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May 2018 Edition 3443 South Galena St., Denver, Colorado 80231

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Rich Silver

It’s hard to believe that Spring is here and with it

comes the beginning of Parade Season for El Jebel.

With the St. Patrick’s Day Parade behind us, we will

officially kick off the Summer 2018 Parade schedule

with the Commerce City Parade on Memorial Day,

May 28. We want to see a strong presence from our

Nobles and their ladies whether you are a part of a

parade unit or not. We plan on having Long John out

to many of the parades this year and encourage non-

parade units to get on board and have some fun. See

you on May 28!

One week later El Jebel will be at the Johnstown

Parade on June 2. The Dune Buggies have arranged

for an after-parade lunch at the Old Mine Cidery &

Brew Pub, 500 Briggs St., Erie, CO. As many of you

remember, the Old Mine hosted a fundraiser benefit-

ing Shriners Hospitals for Children last year. We

would like to see as many Shriners as possible stop

by and enjoy fellowship and a great lunch following

the parade.

June also means that we will be participating in

the Salida Fib-Ark Parade. El Jebel has rooms re-

served at the Gateway Inn & Suites where we will

share a hospitality room with the Nobles of Al Kaly.

Fib-Ark is a fun weekend and we are looking forward

to another great turnout from the El Jebel units.

Make your reservations at the Gateway with rooms

starting at $99.99. Look for the Fib-Ark flyer as we

will again participate with Al Kaly for dinner on Fri-

day, June 15.

We are making membership a principal goal for

2018 and May brings us two great opportunities to

introduce your Masonic Brothers and friends to El

Jebel. The first event will be on Saturday, May 5 for

the 2nd Annual Kentucky Derby Party. The Pre-Race

Party starts at 3:00 pm, race time at 4:34 pm and

a Post Dinner served at 5:00 pm. This membership

event will feature great food, Kentucky Derby in-

spired drinks, Derby pools, prizes to be given for the

best hat and lively fellowship. If you didn’t make a

reservation, you can still come out and join the fun,

the cost for walk-ins will be $10 at the door.

The second event is our May meeting, which

will be a step-up night as Lady Janet and I will be

taking off for Hawaii. Chief Rabban Bobby will be

hosting a Hawaiian Family Night Party. Plan on

coming out dressed in Hawaiian shirts, shorts, flip

flops and enjoy a great evening of fun and fellowship

on May 14, 2018.

The Western Colorado Shrine Club will be hold-

ing their 2018 Circus June 1 – 3 in Grand Junction,

Montrose and Delta. We have a group from the East-

ern Slope heading out to Grand Junction to partici-

pate in the Circus on June 1. If you are interested in

joining us to support our fellow Nobles on the West-

ern Slope, get in touch with me or Chief Rabban

Bobby and we will give you all the details.

Chief Rabban, Bobby

Marner presents a

50 year certificate to

Howard Motz from the

Western Colorado

Shrine Club

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Jay Bobick

Planning for our Future

And Having Fun Doing It!

Planning for our Future

And Having Fun Doing It!

Our Divan is dedicated to actively involving every El

Jebel Noble in planning the future for our Temple and

that future will be based on fun for all, Nobles and fami-

lies! The key in planning is to listen to the members for

their thoughts, ideas and suggestions. That's not an easy

task, as each one knows exactly how it should be. Yes, I

have the right way no matter who is speaking. But the

real right way is to unify all thoughts, ideas and sugges-

tions into one plan of action supported by every member.

How is this achieved? By being transparent throughout

the process. That is, to regularly share the planning pro-

cess with members as it progresses to insure there is

agreement that then creates support and leads to success.

How is this accomplished? Well, hopefully you are

watching it right now as your Divan brings the planning

process to you at meetings, unit and club gatherings, par-

ties and general conversations. This is a great reason for

you and all Nobles to stay active in some or all of the

many activities El Jebel has; meetings, units, clubs, pa-

rades, parties, special events. There is always a place for

you to share your talents and ideas to assure the success

of El Jebel.

Our most important activity now is membership. Our

membership has dropped below 1,100! How often we

have heard the question, "Who is responsible for mem-

bership?" We all know the answer, all Nobles equally.

Yet, to increase membership, we must have something

tangible, exciting and fun to offer that Mason who isn't

aware of what the Shrine really is all about. Our posi-

tive ... or negative ... attitude means everything. The Di-

van is reaching out to you in so many ways but it is a two

-way street, your input is required to guarantee success.

Be a part of the solution not the problem. Unity is the

key.

Our 9 April Stated Meeting addressed this required uni-

ty. It was a really fun event beginning with our tradition-

al dinner at 6:00 pm. The Potentate began the evening

with the presentation of the Flags by the Legion of Hon-

or. He then led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag

and the singing of the National Anthem led by the

Chanters, followed by the invocation and Chanters

"Amen." The Legion was then dismissed.

Our Chief Rabban created a fun time determining what

table would start the buffet line and who would follow.

Continued on page 10

By the time the last table went to the line, everyone was

laughing. A ham dinner with dessert, drinks and a special

birthday cake for our Potentate was a meal enjoyed by all.

Oh yes, the singing of Happy Birthday to our Potentate

took on a whole new meaning to the song. Congratula-

tions Illustrious Sir Rich and which birthday was it really?

The Potentate thanked all for attending and then re-

ceived two donations to the Temple: Harmony Lodge No.

61 presented a $5,000 check to our Transportation Fund

and the Sandblasters presented a $3,550 check to our

Transportation, Hospital and Operations Funds. After

which, Illustrious Sir Rich presented the following

awards: Jewel of Honor Collar to Noble David Paul, Jewel

of El Jebel to Noble Jeff McMillan and announced that the

Chief Rabban would be presenting, the next day at the

Western Colorado Shrine Club, the Jewel of El Jebel to

Noble Richard Moore.

After dinner, the Ladies moved to their separate meeting

that this writer was never quite able to glean the details. I

need to make sure it is a priority in the future to find out

what transpired in their meeting and write about it so that

we all can share in "those happenings behind closed

doors." Seriously, they do have very informative and fun

times at their meetings and every Noble's Lady should

consider joining them regularly.

The Potentate opened the April Stated Meeting in due

form at 7:20 pm. The Master of Ceremonies, Noble Gary

Loberg introduced the dignitaries present: Past Potentates

Illustrious Sirs Don Sichterman, Jack Patten, Dick Wil-

liams, Richard Karns, Larry Clark and Rich Silver. From

the York Rite: Right Eminent (Grand Royal Arch Chap-

ter), Right Illustrious (Grand Council of Cryptic Masons)

and Right Eminent (Grand Commandery) Treasurer Steve

Hubbard.

Items of interest to all Nobles and their families that

were discussed or addressed throughout the evening are:

a. The Tanzers have disbanded

b. All Shriners International fees are paid, our property

tax is paid, and all IRS requirements have been met.

c. Sportsmen’s Raffle:

(1.) The Board of Directors has decided to allo-

cate the proceeds from all Sportsmen’s Raffle ticket sales

over $250,000 to the Shriners Hospitals for Children.

(2.) Noble Jim Kato, Unit and Vendor

Tables Chairman, presented and discussed Unit

and Vendor Table details with instructional flyers

distributed. Said flyers were made a part of the

minutes and are available in the office.

d. The Sportsmen’s Raffle will include an Expo

this year, inviting vendors to have tables to sell their

wares. This would be a natural tie for Sports related busi-

nesses to join the event creating a “win, win” environment

for all.

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2018 Parade Schedule

Callout Parades

March 17 St. Patrick’s Day Parade

May 28 Commerce City Memorial Parade

July 28 Douglas County Parade

August 11 Wheat Ridge Parade

September 8 Arvada Parade

September 15 Broomfield Parade / Cookout

November 10 Veteran’s Day Parade

Official Parades

June 2 Johnstown Parade

June 16 Salida Fibark Parade

July 4 Brush Parade

November 30 Louisville Parade of Lights

EL JEBEL SHRINE

Phone (303) 455-3470 Fax: (303) 458-8849

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THE RED FEZ

Desktop Edition 2018-05

Rich Silver

Illustrious Potentate

ELECTED DIVAN

Bobby Marner Chief Rabban

Joe Kent Assistant Rabban

Ron Williamson High Priest & Prophet

Ken Jones Oriental Guide

Bill Schwartz Treasurer

Jay Bobick Recorder

APPOINTED DIVAN

Rob Cheney 1st Ceremonial Master

Gary Loberg 2nd Ceremonial Master

Carson Ribble Marshal

P erry Mittler Captain of the Guard

Bill Brassette Outer Guard-West

Bob Elsloo Outer Guard—East

Ron Dunsmore Director

Jim Oliver Chaplain

LIVING PAST POTENTATES

Lee E. Schlessman (1970)

Robert G. Van Male (1988)

Thomas D. Palmer (1989)

Jack D. Patten (1990)

Steve Tucker (1991)

Richard E. Williams (1993)

Amer Plaisted (1994)

Dr. David Powell (1997)

Jim Lear (1998)

Michael G. Severe (1999)

Jim Fitzpatrick (2000)

Ron Cosens (2003)

Richard Karns (2004, 2005)

Clint Dexter (2006)

Tony Dattilo (2007)

Fred Taylor (2008)

Jim Stewart (2009)

Ed Rendon (2010)

Dennis Proctor (2011)

Jim Long (2012)

Matthew Raia (2013)

Phil Hause (2014)

Michael Trevathan (2015)

Larry Clark (2016)

PUBLICATION STAFF

Susan Boles, Editor

Jim & Judy Taylor , Photographer

Tony Dattilo, P.P. Feature Writer

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Chief Rabban, Bobby Marner presents the Gold Ribbon to

Steve Thomas, Past President of the Western Colorado

Shrine Club

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Membership Report

Total Membership (with Associates)

as of 4/30/2018

1090

1-Restored

3- Expired

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Calendar of Events

May

5 Kentucky Derby Party

10-12 Consistory Spring Reunion

14 Hawaiian Family Night

28 Commerce City Memorial Day Parade

June

2 Johnstown Parade—Lunch at Old Mine

3 Nile White Rose

15 Eastern Star Golf

15 Job’s Daughters Grand Session

15-16 Salida—FibArk

23 Day at the Races

30 Spring Ceremonial

DONATIONS

Shriners Hospitals for Children

From In Memory of

Welle, Dick Donation

Covarrubias, Phil & Gloria Davis, Kent

Covarrubias, Phil & Gloria Babish, Paul

Anderson, Nan Donation

Transportation Fund

Ballard, Kitsie Blessman, Lyle

Akridge, Claude

Asay, Stuart

Behrens, Ken

Bergquist, John R.

Bergquist, Johnny

Bethune, Harold

Bonham, Milt

Bradley, Curtis

Burns, Kent

Clark, P.P., Larry

Cram, Jim

Dattillo, P.P., Tony

Davis, Jerry

Dawkins, Jim

Ditmore, Jim

Greene, Bill

Harris, John

Hessel, Mike

Human, Gerald

Huskins, Mark

Jewell, Gary

Johnson, Tom

Jones, Ken

Kmett, Jeremy

Kohlwey, David

Marcus, Michael

Marner, Bobby

McConnell, Dean

McCune, Dan

McIntosh, Alex

Mittler, Perry

Oliver, Jim

Schillereff, Herb

Short, Mark

Silver, Rich

Simmons, Allen

Wall, Richard

Weiser, Don

Weiszbrod, Gary

Weymouth, Chris

Wittner, Sam

Wright, Sid

Wright, Walter

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WESTERN CO SHRINE CLUB

Clowns by Steve Thomas:

We had our April meeting right after the WCSC Board

Meeting April 10th and much was talked about for get-

ting the little cars ready for parades.

Fred Carson has volunteered to work on some of the cars

and have them ready for any member or new clown who

may want them. We hope to get an inventory of what we

have with pix of the same for anyone who may be inter-

ested. Noble Roger Phillips said he ran into a fellow who

wants to be a Shrine Clown. He told him first he must be

a Mason and gave him a petition to Masonry. Says he can

juggle and that's one step ahead of me. Hope he can do

the work and join us. Anyone who can drop the mask of

trying to be the he-man and learn how to paint their face

will find no better pleasure in life.

We are working on plans for the circus coming up June

1st and 2nd.

Michael Briscoe has retired and is able to attend our

meeting now and do a lot more parade and clown stuff.

(As soon as he pays his $1000 yearly dues). He can turn

that in to me and I will take care of it.

Tri-County by Steve Thomas:

Had our meeting at Creekside Cafe in Metro Cedaredge

Colorado March 24th and guess what? I turned the raffle

duties over to our President Gary Weiszbrod. Yours truly

won the 50/50 cash door prize (I might be onto some-

thing here) and I am going to use it to help build the Ne-

vada California wall to keep all the Nevadians from bust-

ing into the beautiful free state of California. Noble Jack

Seever won the door prize, which was a wonderful travel

mug set and maybe I can borrow them on my trip to Ne-

vada.

Our next meeting is at Daveto's in beautiful downtown

Delta (that's Colorado not Utah) April 28th at 1pm. Any-

one who wants to join us is welcome, just bring your

wife or girlfriend (but not both) wear your Fez and join

the fun.

This is a non stated communication and anyone is wel-

come as long as they behave.

May peace and harmony prevail.

DUNE BUGGY PATROL

By: Don Weiser

April has left us with mixed weather, one day sunny and

warm, the next cold and raining or snowing.

Hopefully you are all doing well and ready to get started

with parade season.

Our April meeting was held on April 11, with 6 mem-

bers and 2 ladybugs in attendance. Attendance is continu-

ing to be low as many of our members are having conflicts

with their expanded responsibilities. Please do your best to

attend the meetings as we need your input and support for

the Dune Buggy Patrol to continue to be the most active

unit in El Jebel Shrine.

As we approach parade season, let's all get our buggy's

out, checked out, and shined up. Our next parade is Com-

merce City, Memorial Day, May 28th. Last year we had 8

buggy's on the road, so let's see if we can match that num-

ber. Following that closely, will be Johnstown on June 2.

UPCOMING EVENTS May 5th. Kentucky Derby Party Pre-race 3:00, Race 4:34,

Post race dinner 5:00. Dinner is complimentary with RSVP to

cssa2015@aol.com or 303-694-4052 by May 1st.

May 9th Dune Buggy Meeting. Garrison St Grill, 608 Garrison

St. Social 6:00. Dinner 6:30. Meeting 7:00

May 14th Open Shrine Meeting with step up night. Dinner 6:00.

RSVP to office by May 11th.

May 28th Commerce City Parade. THIS IS A CALL OUT PA-

RADE!! Parade details to be forthcoming.

June 2nd Johnstown Parade. Parade details to be forthcoming.

Lunch following the parade at the Old Mine cidery and brew-

pub, 500 Briggs St, Erie.

June 9th Day at the Races. Arapaho Raceway. More information

coming.

Happy Birthday

May 9th, Andrea Johnson, May 22nd, Bob Elsloo

Legion of Honor

by Don Phelps

Our Commander Ed Richards is in the hospital with

heart problems and we decided to not hold any more

meetings until September. We will be at all the parades

and welcome anyone that can help us with carrying the

flags. If you can help, please let me know, Don Phelps

303-471-2481 or donphelps9652@gmail.com.

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OPTARS

By J & J Taylor

The Optars members met again at the Village Inn for

dinner before the meeting. We enjoy talking on a casual

basis with others who have a mutual interest in photog-

raphy. And Village Inn has something for everyone---

even gluten free!

President Ron Dunsmore opened the meeting with nine

members in attendance. Dick Markell was volunteered

this time to take the notes---we have a “Meeting Notes”

outline with 13 items to fill in, to make it easier for mak-

ing a record of the meeting.

It was reported that Kathy Hamm just got out of the hos-

pital, leaving her gall bladder behind. Hope you’re doing

well, Kathy!

The program for this night was the “Dog Show” with six

of our members’ pictures from the meeting before. They

were fun to look at and some people even learned how to

shoot black-on-black! Next meeting we will have a hu-

man model that hopefully won’t wiggle like “Maggie”.

Every year, Optars has an “Optarama”,

which involves a special “shoot” one month and a

showing of those pictures the next month. Our

President has set a date of June 3rd at the Denver

Zoo, meeting at the Giraffe House at 9:00 a.m. Welcome

to anyone who wants to join us; we aren’t really very crit-

ical or technical, and once in a while we learn something!

Bring a camera of any sort and prepare to have some fun.

Optars will have a table and raffle item during the Au-

gust Sportsmen’s Raffle. Ed Hamm showed a more de-

tailed price comparison of a camera and a drone. After

much discussion, the members voted to have a yellow

drone as our item! We all got excited about selling tickets

to our children, and then our grandkids could teach us old-

er folks how to fly!

Our Divan Rep, Ron Williamson, gave a report which,

of course, included the August 25th Sportsmen’s Raffle.

Other dates were given---read this Red Fez for all the de-

tails.

The next meeting for Optars will be on May 1st at the

Kennedy Golf Course Restaurant (straight across the in-

tersection of Hampden and Havana) at 5:00. Zoom in,

and enjoy!

Chief Rabban, Bobby Marner with WCSC President, Linn

Armstrong and 50 year recipient Howard Motz

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NORTHEAST Colorado

Shrine Club by Jerry Wardrip, Secretary

Here we go again with this early morning gathering.

One advantage to this early morning stuff, we are usually

treated to a gorgeous sun rise and this morning is no dif-

ferent. A few clouds have gathered off to the east and as

the sun comes up they are getting a great highlight.

Our president Noble Gerald Thorndyke called the meet-

ing to order and Noble Cecil Souders offered the prayer.

The minutes of our last gathering were reviewed and ap-

proved as printed. Noble Earl Craddock gave the treas-

ures report, which was accepted as reported. Noble Jerry

Wardrip brought up the fact that we are working on get-

ting our permits for this year’s fireworks sales and he has

already applied for our new sales tax license.

We still have things going on in the York Rite and de-

gree work in Blue lodge. We have the pasture degrees

coming the first week of June at Akron, where Sterling

will be doing the cooking. The High Plains Rendezvous

will follow the Akron Pasture degrees and will be here in

Sterling and right during our fireworks sale. Oasis Lodge

in Ft. Morgan will be doing a 3rd degree on May 7th and

the Pike Peak Priory #21 will have their spring conclave

April 21 in Longmont.

Everyone seems to be getting over the nasty cold and flu

that has been going around, Thank goodness, that stuff

was bad.

As the sun was now up above the horizon and the day

was looking brighter and we seem to have covered all our

necessary business it was now time to move on to the rest

of our day. The President Gerald Thorndyke closed the

meeting at about 7:00 AM with peace and harmony pre-

vailing.

You know that you all have a standing invitation to

come out and meet with us the second Monday of each

month here at the Overland Trail Café at the Atwood in-

terchange at 6:00 A.M. That is the Sinclair Station at Exit

115 off I-76. Good food and Great Fellowship.

2018 Officers of Northeast Colorado Shrine Club Front: Robert Elsloo, Cecil Souders, and Chuck

Hicks Back: Jerry Wardrip, Jerry Thorndyke, and Earl

Craddock

Jeffco Shrine Club

By Jim Cram

During our April 11th luncheon we were pleased to

accept Bobby Robinson’s application for membership in

the JeffCo Shrine Club. Bobby is an active Shriner and

is presently serving as President of the Classics Inter-

body. Welcome Bobby!

Herb announced that the invitations for the Annual

Picnic on June 20th have been mailed out. We trust that

as many as possible will respond.

Gary Jewel reported on an interesting out-of-state

phone call from Glenn and Nadine Yoritomo requesting

information on the phone number and address for

Smoky and Minnie Yoritomo. Apparently they had lost

contact when the Yoritomo’s moved to the care center.

Gary was successful in giving them the correct infor-

mation. Thanks very much Gary, for a Good Deed.

A Get Well Wish to Diana Kennedy, Glenn Moore’s

daughter-in-law, who escaped serious injury from a col-

lision. Diana was stopped with a fender bender with

another car when a truck smashed into them and demol-

ished both cars. Diana was taken to the hospital for

evaluation and released. She expects to return to work

by April 18.

Birthday - Glenn Moore

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Join the Dune Buggy Patrol for lunch at THE OLD MINE

Saturday, June 2, 2018 – Following the Johnstown Parade

Great food and fellowship in the backyard

Stop for lunch on the way back into Denver

PLEASE RSVP TO THE SHRINE OFFICE

303-455-3470

so The Old Mine will have enough staff for lunch

What a great way to promote the Shrine

in the little town of Erie with all the Shrine vehicles!

The Old Mine Cidery & Brewpub

500 Briggs St. Erie, CO

Take I-25 towards Denver, Exit 232 towards Erie, West on County Road 8 which turns into Erie Pkwy. Take right onto S. Briggs St. and go north about ½ mile. The Old Mine will be on

the left side of the street

Any questions please call Ron Dunsmore

303-519-3321

Sandblasters

of El Jebel

By Claude Akridge

T he last Sandblaster meeting was held on March 21st at

11:30AM at the Golden Corral Restaurant located at West

Hampden Ave. @ South Santa Fe Drive.

President Randy opened the meeting with the pledge of

allegiance and PP Jack Patten led us with the prayer.

Randy and Carl reported on the recent golf trip to the Ari-

zona Golf Club in Mesa AZ. They reported the weather

was just about perfect and a good time was had by all

playing golf and also the weekend entertainment was en-

joyable. Some time was spent on plans for next years golf

outing. Several ideas were presented and there will be

more discussions at future meetings.

In the past, the Sandblasters have had a Mergonhocker

Golf Tournament in which we always raised funds for

either the hospital or transportation fund. Since there was

not a Mergonhocker last year, the members donated

$3300.00 which was divided to the funds. At the April

9th regular Shrine meeting President Randy along with 5

other Sandblasters (including III Sir Rich Silver who is

also a member) were recognized for the donation.

Secretary Dan has the green saver golf discount books for

sale on a first come basis. All the golf courses that the

Sandblasters will play this season honor the green saver

book, so buy your books and save. The golf saver discount

books can be used at other courses that you might want to

play.

Jim Teagarden has the 2018 golf schedule out and you

can go to the Sandblaster website and print the schedule.

The first two golf outings are May 10th @ Racoon Creek

and May 24th @ Broadlands. You can sign-up now on the

website or call Jim. Spring is here so let's start swinging

and go out and have some FUN, and remember guests are

always welcome to come visit us for lunch and also for

golf.

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Computer Club

Photos

Noble Bill Schwartz will work the details but he

needs everyone’s active support. Ask Bill what you may

do to help.

e, Festival of Trees: The Festival will be held again

this year and Nobles not only need to sponsor but need to solicit

businesses, organizations and other non-Masonic entities to

sponsor trees as “A Fundraiser for Shriners Hospitals for Chil-

dren.”

f. Noble Perry Mittler is in charge of our fundraising

Ticket Sales: Sportsmen’s Raffle Tickets, 50/50 Tickets and the

SI Henry Rifle Raffle. Tickets are available and every Noble

should be selling tickets. Contact Perry if you have questions.

Perry also confirmed that the “52 Card Draw” that was at the

2017 Raffle will again be at there this year.

Chief Rabban Bobby Marner has scheduled the May

meeting to be a Hawaiian Shirt Night designed expressly to have

fun. He further stated that “you” are the key to success, mean-

ing every Noble. Details will be forthcoming but plan to be

there as fun is guaranteed.

Events of all kinds are scheduled or are in the plan-

ning to make the 2018-year one of continuous exciting and fun

activities. Don't miss the following near-term events:

a. 2nd Annual Kentucky Derby Party, 5 May

b. Commerce City Parade; 28 May

c. Ceremonial: 30 June

d. Sportsmen’s and 50/50 Raffles: 24-26 August with

52 Card Draw (Card deck sold (52), one drawn for

prize) at Raffle

e. Craft Fair: 26-28 October

f. Festival of Trees

The Potentate has tasked himself to update all mem-

bers and other interested parties on the workings of the

Temple. With that in mind, he has shared the follow-

ing:

a. The new El Jebel Shrine Development Plan is a

“roadmap” to our future. It will be used to create a 5-

year + Business Plan. It will be the foundation for our

future endeavors.

b. The Employee Handbook is in use and contains specific job

descriptions for our staff.

c. All reports to Shriners International and the IRS are com-

plete and have been delivered.

d. Received a $10,000 Lloyd King (King Soopers) donation.

e. Remember Units and Clubs must have written reports for all

meetings.

f. The Display Case for the Lobby is progressing.

g. Do not forget to support the Festival of Trees.

h. Past Potentates’ Photo Gallery will be placed in the Temple

Hallway and work is progressing. The Temple Hallway is the

hall after entering the Room 250 doors.

El Jebel is your Temple. Use it and share it with others. Be an

active Noble with your family. There is so much to do and you

need to be an active part of the doing.. Be a Shriner and have

fun in our Shrine activities. Hope to see you at our next event

and all those to follow.

(Recorders Message cont.)

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Daraja

By

Carson

Ribble

Motorcycle number 6 checking in. Parade season is about to be in full swing. We will be having our next meeting on Saturday May 19th at 8:00 am at the Butcher Block Ca-fé in Commerce City. Following the meeting we will work on our bad ass bikes and have a parade practice. It's been hot & dusty at the Ponderosa. The calves are weaned and the cattle are happy. When your babies grow up to be cowboys and make them be doctors & lawyers, and ac-countants also.

Our plan is to do a lot more parades this year. For start-ers we want to parade in Commerce City, Longmont, Brush, and Salida. We are looking for new riders and new members. Come join us and learn how to ride a bike thru a bar in Golden, Colorado.

Clowns

By Swede “Cuddles” Nelson

Let's Go Shopping for Supplies

I have been discussing a lot of the general activities of the

"clown world" out there. Now, I'll discuss details.

The first area of details can be makeup. For the most

part, there are two types of makeup. One is the old, de-

pendable "grease paint" that so many of us have heard

about over years and years of novelty makeup. Well, guess

what? It ain't changed much, folks! Maybe a couple of

technological changes in the material are present, but it's

still good, old grease paint.

It's applied on small or large areas, and additions can be

made, of course, such as black liner or other colors. After

it is applied, a sock with baby powder is used to lightly

"smack" the area with the makeup. (No, I'm not making

this up! Ha!) The baby powder dries the surface of the

makeup; in turn, the makeup is harder (much less likely to

smear), and it lasts much longer as, say, a parade goes on.

Of course, it comes off best like it has for years - - cold

cream. It takes a half hour, maybe longer.

The other type of makeup common today is "water acti-

vated." A tiny amount of water is placed on the makeup in

a container, then fingers and brushes become applicators.

It goes on very quickly; however, it does NOT last as long

and as nicely as the grease paint. Drying cracks are in the

makeup before too long. A nice feature about it, however,

is that Handiwipes can remove the makeup. Baby sham-

poo on a damp rag also works. In five minutes, it's all

gone.

There is a very quick peek at details about makeup.

"Cuddles"

Swede Nelson

President; El Jebel Clown Unit

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Clowns

Swede “Cuddles” Nelson

Dune Buggy Patrol

Judy Weymouth

Cathie Weiser

Steve Tucker, P.P.

Robin Terry

Mike Palmer

Connie Strand

Jeffco Shrine Club

Glenn Moore

Provost Guard

Andrea Johnson

RV Roamers

Annette Rice

JoAnn Murphy Barnes

Janie Harris

Judy Taylor

Jim Roepke

Radops

Barbara Aleksick

Mac McElravy

Mary Peabody

Rodger Peabody

Scott Thompson

MAY

VIP’s

By Wayne Covert

Easter Sunrise Service at the Consistory

Here we are at the end of April and we have a lot going

on. We had a good turnout of our social at the Olive Gar-

den everyone seemed to enjoy themselves . For those of

you who don’t know Phil’s wife Gloria was in the Hospi-

tal again and is recovering at home. Also our treasurer

DAVE COOLEY was in the hospital . They placed a stint

in his carotid artery, and is in rehab you can reach him on

his cell phone. If you don’t have his cell phone number he

doesn’t want to talk to you. Smiles. Contact me and I’ll

give it to you. Since we are on the subject of health and

welfare of our members , for those of you who haven’t

heard my wife Vivian fell and broke her wrist in two plac-

es she will be having surgery within the next few days to

repair it.

We have A lot of events on the Horizon please read the

Fez and keep in touch with your unit. Attend your unit

meetings, and attend our stated meeting . Remember it

was your choice to join so support YOUR Shrine. Re-

member we’re all Mason’s first. So keep it on the Square

and on the level.

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There was a friend whose heart was good

He walked with men and understood

His was a voice that spoke with cheer, And felt like music on the ear

His was a smile men loved to see; His was a hand that asked no fee for friendli-ness or kindness done. And now that he

has journeyed on, His is a fame that never ends, He leaves behind uncounted friends

Passed thru the Unseen Portals

In Memoriam

“Our beloved Brethren live on in a new and

more glorious life and service. We carry their

influence in our lives and their memories in

our hearts. They are not forgotten

Alan L. Langfeldt

Marvin H. Lewis

Guy Phillips

Didja know?

by ejgw

Everyone has a hero he looks up to. Mine is a 53-year Mason

who is also a 51-year Shriner. He was born and reared in Mich-

igan. He went to high school there and started his life-long

habit of being the best – he was the first sophomore to letter in

any sport; in his case it was swimming. Raised on a farm, he

was used to hard work, so when he graduated from high school,

it was fairly logical he would enter the service. After all, it was

just after WWII and the world was safe – or so everyone

thought. He did more in reality in his first tour in the Army

than most would do in a lifetime of imagined exploits. And

most of these he can’t even tell you about because of that old

saying “If I told ya, then I’d have to kill ya.” He served twelve

years in Army Intelligence as well as training to be a Ranger in

Scotland (all the Ranger units had been wiped out in WWII and

the only available facility was an old British SAS camp there),

and (because – surprise, surprise, he had experience dropping

supplies) he flew twenty-five missions during the Berlin Air

Lift for the Army Air Corps. When he got tired of all that, he

joined the newly-formed Air Force and was in on some of the

first rockets launched from Cape Canaveral. (It ages some of us

when we refer and prefer “Cape Canaveral” instead of “Cape

Kennedy.”) A few successful (more or less) launches later and

it was back into the Army for a little action in Korea. Here he

was one of those who were treated to that little picnic on the

frozen tundra, not of Green Bay, but of Chosin Reservoir. Like

most of those who were there (or at the Bulge), even now he

can never get warm. He was also at another fun place made

famous by a movie – Pork Chop Hill. After seeing some of

these more “touristy” parts of Korea, he was discharged. And

got conned into signing up as a Leather Neck during which stint

he was the recruits’ worst nightmare (but in retrospect, their

best friend) – the dreaded DI, or Drill Instructor. When he

mustered out in 1959, his old Army commanding officer con-

tacted him and told him about another fun-in-the-sun place

where they could definitely use his experience, Viet Nam. He

and his group where quartered in a Marine fire base in Laos.

Here he spent three tours leading one of the first Special Forces

teams for military intelligence – read CIA.

Of all the military types I have been around these many years,

he is only the second man I have ever met (and the only one I

know still above ground) who has TWO – count ‘em, two –

stars on his CIB. For those not in the know, the Combat Infan-

tryman Badge is that long-rifle on a blue field surrounded by a

wreath seen above service ribbons on only those who have been

in combat. If you have been in two conflicts/wars, your CIB

has a star between the leaves at the top. If you have been in

three conflicts/wars, your CIB has two stars on top. But our

hero also has a few rows of ribbons below that prestigious

award, including one Silver Star, not one but two – you can

count these as well – Bronze Stars, some meritorious service

awards, unit commendations, and throw in a handful of various

and sundry other ribbons and this man has quite a colorful array

on his chest – twenty-seven in all. Yep, I said 27!

Continued on pg. 17

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ROAMERS

By J & J Taylor

Here is a picture of where we’re going at the end of

April for our “meeting“. We have 48 people going to the

Candlelight Dinner Playhouse in Johnstown---mostly

Shriners, and about half are Roamers. Last year there

were only 24; this seems to be a popular event! In the

next Red Fez we’ll have pictures of some of the people

who went.

On May 18th through the 20th we’ll have our first outing

of the season, to Chatfield Reservoir, if it’s still there.

They’re raising the water level and taking out the

campground, hopefully AFTER our outing. If you still

want to join us, but don’t have (and can’t get) reserva-

tions, come visit us on Saturday for the day; meeting is at

10:00, and pot luck around 5:00. So trek on down---

entrance for ALL Chatfield visitors is on the Titan Road

entrance. See you there!

Englewood Shrine Club

by Don Phelps

The Englewood Shrine Club joined with the R V

Romers in attending the Man of La Macha at the Candle-

light Theater in Johnstown on April 29th. There were

seventeen Club members in attendance. It was a great

time by all.

There are just a few social clubs that get together to just

enjoy a good time. In my mind, we are the best. The

dues are just $20 a year. We meet once a month, normal-

ly on the second Saturday. We don't go dark in the sum-

mer. You won't feel like a stranger. If you are interested

give me a call or email for more information Don Phelps

303-471-2481 or donphelps9652@gmail.com.

Pipe Band

By Kent Burns

Sometimes these little missives get a little long, depend-

ing on what the Band did or will be doing. This month

will kinda make up for some of that. With that preface,

the ladies at the previously-mentioned Ladies’ Luncheon

seemed to live through our presence at their luncheon. No

one suffered permanent hearing damage, and judging

from their applause, the Band was either well received or

they were glad we were done. In either case, it was a

pleasure to render a little honor to the lady who holds the

entire Shrine together – Susie. And she was most appre-

ciative, which is good for our collective ego.

Other than that, the month of April will undoubtedly go

down in our history as the Month of the Least Involve-

ment. Two of our members were in Scotland attending

the annual Grand Chapter of OES – one (Alex) as the

Grand Representative of the Grand Chapter of Colorado

to Scotland and the other and his lady (Tom and Lilly) as

past Grand Reps and friends of the more-or-less perma-

nent representative of Scotland to Colorado, Edna

Grounsel. Two others were involved in work and a fifth

piper has his Blue Lodge meeting on the second Thursday

of the month. So with only two being available, we de-

cided to take a week off. So the results are only three

meetings/rehearsals for the month. And no performances.

Gotta be the slowest month in our history.

It should be noted that our good friend and brother Dean

McConnell has been battling health issues for the better

part of two months now. Things seemed to be on the up-

hill swing when his body decided to treat him with a mi-

nor stroke. So we are monitoring his health and keeping

the proverbial light on in the window. And we ask for all

y’all to do the same, please.

For any who are interested in joining in on all this fun,

we are at the Shrine every Thursday evening at 1900.

Come on out and join us.

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Its time to start to picture yourself in "BRANSON" during Au-

gust 22-25, 2018.

Mirza Shrine is looking forward to hosting CSSA2018 in Bran-

son, Missouri.

Have been finalizing what is shaping up to be a fun and ex-

citing CSSA convention working with hotels and convention

center.

Current information will be posted on the web site -

CSSA2018.com. Committee and chairman is listed should you

have any questions.

A tentative schedule of events and locations is provided as

well as a list of premier motels and their contact information.

Contact the Director General with your motel choice as soon as

you make reservations. Motel and hospitality arrangements

must be made by your housing chairman. (see ad below)

Ladies Extravaganza, Golf Tournament, Pub crawl registration

must be submitted with registration. All participating Shriners

and their ladies must be registered.

Ballyhoo, Pub crawl and parade will take place at the Landing

of Branson. Parade Marshal must attend the Parade Marshal

meeting.

Contact Shrine center for additional questions.

For complete information and forms for

registration, events etc. go to: www.cssa2018.com

You MUST register through your home Temple

CSSA 2018 August 22 – 25, 2018

Housing Information for El Jebel

Branson Towers

236 Shepard of the Hills Expy

Branson, MO 65616 - 417-336-4500

Ask for Group Department – Savannah Slater or Misty

Double Queens $60.00 per night plus tax & fees

Rooms have a microwave and refrigerator.

Complimentary breakfast each morning

Drovers

By Carson Ribble

Thought of the month:

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of ar-

riving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but ra-

ther to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn

out, and loudly proclaiming -- "WOW, what a ride!!!"

Drovers activities: We have a new wagon! It’s a sweet

ride and we are looking for new members. Our next

meeting is at Lulu’s in Watkins, CO on Wednesday, May

2nd at 6:30 pm. Come join us for a rip-roaring good time.

SAVE THE DATE!

A DAY AT THE RACES WITH

EL JEBEL SHRINERS

ARAPAHOE PARK

Saturday

June 23rd

Quincy Avenue East of E-470

1:00-5:00 Live horse racing

$10.00

Come out and enjoy a day in the

air-conditioned Club

Any questions contact:

Don Myers

d1k1m@q.com

303-942-0805

MORE INFORMATION TO COME

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T-Nobles

by Bobby Juchem

El Jebel Provost Guard

By PPM Ed Richards

Well since I have to have an article in by the 15th of the

month and our meeting isn’t until the 18th, I guess I need

to find something to write about. I understand from a reli-

able source that both the tickets for the Sportsman Raffle

is going well and the tickets for our table are going very

good too! We need to have three Provost Guard at the

raffle and we have a signup sheet for that. Also we have a

signup sheet for Colorado Collectors so the same person

doesn’t have to do it every month. PPM Greg Melton has

been doing that chore, so he would like some relief. I told

Greg that I would help by taking the minutes at the meet-

ing along with my Red Fez duties. The only problem that

I see is that the Sportsman’s Raffle pretty much coincides

with CSSA. So if you aren’t going to CSSA, we can use

you at the raffle. I’m going to try and make it myself if at

all possible. I have been getting rides to the functions that

I want to go to, not being able to walk without using a

walker is really a hassle. My physical therapist thinks that

I should be able to walk in three to six months……

Whoopee, I hope that he’s right. Anyway I really can’t

think of anything else at the present time, so Enjoy and

God Bless.

Caring Ladies

By Jeanne Thompson

Caring Ladies of El Jebel met on April 11 for their monthly

gathering. The group was small but the conversation was lively

and the food was good.

One of the highlights of our meeting is the journey of Miss

Kitty around the table, collecting donations for the Hospital

Travel Fund. It is our joy to support El Jebel in this worthy

cause. Our latest donation was in honor of our long-time for-

mer president, Darlene Tietz. Her husband Warren was a

Shriner for many years.

We meet on the second Wednesday of each month, 11:30

AM, for lunch and camaraderie at the Chalet Restaurant, 7340

W. 38th Ave. Wheat Ridge. This is a family-style restaurant

with an excellent breakfast, lunch and specials menu at friend-

ly prices and great service. All widows of Shriners and Free-

masons are cordially invited and warmly encouraged to join

us. While we come together because of a common sorrow, that

sorrow is not evident at our meetings which are filled with joy

and laughter. If you can join us, please call Kay Bell (303-430-

9001) so we will have a chair at the table for you. If you need a

ride, let Kay or our president, Carolyne Irwin (303-986-3237)

know and they will find someone who lives near you who

would be happy to give you a lift. Please come - I promise that

if you give us a try, you will find you enjoy our companionship.

Greetings Nobles and Ladies, Spring is here, although

you would not know it, due to the lack of April showers.

Spring is a time for starting anew as the Shrine and a Unit.

This season the T-Nobles are taking stock in what matters

most, our Ladies. On March 31, 2018, the El Jebel Shrine

honored those that make it all possible. As Freemasons,

we find ourselves standing before many altars. Whether it

is the Blue Lodge, the Consistory or the Commandery; we

continually take oaths of pure motives and manly honor.

But there is not a single man in that room that could not

attest this fact, that the reason we were worthy of those

rights and benefits is because we were first at the altar

with our Ladies. Each of you makes us better men and

continually inspires us to be our best selves. In the decade

I have been a Freemason, I have watched you sit patiently

as we honor one another for some great feat we accom-

plished, some enlightenment we received and some ser-

vice that we displayed. But truth be known you were as

much a part of those honors as we were. By the grace of

the Supreme Architect of the Universe we are given intel-

ligence, morality, compassion and judgment; but our first

display of the gift of judgment was having each of you in

our lives. Sir Isaac Newton once wrote, “If I were to see

further it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants,”

ladies you are those giants.

Thank you for continually seeing the best in us. Thank

you for your support in our mission and we truly hope that

your day displayed a small token of our esteem and appre-

ciation. The T-Nobles presented a basket for the event ‘A

Night Home Alone’. It consisted of the first season of the

series The Crown, three pounds of coffee and box of Irish

Breakfast Tea, bags of popcorn and a fifth of Jameson’s

Irish whiskey. All and all not a bad way to spend an even-

ing, and it was won in a roaring applause from the crowd.

To assist with this event were President Chris Weymouth,

Vice President Don Meyers, and myself and as you can

see from the pictures we had a wonderful time.

Finally, the Sportsmen's Raffle is right around the cor-

ner, so please sell your tickets. This year the T-Nobles are

raffling off “One fine pig!” No I am not talking about

Charlotte, I am talking about approximately 240 lbs of wet

weight pig, butchered to your specifications and smoked

to your desire. It is important to note both the pig and

processing are included. So if you want a piece of the

action, it’s $5.00 a ticket or 5 tickets for $20.00, get with a

T-Noble or reach out to me (my info is in the directory).

Until next time, we are family and thank you for invest-

ing in our Craft, but more importantly making the future

bright for so many of us and the children we serve.

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El Mejdel Temple No. 47

Daughters of the Nile

PQ Carole Bolduc

Our April Session under our new Queen Kendy went

very well. A light snack was served by the El Mejdel

Chimes to start off the day. We had two new proposals

for membership presented, and hopefully, that will mean

two new members coming in shortly. Membership and

retention are our prime goals this year, and our Member-

ship Coffee on April 21st at El Jebel Shrine was a great

success. We had a good crowd, and hopefully a few new

members for our organization will be forthcoming. Also,

on that day we had our first planning session for the up-

coming 90th Birthday Celebration of El Mejdel Temple

No. 47, Denver, CO.

On April 19-20th, we traveled to Zora Club in Grand

Junction where our Queen Kendy presided over the Zora

Club Installation of new Officers. It was a good trip and

a good time with good people.

May 7th will be our next Stated Session with the El

Mejdel Singers furnishing the snack. Hopefully, the ele-

vator will be in running order for our May Session mak-

ing it much easier for more ladies to attend.

Please don’t forget our trip to Black Hawk on Thurs-

day, May 10th. The bus leaves the north parking lot of

Highlands Masonic Temple at 10:00 a.m. Lots of fun,

particularly if you’re a winner; but a good time just the

same. Keep in mind, our White Rose Celebration

Honoring Queen Kendy will be on Sunday, June 3rd.

Please get your reservations in as soon as possible.

A note regarding the El Mejdel day at the “Old

Ball Game”…please make your checks payable to El

Mejdel Temple No. 47 and mail to PQ Jo Ann Van

Trump, 3360 Marshall Street, Wheat Ridge, CO

80033. The date is July 15th, ticket price is $16.00/each,

deadline date for tickets is June 15, 2018. Proceeds of

this fundraiser will benefit the El Mejdel Operating

Budget.

(Did ya know? Continued from pag. 13)

And that’s just on the left side. The right side is for presidential

unit citations of which he has six.

He also sports a Vietnamese Ranger badge, awarded for train-

ing their troops. (He trained the first Vietnamese airborne bri-

gade at Kadena AFB in Okinawa.) However, as is typical of all

those of his generation – that “greatest generation” – he humbly

brushes off salutations with an extremely modest “I was just

doing my job.” As a cop friend of mine once said (and a truism

this honored warrior embodies) “those who have seen the ele-

phant don’t have to tell everyone about it.” In this case, his 201

file has to be a foot thick, and there is not enough space here to

write enough about him.

After again saving the world for democracy – three more times

– he became a trucker, hauling cars in forty-nine states, Canada,

and Mexico. He also hauled a few of those new-fangled con-

traptions that were so long he could only handle one at a time –

the “new” stretched limos. He jokes that if they only had a long

enough bridge, he could say “all fifty states.” But of what is he

most proud? The fact that he logged over three and a half mil-

lion miles and never had a ticket or an accident.

His Masonic “201 file” (if there were such a thing) would be

equally as thick. A four-time Potentate’s Aide, two-time Prov-

ost Marshal, three-time commander of the Legion of Honor, Past

Patron of OES, Sojourner, member of Jewel of Honor, Ceremo-

nial Divan, Oriental Band, Boulder Shrine Club, Past Com-

mander of both the American Legion and VFW, Ambassador,

Bingo and Circus committees. Oh, yeah – he is also an Elk.

You probably know by now that you are reading about Ed

Richards. You also know Ed has some tattoos. But Didja know

that, when he had his shoulders replaced, his surgeon aligned the

tattoos perfectly so that the tattoos are still – perfect?

Sports

By Greg Rindone

The St. Patrick’s Day parade was well attended by El

Jebel and with many patrons watching. The Sports had 9

cars in attendance, what a great turnout. Since this parade

is a Civic parade guests can ride along. Bob Patten had

his granddaughter ride with him and she had a ball. She

was waving at all the little kids watching and when they

waved back it gave her a big smile. The next parade

coming up will be the Commerce City Parade on May 28

and the Johnstown Parade June 2. Let’s have another

great turnout. We held our April meeting at Kennedy

Golf Course on April 11 and had 10 nobles and ladies in

attendance. The food was good and Art conducted a great

meeting. Be on the lookout for our next meeting location

to be a little further north. Don’t forget the next Shrine

meeting for May is on the 14th and is a Family Night.

Noble Ed Richards

See article on page 13

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• Personal Care

• Personal Hygiene

• Bathing and Dressing

• Light Housekeeping

• Laundry

• Meal Preparation

• Companion Care

• Protective Oversight

• Medication Reminding

• Respite Care

• Accompaniment to Doctor Appointments

• Flexible schedule based on your needs

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Phone: 303-537-7479

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I'm a member of El Jebel and I own a beverage

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have a brother and his wife in their mid/late

60's working for me and it's worked out quite

well. I need a few people for light part-time work

on the bottling line; doing such things as:

staging bottles on the conveyor

capping bottles with a capping tool

applying shrink sleeves

placing filled bottles in shipping cases

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pensation is $12 per hour.

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P 303 345-4169

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May 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Optars

2 Medical Staff

Band Practice

Directors Staff

3 Pipe Band

4

5 Kentucky

Derby

6

7

8 Computer Club

DeMolay

9

Dune Buggys

Band Practice

10 Pipe Band

11 12

13

14

Family Night

15

16 Band Practice

17 Pipe Band

18

19

20 21 Nassab

22

23 Band Practice

24 Pipe Band

25 26

27 28 Memorial Day

Parade

29 Divan Meeting

Ceremonial

Divan Practice

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