 2 PM<br />
A good time was had by all<br />
those that have been golfing.<br />
Cost is $10 for golf + $10 for<br />
cart per person. This is a<br />
DEAL! Golf reservations are<br />
to be called in or emailed to<br />
2nd Ceremonial Master Mike<br />
Nehm at smnehm@comcast.net<br />
or 651-269-2826. Games and<br />
dinner are from 4-7 PM<br />
Let's get the message out in the<br />
upcoming weeks. If you are out and<br />
about visiting your Blue Lodge or other<br />
Masonic organization or Club and Unit<br />
The final Shrine<br />
Sunday Fun Day for<br />
<strong>2012</strong> is Sept. 16, with<br />
dinner served from<br />
4:00-7:00. Cost is<br />
$15.00 for adults, and<br />
children 12 and under<br />
pay their age.<br />
activity, bring this up and invite<br />
people to come out to these<br />
651-454-<br />
2330 ext. 1.<br />
Future<br />
Shrine Sunday Fun<br />
Days are: August 19 Italian and<br />
<strong>September</strong> 16 Buttermilk Chicken.<br />
Think Membership! Thank you.<br />
"Shrine Sunday-Fun Day"<br />
events!<br />
A prepared dinner is<br />
available from 4-7 PM in the<br />
lower level of the Lost<br />
Spur/Osman Event Center for the<br />
modest charge of $15.00 including tax<br />
and tip!<br />
RSVP your meal to Geri Lockrem<br />
SHRINE SUNDAY<br />
Fun Day<br />
Osman is so fortunate in<br />
having our beautiful new event<br />
center plus a wonderful golf course.<br />
Let’s take advantage of these<br />
facilities with our new golf league<br />
and Shrine Sunday Fun Days!<br />
P a g e 8 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2
Osman Shrine’s<br />
20th Annual<br />
Hufli<br />
TURKEY DINNER<br />
Monday,<br />
October 29, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Turkey, Mashed Potatoes,<br />
Dressing, Gravy,<br />
Vegetable, Cole Slaw,<br />
Cranberries, Rolls & Butter,<br />
Coffee & Milk and,<br />
of course, Pumpkin Pie<br />
NOBLES, WEAR YOUR FEZ<br />
$24.00 per person<br />
Tables of 8<br />
5:30pm Social Time<br />
7:00pm Carve Time<br />
Call the Osman Office 651-452-5660<br />
to reserve your table today<br />
Deadline for reserving your table<br />
is October 19 th!<br />
Ceremonial<br />
Brian Beermann<br />
Jackie Beermann<br />
embracing and<br />
assisting<br />
positive change<br />
Jackie: (651) 379-2823<br />
Brian: (651) 379-2822<br />
Fax: (651) 379-2821<br />
The Garnet Masonic Lodge<br />
#166 is very pleased and<br />
proud to host the Fall<br />
Ceremonial for the Osman<br />
Shrine Temple on Saturday,<br />
October 20th.<br />
The Ceremonial is an open<br />
ceremony, and so all family<br />
members, wives, parents,<br />
children, grandchildren<br />
and friends are welcome.<br />
Agenda:<br />
1:00-2:00 Registration<br />
2:00 Ceremonial<br />
3:00 Socializing<br />
4:00 The Feast Begins<br />
Contact the Osman office to get<br />
your candidates signed up for<br />
this very special Ceremonial.<br />
Cost; $10/ person for dinner<br />
4923 Stewart Ave.<br />
White Bear Lake, MN<br />
Fraternally,<br />
Michael Brady, Master<br />
Garnet Lodge <strong>2012</strong><br />
KELLER<br />
WILLIAMS<br />
INTEGRITY REALTY ®<br />
email:<br />
beermannpartners@kw.com<br />
www.beermannpartners.com<br />
S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2 P a g e 9
Olympic runner inspires<br />
Minnesota kid<br />
Sportscasters called it “a landmark<br />
moment in the Olympics.” It was the<br />
moment South African runner and<br />
double amputee, Oscar Pistorius, took<br />
the track in London.<br />
People around the world watched<br />
in awe as “Blade Runner” sprinted his<br />
way into the men's 400 meter<br />
semifinals. Perhaps no one was more<br />
interested than an 8-year-old boy in<br />
Coon Rapids.<br />
"I think it makes me want to run<br />
GOOD■<br />
CHEER<br />
William Weinand<br />
Marvin Felderman<br />
Gordon Eddy<br />
John Drake<br />
If you know or hear of a sick or deceased Noble,<br />
please call Doreen at the Shrine office<br />
651-452-5660 Email doreen@osmanshrine.org<br />
or send a fax 651-683-0231.<br />
around and be in the Olympics and<br />
be kind of like him," says Eli Guthrie.<br />
Eli has the same congenital birth<br />
defect as Pistorius. He too, had both<br />
his legs amputated below the knee as<br />
an infant. And, just like the<br />
Olympian, Eli doesn't let it stop him.<br />
"He's always been able to do what<br />
he's wanted to do. He can adapt," says<br />
mom Jodi Evans.<br />
Jodi says she thinks it's because of<br />
Eli's great attitude and Shriners<br />
Hospitals for Children in<br />
Minneapolis. The folks at Shriners<br />
make hundreds of prosthetics every<br />
year for children in seven states and<br />
just like the world around us,<br />
technology is having an impact on<br />
what they do.<br />
"We're getting a lot more<br />
technology like microprocessors and<br />
computers being able to control some<br />
of the moves that we do that allow us<br />
to have a better daily life," says Matt<br />
Morel, a certified Prosthetist at<br />
Shriners.<br />
At age 8, Eli doesn't much get into<br />
the reasons why his legs work, he just<br />
knows that because they do, and<br />
because of a runner named Oscar<br />
Pistorius, he can do anything he sets<br />
his mind to.<br />
"Anybody can do it if he can do it,"<br />
says Eli.<br />
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/98<br />
5892/24/Olympic-runner-inspires-<br />
Minnesota-kid<br />
Permission to reprint.<br />
Eli’s mom Jodi says she thinks it's because<br />
of Eli's great attitude and Shriners<br />
Hospitals for Children in Minneapolis.<br />
Oscar Pistorius made history at the<br />
London <strong>2012</strong> Olympic Games by<br />
becoming the first double amputee to<br />
compete on the track and make an<br />
Olympic final. After the South African<br />
management appealed, the squad was<br />
reinstated in the competition and given<br />
lane one out of nine lanes in the Olympic<br />
final.<br />
The following evening Oscar and his<br />
teammates Shaun de Jager, LJ Van Zyl<br />
and Willie de Beer competed against a<br />
world class field with Oscar on the anchor<br />
leg, finishing in eighth place in the<br />
Olympic final.<br />
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Welcome<br />
New<br />
Shriners!<br />
Robert Hoven, center , was flanked by his dad and first<br />
line signer Martin, and brother Gary, Mighty Mites all!<br />
Christopher Zack’s first line<br />
signer was Daniel Skoog.<br />
James Hooper gets fezzed by his Lady<br />
Janice. First line signer was Marvin<br />
Felderman<br />
Jason Carey will be joining the Rochester<br />
Cycle Patrol. First line signer was Larry<br />
Norte.<br />
Cole Tousignant, whose first line signer<br />
was Grandpa PP Frank Peterson, right.<br />
Men’s Suits/Tuxes/Blazers/Sports Coats<br />
BLACK CAMEL<br />
■ Edward Schliek 5/29/2006<br />
■ Dale J Hawk 5/24/2011<br />
■ Virgil Plattner 6/27/2011<br />
■ John Rutz 7/20/2011<br />
■ Arthur Rentmeester 9/6/2011<br />
■ Harald Dinesen 10/16/2011<br />
■ Dale W. Teich 6/13/12<br />
■ Robert Dewitz 8/5/12<br />
Jason Moran’s first line signer<br />
was David Peterson<br />
Michael Meyer’s first line signer is David<br />
Peterson, from the Mankato Shrine Club.<br />
■ Austin Harris 8/19/12<br />
Richard N. Purcell, Divan Dennis W. Boom PP Earl J. Holcomb<br />
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Club & Unit<br />
The Chief’s Corner<br />
MSA is now behind<br />
us and we did have a<br />
great time. I would like<br />
to thank all the Nobles<br />
and Ladies who did<br />
attend MSA. I would<br />
also like to thank Rich,<br />
Jerry, Mike and all of Gary Winter<br />
the Potentate Aides and<br />
thanks to everyone who helped. Huge<br />
events like this don’t just happen unless<br />
a lot of people cooperate. Thank you.<br />
We did have our units in the<br />
competition and did take home some<br />
hardware. Congratulations to all for a<br />
fine Job.<br />
The annual Osman/Masonic Family<br />
Picnic was a success at the warehouse.<br />
We had a lot of people who enjoyed the<br />
games and the great food. As always<br />
everyone did a nice job of setting up<br />
and then cleaning up. The Nomads did<br />
a great job at running the concession<br />
wagon.<br />
We have one more Parade left this<br />
season. River Falls Wisconsin on<br />
Saturday <strong>September</strong> 29th Line-up at<br />
10:30 AM and Step-off at 11:00 AM.<br />
Oasis is at the Woodwinds Restaurant<br />
starting at 8:30 AM. The start of the<br />
Parade is only 1/2 of a block from the<br />
Oasis. Let’s all turn out for the last<br />
parade of the season.<br />
We will have a Ceremonial at Garnet<br />
Lodge on October 20th. Let’s have a lot<br />
of candidates for this Ceremonial.<br />
Our annual Hufli Turkey Dinner is<br />
October 29th (start setting up your<br />
table for this dinner).<br />
Club and Unit Meeting on<br />
November 13th at the Osman Event<br />
Center.<br />
Fraternally yours,<br />
Gary Winter, Chief of Staff<br />
gwwinter@comcast.net<br />
Cell 651-278-8060<br />
Phone 651-484-1763<br />
Mighty Mites<br />
Greetings from the<br />
award winning Mighty<br />
Mites. Once again one of<br />
our champion drivers<br />
skated very close to first<br />
place glory at the MSA<br />
obstacle course. Dave<br />
Roussopoulos dazzled the<br />
Tim Gangnon crowds at the MSA with a<br />
champion performance<br />
but sadly took second place. Nice job, Dave<br />
The Mighty<br />
Mites would like<br />
to thank Jake of<br />
the Rochester<br />
Dragon Patrol for<br />
helping us at a<br />
recent parade<br />
when GPS<br />
problems delayed<br />
the arrival of our<br />
trailer and crew.<br />
Thanks again Jake,<br />
The Mighty Mites practice some maneuvers around the traffic cops<br />
at the St. Paul Park Parade.<br />
The Mighty Mites crew came flying over the river from North<br />
Dakota.<br />
and by the way rumor<br />
has it you were a natural<br />
behind the wheel.<br />
We recently realized<br />
that we have missed the<br />
opportunity to<br />
recognize true<br />
mediocrity in one of<br />
our own. Art Lemke<br />
has for year’s expounded<br />
greatness to all Mighty Mites (even though<br />
no one cared). So during the River Falls<br />
parade Art will be honored as the Mighty<br />
Mites perform their high risk maneuvers in a<br />
less than mediocre fashion. So let’s hear it for<br />
our own Purveyor of wisdom and a truly<br />
mediocre guy.<br />
Remember to be safe as the parade season<br />
wanes to a close.<br />
Tim Gangnon<br />
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Austin Area Shrine Club & Oriental Band<br />
<strong>September</strong> brings the<br />
end of the parade<br />
season, and we will wind<br />
down with our last<br />
parade at Mantorville on<br />
Sunday, <strong>September</strong> 9th.<br />
Sure hope to see some of<br />
the other Osman Units Neil Hanson<br />
again.<br />
We have enjoyed the<br />
eighteen parades we have been involved in<br />
this summer. The interaction of the<br />
crowd, visiting with other Nobles and<br />
Ladies when there had been an Oasis.<br />
And, speaking of an Oasis, we would<br />
Max Pecht II charms a snake.<br />
certainly like to thank the<br />
Cannon Valley Shrine Club<br />
for their hospitality following<br />
the parade in Kenyon on<br />
Saturday, August 18th. What<br />
a great time. THANK YOU<br />
TO ALL WHO MADE IT<br />
SUCCESSFUL!<br />
The summer also brought<br />
a new addition to Oriental<br />
Band. We have acquired,<br />
with the help of Osman<br />
Shrine, an eighteen<br />
passenger bus. This vehicle<br />
will be used as our transport<br />
and tow vehicle in parades.<br />
Hopefully, we’ll also be able to use it for<br />
other Shrine activities.<br />
The bus was previously owned, and<br />
required quite a bit of work (which is<br />
ongoing). After several hours of sanding<br />
and stripping of letters, it was ready for<br />
paint. It was primed and painted. After<br />
it was painted it was ready for the road,<br />
and we learned that it had plenty of power<br />
to handle the hills in SE<br />
Minnesota. After proving<br />
itself, it was Osmanized.<br />
The bus is currently<br />
continuing its<br />
Osmanization. President<br />
Max Pecht II formed a<br />
committee that was<br />
responsible for the<br />
transformation and it<br />
included Brad Stout,<br />
Charles Van House, Dean<br />
Johnson and Neil Hanson.<br />
The Band Bus committee is well on it’s way to having the<br />
band bus “Osmanized.”<br />
Several other members of the band<br />
assisted in the sanding, taping of windows<br />
and trim, cleaning, etc. Dean Johnson is<br />
our official photo man, and we thank him<br />
for sharing.<br />
The <strong>September</strong> meeting of the Shrine<br />
Club / Oriental Band will be <strong>September</strong><br />
9th at George’s of Geneva. Details will be<br />
provided by the calling committee.<br />
Neil Hanson, Business Manager<br />
The Osman Band Bus at the Kenyon parade.<br />
Osman Shrine<br />
Stated Meeting<br />
<strong>September</strong> 4th, 6:30 pm<br />
Osman Shrine Center<br />
Dinner available beginning at 5:00 pm<br />
All Osman Nobles are encouraged to attend this meeting.<br />
Attest. Frank Spevak, Potentate <strong>•</strong> Thomas West, Recorder<br />
Meeting starts promptly at 6:30 p.m.<br />
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Albert Lea Shrine Club<br />
Past Pres. Derald Morfitt, daughter Nancy<br />
and son Greg<br />
Greetings Nobles,<br />
Ladies and friends. The<br />
parade season is coming<br />
to an end. Our last few<br />
parades have been more<br />
enjoyable just because it<br />
has not been as hot and<br />
humid. I for one look<br />
forward to our last<br />
parade in Mantorville,<br />
which is <strong>September</strong> 9th,<br />
just because we all enjoy<br />
a wonderful meal at the<br />
famous Hubbell House. Our parade<br />
season has been pretty good. We didn’t do<br />
as many parades as a couple years ago<br />
because some of the smaller towns had<br />
budget problems. Hopefully next year will<br />
add a couple more.<br />
Upcoming Events:<br />
<strong>September</strong> 9th – ALSC Mantorville.<br />
The new tow vehicle arrived just in time for the late season<br />
parades.<br />
GREAT TIME<br />
<strong>September</strong> 16th – Shrine Sunday Fun<br />
Day (Buttermilk Chicken)<br />
Go to an Osman Shrine event, stated<br />
meeting, club and unit meeting and shake<br />
Potentate Frank Spevak’s hand. You’ll be<br />
glad you did!!!<br />
Greg Morfitt, Secretary, ALSC<br />
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Greetings Nobles & Ladies!<br />
Chang just returned from his 31st<br />
Midwest session. It was a great time in<br />
Grand Forks as we were reunited with<br />
many of our Shrine friends. We were<br />
well received in both parades down the<br />
street to East Grand Forks where a nice<br />
Oasis waited us. Several nobles from the<br />
Dragon Patrol are now experienced<br />
Camel Herders, having been fully<br />
trained.<br />
Eleven of us (right) attended<br />
Midwest, and we had some help from<br />
Nobles Gary Winter, Sean Gardiner,<br />
Mike Nehm, and Al Christofk. Thanks<br />
Guys!<br />
Art Pavlish and Bruce Thomas.<br />
Front - Bill Hubbard, Al Shufelt, Bruce Thomas, President Brent Kisro. Back - Bert Aikens,<br />
Ill Sir John Brockman, Art Pavlish, Bob Pavek, Chris Koenig, Bob Stedman, and Doug<br />
Brick at the Texas Roadhouse for our traditional night out. Picture by Terri Thomas.<br />
Helpers under Chang’s skin:<br />
Above, Mike Nehm. Right,<br />
Sean Gardiner.<br />
Baby Chang trying to hitch a ride with Don Harmsen and Russ<br />
Christofk.<br />
After returning home<br />
from Midwest, Chang had a<br />
parade (our 23rd this year) at<br />
Kasson scheduled for the next day.<br />
Before the parade the rain was on and<br />
off, no rain as the parade started but<br />
halfway through it<br />
started again. The<br />
boys got a bit wet<br />
as did Chang.<br />
The<br />
committee for the<br />
30 year Dragon<br />
book met this<br />
week, We<br />
continue to<br />
proceed on the<br />
progress. We're<br />
finding out this is<br />
a major<br />
undertaking!<br />
We continue to review our<br />
cart and are taking donations<br />
for our cart fund. Thank you to<br />
all who have contributed!<br />
Truck repairs - Noble Doug Brick<br />
informed the group he<br />
contacted Jeff Hartson who<br />
repairs rock chips in<br />
windshields. He repaired the<br />
chip that was starting to<br />
crack. He was happy to do<br />
this for free saying "Thanks<br />
for all the good work you<br />
guys do". A thank you was<br />
sent to Jeff. (The<br />
windshield looks great!)<br />
Our sympathies and<br />
prayers to Noble Len Hislop on the<br />
death of his daughter Linda McCarthy<br />
on Aug 25th.<br />
Check us out at<br />
www.rochesterdragon.com or rochester<br />
dragon on facebook.<br />
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Legion of Honor<br />
The <strong>2012</strong> MSA was<br />
great! Butch Schmit and<br />
Jim Moore represented<br />
the LOH at MSA this<br />
year. They drove Noble<br />
Moore’s truck with the<br />
colors to lead Osman, at<br />
the Thursday and<br />
Rique Beslin Saturday parades.<br />
Grand Forks was a<br />
wonderful experience and everyone seemed<br />
to enjoy the fun and fellowship. Noble<br />
Moore had a very entertaining afternoon<br />
on the Red River walk with fellow Shriners<br />
from Abu Bekr from Sioux City Iowa. The<br />
food/oasis/entertainment were all great.<br />
Thanks to all the Potentate’s Aides and staff<br />
who put a great amount of effort into<br />
making Osman’s MSA experience<br />
memorable.<br />
We will have almost completed the<br />
<strong>2012</strong> Parade season by the time this<br />
newsletter reaches you. We will have carried<br />
colors and driven the Jeep at the St Paul<br />
Park and Kenyon parades on Aug 18th.<br />
The final parade of the season is Sept 29th<br />
in River Falls. We would appreciate all of<br />
the members to try and make this final<br />
parade. Remember the LOH will continue<br />
our tradition of celebrating the end of the<br />
parade season at this parade. Be sure and be<br />
there to help celebrate.<br />
The LOH didn’t hold a formal August<br />
meeting, rather we joined in to support<br />
Osman at the St Paul Saints game. This<br />
family fun event was also an opportunity to<br />
recruit new members to both Osman as<br />
well as LOH.<br />
Our next meeting will be Sept.<br />
20th at the Osman Event Center.<br />
This is the last meeting at the<br />
Spur due to the golf and snack<br />
bar closing for the season. Agenda<br />
will include choosing a<br />
nominating committee for 2013<br />
Officers.<br />
The Oct. 18th meeting will be<br />
held at Dakota Lodge #7 in<br />
Hastings. 2103 Vermillion St. We<br />
will have a catered meal brought<br />
in for the members. Anyone who<br />
brings a candidate for<br />
Masonry/Shrine and especially<br />
the LOH will get a free meal! Of<br />
course the candidate will get his<br />
meal free. We will need an<br />
accurate count for food so please<br />
RSVP your attendance by Oct.<br />
15th. The nominating committee<br />
will report on 2013 officer<br />
nominations.<br />
Reminder, we need to reserve<br />
tables for the LOH for the Hufli Dinner on<br />
Oct 29th! Get your reservations in to Jim<br />
Smeby ASAP! Great opportunity to bring<br />
a candidate for Osman and the LOH! Also<br />
in Oct there is a Ceremonial at Garnet<br />
Lodge on Oct 20th, and we will need to<br />
bring colors!<br />
Nov 13th is Club and Unit meeting. All<br />
LOH members are encouraged to attend!<br />
It’s not just for the Officers!<br />
The November 15th meeting will be at<br />
the Mendota VFW. We will hold our<br />
Legion of Honor headed the Osman parade units at the St. Paul Park parade.<br />
Jim Moore and Butch Schmidt took care of the flags<br />
at Midwest Grand Forks.<br />
annual elections that night for 2013<br />
Officers.<br />
Our December Holiday Party is Dec<br />
12th at Mancini’s, where we will continue<br />
another LOH tradition of fun, great food,<br />
and installation of our 2013 Officers. Don’t<br />
miss this meeting either as it always a<br />
wonderful evening.<br />
As a reminder, we have quotes on light<br />
jackets, polos and hats. We need to<br />
understand the number of members who<br />
need or want new hats, new polos and/or<br />
new light jackets before we commit funds.<br />
Please get in touch with Vice Commander<br />
Jim Moore with any questions. If anyone<br />
would like to volunteer to contact the<br />
LOH members to see if they are interested<br />
in these items, please let me know ASAP.<br />
If you are new to Osman Shrine and<br />
haven’t made a decision about a unit, please<br />
attend any of the above functions and see<br />
what the LOH is about. You don’t have to<br />
be a veteran to belong to a unit that<br />
supports Osman and the colors of this great<br />
country we live in!<br />
Feel free to contact myself, or any of the<br />
other members or officers, if you have any<br />
questions or have interest in joining our<br />
unit.<br />
With Pride and Honor,<br />
Rique Beslin, Commander<br />
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Ramblings from the Potentate’s Aides<br />
Just a quick note to<br />
add my THANKS to all<br />
the Potentate’s Aides<br />
who really stepped up to<br />
help this summer. We<br />
had a lot of events that<br />
needed extra help, such<br />
as the Friday Night<br />
Rich Johnson<br />
Oasis before the Pote’s<br />
Gala, which was held at<br />
the Barn — the first “official” Osman<br />
event to be held there!<br />
Then just a week later we hosted the<br />
Osman Family Picnic, which entailed<br />
cooking weinies and burgers, plus cutting<br />
Clowns<br />
watermelon, setting up the pot luck tables<br />
and assisting with the kids’ games.<br />
The Midwest was also a huge success,<br />
with a sellout of sloppy joes and lots of<br />
great snacks, food and beverages to keep<br />
everyone happy.<br />
Potentate’s Aides this year include:<br />
Assistant Chief Aides Ernie Flury, Jim<br />
Gratias, Jerry Payne, and Tom Schultz,<br />
and Aides Tim Beck, Mike Elwell, John<br />
Hawthorne, Norm Hodge, Dave<br />
McKinnon, Bob Misner, Don Nelson,<br />
Dan Ochocki, Al Ouradnik, Ron Pew,<br />
John Watson, Andy Weiss, and Mike<br />
Werth. A special thanks to their Ladies<br />
for allowing them to take time to help us.<br />
Look for these hard-working Aides at<br />
various events during the year and thank<br />
Osman Cycle Corps<br />
Jeff Olsen helps Mike Elwell and Norm<br />
Hodge cook burgers and brats at the<br />
Family picnic.<br />
them for making these events more fun.<br />
Rich Johnson<br />
Chief Potentate’s Aide<br />
The Osman Shrine clowns have<br />
survived another Midwest. We sent three<br />
clowns into the depths of competition,<br />
with success.<br />
Tom Schultz came home with a solid<br />
2nd place for being a Character Clown,<br />
Mark Galloway achieved a 3rd place in<br />
the Tramp/Hobo, and last but not least,<br />
Travis Rather came home with the packet<br />
that he was given when he arrived on<br />
Thursday. However: Travis should have<br />
placed in both in the White faced clown<br />
competion and in parade-ability using the<br />
three-piece chicken dinner skit. There will<br />
be a chance next year for Travis to take the<br />
gold.<br />
The clowns were well represented by<br />
the three clowns that were at the Midwest,<br />
Thank you!<br />
Dizzie (Mark Galloway)<br />
The Corps getting ready to head home after the Saturday morning MSA parade.<br />
Roaring down the street at the St. Paul Park parade.<br />
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Alexandria Shrine Club and 4 Wheelers<br />
The Alexandria Shrine Club met at the<br />
shrine building in Alexandria in Jul. We<br />
had good weather and a good pot luck<br />
meal with burgers and brats. Noble Loren<br />
conducted the meeting and noble Ralph<br />
Berg gave the invocation.<br />
Noble Mike Denke’s Grandma is doing<br />
well after the loss of her twin sister. Noble<br />
Ron Williams is doing well<br />
and looking good.<br />
Brother Allan<br />
LaValley passed<br />
away recently.<br />
Amelia still<br />
has a few<br />
DVD’s of the<br />
presentation<br />
she gave at<br />
the<br />
Christmas<br />
party last<br />
year.<br />
Ron and Fran<br />
Williams<br />
We are busy with parades with MSA<br />
coming up soon. The rides have been<br />
looking pretty good so far, but the end of<br />
the season is coming up.<br />
Circus co-chair Ralph Berg thanked<br />
everyone for their wonderful co-operation<br />
on the circus. Noble Ralph and Bill<br />
Weaver will be retiring from the position<br />
this year. Thanks for the great job.<br />
Revenues were up<br />
this year, but<br />
expenses were also<br />
up, should have<br />
final totals in the<br />
August meeting.<br />
Good news<br />
from the last<br />
Imperial Session is<br />
that the wife<br />
and<br />
children<br />
of a<br />
Shriner<br />
are<br />
allowed<br />
to be in a<br />
motorized<br />
vehicle<br />
during a nonshrine<br />
sponsored<br />
parade. There are<br />
some exceptions to<br />
this, but overall,<br />
great job Imperial.<br />
This is a giant step<br />
forward for Shriners<br />
everywhere.<br />
October is our<br />
last payment on the<br />
four wheelers. A big thank you to all that<br />
have been a part of this, it’s greatly<br />
appreciated.<br />
Got told from Jim G. to mention that<br />
the Alex 4-Wheelers are now the "Award<br />
Winning 4-Wheelers" since MSA in<br />
Grand Forks. The 4-Wheelers got 2nd<br />
place in the obstacle course. Way to go<br />
guys!!<br />
Brion Golde, Secretary<br />
Ward and Carol Sonsteby<br />
Alexandria Shrine Club<br />
& Four Wheelers<br />
ALEXANDRIA, MN<br />
Meeting the Third Tuesday of Every Month<br />
Amelia Golde, daughter of Alexandria 4 Wheeler Brion Golde,<br />
found this website called wordle.net and have used it for school<br />
projects and decided to use it to do a Shrine Wordle!!<br />
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Rochester Shrine Club<br />
Greetings Nobles and<br />
Ladies,<br />
Can you believe it, the<br />
summer is winding<br />
down. What a HOT<br />
summer for parades.<br />
We are all in need of<br />
Art Pavlish rest and refreshment<br />
after this parade season.<br />
We had an awesome night for the<br />
RASC picnic in June, I think all that<br />
attended had a great time and the food<br />
was delicious.<br />
There was also a great attendance at<br />
the Glen Paulin golf outing, thanks to<br />
Dick Thompson and John Brockman<br />
who set it up! It was a very nice day.<br />
Thanks to everyone who attended these<br />
two outings!<br />
It was nice to see so many of you at<br />
Midwest in Grand Forks. Two great<br />
parades and some very interesting fun<br />
times and Oases!<br />
It's time to start the fall and winter<br />
Rochester Area<br />
Shrine Club<br />
<strong>2012</strong> Schedule<br />
Tentative Schedule<br />
<strong>September</strong> 5 - Wine Tasting -<br />
Hosted by Zagalas<br />
October - Fall Fundraiser<br />
October 3 - 1st Wed - RASC<br />
Board meeting at the Clarion<br />
in Shrine Room<br />
October 29 - Monday -<br />
Hufli/Turkey Shoot<br />
November 7 - 1st Wed - ANNUAL<br />
MEETING - RASC Meeting,<br />
Clarion in Shrine Room<br />
November 9-10 - Herberger<br />
Community Days<br />
December 21 - Christmas Ball,<br />
Rochester Event Center<br />
www.RochesterAreaShrineClub.org<br />
programs for the Shrine Club. We are<br />
starting off with a wine tasting on<br />
Wednesday, <strong>September</strong> 5th at the<br />
Rochester Event Center. It will be<br />
similar to last year's event and include<br />
some of that rest and refreshment I<br />
mentioned before. Bring your ladies<br />
out for a fun evening.<br />
October 3rd we will have a RASC<br />
board meeting at the Clarion Inn and<br />
kick off our semi-annual fund raiser of<br />
Herberger Coupon Booklets.<br />
October 29th we will again partake<br />
in the Hufli at the Osman Shrine<br />
Center. November 7th is our annual<br />
meeting and election of officers.<br />
Lastly in December we will have our<br />
Christmas Ball on Friday December<br />
21st. Please mark your calendars now.<br />
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5th -<br />
WINE TASTING - Hosted by Zagalas<br />
Rochester Event Center 6:00 PM -<br />
7:30 PM - Door Prizes, Hors d'oeuvres,<br />
Free Parking, Cash Bar.<br />
Tickets are available for $10.00 per<br />
person. Bring your ladies for a relaxing<br />
get together. Hors d'oeuvres are being<br />
catered by Canadian Honker.<br />
Wear your FEZ. RSVP requested by<br />
Monday <strong>September</strong> 3rd - call or email<br />
Art Pavlish 507-254-6220<br />
apavlish@charter.net<br />
<br />
"Tip of the Fez" is a monthly<br />
acknowledgement to those that<br />
continue to support our Shrine.<br />
This month I would like to recognize<br />
Illustrious Sirs Dick Thompson and<br />
John Brockman for their fine<br />
work in getting the Glen Paulin Golf<br />
Outing organized. Nice job Ill. Sirs!<br />
FALL FUNDRAISER - HERBERGER<br />
COUPON BOOKS<br />
Nobles, the Herberger coupon books<br />
are available. Two booklets are being<br />
mailed today to members of RASC.<br />
The booklets cost $5.00 each. RASC<br />
gets to keep all monies collected. If you<br />
need more than two booklets, let me<br />
know. We sold over two hundred books<br />
this spring with a revenue of $1,448.67<br />
for RASC!! Let’s shoot for bringing in<br />
$2,000.00 for this fall's campaign. The<br />
Community Day is November 9-10.<br />
Please offer to help!<br />
MEMBERSHIP<br />
Did you know RASC has 129<br />
members of which 113 are paid up for<br />
<strong>2012</strong>. We are always looking for<br />
additional members to join the social<br />
activities of the Rochester Area Shrine<br />
Club. If you know of anyone not on<br />
the list who would enjoy being a<br />
member of RASC please invite them to<br />
join! Our <strong>September</strong> event would be a<br />
wonderful opportunity to invite them.<br />
If they would like to become members,<br />
they can join by paying annual dues of<br />
$15.00 which goes towards supporting<br />
our social activities.<br />
Fraternally,<br />
Art Pavlish, RASC President<br />
LOST SPUR BAR & GRILL<br />
Bar & Grill will be closing from November 1st –<br />
March 1st. Your Club or Unit can still have their<br />
meetings here, they just have to<br />
call Geri to let her know.<br />
Geri Lockrem 651-454-2330<br />
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Chanters<br />
It looks as though we are done with 90 degrees every<br />
day. Sure was a hot summer, but we survived again.<br />
True Minnesotans!<br />
We had our picnic on Sunday, August 5th. It was<br />
interesting to have it in the warehouse area, and it all<br />
worked out just fine. All in attendance had a good<br />
time.<br />
We have a parade in <strong>September</strong> in River Falls,<br />
Wisconsin. This is always a good time…brats and<br />
caramel rolls for breakfast---a good place for Gordy with<br />
his cast iron stomach! It’s always a nice clean parade<br />
with lots of people on the street watching.<br />
We can now have family members in a civic parade,<br />
such as St. Paul Park. Our wives can ride on our float if<br />
they wish. This is with the permission of the Potentate.<br />
For each petal on the shamrock<br />
This brings a wish you way---<br />
Good health, good luck, and happiness<br />
For today and every day<br />
Es Selamu Aleikum<br />
The Scribe<br />
Rochester Cycle Patrol<br />
Chanters added their voices to the July Ceremonial. Back row, Ray Hobot,<br />
John Drake, Gordon Eddy, Dan Skoog, and Jeff Keehn. Front row, Gale<br />
Campbell, Jerry Launderville, Darwin Korum, Glen Anderson and Dean<br />
Strand.<br />
From page 4<br />
Who’s leg<br />
hasn’t seen<br />
the sun since<br />
1978? Jeff<br />
Olsen put on<br />
his bootsmade-forsplashing<br />
for<br />
the Divan<br />
Dunk at the<br />
Family Picnic.<br />
Scenes<br />
from the<br />
Motor Corps<br />
competition in<br />
Grand Forks.<br />
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Directors Staff<br />
Greetings Nobles,<br />
We just returned<br />
from the MSA in<br />
Grand Forks, ND,<br />
hosted by Kem temple.<br />
There were fourteen<br />
temples represented<br />
Ron Clarstrom and everyone enjoyed<br />
the festivities.<br />
Director’s Staff put on a Camel<br />
Herders degree with twenty-three<br />
Gary Ness, Gene Dunne, Mike Nehm, Bill<br />
Henry, Kent Swedberg and Ron Clarstrom<br />
getting ready to present the Camel Herders<br />
degree to 23 candidates, some from other<br />
Temples.<br />
Hauling in the camel.<br />
candidates some from other temples.<br />
Everybody enjoyed it. A special thanks<br />
to Steve Hoyer and Art Lemke from the<br />
Mighty Mites for their assistance.<br />
Another note of thanks to Mr. Tom<br />
Wurdeman who at one time owned<br />
Wurdeman Piano Co. who<br />
tunes and repairs calliopes. He<br />
met with Kent Swedberg at the<br />
warehouse and performed some<br />
maintenance to our calliope at<br />
no charge. His father installed it<br />
in the original Osman vehicle.<br />
We regret to inform you that<br />
Mr. Gene Dunne and his wife<br />
Marilyn are leaving this area for<br />
San Diego, Ca. where they once<br />
lived. This came about rather<br />
quickly and they will be gone<br />
by the end of <strong>September</strong>. Gene<br />
has been Directors Staff<br />
treasurer for many years.<br />
Our August 20th dinner<br />
meeting at DeGidio’s with<br />
thirty plus in attendance was a great<br />
send off for Gene and Marilyn. Thank<br />
you Gene for all your dedication and<br />
hard work for Osman and the Director’s<br />
Staff. Good Luck and God bless.<br />
Hope to see you at the events. Have<br />
a great month.<br />
Keep on Rollin' with the<br />
Director's Staff<br />
Ron Clarstrom<br />
Makenna Thorsen, 3, or Taylors Falls, along with<br />
Judyu Peterson got “nosed” by Dizzie the clown at<br />
the Chisago County Fair. Dizzie represents the<br />
Osman Shrnine Circus in support of Shriners<br />
Hospitals for Children. A screenling clinic for<br />
children with bone, muscle, joint or other oblems<br />
was held July 28 in Rush City.<br />
Even a shower didn’t help.<br />
We are looking for new<br />
members that will be<br />
available to contribute<br />
and participate in<br />
parades and other<br />
Clowning events.<br />
We will teach you<br />
everything you will<br />
need to know to<br />
become a clown.<br />
Rick “Trickie” Arends<br />
Phone 763-755-5508<br />
trickietheclown@aol.com<br />
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A Thank You Letter<br />
from a Father and Son<br />
By Branden Bruce Nuñez Rios,<br />
patient at Shriners Hospitals for Children ® – Los Angeles<br />
My name is Branden Bruce Nuñez Rios. I am 15 years<br />
old and have been cared for at Shriners Hospitals for<br />
Children for eight years and counting. My accident<br />
happened November 8, 2003 at 10 a.m. My cousin and I<br />
wanted to ride a motorcycle so we went to fill the gas,<br />
but we did not close the gas cap firmly enough. When<br />
we were riding, the motorcycle flipped. The gas leaked<br />
out and caught the engine and motorcycle on fire. In<br />
seconds, the motorcycle blew up and my whole body was burning.<br />
<br />
knew that I was badly injured. Everything was blurry and happened so quickly.<br />
I was taken to a local hospital and my parents were told that there was an<br />
<br />
Children – Northern California to stabilize my burns. Once stabilized, I was<br />
<br />
receiving multiple burn scar revisions to minimize my scars.<br />
<br />
<br />
received from everyone at Shriners Hospitals for Children gave me strength. My<br />
doctors were wonderful.<br />
I really enjoy skateboarding, making music and boxing. Boxing has showed me<br />
that nothing can stop<br />
me. My life now is great<br />
and I have a story to<br />
tell. It reminds people<br />
that life can only be<br />
lived once. If I could<br />
give other kids advice,<br />
I would say never give<br />
up. Believe in yourself<br />
<br />
let anything in life stop<br />
you. Keep strong!<br />
By Jose Nuñez,<br />
father of patient Branden Bruce Nuñez Rios<br />
J.R. Martinez, a<br />
burn survivor<br />
and winner<br />
of popular TV<br />
show “Dancing<br />
with the Stars,”<br />
autographed<br />
Branden’s<br />
picture with an<br />
encouraging<br />
message.<br />
That Saturday morning eight years ago, our life was<br />
drastically changed when my son Branden had a motorcycle<br />
accident. The fire burned 90 percent of my son’s body.<br />
I remember looking at him and feeling helpless and<br />
overwhelmed by a pain I can’t describe. I asked God for<br />
help and did not know if I would ever overcome the pain.<br />
I could only pray that God will save my son. Indeed, my<br />
prayer was answered when a family member told us about<br />
Shriners Hospitals for Children. I felt the warmth and<br />
reassurance as soon as I walked into the hospital and<br />
realized the expertise of my doctors. For families going<br />
through similar experiences, I would say relax, pray and<br />
know that your loved ones are in good hands at Shriners<br />
Hospitals for Children.<br />
www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org<br />
OSMAR12ATYL<br />
P a g e 2 2 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2
CLUB & UNIT HEADS<br />
OFFICERS<br />
President:<br />
James Gratias<br />
320-762-1166<br />
jgnapa@earthlink.nett<br />
Vice President:<br />
Dave Tabor<br />
651-206-8574<br />
happydavet99@hotmail.com<br />
Secretary/Treasurer:<br />
Brent Metcalf<br />
651-739-3653<br />
brent.metcalf@comcast.net<br />
CLUBS & UNITS<br />
ALBERT LEA SHRINE CLUB<br />
ALBERT LEA CARS<br />
Jerry Pineau, President<br />
507-438-3690<br />
jandttreasure@yahoo.comm<br />
ALEXANDRIA AREA<br />
SHRINE CLUB<br />
Loren Van Wyck, President<br />
320-283-5006<br />
lvanwyck@runestone.net<br />
ALEXANDRIA CALLIOPE &<br />
FOUR-WHEELERS<br />
Chris Fischer, Captain<br />
320-491-8083t<br />
AUSTIN AREA SHRINE CLUB<br />
AUSTIN ORIENTAL BAND<br />
Max Pecht II, President<br />
507-437-7144<br />
Email mapecht@smig.net<br />
BLOOMING PRAIRIE SHRINE CLUB<br />
Andrew Weiss, President<br />
507-528-2533<br />
CANNON VALLEY SHRINE CLUB<br />
Robert Boesen, President<br />
507-789-5820<br />
CHANTERS<br />
Jeffrey Keehn, President<br />
651-774-3677<br />
e-mail j.keehn@comcast.net<br />
CIGAR CLUB<br />
Mike Ordorff<br />
612-919-0475<br />
anawesomecarpenter@<br />
yahoo.com<br />
CLOWNS<br />
Don Danielson, President<br />
952-445-7234<br />
ACACIA PARK<br />
CEMETERY<br />
A non-profit<br />
perpetual care cemetery<br />
serving all faiths<br />
since 1925.<br />
Stop by to view<br />
our picturesque grounds,<br />
the old stone chapel and our impressive<br />
Veterans Memorial.<br />
You’ll like our majestic view.<br />
2151 Pilot Knob Road<br />
Mendota Heights, MN 55120-1198<br />
651-452-1555<br />
acaciapark@aol.com <strong>•</strong> Fax 651-452-2986<br />
DIRECTORS STAFF<br />
Ronald Clarstrom, President<br />
763-754-5547<br />
e-mail rcclarstrom@gmail.com<br />
DRUM & BUGLE CORPS<br />
Dave Tabor, Captain<br />
651-206-8574<br />
happydavet99@hotmail.com<br />
EAST CENTRAL SHRINE CLUB<br />
Mike Carroll, President<br />
320-358-4354<br />
mcarroll@genesiswireless.us<br />
FRIENDLY VALLEY SHRINE CLUB<br />
Jim Smith, President<br />
651-459-8320<br />
psmith8320@msn.com<br />
HI-HATS<br />
Doug Pope, President<br />
651-453-0636<br />
douglaspope1@comcast.net<br />
LEGION OF HONOR<br />
William Beslin, Commander<br />
651-322-4562<br />
e-mail riquebeslin@gmail.com<br />
MANKATO AREA SHRINE CLUB<br />
Ted Hoogenraad, President<br />
507-388-8338<br />
tedhoogenraad@gmail.com<br />
MANKATO T-BIRDS<br />
Steve Igou, President<br />
507-546-3827<br />
tbirdsigou@yahoo.com<br />
MIGHTY MITES<br />
Tim Gangnon, Crew Chief<br />
651-439-9311<br />
timgangnon@comcast.com<br />
NOMADS<br />
Bob Golder, President<br />
651-777-3781<br />
Email curlerbob@aol.com<br />
OSMAN CYCLE CORPS<br />
Dennis Sherwood, Captain<br />
952-937-5054<br />
dennis@hometechniques.com<br />
PAST POTENTATES<br />
James Berg, President<br />
651-260-9333<br />
jim@twincitiesmagic.com<br />
PATROL<br />
George Carlson, Captain<br />
651-774-7793<br />
PIPE BAND<br />
Greg McGee, President<br />
651-222-6437<br />
mcg226@comcast.net<br />
PROVOST<br />
Gary Winter , Captain<br />
651-484-1763<br />
gwwinter@comcast.net<br />
ROCHESTER AREA SHRINE CLUB<br />
Art Pavlish, President<br />
507-254-6220<br />
apavlish@charter.net<br />
ROCHESTER CYCLE PATROL<br />
Jerry Dohrn, President<br />
507-380-0445<br />
ROCHESTER DRAGON PATROL<br />
Brent Kisro, President<br />
507-251-5317<br />
brent.kisro@gmail.com<br />
ROCHESTER MERRY MEDICS<br />
Gaylord Maxson, President<br />
507-356-8927<br />
pljohnson@kmtel.com<br />
ST. CLOUD AREA SHRINE CLUB<br />
Roger Nordean, President<br />
320-230-3495<br />
rogernordean@aol.com<br />
ST. CLOUD GO-KARTS<br />
Mike Yankovec, Captain<br />
320-493-0776<br />
mikeyanko@gmail.com<br />
SHEIKS<br />
Steve Hoyer, Captain<br />
651-487-1089<br />
steve.hoyer@thermofisher.com<br />
WINONA AREA SHRINE CLUB<br />
Robert Stedman, President<br />
507-454-7209<br />
rdstedman@yahoo.com<br />
ZAGALAS – ROCHESTER CHAPTER<br />
Scott Hippert, President<br />
507-250-1058<br />
sbhip@hipperts.com<br />
ZAGALAS – ST. CLOUD CHAPTER<br />
Roger Robinson, President<br />
320-420-8142<br />
rrobinson@<br />
global-continuum.com<br />
ZAGALAS – ST. PAUL CHAPTER<br />
David Gagnon, President<br />
651-436-6765<br />
dd.gagnon@hotmail.com<br />
Attention Clubs & Units: Make sure you have a person appointed to<br />
make a monthly report to The Osman. Return your report by the<br />
deadline (usually around the 15th of the month) to<br />
doreen@osmanshrine.org or mail to<br />
2750 Sibley Memorial Highway, St. Paul 55121<br />
(651) 452-5660 <strong>•</strong> Fax (651) 683-0231<br />
S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2 P a g e 2 3
55125<br />
❑ VISA ❑ MASTERCARD<br />
Limited edition ties and forgetme-not<br />
pins are available as a<br />
fundraiser for<br />
the Transportation<br />
& Aid Fund.<br />
They will be<br />
available<br />
while supplies last.<br />
One tie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35<br />
One pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25<br />
Buy together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50<br />
Two ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60<br />
Two pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$40<br />
(If they need to be mailed,<br />
add $5.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$_____<br />
TOTAL ENCLOSED: . . . . . . . . . . . .$_____<br />
Name<br />
__________________________________<br />
Address<br />
_________________________________<br />
City/State/Zip<br />
_________________________________<br />
Email<br />
________________________________<br />
Signature<br />
____________________________________<br />
Make checks payable to Osman Shrine and mail to<br />
Joan Spevak <strong>•</strong> 9967 Starlight Drive <strong>•</strong> Woodbury, MN<br />
EXPIRATION DATE ______________<br />
CARD # ____________________________________________________<br />
V-Code (from back of card) ___________________________________<br />
Paul Allen <strong>•</strong> David Barker <strong>•</strong> Wayne Becker <strong>•</strong><br />
Jeffrey Bester <strong>•</strong> Lawrence Bestler <strong>•</strong> Robert Beuc <strong>•</strong><br />
John Bierman <strong>•</strong> Joseph Bostany <strong>•</strong> Brian Burgess <strong>•</strong><br />
Joseph Burnham <strong>•</strong> Charles Carroll <strong>•</strong> Estevan<br />
Cortinas <strong>•</strong> John Davenport <strong>•</strong> Alyn Dull <strong>•</strong> Robert<br />
Eckstrom <strong>•</strong> Lee Fielder <strong>•</strong> Fred Fielding <strong>•</strong> James<br />
Fogarty <strong>•</strong> Lawrence Gold<br />
Dr. Christopher Goodman <strong>•</strong> George Gossman <strong>•</strong><br />
James Gratias <strong>•</strong> Edward Halpaus <strong>•</strong> Donald<br />
Harmsen <strong>•</strong> Michael Hawkins <strong>•</strong> Curtis Allen Hayes<br />
<strong>•</strong> David Hellstern <strong>•</strong> John Henry Jr <strong>•</strong> William<br />
Henslin <strong>•</strong> Edward Highum <strong>•</strong> Norman Horton Sr <strong>•</strong><br />
Gene Hustad <strong>•</strong> Bruce Johnson <strong>•</strong><br />
Glenn Johnson <strong>•</strong><br />
Wallace Johnson <strong>•</strong><br />
Kurt Johnson <strong>•</strong><br />
Steven Johnson<br />
<strong>•</strong> Hess Kline <strong>•</strong><br />
Robert<br />
Lampe <strong>•</strong><br />
Richard<br />
Lange <strong>•</strong><br />
Sheldon<br />
Larsen <strong>•</strong><br />
Edward<br />
Lindquist <strong>•</strong><br />
David<br />
Lokensgard <strong>•</strong><br />
James Love <strong>•</strong><br />
Eugene Major <strong>•</strong><br />
Stanley Mann <strong>•</strong><br />
Russell Meister <strong>•</strong> Michael<br />
Meyer <strong>•</strong> Wayne Milburn <strong>•</strong> Jason<br />
Mosher <strong>•</strong> Bruce Newell <strong>•</strong> Rolf Olson<br />
P.P. David Park <strong>•</strong> Robert Pavek <strong>•</strong> Daniel Peloquin<br />
<strong>•</strong> Richard Purcell <strong>•</strong> Delano (Don) Quinnell <strong>•</strong> R<br />
David Reynolds <strong>•</strong> Scott Rich <strong>•</strong> Gary Sanchez <strong>•</strong><br />
Larry Sandburg <strong>•</strong> C Perry Schenk <strong>•</strong> Darryl<br />
Schmidt <strong>•</strong> Laurence Schmit <strong>•</strong> Clarence Schroeder<br />
<strong>•</strong> William Shimer <strong>•</strong> Allan Shufelt <strong>•</strong> Brian Sigstad <strong>•</strong><br />
Dr. Silmar Skibsted <strong>•</strong> Edwin Smith <strong>•</strong> Arthur<br />
Stambaugh <strong>•</strong> William Stanley <strong>•</strong> Stephen<br />
Steinmetz <strong>•</strong> Richard Stockwell <strong>•</strong> Charles Strain <strong>•</strong><br />
Dean Strand <strong>•</strong> Wayne Streiff <strong>•</strong> Lester Strouse Jr <strong>•</strong><br />
Jack Edward Swenson <strong>•</strong> Jodie Tesch <strong>•</strong> Bruce<br />
Thomas <strong>•</strong> Alan Tuntland <strong>•</strong> Frederick Ulrich <strong>•</strong><br />
Donald Vaughn <strong>•</strong> William Weaver <strong>•</strong> Glenn Robert<br />
Wiessner <strong>•</strong> Samuel Wilson <strong>•</strong> Roger Winberg<br />
S E P T.<br />
The Osman Shrine Cycle Corps is a precision<br />
drill team made up of Shrine Masons with a<br />
passion for riding and performing.<br />
If you’re interested in joining us, call the office 651-452-5660<br />
or Jerry Schmidt, gnbschmidt@aol.com<br />
Needed: A few good men to provide a Color Guard for all<br />
Osman official parades and ceremonials. We are also a social<br />
group and work at the Circus. Call Jim at 651-455-3110.<br />
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Ross puts on the fez<br />
for kids<br />
As a member of the Austin Shrine Club, Ross<br />
Mickelsen helps children with serious medical<br />
problems receive treatment at the Shriners<br />
Hospital in Minneapolis.<br />
He's been with the club for 37 years, joining<br />
about two years after he and his wife,<br />
Jan, moved to Austin from<br />
Northfield. Jan also is involved in<br />
many of the Shriners'<br />
philanthropic activities.<br />
Ross is one of two Austin<br />
Shrine members to drive children<br />
and their family members to the<br />
Minneapolis hospital. He makes<br />
one to four trips a month as<br />
needed.<br />
The hospital focuses on<br />
orthopedic and<br />
neuromusculoskeletal problems,<br />
and all Shriners hospitals treat<br />
patients for free. In 2010, they<br />
began seeking reimbursement<br />
from insurance companies, but the<br />
Shriners continue to pay for any care<br />
“There’s such a feeling of pride...” Ross said of how<br />
he feels about helping transport these kids get to<br />
Shriners Hospital<br />
not covered by insurers.<br />
Ross and Jan told me about one little<br />
girl they got<br />
to know by<br />
Ross taking<br />
her to the<br />
Shrine<br />
hospital for<br />
several<br />
appointments.<br />
When<br />
the girl was 2<br />
years old, she<br />
lost a hand<br />
in a horrific<br />
accident.<br />
Since then,<br />
she's been<br />
fitted with<br />
two or three<br />
different<br />
prosthetic<br />
hands, and<br />
Ross has taken<br />
her for those<br />
fittings.<br />
"He has a photo of himself with this<br />
little girl ... the first hand she got, up at<br />
the Shrine hospital, they took a picture<br />
of her and she put the hand out and<br />
hung on to Ross’ hand with it," Jan<br />
said.<br />
"It's just ... it's almost indescribable,"<br />
Ross said of how he felt. "Your heart<br />
goes into your chest and there's such a<br />
feeling of pride."<br />
The couple also talked about a young<br />
man Ross has taken to the Shriners<br />
hospital for physical therapy in a pool.<br />
The young man, now a recent high<br />
school graduate, doesn't have use of his<br />
legs.<br />
"With that particular patient, I go at<br />
least twice a year, sometimes as much as<br />
four times. And we also furnish him<br />
with all of his chairs," Ross said.<br />
He talked about the hospital, saying<br />
he’s been amazed by the children there,<br />
who at such young ages, deal with pain<br />
and disabilities. "And they all have such<br />
wonderful attitudes," he said.<br />
Ross also participates in all of the<br />
parades the Austin Shriners walk in —<br />
this summer, they have 23. The money<br />
they collect at the parades goes to the<br />
children's hospital and local charities.<br />
Often during the parades, Ross said<br />
he'll hear a yell from the crowd —<br />
something like, "'Thank you! My<br />
grandson went through your hospital!'<br />
And, it's just great. It gives you the<br />
shivers when somebody hollers that at<br />
you," he said.<br />
Edie Grossfield writes Volunteers in<br />
Action. email<br />
egrossfield@postbulletin.com.<br />
S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2 P a g e 2 5
Dear Auxiliary Members and Friends of<br />
the Auxiliary,<br />
It has been great to see so many of you<br />
at the many Shrine events this past month:<br />
the Potentate’s Gala, Family Masonic /<br />
Shrine Picnic, MSA, parades etc.<br />
Illustrious Sir Frank and Lady Joan’s Gala<br />
was well attended and lots of fun. Many<br />
people came in costume which added a<br />
flare to the evening.<br />
You may have seen the news article that<br />
KARE 11-TV recently ran regarding a<br />
young boy in the Twin Cities who had<br />
been helped by Shriners Hospital for<br />
Children- Twin Cities (see page 10). This<br />
young boy has the same congenital defect<br />
that Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has.<br />
Shriners Hospital for Children – Twin<br />
Cities made prosthetic legs for this young<br />
boy and the prosthetic legs were similar to<br />
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❑ Honorarium Gift<br />
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__________________________________<br />
Send acknowledgement to:<br />
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Address<br />
Make checks payable to: Osman Womens<br />
Auxiliary. Send check along with this<br />
form to: Elizabeth Ekholm, Memorial<br />
Chairman. 1703 Lilac Lane. Mendota<br />
Heights, MN 55118<br />
Stephanie Norte<br />
(daughter of Captain of<br />
the Guard Larry Norte),<br />
Amanda Troester and<br />
Brooke Salfer worked on<br />
a project for FCCLA<br />
(Family, Careers,<br />
Communities, and<br />
Leaders of America) at<br />
Pine Island school.<br />
Their project was to<br />
increase the awareness<br />
of Shriners Hospital<br />
for Children, Twin<br />
Cities in their<br />
community, and to<br />
raise funds to donate<br />
to the Womens<br />
Auxiliary to be used for the<br />
wheelchair fund. We want to say thank you to these<br />
girls and their instructor for choosing this project and contributing<br />
to our cause.<br />
those of Oscar Pistorius. It is so wonderful<br />
to hear about the amazing work done by<br />
our Hospital. We are so fortunate to have<br />
a Shrine Hospital in the Twin Cities.<br />
Thank you to everyone who continues<br />
to collect pop tabs for the auxiliary. The<br />
office was overflowing with pop tabs which<br />
were taken out to the Auxiliary office this<br />
week. Thank you for collecting the tabs.<br />
We have three great Auxiliary events<br />
coming up these next three months. The<br />
first event is scheduled for Saturday,<br />
<strong>September</strong> 22, <strong>2012</strong>. This will be the High<br />
Tea Luncheon at the Lake Elmo Inn at<br />
11:30 AM, with guest speaker, Carol<br />
Schuelke, Director of the Radiology<br />
Department at Shriners Hospital for<br />
Children – Twin Cities. It is always so<br />
interesting to hear about the new things<br />
they are doing at the Hospital. An added<br />
attraction again this year is that the “What<br />
Not Boutique” across the street from the<br />
Lake Elmo Inn will be open for our<br />
shopping pleasure following the luncheon.<br />
Anyone attending the luncheon will get a<br />
15% discount on all of your purchases at<br />
the Boutique. Hats are welcomed at the<br />
High Tea Luncheon. If you have a hat, new<br />
or old, feel free to wear it; however, hats are<br />
not required.<br />
The next event will be on Saturday,<br />
October 27, at 11:30 AM at the Osman<br />
Event Center. This will be a Luncheon with<br />
guest speaker Eleanor Ostman, who is a<br />
food writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.<br />
The last event for <strong>2012</strong> will be on<br />
Saturday, November 17. This will be our<br />
Holiday event, “Christmas at the Swedish<br />
Institute” with a luncheon and tour. This<br />
event will be a great way to get into the<br />
<strong>2012</strong> ACTIVITIES<br />
Sept. 22 - Saturday<br />
High Tea<br />
- 11:30 a.m. Lake Elmo Inn<br />
3442 Lake Elmo Avenue North<br />
<br />
Oct. 27 - Saturday<br />
Luncheon - 11:30<br />
Eleanor Ostman, Food Writer<br />
for St. Paul Pioneer Press;<br />
Osman Shrine Center/Lost Spur<br />
<br />
November 17 - Saturday<br />
11:15 - Christmas at the Swedish<br />
Institute, Luncheon and Tour<br />
2600 Park Ave., Minneapolis<br />
<br />
Questions call: Kay Skoog (651) 653-0814<br />
spirit of the holidays. The Swedish<br />
Institute will be all decorated for the<br />
holidays for this event, and they have a<br />
great gift shop where you can start your<br />
holiday shopping if you wish. Mark your<br />
calendars for these events. You won’t want<br />
to miss any of these fun luncheons.<br />
Again, it is a pleasure and honor to<br />
serve as your Chairman. If you have any<br />
questions or concerns, please contact me.<br />
Rose West, Chairman<br />
rwest330@hotmail.com<br />
651-459-3813<br />
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Potentate’s Lady Joan Spevak<br />
HAPPY TRAVELS!<br />
We had a marvelous time enjoying the<br />
fellowship/parades/dinners and meetings<br />
with our Shrine friends in Charlotte, NC.<br />
Our Imperial Lady Jan Madsen’s<br />
fundraising project this year is "Planting A<br />
Seed." She has created a beautiful flower<br />
pin that will help support our Shriner's<br />
International Research Team. Did you<br />
know our researchers developed the<br />
product that is now labeled "Ensure?”<br />
The formula was created to help our<br />
patients with their nutritional needs.<br />
Now, it helps everyone. Just one of the<br />
"little" things the Shrine does to help<br />
others. If you would like information on<br />
the fundraiser, please contact me.<br />
So glad everyone had a great time “At<br />
The Movies.” We were blessed to have<br />
guests from all over the country including<br />
Potentates from El Riad, Kem, Khartum,<br />
Zor and Zuhrah. We received many<br />
comments from non Shrine folks who<br />
want to learn more about how much fun<br />
we have! There were innovative costumes,<br />
delicious food offerings, lots of dancing<br />
and prizes! Thank you to our daughters,<br />
Kate and Mari, for pulling together the<br />
unique table decorations and all who<br />
helped make it a very memorable event.<br />
This year’s Osman/Masonic Family<br />
Picnic was the first to be held at our<br />
"Barn." The DJ was great! He helped<br />
everyone get up and move to the "Shrine<br />
Shuffle," provided music for the games for<br />
the children and young at heart, and set a<br />
jumpin' background for "Dunk The<br />
Divan." I "accidentally" pushed the dunk<br />
tank button when Frank was sitting on<br />
the board. OOPS! Down he went! We<br />
raffled off the lanterns I donated from the<br />
Party-Lite Party held in the early Spring.<br />
Arlene Thordson and Andrea Sandstrom<br />
took home the lanterns. With the "Dunk<br />
The Divan" and Lantern Raffle, we earned<br />
over $300 for the Transportation and Aid<br />
Fund. Thank you to all who made it such<br />
a great day!<br />
Kem Shrine in Grand Forks, ND,<br />
hosted the Midwest Shrine Association<br />
this year. We drove up on our cycle,<br />
which I have dubbed our "Summer<br />
Cabin." Five Imperial Officers and their<br />
Ladies attended. The weather was<br />
fantastic. Oasis was always open, staffed<br />
by great Nobles and their ladies. Super<br />
Thanks to all who made it possible.<br />
Competitions were fierce. I attended the<br />
Motor Corp Breakfast on Saturday with<br />
Frank. Osman brought home many<br />
awards which makes all of us proud!<br />
The next weekend brought, you<br />
guessed it, more parades! Thank you to<br />
all who attended the Newport Lodge<br />
Pancake Breakfast before the St. Paul Park<br />
Parade. Then it was off to Kenyon on our<br />
"Summer Cabin." The ride was quite<br />
quick, parade short and Oasis a blast!<br />
Thank you to PP Frank Peterson and his<br />
Lady Bev for hosting and making<br />
everyone feel welcome. It is wonderful<br />
when we can all go out and support each<br />
other to keep our organizations hearty.<br />
My Mom, Joan, and son Frank rode<br />
with us up to Pine City to share<br />
hospitality with East Central Shrine Club.<br />
Being "City Kids" it is not often we get to<br />
spend a day by a lake and picnic. Baked<br />
Ham, ooberdelicious cheesy potatoes, lots<br />
of salads, appetizers and homemade<br />
deserts were the fare. We invited all to<br />
share in the upcoming events and<br />
answered questions about what was<br />
happening in Osmanland.<br />
Sadly, we have to say "see you soon" to<br />
Gene Dunne from our Directors Staff.<br />
He is retiring to sunny California. Road<br />
trip anyone? He was honored by his<br />
fellow Shriners and their Ladies at a<br />
scrumptious dinner where he was<br />
presented a masterpiece of art created by<br />
Kent Swedberg of a Minnesota Viking<br />
head. There were over four different<br />
woods used to create the piece. Maybe<br />
Kent can be cajoled into making one for<br />
OSMAN PROVOST<br />
GUARD<br />
you!<br />
The<br />
Membership<br />
Committee is<br />
really doing a<br />
marvelous job<br />
of hosting<br />
events. We<br />
attended the<br />
St. Paul Saints<br />
tailgate and<br />
game in<br />
August. Lots of new faces we may see<br />
again at the Ceremonial being conducted<br />
at Garnet Lodge, in White Bear on<br />
October 20th. There will be a dinner to<br />
follow. Ladies are always welcome.<br />
<strong>September</strong> will bring more travel to El<br />
Riad's Pote's Country Jamboree and the<br />
last Temple Parade in River Falls with Zor.<br />
We so very much enjoy visiting other<br />
Shrine Centers and learning about their<br />
efforts to support our great philanthropy.<br />
There are a few remaining ties and pins<br />
available for our Transportation and Aide<br />
Fundraising effort this year. Consider<br />
giving one to a friend for a gift. You will<br />
make them happy and know you are<br />
helping others too.<br />
If there is an event you would like us<br />
to attend, please contact us. We are very<br />
much looking forward to a wonderful Fall<br />
and Holiday Season. We will try to keep<br />
the "Summer Cabin" open/running as<br />
long as possible. Thank you to all who<br />
have made our travels so very rich with<br />
memories, there are lots more to come!<br />
Now taking Individual and Corporate gift<br />
orders for a mid November delivery<br />
<strong>•</strong> Colossal Cashews in 20 and 30 oz.<br />
<strong>•</strong> Classic Mixed Nuts in 20 and 30 oz. decanters & 14 oz Gift Tin.<br />
<strong>•</strong> Pecan Puddles in 8 oz boxes & 19.5 oz. decanters, Milk<br />
Chocolate and/or Dark Chocolate.<br />
<strong>•</strong> New Sales Brochure for <strong>2012</strong>12 with over 120 gift items.<br />
Contact any Provost Guard or:<br />
Purchases are for the benefit of Osman Provost Unit.<br />
Purchases are not deductible as charitable contributions.<br />
Alan Christofk<br />
651-274-9017 days<br />
651-430-2559 evening or<br />
achristofk@earthlink.net<br />
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Mat-Sha Temple No. 62, Daughters of the Nile<br />
Judy Moon,<br />
Queen<br />
The<br />
Supreme<br />
Queen is<br />
coming!<br />
This is<br />
always an<br />
exciting<br />
event for<br />
our<br />
Temple.<br />
Supreme<br />
Queen Suzie Schumacher will<br />
be at our Temple on Monday,<br />
October 15 for our<br />
Ceremonial and Banquet.<br />
Mark your calendar; you<br />
won’t want to miss this.<br />
The Ceremonial begins at<br />
2:00 p.m. Your spouse is<br />
invited to join us at 5:30 p.m.<br />
for the Social and 6:00 p.m.<br />
for the Banquet. RSVP Jane<br />
Larson at (651) 636-5473.<br />
Christine (from Phantom), aka PQ Jane Larson; Queen<br />
Judy Moon; and Scarlett in green velvet (aka Dawn<br />
Hurd) were show stoppers at the Potentate’s Gala.<br />
The visit and tour of the<br />
Twin City Shriners®<br />
Hospital with the Supreme<br />
Queen will be on Tuesday,<br />
October 16 at 12:30 p.m.<br />
If you have not visited our<br />
hospital, I encourage you<br />
to attend. It reminds us<br />
that we have touched the<br />
lives of and benefited so<br />
many children and their<br />
families and inspires us to<br />
continue our good work.<br />
Stated Session<br />
Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 15, <strong>2012</strong><br />
10:00 am <strong>•</strong> Luncheon 11:30 am<br />
Masonic Center<br />
Official Visit of the<br />
Supreme Queen<br />
Monday, October 15, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Ceremonial 2:00 pm <strong>•</strong> Social 5:30 pm<br />
Banquet 6:00 pm <strong>•</strong> Masonic Center<br />
Supreme Queen’s Tour of<br />
Shriners Hospital<br />
Tuesday, October 16 <strong>•</strong> 12:30 pm<br />
Spaghetti Dinner<br />
Sunday, October 28, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Noon <strong>•</strong> Masonic Center<br />
Stated Session<br />
Saturday, November 17, <strong>2012</strong><br />
10:00 am <strong>•</strong> Luncheon 11:30 am<br />
Masonic Center<br />
And don’t forget our delicious<br />
Spaghetti Dinner on October 28 at<br />
12:00 noon at the Masonic Center.<br />
All events at 200 E. Plato Blvd except<br />
the visit to the hospital.<br />
Nile Love,<br />
Judy Moon, Queen,<br />
Mat-Sha Temple<br />
Potentate’s Chief Aide Rich Johnson escorts Queen Judy<br />
Moon at the Potentate’s Gala.<br />
Did you know . . .<br />
Due to the generosity of the members, their<br />
families and friends, Daughters of the Nile has<br />
placed Gold Plaques on the philanthropic walls of<br />
all of the twenty-two Shriners Hospitals for<br />
Children®. These contributions represent over $50<br />
million dollars since 1924 when our philanthropy<br />
was established.<br />
Professional Service<br />
with a Personal Touch<br />
Queen, Daughters of<br />
the Nile Mat Sha<br />
Temple 2009-2010<br />
Real Estate, Business,<br />
Estate Planning, Elder<br />
Law, Probate Matters<br />
Suite 801, Rosedale Towers<br />
1700 West Highway 36<br />
Roseville, Minnesota 55113<br />
651-636-5473 <strong>•</strong> Fax: 651-636-0437<br />
jane@janejlarson.com <strong>•</strong> www.janejlarson.com<br />
P a g e 2 8 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2
2011 OSMAN PAPER SUPPORTERS<br />
MEMORIALS<br />
Warren & Doreen Lynch<br />
In Memory of PP Mike Hildebrand,<br />
Dick McNary, PP Tom Huppert and Doris<br />
Plachecki<br />
Leonard Schrade<br />
In Memory of Carole Schrade<br />
Wayne Longwell<br />
In Memory of Jerry Longwell &<br />
Richard K. Brown<br />
Henry L. Gleason<br />
In Memory of Henry L. Millis<br />
Stephen Oian<br />
In Memory of Earl, Shirley & Tim Oian<br />
Ann Palmer<br />
In Memory of E. Dale Palmer<br />
Jerry & Nancy Payne<br />
In Memory of Archie Hohenwald<br />
Dorothee Angel<br />
In Memory of Harold Angel<br />
Russ, Ralph & Alan Christofk<br />
In Memory of Joe Christofk, father &<br />
grandfather<br />
Russ & Ralph Christofk<br />
In Memory of Chester Schoenrock<br />
Bill & Bonnie Newell<br />
In Memory of Heidi & Carter Newell<br />
Kent & Karen Swedberg<br />
In Memory of Kenneth Swedberg<br />
Trudy Harper<br />
In Memory of Oscar M. Olin<br />
Floyd Forsberg<br />
In Memory of Liz Forsberg<br />
Jan Konkler<br />
In Memory of James Konkler<br />
Tom & Rose West<br />
In Memory of P.P. Lloyd F. West<br />
of El Riad<br />
Dave Lokensgard<br />
In Memory of Art Lokensgard, father<br />
John E Raymond<br />
In Memory of Albert E Raymond (Tim)<br />
St Cloud Shrine Club<br />
In memory of all departed St. Cloud Shriners<br />
SUPPORT YOUR OSMAN PAPER<br />
Hank Brimmer<br />
In Memory of P.P. Charles Brimmer<br />
& P.P. William Dodge<br />
Marvin Felderman Jr.<br />
In Memory of Lon Levitz, Billy Pinnell<br />
and Dick McNary<br />
Corrine Bergstrom<br />
In Memory of Robert “Bob” Bergstrom<br />
Pat Huber<br />
In Memory of Bill Huber<br />
PP Al & Anne Koenig<br />
In Memory of PP Merlin & Ethel Kvaal<br />
Brian Sigstad<br />
In Memory of Harold & Pearl Sigstad<br />
Robert & Carol Stedman<br />
Darwin & Barbara Korum<br />
In Memory of Roger & Ann Thompson<br />
William H. Witte<br />
In Memory of Doivna Rae Witte<br />
Scott & Lorene Hough<br />
In Memory of Dean Hough<br />
Elinor L. Keller<br />
In Memory of P.P. Fred J. Keller<br />
William T. Hubbard<br />
In Memory of Virta A Hubbard<br />
Art Lemke<br />
In Memory of Shieks and Mighty Mites<br />
Marian Evans<br />
In Memory of Wayne Evans<br />
Roger Sorenson<br />
In Memory of Ed Fridholm &<br />
Paul (Tony) Snyder<br />
Ann Erickson<br />
In Memory of P.P. D. Sam Erickson<br />
Hi-Hats<br />
In Memory of Warren Hinze<br />
Michael Horn<br />
In Memory of Carla Horn<br />
Joe & Carol Burnham<br />
In Memory of Chester Perry<br />
Theodore Veilleux<br />
In Memory of Darlene Veilleux<br />
Honoraria and Memorials are $35.00 and a Supporter is $25.00.<br />
Call the office at (651) 452-5660 <strong>•</strong> Fax (651) 683-0231 <strong>•</strong><br />
doreen@osmanshrine.org. Thanks!<br />
SUPPORTERS<br />
Tom Huppert, PP<br />
John & Bebbi Thorstad<br />
Dennis & Elaine Boom P.P. Jim & Joan Sweitzer<br />
Joe Hill<br />
Russ & Bev Boogren<br />
Peter & Dolores Kloskowski Heather Krastins Lambert<br />
Arthur & Janice Lingo George & Arline Carlson<br />
P.P. Peter & Elizabeth Ekholm P.P. Roger Robinson<br />
P.P. Mike & Linda Wilk P.P. John Brockman<br />
P.P. L.L.(Fay) Hassie<br />
Norm Hodge<br />
P.P. Frank & Bev Peterson Osman Drum & Bugle Corp<br />
Cannon Valley Shrine Club Osman Legion of Honor<br />
Ray & Dianne Hobot P.P. David & Marjorie Park<br />
Leonard Hislop<br />
Daughters of the Nile<br />
Mat-Sha Temple #62<br />
Russ & Pauline Christofk<br />
Van and Jan Kellogg<br />
Dr. James & Diane Tuorila<br />
Dave Kramer<br />
Larry R. Cook<br />
John & Patricia Drake<br />
Herb & Jerine Erickson<br />
Brad & Sandra Drake<br />
Herb & Marcia Bernick<br />
Edware & LuWana Gerads<br />
Hartley & Alice Hedberg<br />
Art Lemke<br />
P.P. Jerry Plachecki<br />
Osman Womens Auxiliary<br />
Edward & Audrey Highum<br />
Members<br />
Alexandria Area SC<br />
Osman Director’s Staff<br />
Provost<br />
Alyn & Anna Dull<br />
Mankato T-Birds<br />
Albert Lea Shrine Club<br />
Mankato Shrine Club<br />
Dan & Kathy Flicek<br />
Gary & Sharon Wettschreck<br />
PP Rahn & Ann Lund<br />
Chet Harvey<br />
Dean & Marcella Strand<br />
Austin Shrine Club<br />
Rochester Zagalas Shrine<br />
Austin Oriental Band<br />
Club<br />
Chris & Denise Koenig<br />
Jim & Dianna Herriott<br />
David Koenig<br />
Lloyd & Pat Rogers<br />
Neil & Mary Hanson<br />
Mike Hildebrand, PP<br />
Betty Porter<br />
HONORARIA<br />
Jerry & Nancy Payne<br />
In Honor of 2011-12<br />
Queen Heather Krastins<br />
Lambert, Daughters of the<br />
Nile Mat Sha Temple #62<br />
Floyd Forsberg<br />
In Honor of Osman<br />
Womens Auxiliary<br />
Larry Furman<br />
In Honor of Gib Strasburg &<br />
Denny Weestrand<br />
Ernie & Becky Flury<br />
In Honor of Nancy Fish<br />
and Jerry Payne for all<br />
they do for Osman<br />
S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2 P a g e 2 9
SEPTEMBER <strong>2012</strong><br />
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday<br />
August <strong>2012</strong><br />
October <strong>2012</strong><br />
S M T W Th F Sa<br />
S M T W Th F Sa If your Club or Unit would like your activities<br />
1<br />
1 2 3 4<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
5 6 7 8 9 10 11<br />
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 listed on the calendar please contact the<br />
12 13 14 15 16 17 18<br />
14 15 16 17 18 19 20<br />
Osman Shrine office 651-452-5660,<br />
19 20 21 22 23 24 25<br />
21 22 23 24 25 26 27<br />
26 27 28 29 30 31<br />
28 29 30 31<br />
Doreen@Osmanshrine.org<br />
2 3 Labor Day 4 5 6 7 8<br />
Office Closed<br />
Stated Meeting<br />
6:30<br />
Rochester SC<br />
9 Grandparents Day 10 11 Patriot Day 12 13 14 15<br />
Rochester Zagalas<br />
Noon<br />
16 17 Rosh Hashanah 18 19 20 21 22 Autumnal equinox<br />
SHRINE SUNDAY<br />
Fun Day -<br />
Buttermilk<br />
Chicken - 4-7<br />
Provost<br />
Austin Area SC,<br />
Sheiks<br />
23 / 30 24 25 26 Yom Kippur 27 28 29<br />
Cannon Valley SC<br />
Rochester<br />
Dragon Patrol<br />
Cigar Club<br />
Friendly Valley SC<br />
RIVER FALLS<br />
PARADE<br />
Joint event December 8. Grand<br />
Master Brian along with Zuhrah<br />
Potentate Tony Krall and Potentate<br />
Frank Spevak will be hosting a full day<br />
devoted to Masonry and the Shrine. The<br />
morning will witness a Third Degree the<br />
likes of which has never been experienced<br />
in Minnesota. The afternoon will showcase<br />
the Shrine in all its splendor. The evening<br />
will be an All Masonic Holiday Party.<br />
Watch the Osman for more details.<br />
Thank you, photographers:<br />
Photos are what<br />
make this magazine<br />
fun to look at.<br />
Thanks to additional<br />
photographers this<br />
month: Art Pavlish,<br />
Terri Thomas, Greg<br />
Morfitt, Amelia<br />
Golde<br />
Upcoming Events<br />
OCTOBER<br />
Chili Cookoff 6th<br />
Ceremonial – Garnet Lodge 20th<br />
Hufli 29th<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
Club & Unit Meeting 13th<br />
DECEMBER<br />
Kid’s Holiday Party 9th<br />
Clubs and Units, please let the office know of your holiday parties<br />
so Divan members can plan to attend.<br />
Osman Shrine office 651-452-5660, Doreen@Osmanshrine.org<br />
We are looking for<br />
new members.<br />
Musical skills<br />
are not<br />
required. If<br />
you are<br />
willing to<br />
practice, we<br />
will teach<br />
you how to<br />
play an<br />
instrument.<br />
We practice on<br />
Monday nights in<br />
Saint Paul.<br />
Stated Meeting 4th<br />
Masonic 3rd Degree/<br />
Ceremonial/Dinner 8th<br />
Club & Unit Holiday Party/ Parade<br />
To Glory 11th<br />
JANUARY<br />
New Years Brunch 1st<br />
Reception 13th<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
Club & Unit Seminar 2nd<br />
OSMAN<br />
DRUM &<br />
BUGLE<br />
CORPS<br />
Our Unit is one of<br />
the oldest Units<br />
in Osman and<br />
needs new<br />
members.<br />
We have a<br />
number of<br />
social events<br />
each year and<br />
wives are<br />
invited to all of<br />
our activities.<br />
Please call<br />
Dave Tabor at<br />
651-206-8574.<br />
P a g e 3 0 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2
John Watson getting “whipped” by<br />
Lady Linda at the Gala’s dessert bar.<br />
Ernie Flury and PP Dick Thompson.<br />
Lady Phyllis and Mark Dreyer<br />
Gala<br />
Gala<br />
PP Charles Ferguson with Lady Judee, Elvis,<br />
and Lady Julie and Jeff Olsen.<br />
The Hills are Alive . . . Terrie and Don Harmsen.<br />
PP Lady Ann Lund and PP Lady Elizabeth Ekholm.<br />
PP Lady Mary Ellen Paulson<br />
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COMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY: Proud sponsor of<br />
Kaposia KidStuff, South St. Paul, for fifteen years; Grand<br />
Marshals for Kaposia Days 2009; Nancy was 2005 Chairman<br />
of the River Heights Chamber of Commerce, and 2011<br />
“Visions of Excellence” award winner; board member of<br />
local cable TV; Small Business of the Year 1999; Special<br />
Service Award 2006 for 25 years work with Minnesota<br />
Nursery Landscape Association<br />
COMMITTED TO OSMAN: Jerry is recipient of Osman Temple<br />
Jewel, Assistant Chief Potentate’s Aide, Scottish Rite<br />
K∴C∴C∴H∴, Ushers at the Circus (Section 19 rocks!),<br />
Members of Auxiliary; Nancy is a Daughter of the Nile and<br />
she received a special award from Ill. Sir Roger Robinson;<br />
Auxiliary Golf and Car Show Sponsor, taking lots of pictures<br />
and we are very proud to be producing the national first<br />
place Circus coloring book and the Dromedary-Award-<br />
Winning (two years in a row!) Osman newspaper!<br />
Grand Master Brian Beermann with<br />
Potentate Frank Spevak at the Ceremonial<br />
Nancy’s Favorite Pictures:<br />
Linda Johnson resurrected<br />
her Hula Hoop skills at the<br />
Osman Family Picniic.