Potentate’s Notes January 2025

Greetings Nobles,

As you are reading this article, 2024 will be gone. It has been a pleasure serving as your Chief Rabban and 2025 will be a new be­ginning. I want to thank all of you for electing me as your Potentate and I will do my best to serve you well. You have put your trust in me to lead Zenobia and together we can get things accomplished for the betterment of our future.

My slogan for the year is “A Cut Above the Rest.” Yes, that goes with my occupation, but it also refers to our Shrine Healthcare sys­tem. I truly believe that the care our hospitals provide is “A Cut Above the Rest.”

Lady Renee and I have planned many events for the year and hope that you will all be a part of them. There are several flyers in this edition that pertain to just a few. We are trying something new this year, “Dueling Pianos,” which will be a fun evening. Just remember, our events are open to the public, so get your tickets early when they become available.

I hope to see you at meetings and events throughout the year and get to know some of you better. Again, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to serve as Potentate of Zenobia Shrine. It is truly an honor.

Potentate’s Notes December 2024

Season’s greetings and Happy Holidays to you and your family,

It is that time of year to enjoy with family and friends and going to holiday parties. There are a few Christmas parties that some clubs and units are doing this year, especially at Zenobia’s Christmas Party which is being hosted by Tiffin Shrine Club on Saturday, December 14, at the Amvets in Tiffin.

It was great to see the 50-plus kids at the Children’s Christmas Party and I want to give a big THANK YOU! to Beth and Greg Grudzinski for chairing this event this year.

At this time, I would like to thank everyone who has given me support these last eight years in line. It has been very appreciated to all of you that have helped serve the Shrine with me. Thank you all for allowing me to be a part of your family and you my family.

This is one of your last chances to get circus ads and circus show sponsors signed up and turned in. If you have questions, please call the office.

If you like to play euchre, Patrol is hosting a euchre party which is open to anyone in the Shrine on Thursday, January 30, at 6 pm. Hope to see a lot of you there.

Do not forget to come out to December’s stated meeting for elec­tion of officers. Remember Nobles, the officers work for you, you do not work for them. Also did you know you can pay your dues payments in installments? This can be done monthly, quarterly and/or semi-annually. If you have more questions on this, please con­tact me.

I personally would like to congratulate the ladies on their Purse Bingo, for having another full temple. And last, but not least, please give Kevin and Renee the same help and respect you gave me, if so elected.

It has been a pleasure serving you Nobles.

Potentate’s Notes October 2024

Nobles,

I can’t believe there are only a few months left of my second year and I would not change a thing. However, I did tell the Ma­sonic Bulletin Board Committee that I would stay on as an at-large member. We are gaining ground and very close to making the Bulletin profitable again. One of the main things that stands in our way is the continual increases of postage. If anyone has any questions regarding the Bulletin, please feel free to reach out to me instead of the office so I can address it with the board.

I would like to thank the members of Elf Khurafeh Shrine for coming down and helping us put on our very first Water Buffalo De­gree. Many thanks to our Recorder, John Mann, for starting our Quarry. Thank you to all the members who came to join this group, as I hope it will be very interactive and a good way to involve fam­ilies. If you were unable to make it, please contact John Mann for more information.

Following the Water Buffalo Degree that evening, we had Cigars Under the Stars with a few in attendance and a good time was had by all. During the event, we honored those who previously wore fezzes during a Fez Burning Ceremony.

Your Chief Rabban and myself attended Great Lakes Shrine As­sociation meeting in Ft. Wayne, and a good time was had by all min­gling with the other Shrine Temples. On September 25 we had the K of C Shrine Night, which is one of the longest running fraternal organizations in Ohio history. It was attended by your Divan and many Nobles of your Temple to raise money for each organization and make each other aware the purpose of each organization.

I would like to thank all the Nobles and people who helped sell tickets for the Sportsmen’s Extravaganza that we had on October 5. Nobles, if you have any new ideas for fund-raising, please feel free to reach out to any Divan member and discuss this. As you may be aware, our Circus is not as profitable as it used to be, and any game of chance we have to give half of our profits to a 501c3 (which we are not).

I would like to thank Dave Coy for his 15-plus years of service as our Treasurer, and wish him success in the NRA line. The Adult Halloween Party is scheduled for Saturday, October 26. This is al­ways a great time and I hope to see a huge turnout for the event as it seems like it has been a long time since our last Temple social event. On the next day, families are welcome to our Kids Safe Halloween event that is open to the public. Please pass the word to friends, family and neighbors. We would love to see a packed parking lot of trunks handing out candy, so please consider and bring your unit/club or just yourself to pass out candy.

Last, but not least, we are still struggling with membership. On Saturday, November 9, we will have a Ceremonial at Zenobia start­ing at 10 a.m. At our September stated meeting we were able to bring in four new members with a Cold Sands Ceremony.