Volume 35, Number 4 Sarasota, Florida April 2016 Shriners April 1 REPORTER DEADLINE Shrine Club Directory, 8 Murder/Mystery Dinner, 6:00 p.m., 24 Shrine Club News, 8 Having 7 Stated Meeting, 12:45 p.m., 6 Sahib Shriner’s Parade Schedule, 23 9 Sahib Golf Outing, 23 Shrine Unit News, 18 Fun & 29 Sahib Derby Dinner, 5:00 p.m., 35 Thursday Luncheons, 30 Helping May 1 REPORTER DEADLINE Masonic Digest, 32 11 Stated Meeting, 7:30 p.m., 6 Kids Officers, Appointees and Unit Leaders,44 30 MEMORIAL DAY / SAHIB CLOSED Index of Advertisers & Shriners Info, 45 Sahib Shriners Calendar, 46 Page 4 SAHIB REPORTER April 2016 The Official Monthly Publication of Sahib Shriners Shriners International 600 N. Beneva Road Sarasota, FL 34232 Phone: (941) 366-4449 FAX: (941) 366-8578 Email: [email protected] Web: http://sahibshrine.org Editor-in-Chief Ed Firquin Phone: (941) 366-4449 ext. 305. Email: [email protected] Staff Writer Editor Emeritus Gary Schweinshaupt Phone: (941) 356-5381 Email: [email protected] Staff Photographers Bob Rodd Phone: (941) 776-0937 Email: [email protected] Noble Bob Rodd, Team Captain representing Manatee Shrine Club, presents $6,115.83 to Ill. Sir Scribner from 2016 Hospital Days collections at Publix in Parrish, FL. Editor Emeritus Gary Schweinshaupt Phone: (941) 356-5381 Email: [email protected] Staff Assistant Wanda Firquin The Reporter is dedicated to promoting the in- Firefighters Jim Mauck and Ashley Lushy terests of Sahib Shriners, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Shrine Burns Institutes and the Sahib of the Sarasota Fire Department Shrine Clubs and Units and Freemasonry. speak about fire safety. DEADLINE All materials for publication must be submitted to the Sahib Shriners office no later than the first day of the month for publicationin the fol- lowing month. Text and images produced using computers may be submitted via email or on a PC-compatible floppy diskette or CD. Text should be submitted in ASCII format or in a commonly-used word proces- sor format. Photos, floppy diskettes or CDs from units or clubs will be returned to writer. Sahib Shriners disclaim any liability from any loss or damages resulting from articles, opinions, statements or representations expressed or implied in this publication. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form Harold Eady presents certificates without permission in writing from the publisher, to firefighters. except by other Shriner publications. Requests for reproduction should be addressed to Sahib Shriners. Copyright © 2016. SHRINE HOSPITAL INFORMATION For information or assistance in contacting the Shriners Hospitals for Children or a Shrine Burns Institute call: National: (800) 237-5055 Florida: (888) 665-KIDS Sarasota: (941) 955-2494 The Reporter: is published monthly (except in July), a subscription is included in our member’s annual Sahib Shrine dues of $125, by the Sahib Email: [email protected] Shrine Temple, Inc., 600 N. Beneva Road, Sarasota, FL 34232. Third-class postage paid at Manasota, FL. Change is inevitable, Growth is optional! April 2016 SAHIB REPORTER Page 5 Potentate’s notes Hi and how are you again? Only yesterday I took an oath to be your Potentate for 2016 and already a third of the year has elapsed! The year has been busy, rewarding, frustrating and sometimes crazy. You cannot understand the job until you are in it and even then it is sometimes clear as an ink blot! Since our last article, Sahib has had the greatest Potentate’s Reception I can imagine! Your committee did a superb job in all areas of planning, decorations, food, organization, seating, etc. Sandy and I personally gave a special dessert course to our guests…a Circus…to inform all that we are a circus town and very proud of it. Our favorite circus lady, Leslie, brought her circus school to Sahib and wowed the audience! Her students were beautiful to see and great for our audience. They then proceeded to eat us out of ice cream and cookies. This reception as with all others, is a tribute to our Sahib family. Our New Shriner Pizza Party was not as successful as we had hoped. I was very disappointed, but we did have a fruitful discussion with the group who attended. We will try again later. I have been privileged to host several Grand Lodges and Shrine groups on your behalf. Our goal, as always, is to gain friends and hopefully a few new Sahib members. Our Imperial Sir and his staff were our guests and as usual we had a great turnout of nobles to greet and meet our Imperial leadership! Lady Sandy and her committee had a wonderful luncheon with our Imperial First Lady that was very well attended. Our “civility” emphasis seems to be paying off with no incidents that have been brought to my notice. I hope all will remember to count to 10, bite your tongue and remember what our folks taught us…be nice! It also makes my job much easier! We are trying to get some new interest in clubs and units, but we cannot do it without you. Be positive when you speak to your friends and be a recruiter for Sahib. A video lover’s unit, a skeet club, cigar smokers group, gun handling programs, firefighters club, etc. Do you have an idea? If so, write it up and give me a call. You may be seeing staff changes. These are brought about by changing needs in our temple. We hope you will help us as we move forward with our new staff. A friend and accountant, Barbara Hays, has retired and Cande Bustmante has been hired to fill that vacancy. Say hi to her when you see her. We have a need for fundraisers to keep us solvent. Your Divan works very hard every year to make ends meet and it is a very tough job. On occasion, we will go to the clubs and units to kick-in a share of a project and for the most part they have aided us. We thank those who helped for meeting their obligations to Sahib. We are considering major concerts, a gun show, gun raffles and a number of other programs. For years, Sahib has subsidized the Men’s Lunch Program to the tune of $2 (plus or minus) per meal. Roughly $200 a week or $800 a month or $10,000 per year depending on attendance. This has necessarily come to a halt to help keep us solvent. For your information, Egypt, Bahia, Mahi and Amara Shriners have been sold and they are looking for smaller buildings. Several other temples are seriously considering downsizing as their membership declines and funds dry up. Sahib has been able to maintain its temple adequately thus far, but as our membership declines, drastic decisions may have to be made. We need your help to avoid this situation! Lastly, our clean up is continuing. We may not get it all, but we will make a big dent in it. Regards to all, be safe. Yours in the Faith, Carroll G. Scribner Sahib Potentate 2016 We can’t grow, if they don’t know! Page 6 SAHIB REPORTER April 2016 SAHIB SHRINERS “SPRING SWING” presented by The Manatee Shrine Club LADIES NIGHT DINNER DANCE With Birthday and Anniversary Celebration Tuesday, April 12, 2016 • Social Hour – 6:00 p.m. • Dinner – 7:00 p.m. • Dancing – 6:30 to 9:30 p.m • Choice of Entree: Chicken Cordon Bleu OR Mahi Mahi Tickets: $19.50 per person, includes sales tax and gratuity Purchase Ticket Reservations in Advance a Must! Nobles – Jacket & Tie (Fez) Ladies – Commensurate attire Music by “Lynn’s Spins” No Ticket Sales after the Preceding Thursday Box Office: 366-4449, ext. 320 Proceeds are for the Benefit of Sahib Shriner’s Activities, Payments are not Deductible as Charitable Contributions. SAHIB SHRINE Official Call Contributions Made to Shriners Hospitals APRIL 2016 Total Year To Date STATED MEETING Shriners Hospital ........................ 738.00 $ 36,163.41 THURSDAY NOON Shriners Hospital - IMO .......... - 5,990.00 APRIL 7, 2016 Total .......................................... $ 738.00 $ 42,153.41 • 11:00 a.m. Fun and Fellowship • 11:30 Band entertains Contributions Made to Sahib Shrine • 12:00 Noon Lunch Donations to Sahib ....................... 650.00 $ 104,183.43 • 12:45 p.m. Meeting Opens Donations To Sahib – IMO ............ 25.00 11,070.10 • Balloting Total ............................................ 675.00 $ 115,253.53 • 2016 Dues card and Fez required • No short pants SAHIB SHRINE HOSPITAL Official Call February Transportation Report Ken Clark, Hospital Chairman MAY 2016 27 - Patient visits to Shriners Hospital for Children in Tampa 2 - Patient visit to other Shriners Hospitals for Children STATED MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT Participating Drivers & Assisting Nobles: MAY 11, 2016 Ben Blount Ed Cramer Jim Macdonald Ernie Sturges Mario Bojsiuk Fred Ellis Bob Martin Fritz Wise • 6:00 p.m. Fun and Fellowship Dana Callanan Joel Furman Jim Pinson Paul Zeissler • 6:30 Band entertains Ken Clark Jim Gate Dorwin Pulford • 7:30 p.m. Meeting Opens Ron Conner Dennis Judd Al Racette • Balloting Don Cowie Rocky Kearney Joe Smedley • 2016 Dues card and Fez required All nobles who are interested in taking part in the hospital transportation program • No short pants are urged to contact Hospital Chairman Ken Clark, at (941) 313-9905. Change is inevitable, Growth is optional! April 2016 SAHIB REPORTER Page 7 Recorder’s notes by Ed Firquin, [email protected] he spring is here and soon some of our friends and you must get involved in activities as a Shriner. Nobles, Tnobles will be north bound. The year will continue if there is an activity you wish to get started, we will at Sahib with activity to take part in.