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INDEX
Superbowl Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Pote’s Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Director’s Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rush Party Dates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Burn Awareness Week. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Roadrunners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
New Bicycle Unit Planned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Motor Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Fife & Drum Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Parker Flivvers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
February Events Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
River Rats Dueling Pianos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Battle Creek Station Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
What is the MMSAP? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chanter Chatter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Recorder’s Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Black Camel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Memorials/Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Healing That Knows No Borders . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cash Calendar Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Patient’s Mom Thanks the Shrine . . . . . . . . . 18
Installation Highlights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19–20
Hillbillies Christmas Party . . . . . . . . . . . 21–22
Cold Sands Nobles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Motor Corps Pub Run. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Combined Units Christmas Party . . . . . . . . . 25
Legion of Honor Officers for 2012 . . . . . . . . 26
Clowns’ “Pardi Gras” Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Visit to Shriners Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Daughters of the Nile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Valentine’s Day Bash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Masonic One-Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
February Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Oriental Band “Spring Fling”. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sprint Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Oriental Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Message from the Imperial Potentate . . . . . . 35
Classie Autos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Father-Daughter Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
TV Show Donates to Shriners Hospitals . . . . 39
Membership Recruiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
New Membership Efforts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Your Editor’s Grumblings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Cincinnati Hospital News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Unit/Club Contact List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Motor Corps Raffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Hospital News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Parting Shot / Horse Corps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Cactus
Deadline:
for March Issue:
Feb. 10
El Riad
CACTUS
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
10 ISSUES A YEAR PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF EL RIAD SHRINE
DECEMBER-JANUARY ISSUE AND JUNE-JULY ISSUE ARE COMBINED
Shrine Office: 510 S. Phillips Ave., PO Box 1203, Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1203
(605) 336-1117 • Fax (605) 336-3059 • 1-800-477-3574
Office Hours – 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday
2 0 1 2 E L R I A D S H R I N E O F F I C E R S
Don Jensen, Potentate
Executive Committee Chairman
Rich Burns, Chief Rabban
Exec. Divan, Circus, Membership,
Futures Comm., Pote’s Ball Chm.,
Football, El Riad By-Laws, Shrine Cup
Rob Joyce, Assistant Rabban
Exec. Divan, Circus, Membership,
Futures Comm., Pote’s Ball, Corn Palace
Hillbillies, Oriental Band, Fife & Drum,
Ritualistic Unit, El Riad By-Laws
Ken Steele, High Priest
& Prophet
Exec. Divan, Hospital Comm., Futures
Comm., Clowns, Roadrunners, Dance
Club, Motor Corps, Golf Unit, Sprint Car
Unit
Tom Anderson, Oriental Guide
Exec. Divan, Unit & Club Seminar,
Futures Comm., Lewis & Clark/Animal
Unit, Chanters, Horse Corps, Provosts,
Ski Club, Steel Drum Band
Charles Brown, PP, Recorder
El Riad By-Laws, Executive Divan
Bruce Wallin, PP, Treasurer
Executive Divan
Jim Burma, Jr.,
1st Ceremonial Master
Exec. Divan/NV, Futures Comm., Spring
Ceremonial, Classie Autos, Legion of
Honor, Director’s Staff, Snacks Unit
Maury Richard,
2nd Ceremonial Master
Exec. Divan/NV, Futures Comm., Fall
Ceremonial, Big Band, Rickshaws,
Parker Shrine Club/ Flivvers,
Worthington Shrine, Oaze Cycle Corps,
Shutterbugs
Board of Trustees
David Neiman, PP, Chairman
Curtis Kuehn, PP
Loren Eggebraaten, PP
Edward Anstine, PP
Robert Baker
John Whitelock, Marshall
Big Bend Shrine Club, Interlakes Shrine Club,
Highlanders
Al Zahn, Captain of the Guard
Brookings Shrine Club, Sioux Falls Outhouse,
Boondockers
Les Kruse, Outer Guard
Rosebud Shrine Club
Tom Johnson, Chief of Staff
Ass’t. Chief of Staff, Pote’s Aides, Parades
(Ceremonial, Midwest & Imperial)
Tim Bachman, Assistant Chief of Staff
Mike Mullin, Chaplain
Bob Sorensen, Temple Director
Southwest Minnesota Shrine Club
Reid Jensen, Membership Chairman
Marv Lovro, Circus Chairman
Harland Danielsen, Football Chairman
Dave Bangasser, Shrine Cup Chairman
Todd Schmidt, Chr., Tony Backman, Co-
Chairs, Sportsman’s Classic
Leon Brink, Roadrunners Coordinator
John Pudwill, President, Roadrunners
Todd Schwartz, Public Relations
Larry Johnson, Stop Burns Chairman
Dick “Buttons” Schlechter, Unit/Club
Support
Jane Teal, Office Manager
Joel Baker, Building Manager
Gary Smith, Cactus Editor
Terry Roisum, Artist, Cactus Contributor
Tony Bachman, Cactus Advertising Sales
For information concerning Shriners
Hospitals for Children, call
1-800-237-5055
All articles or comments should be directed to the Editor – cactus@elriad.com – and
advertising matters to the advertising sales manager – TonyBachman@sio.midco.net.
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