Potentate’s Notes April 2026

Greetings Nobles,

I hope everyone had a great Easter with their families and friends. As I look back on March, we had a great adult Easter party, followed by seeing the Easter Bunny and all the kids en­joying the day. Thank you to our Asst. Rabban Jay Stewart and Lady Linda for their hard work on making it a great weekend. I also would like to thank the Ladies of Dendarah Court for stuffing over 400 eggs for the kids.

Moving into April, Hockey Night at the Walleye was a huge success. We had Zenobia, O-Ton-Ta-La Grotto, Scottish Rite, Dendarah Ladies and some of our Blue Lodges. It was a great night of Unity. I hope we can have many more nights like this. We also have Ohio Shrine Association on April 10 and 11, in Dayton. The following weekend the 5th District will be hosting the Grand Master for their reception in Swanton on Friday, April 17, and the next night the 11th District will be hosting the Grand Master at their reception. We also will be traveling to Green Springs Lodge on Tuesday, April 28, for a Friendship Night. It would be great to have some other Shriners travel with us.

It also is Vidalia onion time. This has been a really good event for Zenobia over the years. Ill. Sir Kevin Ridgeway is our onion chairman and is asking for orders to be turned in by Sat­urday, April 18. They will, hopefully, be in by the first week in May. Please place orders by calling the office or if you have questions contact Ill. Sir Ridgeway.

You also can start buying your tickets for Dueling Pianos on Saturday, May 16, at Zenobia Shrine. This event was enjoyed by everyone last year and the hope is they bring their friends and family out this year. You can buy your tickets on Zenobia’s website. The other big event is the Sportsmen’s Extravaganza. Tickets are in the office – please come in and sign them out. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year. Let’s make it big.

UNITY: TOGETHER WE CAN.