HONORING

January 2012 Volume 127 • Number 1 

HONORING TRADITION . . . MOVING FORWARD 

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Osman Shrine Officers 

2012 

Divan 

January 2012 Volume 127 • Number 1 

Frank J. Spevak III (Joan) 

Potentate 

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Donald Harmsen (Terrie) 

Chief Rabban 

dharmsen@ci.apple-valley.mn.us 

Directors Staff, Winona Area Shrine Club, Crown Jewel 

Roger Berge (Jennifer) 

Assistant Rabban 

roger.berge@army.com 

Osman Cycles, Pipe Band, St. Paul Zagalas 

Jeffrey Olsen (Julie) 

High Priest & Prophet 

jjolsen09@yahoo.com 

Drum & Bugle, East Central Shrine Club, Friendly Valley Shrine Club, 

Mighty Mites 

Bruce Thomas (Terri) 

Oriental Guide 

partsxpress@charter.net 

Blooming Prairie Shrine Club, Cannon 

Valley Shrine Club, Clubs & Units, Provost 

Russell Christofk (Pauline) 

Treasurer 

rchristofk@comcast.net 

Tom West (Rose) 

Recorder 

twest212@hotmail.com 

Rich Purcell (Sharon) 

1st Ceremonial Master 

purcellrs@aol.com 

Austin Oriental Band, Austin Area 

Shrine Club, Clowns, Patrol 

Mike Nehm (Sandy) 

2nd Ceremonial Master 

smnehm@comcast.net 

St. Cloud Go-Karts, St. Cloud Shrine Club, 

St. Cloud Zagalas, Legion of Honor 

Anders Haugen (Adriana) 

Marshal 

ajhaugen@gmail.com 

Chanters, Hi-Hats, Mankato Shrine Club, 

Mankato T-Birds, Sheiks 

Larry Norte (Audrey) 

Captain of the Guard 

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Alexandria Shrine Club, Alexandria Calliope/Four Wheelers, 

Nomads Club, Cigar Club 

Sean Gardiner (Tracy) 

Outer Guard 

stigardiner@lightblast.net 

Albert Lea Shrine Club and Cars, Rochester Cycles, Rochester Dragons, 

Merry Medics, Rochester Shrine Club, Rochester Zagalas 

Welcome 

New Shriners 

These are the men 

who became 

Shriners at the 

December 13 

Ceremonial held 

before the Club & 

Unit Parade to 

Glory. 

First Line Signers 

are shown in white 

Len Johnson 

Earl Goodwin 

Michael Perreault 

William Henry 

Wiley Davis 

Jim Moore 

Steve Mathews 

Marvin Felderman Jr. 

Glenn Prehn 

Gerald Wrubel 

Daniel Hernandez 

Charles Van House 

Steven Moline 

Charles Van House 

Jacob Rasmussen 

Danny Rasmussen 

Winter Carnival 

Parade Oasis 

Saturday, January 28 

11:00am - 1:00pm 

(before the parade) 

Hot dogs, beans and chips 

Twin City Magic 

and Costume Shop 

Free parking at the 

Church of St. Mary, 

Wacouta and 8th, 

about a block north 

of the Magic Shop. 

(Be sure to pay if you park 

in the lot across the street)

Pote’s Notes 

Honoring Tradition - 

Moving Forward 

Thank you. Thank you to all the 

Nobles and Ladies that have helped and 

supported us over the last 9 years. Thank 

you to Past Potentate Hank Paulson for 

seeing something in me that could help 

Osman Shrine. Thank you to the Nobles 

for your confidence in me by allowing me 

to be your Potentate for 2012. Thank you 

to my family, Joan, Katherine, Marianne, 

Frank IV, my aunt Evelyn, my mother-inlaw 

Joan Mueller, and my father-in-law 

John who resides with the Supreme 

Architect of the Universe. 

Over the past nine years on the Divan, 

I hope that I have made decisions for the 

betterment of Osman Shrine. I will 

continue to look to the future of Osman 

Shrine serving as your Potentate. 

In my journey through Freemasonry, I 

have been actively involved with my 

Lodge, Newport #118, the St. Paul Valley 

of the Scottish Rite, Grand Lodge of MN 

and Osman Shrine. Through this 

involvement, I have come to cherish many 

traditions and have defended these 

traditions to all parties. While these 

traditions are very valuable and necessary, 

we must recognize that we are now in the 

21st century. 

I started messing around with 

computers by stealing time from the 

engineers where I worked in the mid 

1980's. The power and ability of the 

computer I worked on then had less 

power and storage than my two-year old 

smart phone. But I recognized then how 

it could transform how I worked and 

In This Issue . . . 

Welcome New Shriners - 2 

New Outer Guard - 4 

Potentate’s Reception - 4 

Ladies’ Appreciation 

Brunch - 5 

Pote’s Lady Message - 6 

C&U Seminar - 7 

From the Ticket Booth - 8 

Train Trip to Chicago - 9 

Parade to Glory - 10 

what the future could bring. 

Technology has leapfrogged over those 

25 years with the expansion of the 

internet, web pages, social 

networking, email, video, 

iPhone, Android, etc. With 

these leaps in technology, we 

sometimes forget that we are 

humans that need real 

interaction with one another. 

Maybe that is why I have been 

such an advocate for the old 

penalties, ritual work that is 

delivered with meaning rather than rote 

memorization, welcoming a new brother 

or Noble to make sure that they know 

who they can turn to for answers and 

conversation. 

The theme for the year is Honoring 

Tradition - Moving Forward. We need 

to recognize and use those traditions that 

have served organized Freemasonry well 

for almost 300 years, while at the same 

time utilizing the inventions and means of 

the 21st century to communicate and 

expand our presence to the world within 

and without our portal. 

We have a lot of great activities 

planned for our Nobles and Ladies, as well 

as prospective families this year. 

We have a goal of 100 new Nobles for 

the year. To help accomplish that, we will 

be holding prospect parties throughout 

the year. We will have our first 

Ceremonial on February 26, which will 

follow our Ladies’ Appreciation Brunch. 

We will have a 

Ceremonial at this 

year’s Circus, on 

Sunday morning, 

Stated Meeting Minutes - 12 

Club & Unit Reports - 14 

January Birthdays - 21 

Shriners Hospitals Report - 24 

Osman Womens Auxiliary - 26 

Co-Pays Q&A - 27 

Daughters of the Nile - 24 

Paper Supporters - 25 

Calendar - 26 

Children’s Holiday Party 

Pictures - 28 

Yes, there is a Santa Claus! - 28 

the first one in 9 years. We will be 

holding Ceremonials outside of St. Paul. 

There will be plenty of opportunities to 

show potential candidates the 

warm and gracious glow of 

Osman Shrine. 

We are organizing two 

trips in 2012 which are open 

for all - Nobles and Ladies and 

those who wish to see how much 

fun Osman Shrine life can be. 

Our first trip of the year is a 

traditional train trip to Chicago in 

antique refurbished railcars and we will 

stay at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel. 

Info on this trip is in this issue. The 

second trip is a Fall Leaf Hunt into 

Boston, Massachusetts and Maine. More 

on that later in the year. 

To help us on the Divan, I have 

appointed Roberto Sean Gardiner as the 

Outer Guard. Sean, his Lady Tracy and 

their son Ian helped us tremendously by 

taking care of cotton candy production 

and sales at the 2011 Circus. Sean has 

shown his leadership, management and 

ritual skills with his lodge, York Rite and 

Scottish Rite. Not to mention that he is a 

techno geek. Please welcome Sean, Tracy 

and Ian the next time you see them. 

I hope you are ready for an exciting 

and eventful year with Osman Shrine. I 

know that Joan and I are. We thank each 

and every Noble and their Lady for being 

a part of Osman Shrine and we look 

forward to seeing you at the next event. 

Es Selamu Aleikum 

Frank Spevak, Potentate 2012 

Official Monthly Publication of Osman A.A.O.N.M.S. 

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Osman Shrine Office Staff 

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Office Manager 

Ellen Maine 

Assistant Office Manager 

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J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 P a g e 3

Outer Guard 

Noble Sean Gardiner and Lady Tracy 

My Masonic Heritage was a big factor 

in my entering the Craft. My father, 

Grandfather, and six additional 

generations were all Masons. My 

Grandfather was a Shriner with Rajah 

Shrine in Pennsylvania. 

I was raised a Master Mason on 

December 1, 2007 with Dakota Lodge #7 

in Hastings. I had the honor and privilege 

of serving as Master in 2011. In my 

Masonic travels, I have had the great 

fortune to be encouraged by my Brethren 

to become active in all aspects of 

Masonry. I’m a member of the St. Paul 

Valley of the Scottish Rite, participating 

in the Rose Croix and Knights of St. 

Andrew. I’m also active in the York Rite, 

belonging to Minnesota and Vermillion 

Chapters, St. Paul Council, and 

Damascus Commandery, among other 

bodies. It has been a great journey that is 

exemplified by our work in the Shrine. 

I became a Shriner in January of 2008 

with my fellow Brother and Legion of 

Honor Noble Adam Barker. We were 

“fezzed” by our Ladies. Noble Adam is a 

Past Master of Dakota Lodge #7. Noble 

David Barker and Noble Jim Moore 

sponsored both of us into the Shrine and 

Legion of Honor. The Legion has been 

great to my family and me. They 

immediately made us feel a part of a great 

and loving family. I 

started marching right 

away in 2009. My first 

introduction to the 

Circus was taking 

tickets with the Legion. 

Seeing the faces of the 

children as they come 

in is truly priceless. 

Motorcycle riding is 

a passion. Tracy and I 

ride a 2004 Harley 

Davidson Heritage 

Classic. In 2010, I was 

fortunate enough to come into contact 

with Noble Pete Staloch. He encouraged 

me to join and ride with the Osman Cycle 

Corps. It was always my dream to ride 

with the Shrine Cycle Corps. I look 

forward to improving my riding skills 

under their tutelage. 

I’ve been married to my lovely wife 

Tracy for 16 years. We met in Illinois 

where we were both working. If you have 

the opportunity and the time, ask me 

about the night the world stopped. I’ve 

been working for United Health Group 

I.T. for the last 6 years as an Operations 

Support Manager. Tracy works at Best 

Buy’s corporate headquarters as a Senior 

Manager/Black Belt with the Lean Six 

Sigma Group. Our lives brought us to 

Minnesota where we had 

our only son Ian. He is 

15 and a dynamic 

swimmer and trumpeter. 

He swims as a 

sophomore on the 

Rosemount High School 

Varsity team and plays 

the trumpet in the Wind 

Symphony Band. He is a 

DeMolay with Lincoln 

Chapter out of St. Paul. 

Noble Marv 

Felderman is to credit for 

Ian’s love of our Circus. Noble Marv made 

Ian’s experience as a Cotton Candy 

hawker so enjoyable, he has done it the 

last three years and looks forward to the 

2012 Circus. Not only did Noble Marv 

make a great impact on Ian, but Tracy as 

well. When Marv asked us to step in for 

him last year for Cotton Candy, Tracy said 

we’d do anything for Marv. Thanks to the 

“Cotton Candy Fairies”, as Tracy calls 

them, for making our jobs fun! We greatly 

enjoyed working with the Nobility and 

look forward to this year’s Circus. 

I am deeply honored that Ill. Sir Frank 

Spevak asked me to join the Divan. It was 

quite overwhelming, to consider being a 

part of such a unique and singular group 

of Nobles. 

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Sunday, January 8, 2012 

2:00 – 5:00 pm at the Osman Shrine Center/Lost Spur Event Center. 

Please join Frank Spevak, his lady Joan 

and the Osman Divan as we welcome in our new officers for 2012 

Nobles: wear your Fez • Club or Unit uniform or suit & tie is the appropriate attire. 

P a g e 4 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2

Ladies 

Appreciation 

Brunch & 

Ceremonial 

Sunday, February 26th 

11:00 am-1:00 pm 

Osman Shrine/Lost Spur Golf & Event Center 

11:00-11:15 Social 

11:15 – 11:30 Champagne served 

11:30 Brunch will be served 

1:15 Ceremonial 

Osman Ladies and Widows 

are the guests of the shrine, 

in appreciation for all 

that they do. 

FREE for Osman Ladies 

(2012 dues must be paid 

for Osman member) 

Cost for Nobles 

is $15.00 

Ceremonial 

Immediately Following 

1:15 pm 

Candidate registration 

begins at 12:15 

Candidates and their Ladies are 

our guests at this special brunch 

Please RSVP by calling Osman Shrine 

office at 651-452-5660 by Feb 17th 

to ensure enough gifts 

and food for all 

The Ceremonial Staff encourages you to 

come to the ceremonial, meet the new 

Nobles and share in their experience 

Help us welcome the new Nobles 

and their Ladies to Osman and 

The Shrine of North America! 

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 P a g e 5

Potentate’s Lady Joan Spevak 

Proud to be a Shriner’s Lady 

Thank you for a wonderful holiday 

season! We very much enjoyed getting 

together and catching up with all the 

marvelous people of Osman. 

The Clubs & Units Holiday Party, 

which includes the "Parade to Glory" 

presentations, has always been a special 

evening for me as we see the hard work 

and effort everyone has accomplished 

over the year come full circle back to the 

children. 

Our new Outer Guard's Lady is 

Tracy Gardiner. Please welcome Tracy 

when you meet her. I know she will 

enjoy meeting all of you as I have over 

the years. 

Our theme this year is Honoring 

Tradition … Moving forward. We 

have created a Egyptian-themed tie and 

a Lady’s Pin. The Ladies Pin was 

designed by a fellow counterpart, Irene 

M. Skene, from Khartum Shrine in 

Winnipeg, Canada. 

The Hearts on the pin represent the 

love we have for the children we work 

so very hard to help move forward with 

their lives. The center of the pin is a 

"Forget Me Not" flower to remember 

Limited edition ties and forget-me-not pins 

are available as a fundraiser for the 

Transportation & Aid Fund. Watch for them 

at upcoming events. They will be on sale 

beginning at the Potentate's reception 

and will be available as supplies last. 

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our Masonic heritage and traditions. 

Do you remember the story? Ask me, 

or a Mason, sometime, to tell you about 

the purpose of the flower. 

All proceeds from the sales of the tie 

and pin will be donated to 

Transportation and Aid. Please consider 

buying one - or two - as a gift for a 

loved one. 

At the Potentate's Reception on 

Sunday, January 8th, please remember 

to pick up a "Save The Date" brochure 

which will list all of the activities 

planned - so far - for 2012. The Ladies 

of the Divan are here to assist you. 

Please contact me, or your Divan Reps' 

Lady if you have any questions about 

our activities. 

We have many exciting activities 

planned for our 

members to share 

this year. Please 

consider bringing a 

friend to show 

them how much 

fun we have at 

Osman. 

First up is the 

"Ladies’ 

Appreciation 

Luncheon" 

on Sunday, 

February 

26th, at our 

Osman 

Shrine 

Center. 

Remember, 

Ladies are 

free and the men will be the servers! 

Entertainment will be provided by our 

superb Ceremonial Team. Come to 

enjoy good food and friendship and stay 

to enjoy the pyrotecs and magnificent 

costuming and ritual work of Osman's 

Ceremonial Team. 

Thank You for allowing Frank and I 

to be part of Osman Shrine. Being a 

"Shriner's Daughter" and experiencing 

hospital visits, parades, picnics and 

family fun since I was a child reminds 

me — every day — that I am very 

proud to be a "Shriner's Lady" and to 

continue the work of so many before in 

the greatest philanthropy in the world. 

Who is the 

rock star? 

See page 27 

One tie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35 

One pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25 

Buy together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50 

Two ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60 

Two pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$40 

(If they need to be mailed, add $5.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$_____ 

TOTAL ENCLOSED: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$_____ 

Make checks payable to Osman Shrine 

and mail to Joan Spevak • 

9967 Starlight Drive • Woodbury, MN 55125 

P a g e 6 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2

CLUB & 

UNIT 

HEADS 

SEMINAR 

NAVIGATING 

THE MAZE 

We are requesting 

you send someone 

to this important 

event, and bring 

your questions and 

concerns. 

Door Prizes 

will be awarded 

throughout 

the day 

Saturday, February 4th, 2012 

9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 

Shriners Hospital for Children 

2025 East River Road, Minneapolis 

This is one of the most important events of the year for 

club and unit officers. Whether you are a new officer or 

have held an office for years, you will not want to miss 

the information covered in this year’s seminar. Members 

of your Divan as well as other key Osman personnel will 

be there to assist you with your questions. 

9:00 – 9:30 Coffee and Rolls 

9:30 - 9:40 Pledge/Prayer/Opening Remarks 

(Jim Gratias and Bruce Thomas) 

9:40 – 10:10 Hospital information and Patients 

(Dr. Ken Guidera) 

10:10 – 10:20 How to Propose Patients and Hospital Clinics 

(Roger Robinson) 

10:20 – 10:30 Ladies Auxiliary (Rose West) 

10:30 – 10:40 Daughters of the Nile (Heather Lambert) 

10:40 – 11:00 Membership (Rich Purcell and Roger Berge) 

11:00 – 11:10 Ceremonials (John Davenport and Hank Paulson) 

11:10 – 11:30 2012 Osman Circus 

(Don Harmsen and John Davenport) 

11:30 – 11:40 2012 Midwest and Imperial Sessions 

(Chief of Staff Gary Winter) 

11:40 – 11:50 Discussion: Temple parades and events 

(Chief of Staff Gary Winter) 

11:50 – 12:00 Etiquette (Roger Berge) 

12:00 – 12:10 Newspaper 

(Nancy Fish, Rich Purcell and Mike Nehm) 

12:10 – 12:20 Insurance Info and Club and Unit Responsibility 

(Jeff Olsen) 

12:20 – 12:30 Club and Unit Annual Reports 

(Tom West and Dan Flicek) 

12:30 – 12:35 Club and Unit Divan Representatives 

(Bruce Thomas) 

12:35 – 12:45 State of Temple – Potentate (Frank Spevak) 

Rolls and coffee will be served at 8:30 am and the seminar will 

start promptly at 9:00. Lunch will be served at noon and tours of 

the hospital will be available after the seminar for those interested. 

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 P a g e 7

Ladies and Gentlemen . . . 

and Children of All Ages 

From the 

TICKET 

BOOTH 

Circus 

Director Don 

Harmsen with 

the 2012 

Pennant 

As you talk circus, remember that 

2012 is an “All New” circus! We are using 

a new producer, with fresh new acts and 

an original theme for this year. Circus 

promotional materials have been updated, 

and the television spots will be the best 

ever. I will let you know as more 

performance details become available. You 

can also track our progress on the official 

circus website www.OsmanCircus.com or 

on Facebook. 

Circus Meeting 

The next Circus Team Meeting will be 

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 5:00pm. We 

will meet in the Shrine offices’ 

conference room. Lost Spur food 

and beverage services will probably 

not be available that night, so plan 

accordingly. 

Pennants, Plaques, 

Tickets and 

Advertising 

The sales season is open for 

pennants, plaques, tickets and 

advertising! Any Club, Unit, Noble 

or Lady can participate. The goal 

this year is for every Noble to sell 

two of anything, be it two tickets or two 

HURRY! HURRY! HURRY! 

CIRCUS SALES ARE ON! 

Make this the MOST SUCCESSFUL CIRCUS EVER! 

Your Club or Unit can sell: 

Circus Advertising • Plaques • Pennants • and Tickets! 

Earn BIG commissions! 

Sales materials are available, including order forms, 

samples, posters and giveaway tickets. 

Any questions? Just call John at the Circus office 651-452-5662 

full page 

advertisements, but 

what we really need is 

just a little help from 

everyone. 

Mommy and 

Daddy 

John Davenport 

You should have 

received your Circus Mommy and Daddy 

letter last month. I have already seen 

many of the new Mommy and Daddy 

pins being worn. For the fourth year in a 

row, Russ Meister was the first to respond. 

If your Mommy-Daddy mailing got lost 

in the snow, just let me know. 

Ticket Sales 

Ticket sales 

to the public 

via phone 

and internet 

will 

officially 

begin in 

February. 

Although our 

main advertising 

campaign does not start until March, we 

have loyal customers who will be on our 

website as soon as it opens! Our on-line 

customers are able to pick their own seats 

and even print their tickets at home. Of 

course, phone sales are still be available 

too. 

Bicycles 

Clubs, Units and Shrine businesses 

have sponsored 10 of the 12 bicycles that 

we purchase for the circus and the Shrine 

Picnic. Your club or unit could be the 

one to “put us over the top”! Give me a 

call to sponsor the very last bike! 

That’s it for this month. It is less than 

three months to SHOWTIME! May All 

Your Days Be Circus Days! 

John Davenport 

651-452-5662 

john@osmancircus.com 

P a g e 8 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2

Join Potentate Frank Spevak and Lady Joan 

TRAVEL BY PRIVATE 

TRAIN COACHES 

TO CHICAGO 

May 3-7, 2012 

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TRIP INCLUDE: 

• A baseball game at Wrigley Field with the most loved baseball team 

in all of baseball, the Chicago Cubs. (Cubs will be playing the 

LA Dodgers on Friday.) 

• Trip to the Museum of Science and Industry 

• Lakefront lunch cruise “Star of Chicago” 

• Luxury coach sightseeing of the city 

• Tommy Gun's Dinner Theater 

• A trip to the top of Sears Tower. 

You will have time to explore some of Chicago 

on your own, including the sites of the famous 

Art Institute of Chicago just 3 blocks away, 

Grant Park just 4 blocks away and other 

famous Chicago landmarks. 

Accomodations: four night stay at the 

historic Palmer House Hilton Hotel. 

Meals on the train feature our own private chef, 

plus we have our own bar car. 

All breakfasts and most meals are included. 

Cost is $1090 per person double occupancy, 

$1490 single occupancy. 

TRIP IS LIMITED TO 150 PEOPLE • SIGN UP SOON! 

Skydeck at Sears Tower 

Palmer House 

Name(s) ________________________________________________________ 

Phone __________________________________________________________ 

Deposit enclosed ($250 per person) $ ________ 

Deposit of $250 per person is due by February 17, 2012. 

Final payment by March 31, 2012. 

Make checks payable to Osman Shrine and mail to 

Joan Spevak • 9967 Starlight Drive • Woodbury, MN 55125 

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 P a g e 9

PARADE TO 

Outgoing C&U President Marv Felderman 

is congratulated by Jeffrey Olsen. 

SHRINERS HOSPITAL – TWIN CITY UNIT 

Directors Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150.00 

Osman Shrine Clowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00 

Rochester Cycle Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500.00 

Rochester Zagalas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,100.00 

St. Cloud Shrine Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $530.00 

Osman Cycle Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000.00 

Mighty Mites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00 

Albert Lea Shrine Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750.00 

Mankato Shrine Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00 

Mankato T-Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00 

Alexandria Shrine Club, . . . . 3 boxes & 

Calliope & 4-Wheelers . . . . . . . . .3 bags of toys 

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,030.00 

TRANSPORTATION & AID FUND 

Director’s Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250.00 


Rochester Cycle Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500.00 


Merry Medics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000.00 

Rochester Dragon Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,000.00 

St. Cloud Shrine Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500.00 

Osman Cycle Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000.00 

Legion of Honor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200.00 

Mighty Mites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000.00 

East Central Shrine Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 

Sheiks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00 




Austin Oriental Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000.00 

Alexandria Shrine Club, Calliope & 

4-Wheelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00 

Provost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300.00 

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,900.00 

HOSPITAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 

Merry Medics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400.00 

Rochester Dragon Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00 

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $900.00 

OSMAN FAMILY PICNIC 

Provost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 

Jerry Pineau presents donations from the 

Albert Lea Shrine Club and Cars. 

Oriental Guide Jeffrey Olsen installs the 2012 C&U officers; left to right, Jim Gratias, 

President; Dave Tabor, Vice President; and Brent Metcalf, Secretary-Treasurer. 

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GLORY 2011 

OSMAN WOMENS AUXILIARY 

Director’s Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 



Rochester Cycle Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00 


Merry Medics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000.00 


Legion of Honor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00 

Mighty Mites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00 




Alexandria Shrine Club, Calliope 

& 4-Wheelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00 

Provost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,625.00 

OSMAN BUILDING FUND 



St. Cloud Shrine Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000.00 

Provost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000.00 

Austin Oriental Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250.00 

Austin Shrine Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250.00 

Cannon Valley Shrine Club . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000.00 


TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,500.00 

OSMAN ST. CLOUD WOMEN’S AUXILIARY 

St. Cloud Go-Karts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500.00 

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500.00 

HOSPITAL OUTREACH PROGRAM 

Merry Medics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300.00 


TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $800.00 

DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE 


TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200.00 

100 MILLION DOLLAR CLUB 


TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 

CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY PARTY 


Mighty Mites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 

St. Cloud Shrine Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 

Provost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $325.00 

OSMAN SHRINE NEWSPAPER 

St. Cloud Shrine Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35.00 

Alexandria Shrine Club, Calliope 

& 4-Wheelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00 

Provost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $160.00 

OSMAN CAR SHOW 


Provost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00 

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150.00 

Grand Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54,290.00 

Bob Hahn chats with 2nd CM Rich Purcell. 

Wallie (Don Danielson) with the Clowns’ 

contribution to the Parade to Glory. 

Mike Yankovec presents donations from 

the St. Cloud Shrine Club and Go-Karts. 

John Watson represented the Mighty 

Mites at the Parade to Glory. 

Heads of the Clubs & Units line up to make their presentations. 

Steve Davis from the Osman Cycle Corps. 

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 P a g e 1 1

Osman Stated Meeting December 6, 2011 

■ Meeting called to order: Illustrious 

Sir John Brockman called the meeting to 

order at 6:35 PM. All present were 

Nobles. Pledge recited, invocation given 

by PP Richard Thompson. 

■ Introduction of Past Potentates: 

Fay Hassie PP 1982, Michael Wilk PP 

1986, Marvin Edelstein PP 1990, John 

Perkins PP 1996, Richard Thompson PP 

2002, Frank Peterson PP 2007, Roger 

Robinson PP 2008, James 

Berg PP 2009, Michael 

Awada PP 2010. 

■ Guests: The following 

guests made a presentation: 

Zuhrah members Pete Van 

Alsdale and Kurt Guist. 

Their presentation was 

concerning the Polar Bear 

Plunge which is supported 

by Grand Master Tom 

Hendrickson. The Polar 

Bear Plunge is an annual 

event in which there are 14 

Polar Bear Plunges 

scheduled across the state of Minnesota. 

These plunges help support Special 

Olympics in MN. The cost to participate 

is $75 per jumper. The 

goal is to raise $20,000 

statewide and hopefully, 

receive a match from 

Grand Lodge for that 

amount. The committee 

is looking for help. 

Money can be donated 

from any source. Tee 

shirts are being designed 

for this event. Some of 

the dates are: East 

Metro Plunge will be 

Jan. 28 at White Bear 

Lake and is sponsored by 

Garnett Lodge; St. Peter 

Plunge will be Jan. 11 and is sponsored by 

Nicollet Lodge; Rochester Plunge will be 

Feb. 11 in Rochester; St. Cloud Plunge 

will be Feb. 18 and is sponsored by North 

Star Lodge. There are three plunges 

scheduled for Feb. 26, Alexandria, Grand 

Rapids, and Brainerd. Lake Calhoun 

Plunge is scheduled for March 3. For 

further information, please go to the web 

site: plungemn.org. 

■ Recorder: Motion made to accept the 

minutes from the Stated Meeting held 

September 13, 2011, as printed in the 

Osman. Motion passed. 

■ Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Russ 

Christofk gave the Treasurer's report. A 

motion was made to accept the report as 

given. The motion passed. 

Chanters sang at the Stated Meeting. Front row, Darwin 

Korum, Dan Skoog and Gordon Eddy. Back row, John 

Drake, Glen Anderson, Jeff Kuehn, Jerry Launderville, 

Dean Strand and Ray Hobot. 

PP Mike Wilk 

■ Trustee’s Report: Trustee Rich 

Johnson gave the report. Motion made to 

accept report. Motion passed. 

■ Oriental Guide: Jeffrey 

Olsen reported there were 4 

demits: Ronald Jansen, 

James Selbitschka, Chris 

Witt, and Jeff Peterson. 

There are 69 possible 

suspensions if dues are not 

paid by Dec. 31, 2011. 

■ Chief Rabban Report: 

Frank Spevak gave the 

report on the affiliations, 

restorations and new 

creations. There are six 

new candidates who were 

voted on and approved: 

Associations: Jason 

Steller. New candidates: Wiley Davis, 

Keith Reierson, Russell Lane, Len 

Johnson, Robert Witter, and Kevin 

Griebel 

■ Black Camel Report: Assistant 

Rabban, Donald Harmsen, read the list of 

Nobles who have passed since our last 

meeting. A moment of silence followed 

the reading of their names, and the 

Chanters honored their memory with a 

song. 

Warren Peck, Roy Bagne, Bernard Fritz, 

Carl Kiehnbaum, James Atchison, Dennis 

Phelps, Roger Perry, Thomas Kotnour, 

Harvey Otterness, Edwin Estrem, Andrew 

Ritchie, Alfred Tiefenbacher, Arnold Moen, 

and Herbert Sloane. 

■ Good Cheer Report: Mike Nehm 

gave the Good Cheer report. These 

Nobles are now or have recently been ill: 

Bob Hoffman, Jim Sweitzer, Charles Van 

House, Russell Stauffer, Paul Dallman, 

Sean Misner, Milton Dennis, Timothy 

Dixon, Bob Misner, Neil Hanson, 

William Newell, Merrill Pedersen, Rudy 

Denke Jr., and Frank Bild Jr. 

■ Hospital Report: PP Richard 

Thompson gave the report. Illustrious Sir 

Thompson reported that the Hospital has 

been looking into working with the U of 

M Hospital or Gillette Hospital. The 

1st CM Bruce Thomas with PP Faye Hassie. 

Shrine activity “Breakfast with Santa” was 

held at the Hospital and had 91 children 

in attendance. 

Madison Overmoen also spoke about 

issues regarding the Hospital. He stated 

that the Twin Cities area has one of the 

highest insurance coverages in the 

country. We are currently billing 

insurance companies for bills generated by 

the Hospital when the patient has 

insurance coverage. 

■ Circus Report: Assistant Rabban Don 

Harmsen reported that the 2012 Circus 

will be March 29, 30, 31, and April 1. 

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Mommy and Daddy pins will be going 

out to the Nobles soon. He also stated 

that we are considering performing a 

Ceremonial for new candidates on the 

Sunday morning of the Circus prior to the 

first performance of that 

day. He reiterated that it 

is a new show with new 

acts, new Circus 

producers, and of course, 

free parking. 

■ Membership 

Report: Roger Berge 

gave the membership 

report. He reported that 

we are losing a number 

of Nobles to suspensions 

due to unpaid dues. He 

reminded us that it is a 

Jim Smith 

responsibility of all of us 

to get the new Nobles involved in the 

Clubs and Units. If you know of a Noble 

who is having a financial hardship and 

cannot pay his dues, please contact Roger 

Berge or the office. 

■ Chief of Staff Report: Chief of Staff, 

Gary Winter, gave the report. Gary 

reported that 2011 is almost over and it 

was a very good year. He thanked all the 

Nobles for their participation in the 

parades and all the fun at these events. 

Some dates to remember are December 

13, the Club and Unit Parade of Glory 

Holiday Party at the Osman Shrine 

Center/Lost Spur at 6:30 for social with 

dinner at 7:00 PM. The New Year’s 

Brunch will be January 1, 2012, at the 

Osman Shrine Center/Lost Spur, 10:00 

AM-1:00 PM. All Nobles with a 2012 

paid-up dues card will eat at no charge. 

There will be an Annual Meeting on 

January 3, 2012, at 6:30 PM at the 

Osman Shrine Center/Lost Spur. 

Election of Officers will occur at this 

meeting. The Potentate’s reception will 

be 2:00-4:00 PM on January 8, at the 

Osman Shrine Center/Lost Spur. The 

Winter Carnival Parade will be on 

January 28, at 2:00 PM. The Oasis will 

be at Illustrious Sir Jim Berg’s Magic Shop 

beginning at 11:00 AM. Gary is working 

on procuring parking in the Church 

parking lot which is about one block from 

the Magic Shop. Watch for your Parade 

Blast email regarding the parking and the 

parade route. The Club and Unit 

Seminar is scheduled to be held at the 

Hospital on Saturday, February 4, at 9:00 

AM. Lunch will follow the 

meeting. 

The 2012 parade schedule is 

about set. This 

schedule should be 

in the hands of the 

Units by mid- 

February. Gary 

stated that he is 

looking forward to 

another fun-filled 

parade season! 

■ New and Old 

Business: Chief Rabban 

presented the 2012 budget 

which was moved and 

approved by the Nobility. 

The Treasurer moved 

that there will be 

expenditures from the Pilgrimage fund for 

the 2012 Winter Session. This was 

seconded and approved. 

Illustrious Sir John Brockman read the 

names and presented 25 year, 50 year, and 

60 year pins to the Nobles: 

25 year: Herbert Bernick, Donald 

Fackler, Wallace Hanson, Wallace 

Johnson, Eugene Oswald, John Pugh, 

Patrick Stevens, Richard Tiede, and 

Gayl Waldvogel. 

50 year: James D Bailey, P.P. Marvin 

Edelstein, Norman Espersen, Paul 

Griffin, Lloyd Hecht, Derald Morfitt, 

Lawrence Offenbecker, Evans 

Rubenstein, and Stanley Teeman. 

60 year: Fred Austin, Martin Capp, 

Gordon Eddy, William Fern, and 

Norman House. 

Illustrious Sir also reminded everyone 

about the New Year’s Brunch. 

■ Good of the Order: Don Harmsen 

reported that the Lost Spur cannot open 

for evenings during the winter unless they 

can be guaranteed $300 in sales or would 

have to have a room charge of $200. The 

possibility exists that some Units can use 

our offices for their meetings or some 

units meet on the same evenings from 

now until April. The Bar and Grill 

winter hours will be from 11:00 AM – 

4:00 PM. Contact Don for more 

information. 

Jeff Olson and Fay Hassie will sell 

Ed Smith and Neill Gitlin from the Directors Staff. 

raffle tickets to see which one will get 

their hair cut. The proceeds will go to the 

T & A Fund. 

Fay Hassie spoke about a problem 

between a Michigan Shrine and the 

Grand Lodge of Michigan. Roger Berge 

said we should have more information 

regarding this issue within the next six 

weeks. 

Mark Hughes made a presentation 

about a bowling experience to take place 

on January 14. This is a fund raiser to 

purchase a van which has a hoist. 

Illustrious Sir, John Brockman, 

recessed Osman Shrine at 7:10 PM. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Tom West, Recorder 

GOOD■ 

CHEER 

Sean Misner 

Bert Aikens 

If you know or hear of a sick or deceased Noble, 

please call Doreen at the Shrine office 

651-452-5660 Email doreen@osmanshrine.org 

or send a fax 651-683-0231. 

Men’s Suits/Tuxes/Blazers/Sports Coats 

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Club & Unit 

The Chief’s Corner 

Happy New Year to 

everyone. With 2011 

over and 2012 upon us, 

we look forward to a 

busy year. We start out 

with the Annual 

Meeting on January 3rd 

and the election of 

Gary Winter 

officers. The Potentate’s 

Reception on January 8th at the Osman 

Event Center (Lost Spur) from 2:00- 

5:00PM. 

Congratulations to our new Potentate 

Illustrious Sir Frank Spevak. I would 

personally like to thank Illustrious Sir 

John Brockman for having a great year 

and allowing me to be his Chief of Staff. 

Thank you again. 

One Day to Masonry will be on 

January 21st, 2012 at the Scottish Rite 

Temple in Minneapolis. 

The 2012 Winter Carnival Parade 

will be held on January 28th at 2:00 PM. 

Oasis again will be at Illustrious Sir Jim 

Osman Shrine 

Stated Meeting 

March 13th 

6:30 pm 

Dinner available beginning at 5:00 pm 

Osman Shrine Center 

All Osman Nobles are encouraged to 

attend this meeting. 

Meeting starts promptly at 6:30 p.m. 

Berg’s Twin Cities Magic Store on Seventh 

Street. We will have a new place to park 

our cars. This would be at the Church of 

St. Mary. The church parking lot is 

located at Wacouta and 8th street. We will 

have Provost there to show you where to 

park. The lot is about 1 block north of the 

Magic Store. Again, do not park in the 

lot across from the Magic Store. On 

Saturday, February 4th is the Torchlight 

Parade starting at 5:30 PM. This Parade is 

for the Clowns and Directors Staff. 

Club and Unit Seminar is Saturday 

February 4th at the Shriners Hospital 

from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Lunch will 

follow the meeting. Please come to this 

important meeting. 

MSA Winter Session is February 9th 

– 11th in Grand Forks ND. Stated 

Meeting will be on March 6th at the 

Osman Event Center. The CIRCUS IS 

MARCH 28th – APRIL 1ST. 

The Summer Parades are beginning to 

be scheduled, and we will share this 

information with you sometime in 

February so the Unit can schedule their 

other parades. It is important that we turn 

out as many Shriners as possible for our 

Temple Parades. This is our opportunity 

to be highly visible in these communities. 

We will have an Oasis after each Parade. 

At this time, I would like to introduce 

the Assistant Chiefs Ray Hobot, Alan 

Christofk, Jim Awada and Mark 

Sandstrom. 

Fraternally yours, 

Gary Winter, Chief of Staff 

gwwinter@comcast.net 

Cell 651-278-8060 

Phone 651-484-1763 

BLACK CAMEL 

■ Herbert Sloane 12/5 

■ Virgil Munson 3/12 

■ James Rasmusson 12/28 

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Alexandria Area Shrine Club and 4 Wheelers 

At the Alexandria Shrine Club/4 Wheelers Christmas party, 2012 officers were installed. Left to right, Captain of the Guard Anders 

Haugen, Chief Rabban Frank Spevak, 4 Wheelers Co-Captain Jim Bridenstine, Captain Chris Fischer, Shrine Club President Loren 

VanWyck, Treasurer Jim Gratias, Secretary Brion Golde, Circus co chairs Ralph Berg and Bill Weaver, Potentate John Brockman and 

Marshal Mike Nehm. Not pictured: Mike Denke, Shrine Club Vice President and Rudy Denke II, Lieutenant. 

John Phillips and Lady Donna 

Loren Van Wyck accepts a 

Certificate of Appreciation 

from Linda Johnson, on 

behalf of the Osman Womens 

Auxiliary. 

Lady Monica and Kevin Klepper 

. 

Anders Haugen presents 

Brion Golde with his past 

Captain pin. 

Mike Pray and Lady Jan 

Ralph Tillitt 

Alexandria Shrine Club 

& Four Wheelers 

ALEXANDRIA, MN 

Meeting the Third Tuesday of Every Month 

Rudy Denke bestows a Christmas smooch to 

Lady Elaine Harlow as Pat looks on. 

Lady Gervaise and Ralph 

Berg 

Shriners International has designed an elegant gold pin that 

showcases your pride in your Shriners heritage. For more 

information please visit www.shrinersvillage.com 

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 P a g e 1 5

Chanters 

We have survived Thanksgiving and 

Christmas and New Year’s activities and 

parties. Hopefully everyone had a Merry 

Christmas and is ready for the New Year. 

We celebrated the New Year with a 

brunch on New Year’s Day at the Osman 

Shrine Center/Lost Spur. Chanters all 

showed up and had a great time with 

fellowship, food, champagne, and all the 

other things that go with that kind of 

celebration. 

Our Chanter Christmas party was a lot 

of fun. Everyone looked so nice in party 

wear. We had installation for the new 

officers, Jeff Keehn, President, Glen 

Ode to the Chanters’ Ladies 

Proudly penned by Marcella Strand 

Behind every good man 

There’s a good woman, 

they say 

And for Osman’s famed Chanters 

It does seem that way. 

O we are the Chanter Ladies, 

yo ho! 

We follow the 

Chanters wherever 

they go 

We give them 

their Fez 

Check their outfit 

is right 

Then on to the 

parade 

To cheer with great 

might. 

There’s Barb A. 

and Barb K. 

And Marilyn too 

Laura M. and 

Laura K. 

Do these name confuse you? 

We count on Diane 

to show us the way 

She’s been to parades 

by the dozens, they say 

Pat’s looking for Jack, 

He’s a big flirt, you know. 

Pat has to work hard 

To keep him in tow. 

Marcella and Kay 

are discussing their hostas 

The varieties they have 

are really a-lotsa 

Elaine describes 

all her traveling fun. 

And June says, “We’ve moved now, 

Thank goodness it’s done.” 

Marcella Strand gets 

a hug from Laura 

Meyer after she read 

her poem. 

Anderson, Vice President, and Bob Meyer 

as Secretary/Treasurer. Dean Strand, the 

retiring President, wished them all the 

Our good friend Nancy 

has joined us 

To snap pictures 

and to cheer 

Wish I had 

dressed better 

She’s focusing 

right here. 

We see the float 

coming 

So we holler and 

cheer 

For this is, thank 

goodness 

The last parade of 

the year! 

To the Oasis we go 

And put on a show 

That a hot dog for lunch 

Is the real way to go 

Now I could go on 

About these wives, you know 

They have so many virtues 

That simply don’t show 

They’re proud of their guys 

Parades, meetings and all 

As Shriners, Chanters deserve 

To stand really tall! 

You can dress them up but you can’t take them out. Chanters mug for the camera. 

best for 2012. It was an 

enjoyable time for all. 

Our Potentate and 

Divan Rep. were there 

along with the Chief 

Rabban from Zor 

Temple in Madison, 

Wisconsin, Larry 

Riemenschneider and 

his Lady. We were 

pleased to see them all. 

At the last Stated 

Meeting, one of our 

members, Gordon Eddy, 

received an award for 

being a 60-year member 

of Osman. Gordon has 

also been a member of 

the Chanters for 60 

years! He does not need 

music to sing most of 

Jeff Keehn “helps” John 

Drake with his Fez. 

our songs – he 

just pulls 

them out of 

the computer 

in his head 

and sings 

away with 

gusto. What a 

guy! (And as 

a small 

person, he 

surely can 

eat!) He 

talked about a 

trip he took 

with Osman 

to the 

Jerry Lauderville 

congratulates Gordon Eddy 

on his 60 years as a Shriner. 

Imperial. It was about two weeks long, 

and the best part was that Osman paid for 

the whole trip for everyone. 

May your troubles be less 

And your blessings be more 

And nothing but happiness 

Come through your door. 

Es Selamu Aleikum 

The Scribe 

Ill. Sir John Brockman installed the 

Chanters officers; Bobby Meyer 

(Secretary/Treasurer), Glen Anderson 

(Vice President) and Jeff Kuehn 

(President). 

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Provost 

Provost Meeting/ 

Dinner for Monday, 

January 16th will be held 

at the Little Venetian in 

Little Canada. Social 

hour is at 6:00 pm, 

dinner and meeting 7-9 

pm. 

Todd Edwards, 

I would like to 

congratulate the Provost 

Officers that were elected last month for 

2012. They are Captain Gary Winter; 1st 

Lt. Mike Brady; Sr. 2nd Lt. Mark 

Sandstrom; Treasurer 2nd Lt. Al 

Christofk; Secretary 2nd Lt. Todd 

Edwards; and Jr. 2nd Lt. Paul Kuehl. 1st 

Lt. Mike Brady will also serve as the 

Provost Chaplain. 

Osman Provost Unit annual dues for 

2012 are due January 1st. 

Captain Anders is requesting 

volunteers to help with parking duty at 

the Osman New Year’s Day Brunch on 

January 1st at the Osman Shrine 

Center/Lost Spur, and the Osman Stated 

Meeting on January 3rd also at the 

Osman Shrine Center/Lost Spur, please 

contact him if you able to do so at 

ajhaugen@gmail.com or 507-649-1777. 

Todd Edwards 

651-238-1207 

mastyr@msn.com 

Lady Sharla and Paul Kuehl 

Tom West with Lady Andrea and Mark 

Sandstrom 

Jerome Erickson and Lady Lynnette 

Kelley O’Neil, Todd Edwards and Potentate 

John Brockman. 

Provost officers for 2012: Captain: Gary Winter; 2nd Lt.: Al Christofk (Treasurer); 

1st. Lt./ Chaplain: Mike Brady; Sr. 2nd Lt.: Mark Sandstrom; 1st. Sgt.: Kelley O’Neil; Jr. 

2nd Lt.: Paul Kuehl; 2nd Lt.: Todd Edwards (Secretary). Not pictured: Sgt.: Dave Langer 

Michael Brady and Lady Jan 

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Additional photos by Donna Pavlish 

Rochester Area Shrine Club 

Greetings Nobles and Ladies, 

Here I am for another year. I hope you 

had a great Christmas and I wish all of you 

a blessed 2012. 

We held our annual Christmas Party at 

the Rochester Event Center this year with 

nearly 100 attending. Installation of club 

and Unit Officers was performed by 

Illustrious Sir John Brockman and Divan 

members. The dinner by Canadian 

Honker was very enjoyable and the 

entertainment was excellent. We even 

found out that Illustrious Sir John is a 

"ROCK STAR"! He was picked out of 

the crowd by a specialized star-seeking 

guitar. What a magnificent job he did on 

stage. 

I was 

very 

honored to 

be selected 

as the 

"Shriner of 

the Year" 

for 

Rochester. 

Thank you 

Nobles, 

and thank 

Lady Janice and 

Doug Brick. 

you to last 

year's 

Rochester Area Shrine Club 

2012 Meetings/Functions Schedule 

Tentative Schedule 

The long and the short 

of it. Dick Tiede, 2010 

Shriner of the Year, 

presents Art Pavlish 

with the 2011 award. 

pins for a raffle. This raffle 

netted the Ladies Auxiliary 

$520.00. Winners were 

Ernie Flury, Gary Winter, 

and Jerry Wrubel. 

Congratulations Nobles. 

It was a truly enjoyable 

evening of fellowship, 

charity, entertainment, 

and a 

closing 

February 1 - Sweetheart Night - Nobles/Ladies 

March 7 - 1st Wednesday - RASC Board meeting at 

the Clarion in the Shrine Room 

March 29th - April 1st - Shrine Circus 

April - Spring Fundraiser 

April 4 - Father/Daughter/Son Banquet 

April 27th -28th - Herberger Community Days 

May 2 - Treasure Island Trip 

June 6 - Cookout - Hosted by Dragons 

Note: Shrine Club meetings are 7:00 pm the first 

Wednesday of each month unless noted otherwise. 

Shrine Club meetings held at the Clarion Inn Shrine 

Room unless otherwise noted. 

www.RochesterAreaShrineClub.org 

recipient Noble 

Dick Tiede for 

presenting it. 

We found out 

Dick is a natural 

comedian, great 

job! 

The Units 

had a wonderful 

presentation of 

Parade to Glory 

checks. Thank 

you to Noble 

Ron Pew and 

his Lady Perry 

for donating 

three handcrafted 

rolling 

to a very good year for 

the Rochester Area 

Shrine Club. Please 

visit our website and 

select the Christmas 

Party button to see the 

photographs of the 

event. 

I would like 

to thank Noble 

Larry Norte for 

accepting the 

RASC Vice 

President 

position. We 

have a 

somewhat less 

aggressive year 

planned for 

2012, please 

attend 

whenever you 

can. 

"Tip of the Fez" is a monthly 

acknowledgement to those that 

continue to support our Shrine. 

This month I would like to recognize 

Noble Ernie Flury and Lady Becky. Ernie 

and Becky were at the 

Shriners Hospital 

Christmas Party 

entertaining the 

children. Ernie as 

Santa and Becky as an 

elf helper. 

Ernie plays the part for 

many this time of the 

year. We appreciate all 

Danny Rasmussen with his son 

Jacob, who became a Shriner 

earlier that week. 

Lady Diane Nelson with Steve 

Groeteboer and Lady Beverly. 

Casey Saunders with his dad 

Tracy. 

of Noble Ernie and 

Lady Bec's ongoing 

commitment of time 

and hard work for the 

Shrine. Thank you! 

RASC JANUARY MEETING - 

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 4th. The 

Shrine 

Club will 

meet, with 

a Director 

meeting at 

the Clarion 

Brent Kisro and Lady 

Meghan were stars of the 

show. “He did it HER way!” 

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Inn Shrine Room at 7:00 PM. All members are 

welcome to attend. We will select officers of the 

Directors and set an estimated budget for the year. 

RASC FEBRUARY MEETING - Sweetheart Night 

Wednesday, February 1st 

2012 DUES CARDS AVAILABLE 

Secretary/Treasurer Russ Billings has dues cards for 

2012 available. Dues are due on January 1st, the 

cost is $15.00 per year. 

CHEER Congratulations to Noble Bob Gill who 

turned 90 years young on December 24th! We 

wish Bert Aikens a speedy recovery to some recent 

blood pressure issues and a stay in the hospital. 

Ron Pew raised 

over $500 selling 

chances on his 

hand-crafted 

rolling pins. 

Art Pavlish, RASC President 

Lady Ann Lund 

trying to catch a 

golf ball in a fez. 

Newlyweds Al Nerland and Phyllis 

Evans. 

Potentate John Brockman presides over a mass installation 

of all the Club and Unit Officers from the Rochester area. 

Nomads 

The Nomads are just 

beginning their second 

year of operation. We’re 

the newly re-instated 

club designed to bring 

new Osman Shriners and 

their Ladies into a social 

club situation and give 

them opportunities to 

Bob Golder participate in the fund 

raising activities of Osman Shrine. We 

further plan to present programs that will 

let our members know about the events 

and activities of other Clubs and Units. 

All new Osman Shriners are 

automatically considered to be members of 

the Nomads. First-year dues are free to 

these new members and are minimal to 

other members of Osman Shrine. 

The January meeting of the Nomads 

will be on Thursday, January 12 at Angelo’s 

Pizza, 1203 Southview Boulevard, South 

St. Paul. We’ll start with a social hour at 

6:00 PM, ordering food from the menu. 

We’ll follow at 7:00 PM with the meeting 

and will be done by 8:00 PM. All Osman 

Nobles (new or old) and their Ladies are 

welcome, so make plans to attend! 

At the December meeting Captain of 

the Guard Anders Haugen installed the 

newly elected officers for 2012 (Bob 

Golder, President; Mike Werth, Vice 

President; Joe Kivens, Secretary Treasurer). 

Circus Manager John Davenport gave a 

presentation about the 2012 Osman Shrine 

Circus and how the Nomads can be part of 

the event. 

For January, we have invited Anders 

Haugen to return and give a short talk 

about the Provost Unit, of which he was 

Captain in 2011. 

“Nomads” shirts are available and can be 

ordered through Doreen at the Osman 

Shrine office. All Nobles attending the 

meetings receive our Nomads membership 

card. 

Bob Golder, President 

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 P a g e 1 9

Austin Area Shrine Club & Oriental Band 

Nobles and ladies gathered at the Austin 

Country Club, Thursday, Dec. 15th for 

their annual Holiday and Installation of 

Officers Dinner. In addition to the 

beautiful decorations, we 

were pleased to have Pam 

and Brian Koser entertain 

us. 

Officers for 2012 are 

Max Pecht II, President; 

Brad Stout, Vice 

Presdient; Bill Newell, 

Secretary; Norm 

Hecimovich, Treasurer; 

Neil Hanson, Business 

Manager; and Ross 

Mickelsen, Band Director. 

The officers were installed 

by Divan Representative 

Bruce Thomas. 

Out of town guests 

included Potentate John 

Brockman and Lady 

Audrey, Bruce Thomas and Lady Terri, and 

Frank Peterson.and Lady Beverly. 

Noble Bill Newell announced that the 

Shrine Club did quite well for the Salvation 

Army again this year. With the donations 

from the Austin Shrine Club and Oriental 

Band, along with what was collected the 

Officers for 2012 were sworn in by Bruce Thomas. Left to right, Neil 

Hanson, business manager; Bill Newell, secretary; Norm Hecimovich, 

treasurer; Ross Mickelsen, band director; Brad Stout, vice president; and 

Max Pecht II, president. 

total was just short of $3,900.00 to be used 

for the local Salvation Army Food Shelf. 

A two for one grant request to 

Minnesota Masonic Charities brought in 

another 

$7,700.00. This 

brought the total 

Masonic 

contribution for 

the Salvation Army 

Food Shelf to 

$11,550.00. The Austin 

Area Shrine Club has 

been a key part of the 

Salvation 

Army and 

their Kettle 

Campaign Neil Hanson 

since the 

mid-1950’s. 

President Pecht 

summarized the year by 

highlighting our projects and 

activities for 2011. We had a 

very busy and productive year. 

We also exceeded his 

membership goal and brought 

in 6 new members in 2011. 

We were pleased to have three 

of the new members attending 

their first Holiday Dinner with 

us. 

Other activities during the 

evening included awarding door prizes and 

an auction. 

The evening concluded with comments 

from Divan Representative Bruce Thomas 

and Potentate John Brockman. 

The next meeting will be Thursday 

January 12, 2012. Details will be provided 

by the calling committee. 

Neil Hanson, Business Manager 

Needed: A few good men to provide a Color Guard for all 

Osman official parades and ceremonials. We are also a social 

group and work at the Circus. Call Jim at 651-455-3110. 

The Osman Shrine Cycle Corps is a precision 

drill team made up of Shrine Masons with a 

passion for riding and performing. 

If you’re interested in joining us, call the office 651-452-5660 

or Jerry Schmidt, gnbschmidt@aol.com 

Norm Hecimovich of the Shriners hands a pair of $200 checks 

from both the Shriner’s Oriental Band and the Austin Shrine 

Club to Lt. David Amick of the Austin Salvation Army during the 

Kettle Kick-off November 11. The Shriners manned all the 

kettles on Dec. 2. Last year, the Shriners raised about $3,250, 

and they secured matching grant to bring the total to about 

$6,500. The club is looking to secure the grant again. “It really 

helps the Salvation Army,” said Shriner Norm Hecimovich. 

(Courtesy of Austin Daily Herald.) 

P a g e 2 0 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2

Directors Staff 

The holiday season is behind us, and 

the year 2012 is beginning. I hope 

everybody will have a healthy and 

prosperous New Year. By the time you 

read this, our holiday party will be a 

memory. We were honored to have our 

new Potentate, Illustrious Sir Frank 

Spevak and Lady Joan, join us as our 

guests. Past Potentate and members of the 

Divan also joined us. 

Our new Officers for 2012 were 

elected at our November dinner meeting. 

Do you remember that special person who 

made a difference in your life? The person who 

took the time to ask your name, introduce you 

around or show you the ropes? If we’re lucky, we 

have one person in our lives who made a 

positive impact personally or professionally. 

Being a Virtual Mentor is your opportunity 

to make the same difference in the life of a man 

on his way to becoming a Master Mason and 

Shriner. All it takes is willingness, enthusiasm and time. 

As a Virtual Mentor, you will be paired with a Candidate with similar 

interests in your area. Communicating by phone, e-mail or in person, you’ll 

have the opportunity to share your knowledge and enthusiasm about Masonry 

and about being a Shriner. You’ll answer questions or concerns, help find the 

right Lodge best suited to the Candidate’s interests, and help him with his 

journey to becoming a Shriner. You will also have the opportunity to make a 

new friend. Find out more at www.shrinersvillage.com 

They are: 

President – Ron Clarstrom 

Vice President – Kent Swedberg 

Treasurer- Gene Dunn 

Secretary- Don Leslie 

Beginning in 

February, our dinner 

meetings will be held 

on the 3rd Tuesday of 

every month; at 6 PM. 

Ladies are always 

welcome. 

The first parade of 

the 2012 season is the Ron Clarstrom 

Winter Carnival Parade 

on January 28th. Line-up information 

will be available later. 

I would like to take the opportunity to 

thank the members for their vote of 

confidence in electing me as their 

President for 2012. This is my first 

endeavor as such, and I am looking 

forward to working with all of you in the 

coming year. 

Keep on rollin' with the 

Directors Staff — Ron Clarstrom 

Jon Adams • Bert Alexander Jr. • Peter Anagnos M.D. • Alfred Anderson MD • 

Alan Beeler • Carl Benson • Dennis Boom • Christopher Boyce • John Brewer • 

Paul Bridenstine • Jack Brown • Martin Capp • Dale Carmichael • Elliot 

Christensen • Ronald Clarstrom • Nick Dacloush • Paul Demuth • Michael 

Denke • Milton Dennis • Charlton Dietz • Randy 

Dohrn • Thomas Eineke • Michael Featherston • 

Alfred Fellerman • Lawrence Furman • Philip 

Gentling • Steven Genz • Chester Gordon • 

Robert Hansen • Ronald Harmon • Austin 

Harris • Lamoine Hatton • Robert 

Hawkinson • Donald Heggedahl • E 

William Henry • Steve Hinck • Warren 

Hinze • Raymond Jewison • Allen 

Johnson • James Judisch • Louis 

Kaplan • Gary Kellner • Jerome 

Kellogg • Warren Kemp • David Allen 

Koenig • Ronald Larson • Brian 

J A N U A R Y 

Lauber • Sven Lindquist • Charles 

Linnell • Wayne Longwell • Russell 

Loomis Jr • Fahy Lowrie • William 

Mackey • John Maddox • John Milne • 

James Moody • Kay Moss • Wesley 

Musgrove • Rudolph Nelson • Warren 

Nelson • Ronald Nelson • Patrick Olawsky • 

Marshall Oreck • Paul Paulos • Gregory Pepin • 

Frank Peterson • Robert Andrew Pieper • Allen Porter 

• Glenn Prehn • Kenneth Reinhardt • Jack Rucker • Casey Saunders • Richard 

Schubbe • Scott Spaeth • Stuart Steinman • Brad Stout • John Streit • John 

Stroud • Johnnie Timm • Bruce Timmerman • George Toby • Robert Tracy • Dr 

James Tuorila • Frank Turchin • Theodore Veilleux • Richard Craig Wagner • 

Louis Wagner • Robert Watson • John Watson • Andrew Weiss • John Whittles • 

Ralph Wiehr • Marnie Will • Troy Willett 

We are looking for new 

members that will be 

available to contribute 

and participate in 

parades and other 

Clowning events. 

We will teach you 

everything you will 

need to know to 

become a clown. 

Rick “Trickie” Arends 

Phone 763-755-5508 

trickietheclown@aol.com 

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 P a g e 2 1

Legion of Honor 

I hope everyone had a 

great Holiday! Welcome 

to the New Year. Just a 

reminder, your 2012 

Legion of Honor officers 

are; Commander Rique 

Beslin; Vice Commander 

Jim Moore; Adjutant 

Jim Moore Todd Swedberg; 

Treasurer Jim Smeby 

Lots of things in January and February! 

Looking forward to seeing you at the 

Potentate’s reception on Jan 8th. The 

Winter Carnival Parade is Jan 28th. Oasis 

is the same as last year, at Twin Cities 

Magic. Please park at the Church 1 block 

north and not the parking lot across the 

street this year! Look for more details from 

the Chief of Staff in the Jan newsletter. 

LOH January meeting will be at the 

Osman Shrine Center/Lost Spur on the 

19th. Our February meeting will be at the 

VFW in Mendota on the 16th. Our March 

15th meeting is tentatively planned for 

Tom Reids. 

Potentate John Brockman and Chief Rabban Frank Spevak helped install the Legion of 

Honor Officers for 2012: Todd Swedberg, Adjutant; Jim Smeby, Treasurer; Jim Moore, 

Vice Commander; and Rique Beslin, Commander. Rich Purcell, 2nd CM, right, led the 

beautiful installation ceremony. 

Club and Units Seminar is Feb 4th. 

The Circus is coming to Town! See the 

dates in the Osman! Please get in touch 

with John Thordson or me if you have 

uniform needs for the Circus! 

Commander Rique and your other 

2012 Officers are looking forward to a 

great year! 

The Legion of Honor is looking for a 

few good men (new Shriners) to carry 

colors and represent Osman in 7-10 

parades this year! If you are interested, 

contact myself, 952-270-1983, or any of 

the other officers for more information. 

With Honor and Pride 

Commander Jim Moore 

Long time Legion member Donald 

Flood and his son. 

Russ Christofk and Sean Gardiner 

Lady Kim and Rique Beslin. 

This group enjoyed the holiday party 

P a g e 2 2 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2

CLUB & UNIT HEADS 

OFFICERS 

President: 

James Gratias 

320-762-1166 

jgnapa@earthlink.nett 

Vice President: 

Dave Tabor 

651-206-8574 

happydavet99@hotmail.com 

Secretary/Treasurer: 

Brent Metcalf 

651-739-3653 

brent.metcalf@comcast.net 

CLUBS & UNITS 

ALBERT LEA SHRINE CLUB 

ALBERT LEA CARS 

Jack Brown, President 

641-923-5107 

pmjdbrown@hotmail.com 

ALEXANDRIA AREA 

SHRINE CLUB 

Loren Van Wyck, President 

320-283-5006 

lvanwyck@lonestare.net 

ALEXANDRIA CALLIOPE & 

FOUR-WHEELERS 

Chris Fischer, Captain 

320-491-8083t 

AUSTIN AREA SHRINE CLUB 

AUSTIN ORIENTAL BAND 

Max Pecht II, President 

507-437-7144 

mapecht@smig.net 

BLOOMING PRAIRIE SHRINE CLUB 

Andrew Weiss, President 

507-528-2533 

CANNON VALLEY SHRINE CLUB 

Robert Boesen, President 

507-789-5820 

CHANTERS 

Jeffrey Keehn, President 

651-774-3677 

j.keehn@comcast.net 

CIGAR CLUB 

Mike Ordorff, President 

612-919-0425 

anawesomecarpenter@ 

yahoo.com 

ACACIA PARK 

CEMETERY 

A non-profit 

perpetual care cemetery 

serving all faiths 

since 1925. 

Stop by to view 

our picturesque grounds, 

the old stone chapel and our impressive 

Veterans Memorial. 

You’ll like our majestic view. 

2151 Pilot Knob Road 

Mendota Heights, MN 55120-1198 

651-452-1555 

acaciapark@aol.com • Fax 651-452-2986 

CLOWNS 

Don Danielson, President 

952-445-7234 

DIRECTORS STAFF 

Ronald Clarstrom, President 

763-754-5547 

rcclarstrom@gmail.com 

DRUM & BUGLE CORPS 

Dave Tabor, Captain 

651-206-8574 

happydavet99@hotmail.com 

EAST CENTRAL SHRINE CLUB 

Mike Hill, President 

612-464-4129 

Email wolfinn@wdoemail.com 

FRIENDLY VALLEY SHRINE CLUB 

Jim Smith President 

651-459-8320 

psmith8320@msn.com 

HI-HATS 

Doug Pope, President 

651-453-0636 

douglaspope1@comcast.net 

LEGION OF HONOR 

William Beslin, Commander 

651-322-4562 

riquebeslin@gmail.com 

MANKATO AREA SHRINE CLUB 

Steve Igou, President 

507-546-3827 

tbirdsigou@yahoo.com 

MANKATO T-BIRDS 

Ted Hoogenraad, President 

507-388-8338 

MIGHTY MITES 

Tim Gangnon Crew Chief 

651-439-9311 

timgangnon@comcast.com 

NOMADS 

Bob Golder, President 

651-777-3781 

curlerbob@aol.com 

OSMAN CYCLE CORPS 

Dennis Sherwood, Captain 

952-937-5054 

dennis@hometechniques.com 

PAST POTENTATES 

James Berg, President 

651-260-9333 

jim@twincitiesmagic.com 

PATROL 

George Carlson, Captain 

651-774-7793 

PIPE BAND 

Greg McGee, President 

651-222-6437 

mcg226@comcast.net 

PROVOST 

Gary Winter, Captain 

651-484-1763 

gwwinter@comcast.net 

ROCHESTER AREA SHRINE CLUB 

Art Pavlish, President 

507-254-6220 

apavlish@charter.net 

ROCHESTER CYCLES 

Jerry Dohrn, President 

651-380-0445 

ROCHESTER DRAGON PATROL 

Brent Kisro, President 

507-251-5317 

dirtrunner_1@msn.com 

ROCHESTER MERRY MEDICS 

Gaylord Maxson, President 

507-356-8927 

ST. CLOUD AREA SHRINE CLUB 

Roger Nordean, President 

320-230-3495 

rogernordean@aol.com 

ST. CLOUD GO-KARTS 

Mike Yankovec, Captain 

320-493-0776 

mikeyanko@gmail.com 

SHEIKS 

Steve Hoyer, Captain 

651-487-1089 

steve.hoyer@thermofisher.com 

WINONA AREA SHRINE CLUB 

Robert Stedman, President 

507-454-7209 

rdstedman@yahoo.com 

ZAGALAS – ROCHESTER CHAPTER 

Scott Hippert, President 

507-250-1058 

sbhip@hipperts.com 

ZAGALAS – ST. CLOUD CHAPTER 

Roger Robinson, President 

320-420-8142 

rrobinson@ 

global-continuum.com 

ZAGALAS – ST. PAUL CHAPTER 

David Gagnon, President 

651-436-6765 

dd.gagnon@hotmail.com 

Attention Clubs & Units: Make sure you have a person appointed to 

make a monthly report to The Osman. Return your report by the 

deadline (usually around the 15th of the month) to 

doreen@osmanshrine.org or mail to 

2750 Sibley Memorial Highway, St. Paul 55121 

(651) 452-5660 • Fax (651) 683-0231 

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 P a g e 2 3

This year’s theme for our Tournament 

of Roses Parade float is “Soaring for Kids”. 

It is an airplane with two animated bears 

flying and other barnyard animals in the 

sky. On this year’s float, we are telling the 

world about our burns mission in child 

care. Riding on the float with the Imperial 

Potentate and myself will be our burn 

child ambassador Kate Hickman. 

3rd Party Pay - and now 1st Party 

Pay 

We now have 19 of our 20 U.S. 

hospitals set up and billing 3rd Party Pay. 

Our 20th Hospital, Erie is on pause 

until they finalize their status as an 

“Ambulatory Shriners Hospital." 

Each Hospital now has their Medicare 

numbers and all but five of our hospitals 

have their Medicaid numbers from the 

states. 

The receiving of these medical provider 

numbers has continued to be a 

monumental task. 

We are also continuing to establish the 

numerous Managed Care Contracts with 

the over 450 insurance providers, and are 

in the final stages of negotiations with 79 

of the larger care providers. 

So far this year, we have over $57 

million new dollars from the operations 

and procedures we provide to our 

children. 

Imperial Sir Al’s Revenue Cycle Group 

is now projecting that, as we continue to 

get more of our procedures set up for 

billing like the physician fees, 

anesthesiology, pharmacy, etc., we should 

expect to receive around $100 million in 

2012. This is new monies from the 

insurance companies, and will help to 

narrow that gap between our normal 

revenues and normal expenses. 

1st Party Pay, the new legislation that 

was passed at the Denver Imperial 

Session, is continuing to be crafted. 

As of this moment, the 1st party pay's 

formal policy has not been put into effect 

at any of our hospitals. 

The primary purpose of this change to 

our by-laws and articles of incorporation, 

was to be able to become an in-network 

provider of children’s healthcare. This will 

allow us to receive referrals from the 

pediatric primary care physicians in the 

country. 

How many times have you heard the 

comment that Shriners Hospitals for 

Children is the Best kept secret? By being 

an in-network provider, we will become 

an approved provider and hopefully stop 

being a secret. 

Since we have left Denver, I have heard 

the concerns expressed by some of our 

membership. The primary frustrations are 

that the new 1st legislation could be 

harmful to our mission. As was stated in 

Denver during the Chairman’s state of the 

hospital message: 

As your Chairman, I promise to you, 

• That our primary mission of helping 

the children. 

• who have no other place to go for the 

excellent quality care that we provide 

• will always be first in line at Shriner’s 

Hospitals for Children. 

I assure you, the Revenue Cycle 

Committee is very aware of your concerns 

about the policies and procedures that are 

being considered for the co-pays and 

deductibles legislation. They are very 

aware of your angst about the possibility 

of one our commercially insured families 

being charged a large sum for their 

deductible, due to the family having an 

extremely large deductible on their 

commercial insurance policy. Many ideas 

are being considered to keep this from 

happening. Please remember: our families 

with commercial insurance are only about 

33% of those who come to Shriners. 

If one of our Shrine families has an 

income of less than $120,000 (which is 

four times the federally established 

poverty level of $30,000) they are eligible 

for Shriner's charity care. 

The Committee is considering similar 

criteria of family income of less than 

$120,000 as a threshold for being exempt 

from the 1st party pay (co-pay/ 

deductibles) requirements. This would be 

for families who have commercial 

insurance (the 33%), but are 

underinsured. 

For the other 67% of our children, 

those with no insurance and those with 

Medicaid, the co-pay/ deductible concerns 

don’t apply. 

Imperial Sir Al’s Committee feels the 

soft approach of this new procedure being 

crafted will be considered acceptable by 

our nobility. 

They feel it will 

meet the intent 

of legislation 

passed in 

Denver while 

still best 

preserving our 

mission of 

Shriners 

Hospitals for 

Children. 

The 

Committee will 

be taking the 

next 90-120 

days to vet these 

Doug Maxwell 

Chairman of the Board 

of Trustees, Shriners 

Hospitals for Children 

ideas before they arrive at what is the best 

path for Shriners Hospitals to take. 

And finally… 

The other part of our 3-5 year path for 

the balancing-the-budget equation, 

Imperial Sir Raoul’s Strategic Task Force. 

Making our hospitals more efficient. 

We are encouraging everyone who 

attends, to contribute their thoughts on 

how we can get our financial house in 

order. Those who aren’t able to attend are 

given a toll free number to dial in. 

Since the Session in Denver, the 

committee has met at 4 hospitals: 

Minneapolis, Galveston, Houston, and 

Northern California (Sacramento). 

In late October in Sacramento, the 

Committee had discussions with two of 

our Western hospitals. On the first day, 

the committee had a very interactive and 

full discussion with the Board of 

Governors and Senior Staff of our N. 

Calif. Hospital, on their ideas associated 

with further affiliations and interactions 

with our medical partner across the street, 

the University of California/Davis. 

On the second day, the committee met 

with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of 

the Salt Lake City hospital and their 

senior staff on their proposals to lower 

their draw on the endowment. 

Two days later, the committee moved 

to Chicago for Imperial Sir Mike’s Fall 

Board meeting. This afforded the entire 

Joint Boards the opportunity to hear the 

next two presentations, one from St. Louis 

and one from Cincinnati. 

On that Sunday morning, the Leaders 

of our St. Louis Hospital made an 

excellent presentation and proposal to 

move from their full service hospital in 

the county, to a new Ambulatory Clinic 

P a g e 2 4 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2

Hospital model on the Barnes/Jewish/ 

Children’s Medical Campus in Central St. 

Louis, next to the Washington University 

Medical School campus where our doctors 

are on the faculty. (The In-patient care 

will be provided by Shriner doctors at the 

full service St. Louis Children’s Hospital) 

Why is that good for our in-patient 

children? 

• It affords our children immediate 

access to advanced imaging like CAT 

scans and MRI’s, etc. 

• Our children would have immediate 

access to the other pediatric subspecialists, 

that can become very 

important during a complicated 

operation, and 

• It affords our children quick access to 

all emergency medical equipment if 

the need should arise due to unknown 

complications. 

The Boards voted unanimously to 

accept this excellent St. Louis proposal 

and authorized the acquisition of a design 

team architect to move the project 

forward. 

The second presentation that morning 

came from the Leadership of the 

Cincinnati Hospital, who came forward 

with their thoughts. Their ideas relate to 

a better utilization of the space within 

their hospital structure, by increasing 

their affiliated interactive roles with their 

on campus partners. Our Cincinnati 

Hospital is on a large medical campus in 

mid-town with the University of 

Cincinnati Hospital and Medical School 

and the Cincinnati Children’s hospital. 

Since then, our hospital has been 

having very productive sessions with Bay 

State on their utilization of our unused 

spaces within the building. 

Another interesting concept that has 

come forth from the meetings at the 

Houston and Galveston hospitals relates 

to possible donations and gifts given to a 

specific location, with the promise to the 

giver that his money will stay there. A 

suggestion to be explored was possibly 

either a local endowment fund or a 

Legacy Fund.These ideas will continue to 

be vetted. 

Some General Thoughts from the 

Committee… 

The Task Force has now spent a year 

exploring various options to make our 22 

hospitals and headquarters more efficient 

and with a substantially less draw on the 

endowment. 

A couple of quotes from the 

committee: 

We are appropriately staffed in our 

hospitals for our in-efficiencies… 

You never really change things by 

fighting the existing reality. To change 

something, you build a new better model 

that makes the existing model obsolete. 

As each of these new ideas with our 

affiliated partners” are proposed, it takes 

time to: 

• first, determine if it will really have the 

cost effect we are seeking; 

• will it be good for both organizations; 

• and then, finally, it needs to have all of 

the details vetted out. For these 

reasons, this re-organization plan, to be 

successful, needs to be considered as a 

3-5 year event. 

We are beginning to move the ball 

down the field. 

And in Conclusion… for Colorado 

Members 

On Thursday at the Denver Session, 

during the discussion for the legislation for 

Item 40 on the call relating to two excused 

absences before losing one’s Colorado 

membership, it was accepted that there 

would be a fair review by the Chairman, 

given to requests by members for an excused 

absence. 

If you feel you would have an excused 

absence for a missed session that would be 

accepted by your fellow Brothers, and you 

desire to be considered as an on-going 

Colorado Member, please send your request 

to this e-mail address: 

COBBT@shrinenet.org for consideration. 

Since the Labor Day message I have 

received 8 such requests, which have been 

accepted, and those Past Potentates are 

being re-invited to attend the 138th 

Imperial Session in Charlotte as a returning 

Colorado member. ■ 

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 P a g e 2 5

Dear Auxiliary Members and Friends 

of the Auxiliary. 

Wow, Marjorie Park is going to be a 

hard act to follow, but here goes--- 

First, 

congratulations to 

our newly elected 

Potentate, Frank J. 

Spevak III and his 

Lady Joan. The 

Auxiliary wishes you 

a great year and we 

are looking forward 

to working with you 

in 2012. 

As we ended the 2011 year, the 

Auxiliary recognized several people for 

their service to the Auxiliary. First of all, 

Please print or type 

❑ Memorial Gift 

Made by 

Madi Larson and her friends 

❑ Honorarium Gift 

Marjorie Park was recognized for her 

exemplary leadership of the Auxiliary for 

the past several years. Her dedication and 

commitment to the patients at Shriners 

Hospital for Children – Twin Cities is 

phenomenal! Elizabeth Ekholm presented 

Marjorie 

with a pin 

as a “thank 

you” on 

behalf of the 

Auxiliary 

Board. 

Marjorie Park presenting 

Jennifer Hill with the 

service award. 

____________________________________________________ 

In Memory of/Honor of 

____________________________________________________ 

Send acknowledgement to: 

____________________________________________________ 

Name 

____________________________________________________ 

Address 

Make checks payable to: Osman Womens Auxiliary 

Send check along with this form to: Elizabeth Ekholm, Memorial 

Chairman. 1703 Lilac Lane. Mendota Heights, MN 55118 

Elizabeth 

used the 

word 

“giving” to 

describe 

Marjorie. Her definition of Marjorie as a 

“giving” person was G – 

generous, I – innovative, V – 

values, I – industrious, N – 

notorious for new, creative 

ideas, and G – gentle guide. 

Everyone agreed this 

was a perfect 

description of 

Marjorie Park!! 

Thank you Marjorie, 

you are one fabulous 

lady! 

The Auxiliary 

also gave two service awards for 

dedicated service to the Shriners 

Hospital for Children- Twin 

Cities. Nancy Fish and Jennifer Hill were 

the recipients of these awards. Both of 

these individuals have gone above and 

beyond to support the Auxiliary and the 

Hospital. 

Madi Larson and 

her friends, Kate and 

Anna Miller, had a 

lemonade stand in 

July which was 

featured on KMSP 

Fox 9 News. They 

earned $41.93 on 

that hot summer day 

in July. Madi 

represented the three 

girls and presented 

their earnings to the 

Osman Womens 

Auxiliary Wheelchair 

Fund at the Osman 

Auxiliary Holiday 

Lunch in December. 

What a wonderful 

Elizabeth 

Ekholm 

presenting 

Marjorie 

Park with a 

pin from the 

Auxiliary 

Board 

thanking 

her for her 

outstanding 

leadership. 

gift! 

Linda Johnson, Outreach Coordinator, 

attended the Osman Parade of Glory 

meeting on December 13th and the 

Rochester Area Shrine Club meeting on 

December 16th. 

Once again, the 

Osman Nobles have 

been extremely 

generous by donating 

over $7,000.00 to the 

Osman Auxiliary. The 

St. Cloud Auxiliary 

donated $1,500.00 to 

the General Auxiliary 

Wheelchair fund. 

With an annual 

wheelchair budget of 

$300,000.00, your gifts go a long way in 

helping provide these wheelchairs, free of 

charge, to the children at Shriners 

Hospital – Twin Cities. We appreciate all 

you do year round to support us. To 

quote our Illustrious Sir Frank Spevak, the 

Shrine is “the greatest philanthropy in the 

world.” It is an absolute joy to work 

together with the Osman Nobles, and 

we’re looking forward to a great 2012! 

We are working on our Auxiliary 

Incoming Chair Rose West 

presents a certificate of 

appreciation to Nancy Fish. 

The Auxiliary sold Abdallah candy, 

notecards and raffle tickets as a 

fundraiser at the Kids Christmas Party. 

P a g e 2 6 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2

Illustrious Sir John Brockman thanks 

Marjorie Park for her service to Osman 

Shrine and Shriners Hospital for Children - 

Twin Cities. 

events for 2012. Please save the following 

dates on your calendars: April 14, May 

12, June 2 (an evening activity), 

September 22, October 27, and 

December 1, 2012. More details will 

follow in the next issue of the Osman. 

We were very pleased with our 

attendance at our luncheons in 2011, and 

based on our preliminary plans for 2012, 

we would expect our attendance to 

continue to grow. Please watch for the 

specifics for each of these events. 

I am honored to be serving as your 

chairman. Please feel free to contact me 

with any questions or concerns. 

Rose West, Chairman 

rwest330@hotmail.com 

651-459-3813 

Osman Womens Auxiliary 

2012 Officers 

Chairman: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rose West 

Treasurer/Membership: . .Kathy Flicek 

Gifts/Memorials/ 

Honoraria: . . . . . . . .Elizabeth Ekholm 

Recording Secretary: . . . . .Betty Porter 

Corresponding 

Secretary: . . . .Kimberlee Remus Buck 

Appointed: . . . . . . . . .Sandy Simpson 

Community Outreach: .Linda Johnson 

Historian: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betty Porter 

Hospital Parties: . . . . . . .Marjorie Park 

Remembrance: . . . . . . . . . . .Sue Doty 

Reservations: . . . . . . . . . . . .Kay Skoog 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .651-653-0814 

Reservations: . . . . . . . . . . .Jan Kellogg 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .763-757-1473 

Shriners Hospitals for Children® – Twin Cities 

Collecting Co-Payments and Deductibles - 

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 

If I have any questions about 

medical insurance or payment 

concerns, what should I do? 

Please call us directly with your questions 

or concerns. We have options to support 

families in need. Call 612-596-6112, or 

email jcarns@shrinenet.org and we will 

respond to your question or concern. 

Why are you now collecting co-pays 

and deductibles? 

Insurance companies are requiring that 

Shriners Hospitals for Children inform 

you of any co-pays, deductible and coinsurance. 

I cannot afford this appointment. 

Should I cancel? 

No, our primary focus is to ensure 

you/your child received the care needed. 

We have options available to assist you. 

We have a Waiver Form that you can fill 

out to ensure your child receives care here 

without financial hardship. 

Can Shriners give me a discount on 

the amount I owe? 

We have options available to assist you. 

We have a Waiver Form that you can fill 

out to ensure your child receives care here 

without financial hardship. 

When is the deductible and copay 

due? 

We will send you a statement once your 

insurance company has processed your 

claim and once they let us know your 

exact patient responsibility. 

May I make my payment at the 

Hospital? 

Payments to Shriners Hospitals are made 

to our post office box listed on the billing 

statement. Payments cannot be accepted 

at the Hospital. 

What if I do not pay my copay and 

deductible? 

Your financial ability to pay will not affect 

your care at Shriners Hospitals. 

My insurance denied the charges 

you submitted. Does this mean I 

must pay them? 

No. If charges are denied, Shriners 

Hospital does not seek any further 

payment. 

I received a check from my insurance 

company. What should I do with it? 

You should sign the back of the check 

with all names listed as the payee. Write 

under the signature(s), Pay to the Order 

of Shriners Hospitals for Children. 

Mail payment to: 

Shriners Hospitals for Children 

2025 East River Pkwy 

Minneapolis, MN 55414 

From page 6. Ill. Sir John Brockman shows a new side - ROCK 

STAR! - to his many talents at the Rochester Christmas Party. 

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 P a g e 2 7

Mat-Sha Temple #62, Daughters of the Nile 

Heather Krastins 

Lambert, Queen 

Happy New Year! 

First of all, thank 

you to outgoing 

Potentate John 

Brockman (and, his 

Lady Audrey) for all the 

courtesies you have 

extended to the Ladies 

of Mat-Sha Temple No. 

62 this past year. Your 

dedication to the 

The Ladies from Mat-Sha Temple at our 

Christmas Gathering in December. 

Endowment Fund. Thank you to all the 

Ladies and Guests who attended, as well as 

those who mailed in unexpected donations 

– it is much appreciated. 

In the words of Supreme Queen Laura 

Richardson, Daughters of the Nile is “… a 

Sisterhood of capable, confident, and 

positive women who live their lives serving 

others while offering support to one 

another.” Not only this, but we make a 

difference in the lives of children – 

specifically the children at 

the Shriners Hospitals. If 

this is the type of group 

of Ladies you might be 

interested in joining – or, 

if you know someone you 

would like to recommend 

– please contact Princess 

Recorder Gooch Krastins 

at (952)432-5829. We 

are open to all women, 18 

years of age and older, 

who are related by birth 

or marriage to a Shriner, 

(All events listed below will be held at 

St. Paul Masonic Center, 200 E. 

Plato Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55107) 

Ceremonial 

Saturday, January 21, 2012 

10:00 am • Masonic Center 

Stated Session 

Saturday, February 18, 2012 


Stated Session 

Saturday, March 17, 2012 

Election of Officers 


Installation of Officers 

Sunday, March 25, 2012 

2:00 pm • Masonic Center 

Osman Shrine, as well as your devotion to 

the Shriners Hospitals for Children, is an 

inspiration to us all. And, Congratulations 

to incoming Potentate Frank Spevak and 

his Lady (our Princess) Joan – I look 

forward to working with you. May your 

year be filled with laughter and happiness! 

The Ladies of Mat-Sha Temple No. 62 

joined together for a delightful Christmas 

Gathering on Saturday, December 3rd. We 

enjoyed a lovely afternoon of fellowship, 

snacks, and refreshments. I am thrilled 

that this event collected $195 in donations 

for the Daughters of the Nile Convalescent 

Richard N. Purcell, Divan Dennis W. Boom PP Earl J. Holcomb 

Master Mason or Daughter of the 

Nile. We’d love to have you join us! 

Our next Stated Session is 

Saturday, January 21st at 10 a.m. 

We will be holding a Ceremony of 

Initiation, with a delicious lunch 

($3.00/person) provided by Noble 

Al and Princess Jeannine Porter 

afterwards. Princess Tirzah Sara 

Malewitz and the Hospital Requests 

and Sewing Committee will be 

PQ Ann Wall (Supreme Escort to the Canadian collecting jig saw puzzles to be given 

Flag), Queen Heather and PQ Gooch Krastins directly to the Shriners Hospital for 

(Supreme Goodwill Ambassador). 

Children – Twin Cities. 

With the close of 2011 and the 

new beginnings of 2012, I have 

taken stock of all the treasures God 

has blessed me with. I am so 

thankful for good health and my amazing 

family. I also treasure my membership in 

Daughters of the Nile, the wonderful 

Ladies of Mat-Sha Temple No. 62 and the 

lessons I have learned through our 

beautiful ritualistic work. May we all give 

thanks in 2012 for the treasures we have 

been given! 

Nile Love, 

Heather Krastins Lambert 

Queen, Mat-Sha Temple 

P a g e 2 8 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2

2011 OSMAN PAPER SUPPORTERS 

MEMORIALS 

SUPPORTERS 

Warren & Doreen Lynch 

In Memory of PP Mike Hildebrand, 

Dick McNary, PP Tom Huppert and 

Doris Plachecki 

Leonard Schrade 

In Memory of Carole Schrade 

Wayne Longwell 

In Memory of Jerry Longwell & 

Richard K. Brown 

Henry L. Gleason 

In Memory of Henry L. Millis 

Stephen OiN 

In Memory of Earl, Shirley & Tim Oian 

Ann Palmer 

In Memory of E. Dale Palmer 

Jerry & Nancy Payne 

In Memory of Archie Hohenwald 

Dorothee Angel 

In Memory of Harold Angel 

Russ, Ralph & Alan Christofk 

In Memory of Joe Christofk, father 

& grandfather 

Russ & Pauline Christofk 

In Memory of Chester Schoenrock 

Bill & Bonnie Newell 

In Memory of Heidi & Carter Newell 

Kent & Karen Swedberg 

In Memory of Kenneth Swedberg 

Floyd Forsberg 

In Memory of Liz Forsberg 

Trudy Harper 

In Memory of Oscar M. Olin 

Tom Huppert, PP 

Dennis & Elaine Boom 

Joe Hill 

Peter & Dolores Kloskowski 

Arthur & Janice Lingo 

P.P. Peter & Elizabeth Ekholm 

P.P. Mike & Linda Wilk 

HONORARIA 

Jerry & Nancy Payne 

In Honor of 2011-12 Queen 

Heather Krastins Lambert, 

Daughters of the Nile 

Mat Sha Temple #62 

P.P. L.L.(Fay) Hassie 

P.P. Frank & Bev Peterson 

Cannon Valley Shrine Club 

Ray & Dianne Hobot 

Leonard Hislop 

Russ & Pauline Christofk 

Dr. James & Diane Tuorila 

Mike Hildebrand, PP 

Floyd Forsberg 

In Honor of Osman 

Womens Auxiliary 

An Open Invitation from 

DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE, 

MAT-SHA TEMPLE #62 

Spaghetti Dinner 

Friday, January 13, 2012 

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm 

St. Paul Masonic Center 

200 East Plato Boulevard, St. Paul 

Menu: Spaghetti with Meat Sauce 

Tossed Salad • Garlic Bread 

Dessert Coffee, Tea and Water 

$8.00 

Reservations to Judy Moon at 952-226-9333 

Support your Osman paper! 

Each month, Osman publishes a list of 

memorials, honoraria and paper supporters. 

We add to the list each month, and your 

listing appears for the entire year. 

Take a minute to get your 2012 listing in. 

It’s a great way to acknowledge the passing 

of a Shriner friend, give recognition to a 

special accomplishment, or just show that 

you enjoy the Osman paper. Fill out the 

form below, or call the office at 

(651) 452-5660 • Fax (651) 683-0231 • 

doreen@osmanshrine.org. Thanks! 

SUPPORT YOUR OSMAN PAPER 

Honoraria and Memorials are $35.00 and a Supporter 

is $25.00. Send to: Osman Shrine Paper, 2750 Sibley 

Memorial Hwy., St. Paul, MN 55121 

Your name as you want it listed___________________ 

___________________________________________ 

❑ In honor of: _______________________________ 

❑ In memory of: _____________________________ 

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 P a g e 2 9

JANUARY 2012 

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 

1 New Year's Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 

New Year’s 

Brunch 

Annual Meeting 

;RASC Meeting; 

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 

Potentate’s 

Reception 

Directors Staff 

Holiday Party 

Rochester Zagalas 

Austin SC, Austin 

Oriental Band 

Nomads 

15 16 ML King Day 17 18 19 20 21 

Legion of Honor 

One Day to 

Masonry 

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 

29 30 31 

December 2011 

S M T W Th F Sa 

1 2 3 

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 

Dragon Patrol 

Holiday Party 

February 2012 

S M T W Th F Sa 

1 2 3 4 

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 

26 27 28 29 

Winter Carnival 

Parade 

If your Club or Unit would like your 

activities listed on the calendar, 

please contact the Osman Shrine 

office 651-452-5660, 

Doreen@Osmanshrine.org 

Upcoming Events 

Five generations of Potentates: Seated, current Potentate John Brockman. Left to right, 

Al Koenig, Dave Hawkins, Dick Thompson and Outer Guard Larry Norte. 

FEBRUARY 

Club & Unit Heads Seminar – 4th 

MSA Winter Session – 9th-11th 

Ladies Appreciation 

Brunch/Ceremonial 26th 

MARCH 

Stated Meeting 13th 

CIRCUS! March 28-April 1 

APRIL 

After Circus Party 9th 

Grand Lodge 12th – 14th 

MAY 

Train trip to Chicago – 3rd-7th 

Hospital Days 18th 

All Masonic Ladies Luncheon & 

Boutique - 19th 

JUNE 

Stated Meeting 5th 

Imperial Session June 30-July 5th 

JULY 

Potentates Gala/Ceremonial 28th 

P a g e 3 0 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2

Children’s 

Holiday Party 

Sharon Purcell helps with handicrafts. 

Monica and Dave Tabor and 

their boys. 

PP David Park 

Larry Lauber and granddaughter. 

Elizabeth Ekholm shows how 

to craft a pinecone. 

Additional photos by Bruce Thomas and Roger Berge 

Bob Boesen’s face painting was fun! 

Connie Gratias with god-grandaughter Layla 

Glassen. 

This little guy was 

excited to see Santa. 

Above: Cookie decorating was 

popular! Below, Madison Overmoen and 

family. 

Above, Terri Thomas helps thread 

beads. Below, Rique Beslin and his 

daughters

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Yes, there is a Santa Claus! 

Left and 

center, Shriner 

Ernie Flury 

playing Santa 

at the Shriners 

Hospital. 

Right, Shriner 

Mike Elwell 

at the 

Day with 

Santa at 

Newport 

Lodge. 

Photos by 

Judy Cairns 

and John 

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What can we do for 

your business? 

COMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY: Proud sponsor of 

Kaposia KidStuff, South St. Paul, for fifteen years; Grand 

Marshals for Kaposia Days 2009; Nancy was 2005 Chairman 

of the River Heights Chamber of Commerce, and 2011 

“Visions of Excellence” award winner; board member of 

local cable TV; Small Business of the Year 1999; Special 

Service Award 2006 for 25 years work with Minnesota 

Nursery Landscape Association 

COMMITTED TO OSMAN: Jerry is recipient of Osman Temple 

Jewel, Assistant Chief Potentate’s Aide, Scottish Rite 

K∴C∴C∴H∴, Ushers at the Circus (Section 19 rocks!), 

Members of Auxiliary; Nancy is a Daughter of the Nile and 

she received a special award from Ill. Sir Roger Robinson; 

Auxiliary Golf and Car Show Sponsor, taking lots of pictures 

and we are very proud to be producing the national first 

place Circus coloring book and the Dromedary-Award- 

Winning (two years in a row!) Osman newspaper! 

Donna Pavlish 

and Nancy Fish 

taking photos 

of each other 

taking photos! 

Nancy’s 

Favorite 

Pictures:

HONORING

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