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Non-Profit Org. Oasis of Rockford U.S. POSTAGE PAID Desert of Illinois Permit No. 64 Rockford, IL TebalaTebala GramGram HOT TOPICS FEEL THE HEAT! THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF TEBALA TEMPLE A.A.O.N.M.S. Tom Brawner, Potentate June/July 2008 Special Presentation! Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Chicago Shriners‘ Hospital for Children, Noble Robert O.Kuehn, presents Illustrious Sir Tom Brawner with a certificate of appreciation for Tebala‘s outstanding support. Below: The usual suspects were rounded up for a lineup. From left to right: Nobles Gene Gambrel, Ron Obara, PP, Joe Zimmerman, Illustrious Sir Tom Brawner, Jim Leason, PP, Duncan Brown, PP, and Bill Fisher, PP. 2 Tebala Gram Jun/Jul 2008 fundraisers, the Tebala Shrine Circus. See you all at the Note from the Pote... Circus. Nobles, thank you for all you do for The Fathers‘ Day Dinner has been cancelled due to the Tebala and the Shriners‘ Hospital heavy schedule on June 14th & 15th. Saturday is the Di- for Children. The year is almost rector‘s Staff Golf Play Day. Blackhawk Race Days is half over and at Spring Ceremonial also the 14th & 15th. Feel free to come out and support we received six new candidates into this fundraising event for the Transportation Fund. For our fraternity. more information call Joe Blanchard at 815-713-2354. The Ladies‘ Luncheon was a huge success with about Imperial is just around the corner. The dates are June 29th sixty ladies in attendance. ―White Lace and Promises‖ to July 3nd, and there are plenty of rooms available; so, was this year‘s theme which featured a fashion show of call Tebala and make your reservations as soon as possi- some of the ladies‘ original wedding dresses. Some of the ble. You can take in a ball game on Shrine Night at Bush dresses were modeled by grandchildren. I think I over- Stadium, see the Beach Boys or watch the Imperial Pa- heard one of the ladies say that the dresses had shrunk rade. There is also a new casino next to the LuMiere over the years. A big ―thank you‖ goes out to Lindsay Place where we are staying. It is just a short 4 ½ hour McDaniel for designing and making the lovely programs, drive from Rockford. See you all in St. Louis. Tessie Etier for being the M.C., and First Lady Coleen for coordinating this event. As you know, because of the generous donation from the Daughters of the Nile, the temple is now being painted by Mothers‘ Day Dinner was excellent as well as the enter- Noble Greg Stanbury and his volunteers. Thank you to tainment, Deal or No Deal, featuring guest host ―Joey the Daughters of the Nile, Bill Robertson (for getting the Mandel‖ and his lovely ladies. Thank you to Joe, Penny, scissor-lift donated), and all of Greg‘s volunteer painters. the Patrol, and all who helped make this event a success. Again, let me thank you for all you do for the Shrine. Loy Rice and the Circus Committee are working hard Yours in Faith, th th th tying up loose ends before the June 6 , 7 & 8 perform- Tom Brawner ances. Let‘s all come out and support one of our biggest Potentate 2008 Potentate Tom Brawner presents “Bear” Barker with “100 Million Dollar” Certifi- cate. Below, left to right: Bruce Sumpter, Barry Kasmar, and Jerry Richman remind us to save our can tabs for recycling to help the kids. Advertising for Tebala Gram Business card…$10/issue $50/year (6 issues) 1/4 Page………$30/issue $150/year (6 issues) 1/2 Page………$60/issue $300/year (6 issues) Full Page……..120/issue $600/year (6 Issues) Turn Up the Heat… Sign up a new Noble! Jun/Jul 2008 Tebala Gram 3 Need onions? “We‟ll airlift „em in to ya‟!” says Illustrious Sir Tom Brawner. Nobles Dave Kennedy, Air Squadron (left), and Sam Thomas, Vice President of Ogle County Shrine Club (right), prepare to make it so! Place YOUR a d v e r t i s em e n t i n t h e Tebala Gram TODAY! 4 Tebala Gram Jun/Jul 2008 Official Staff Conducting Dekalb Mini Clinic Dekalb County Shrine Club conducted a Mini Clinic at the Dekalb County Health De- partment in Dekalb, Saturday, April 19. Six children were examined by Doctor John Kostrey. From left to right is Past Potentate Ron Obara, Doctor John Kostrey, Nurse Jane DiAna, and her husband Tony DiAna, President of Dekalb County Shrine Club. Shriners at Dekalb Mini Clinic Front row left to right: Past Potentate Ron Obara, who is a member of the Shrine Hospi- tal Board, Doctor John Kostrey, Nurse Jane DiAna, and husband Tony DiAna, President of Dekalb County Shrine Club. Moral supporter sat the clinic in the back row starting at left are: Jay Elliot, Ken Wenger, Ross Niebergall, Don Hudson, Gary Palmer, and Roger Palmer. Turn Up the Heat… Sign up a new Noble! Jun/Jul 2008 Tebala Gram 5 Do you remember the Shrinannigans? Place YOUR a d v e r t i s em e n t i n t h e Tebala Gram TODAY! 6 Tebala Gram Jun/Jul 2008 Spring Ceremonial Candidates Jonathan Burton David E. Kuhn John F. Laursen David Meyer Mark T. Shaulis John Swanson Andy Hauser, Hugh Degroff, and Fred Bliss man the display table for the Past Masters Club. Good lookin‘ office help! Turn Up the Heat… Sign up a new Noble! Jun/Jul 2008 Tebala Gram 7 Tebala‟s Traditional Fezzing Ceremony Ritualistic Divan Director Gene Gambrel supervises the new members‟ wives and sponsors as they place fezzes on the candidate‟sheads for the first time. Presentation of New Members to Tebala Ritualistic Divan Director Gene Gambrel presents the new Shriners and their wives to Tebala as Master -of-Ceremony Craig Sand, PP, observes from the lectern. MISSING Three glass candleholders are missing! They are Masonic Grave Lots For Sale very distinctive — one is about two to two and a half feet tall and the other two are about twelve to I have two grave lots located near the Junior War- eighteen inches tall. Half way up, the glass looks den‘s Station in the Masonic Garden at Chapel cracked. They are clear glass and have a wire to Hill. The price Freeport is asking is $400 each, hold a tea candle that drops down in the candle- but I am asking $650 for both. You must be Ma- holder. These were a gift for my Installation (3-9- sons to be buried there. I can show them to you, 08), and I need to find them — please help me. or you may check them out yourself if you are in- Simply return them to the Tebala Office. Thank terested. My phone number is 815-399-1199. you. Queen Jane A. Whitaker Place YOUR a d v e r t i s em e n t i n t h e Tebala Gram TODAY! 8 Tebala Gram Jun/Jul 2008 From left: Tina Blanchard, Barb Robertson, Ashley Houston, Julie McDaniel, Coleen Brawner, Denise McLendon, Judy Bowers, Michelle Palmer, Cindi Szymanski, Amber Houston, Jeanne Sumpter, Brandi Cash, Dakarea Zimmerman, Penny Zimmerman Ladies‟ Luncheon Below: Lady Colleen and her Below: Pat Kasmar and daughter Chris Ashley Houson Above: Lady Colleen and Tess Turn Up the Heat… Sign up a new Noble! Jun/Jul 2008 Tebala Gram 9 Mothers‟ Day Dinner With “Joey Mandel” from Deal or No Deal If you missed this dinner, you missed out on some good enter- tainment. Our special guest was ―Joey Mandel‖ from Deal or No Deal, played by Joe Zimmerman. The Ladies from Daughters of the Nile Alabet Temple No. 31 did a wonderful job. The ―BANKER,‖ played by Noble Art Hass, Pre- sented offers to all three contest- ants and a chance to win BIG. Place YOUR a d v e r t i s em e n t i n t h e Tebala Gram TODAY! 10 Tebala Gram Jun/Jul 2008 Daughters of the Nile Installation Turn Up the Heat… Sign up a new Noble! Jun/Jul 2008 Tebala Gram 11 BROTHER’S/ MERCHANTS TAKING CREDIT CARDS Do you really know what you’re paying to take credit cards from Alabet Temple No. 31 your customers? Daughters of the Nile Cordially invites you to attend the official visit of Let us do a no obligation analysis Supreme Queen Muriel Knapp of your current statement Monday afternoon, the fourteenth of July for FREE! Two thousand Eight 2 o’clock International Payments Solutions will donate 50% of the monthly Tebala Shrine Center revenue from merchants taking ad- 7910 Newbury Road, Rockford, IL vantage of the special program to the Tebala Shrine. Current dues card required Dinner-5:30 p.m. International Payment Solutions is a locally owned & operated, nationally recognized Nobles and Escorts are invited to the dinner wholesale credit card processing company. Please send your reservations and checks in the There is no fee to switch your processing and can repro- gram 99% Amount of $20.00 per person by July 3, 2008 to of the equipment in service today. Princess Banker Jean Holm Call Noble Leo Townsend 32º, President International Payment Solutions, LLC 8495 Mark Drive, Roscoe, IL 60173-9602 866-522-1169 / 815-273-2133 fax www.inter-pay.com Jane A. Whitaker Doris McLendon, PQ International Payment Solutions, LLC is a registered ISO/MSP of Bancorp- Queen Princess Recorder South Bank, Tupelo, MS Place YOUR a d v e r t i s em e n t i n t h e Tebala Gram TODAY! 12 Tebala Gram Jun/Jul 2008 Turn Up the Heat… Sign up a new Noble! Jun/Jul 2008 Tebala Gram 13 Place YOUR a d v e r t i s em e n t i n t h e Tebala Gram TODAY! 14 Tebala Gram Jun/Jul 2008 In both photos, above and below, Tom Whitaker, Karl Szymznski, Joe Blanchard, George Crawford, and Todd Kovaleski line up for inspection before the Pecatonica Parade.