Fun 4 the Kids! - Sphinx Shrine Temple

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Sphinx Booster Oasis of Newington, Desert of Connecticut Charter #73 Sphinx Recorder’s Office Sphinx Shriners 3066 Berlin Turnpike Newington, CT Mailing Address P.O. Box 310157 Newington, CT 06131-0157 Phone Numbers Recorder’s 0ffice: (860) 666-5449 Fax: (860) 666-1774 Email: sphinx073@juno.com Sphinx Shrine Website: www.sphinxshrine.org Shrine of North America Website: www.shrinershq.org Sphinx Booster Editor William McKee 860-529-4108 Associate Editor: Bruce Fairclough Deadline for Booster APRIL-JUNE 2007 Issue: MARCH 1, 2007 Sphinx Shrine Monthly Meeting The stated meetings of Sphinx Shrine are held on the third Wednesday of each month except July and August. Meeting time is 7:30 PM at the Sphinx Shrine Center. (See above address) The “Sphinx Booster” is the magazine of Sphinx Shrine A.A.O.N.M.S. and is published in the interest of Shrinedom and the activities of the Nobility of Sphinx Shrine in particular. Sphinx Shriners Divan Potentate Edward J. Pahl (Linda) 191 Waters Edge Drive Southington, CT 06489 Ph. (860) 621-3937 Email: sphinxpote07@aol.com High Priest & Prophet David W. McDonough (Heidi) 176 N. Anguilla Rd. Pawcatuck, CT 06379 (860) 599-9076 Email: mcdbigdaddy@comcast.net Recorder Robert N. Gimbel (Carolyn) 42 Myrtle Street Meriden, CT 06450 (203) 235-6127 Email: robertgimbel@cox.net Chief Rabban Samuel A. Frink (Alty) 38 Timothy Street Newington, CT 06111 (860) 666-8153 Email: frinkgarden.cntr@snet.net Oriental Guide Raymond A Basley Jr (Kathy) 10 Knob Hill Rd. So. Meriden, CT 06451 (203) 440-3017 Email: r4y@myway.com 1st Ceremonial Master Jean P. Maheu (Diane) PO Box 328 Moodus, CT 06469 (860) 608-2796 Email: maheujean@yahoo.com Assistant Rabban Richand A. Cassada (Dawn) 72 Lamplighter La. Newington, CT 06111 (860) 666-0890 Email: sphinpote09@aol.com Treasurer George E. Lincoln (Jo-Ann) 358 New Britain Ave Newington, CT 06111 (860) 667-1801 2nd Ceremonial Master Howard R. Pinkham 239 Old Farms Rd. Unit# 10D Avon, CT 06001 (860) 205-2911 Email: howard@rhinorealtyllc.com Cover photo of Divan: Robert Gimbel | Jean Maheu | Howard Pinkham | George Lincoln David McDonough | Samuel Frink | Edward Pahl | Richard Cassada | Raymond Basley 2
2007 Potentate's Message... To All Sphinx Nobles It is with much pride and humility, that I accept the position of Potentate for the year 2007. Success in this coming year can only happen with the entire Divan and Nobility working together. I can assure you that the Divan will be working closely with all their units and clubs to do everything possible to assure that we have a great 2007. As Shriners, we know that we have only two reasons to come together, to have fun and to help our Kids. Thus, our slogan for the year 2007... “Fun 4 the KIDS!" You will see that we will try some different things in order to accomplish this. At the Installation, alone, we raised $200.00 just having fun! The Divan Ladies also have a Fundraiser for our new building. They are selling brick pavers, with your names and remembrances engraved on them. The goal of this is to purchase a 9 foot statue of our beloved “Editorial Without Words.” It will be placed in front of our building to tell the world about us. We will need appropriately $20,000 to make this happen, so please get your order in now! We will have three other major focus points this year: Public Relations, Membership and Communication. As I hope you are well aware, our Public Relations Chairman Scott Bates and his crew have been hard at work getting the word out. We went to a ribbon cutting Ceremony for the new remodeled McDonald’s on the Berlin Turnpike on January 12th. His crew put together an E.A. Degree Team and did the degree in Watertown on January 18. We also have a big PR Day at the Rock Cats baseball game on July 21, 2007, when the Chanters will sing our National Anthem, while the Legion of Honor will present the colors. The Rock Cats are also giving us a table at the front gate to provide literature regarding our "Masonic Family." The Daughters of the Nile will also be assisting us with this effort. 1533 members, the year 2007 can be a year that we can start to turn the trend around. I have asked our Past Potentates to help us with retention, as well as asking all the units and clubs to do the same. We also need to remember as we bring new Nobles in that they join for a reason. We must make sure we welcome them and fulfill their expectations. We will be trying a new idea at Sphinx this year. It has worked well in other Shrine Centers and that is using a regular E-Mail communication to increase awareness of Shrine activities. We are in the process of setting up a system so we can get information to all the Nobility that have an E-Mail addresses listed with the recorder. We hope to have this up and running very soon. I can go on and on about the direction in which we are trying to head. The bottom line is that I can make plans, the Divan can make plans and anybody can make plans to try and accomplish great things. However, unless we all do it together the goals become very difficult to reach. So, come on out to see what is going on and, in 2007, have “Fun 4 the KIDS!” Edward J. Pahl 2007 Potentate SPECIAL NOTICE ! MONTHLY MEETINGS Because we are using an outside caterer for our meals at meetings, we are being charged based on the number of dinners ordered. We order based on the reservations received. Unfortunately, if you reserved and are a no show, we would ask that you honor your reservation and you may be billed the $15.00 charge for the meal. What can I say about Membership? When I started on the Divan in 2002, we had 1989 members, today as I take the office of Potentate our membership is 1533, however I am very optimistic that we are ready to change this trend. PR has created a new awareness within the community, therefore I do believe that with a strong effort from all for all the latest news... www.sphinxshrine.org 3
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