Cactus Chatter Sphinx Court #65 - Phoenix, Arizona

April 2012

Published Nine Times A Year

L.O.S.N.A. INC.

ACTIVATED APRIL 10, 1954

Lady Sandy Newby - Grand High Priestess

Officers’ Articles 1 - 4

Units, Clubs, & Committees 4 - 6

Sunshine Report 7

Calendar of Events 8

What’s Inside this Issue

Dinner 5:30 PM/Court Meeting: 7:00 PM

4th Monday of Each Month (Except June through August) El Zaribah Shrine Center - 552 N 40th Street

Phoenix, AZ 85008 - Phone (602) 231-0300

High Priestess Recorder

A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

April 2012 Page 2

Be A Lady in Red

Join the Ceremonial Pageantry

Contact LADY JEAN GLOVER, PHP—602-957-6871

High Priestess Hello Ladies! We are in the heart of spring. Therefore, we are springing into

action. First, let me thank everyone for your warm wishes, congratulations and support after the elec-tions last month. So sorry I missed the actual elec-tions because of breaking my wrist the hour prior to our meeting, however, Lady Bobbie Balthazor, PHP quickly accepted the nomination on my behalf. Thank you Lady Bobbie!

Our first fundraiser will be Saturday, September 8th from noon until 4 P.M. Sphinx Court will be having an old fashioned Carnival with lots of games, fun food, cake walk, surprises, prizes, and giggles. Come one come all. This will take you back to the good ol’ days! Fun for the entire family!!

The Grand High Priestess Official Visit will be Thursday, September 13th. I know everyone will want to attend and meet our Grand High Priestess Lady Carol Sue Roberts. You will really be im-pressed.

The installation was so lovely and meaningful. All the Officers and Aides looked wonderful. Everyone did a superb job that night. The food was 5 stars in my book. Thank you goes out to Lady Jean Glover, PHP and the Director Staff for preparing and working the food table. The tables adorned with very special Egyptian Center Pieces were lovingly designed and handcrafted by Lady Lou Ann Speas. Lady Patricia Bandhauer, PHP and Lady Bobbie Balthazor, PHP worked many hours and days as co-Instructresses making the installation very successful. Noble Erv Whetstone and Noble Mike Sutphin who did the Pres-

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Project Manager, owner

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Congratulations to Our New Officers!!

From The Past High Priestess Club

entation of Colors and moving of the heavy chairs during the evening deserve a hearty thank you. Lady Barbara Hineman, PHP presented the Lord's Prayer in Indian Sign language and was spectacular as al-ways. There are several more Ladies that will be thanked at our next Court Meeting. The vocal duet by Chief Rabban Noble Ed Stolze and his daughter Lindsey brought tears to my eyes with make up run-ning down my cheeks. The next vocal duet by Noble Randy Peters with his granddaughter Lexi Hardiman had my throat choked up. Yes, I was a mess! Just when I thought I had myself together, Lady Jackie Miller gave us all a special moment. Lady Jackie closed the Installation by signing "God Bless the U.S.A.". Everyone in attendance was singing the words to the song. As I looked around the Auditorium there were tears on the faces of both men and women. We all shared the feeling of how lucky we are as a Nation, as a Family, as a Friend, as a Per-son, and as a member of The Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America! Thank you all.

Angel Caresses and Butterfly Love, Lynn Hatch

480-802-0493 email: Lhatch64@aol.com

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Recorder A BIG WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS

Mary Allen-Hall (Roger Hall), 17947 W Buckhorn Drive, Goodyear, AZ 85338-5856, 623-266-1908 – Birthday: 09/24

Cheryl Hoover (Anthony “Tony”), PO Box 6985, Goodyear, AZ 85338-0634, 623-925-1026 – Birth-day 08/07

Jane McCullough (Paul), 8519 E Angus Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85251-5916, 480-254-6179 – Birth-day 03/17

ROSTER CHANGES

Linda Gillis – 14758 E 49th Street, Yuma, AZ 85377-5233

Frances Mericle – 4255 Spencer Street, #1201, Las Vegas, NV 89119-5591

Carolyn Moran – 41413 N Eliana Drive, San Tan Valley, AZ 85140-6605

Danielle Stanton – 8813 W Brown Street, Peoria, AZ 85345-8320

Pat Stanton – 8813 W Brown Street, Peoria, AZ 85345-8320

ATTENTION: THE 2012 DUES CARDS ARE AVAILABLE! 2012

DUES ARE $25.00 AND ARE DUE APRIL 1, 2012

Linda Curry, PHP 480-941-2070 email: lkcurry1@cox.net

Princess Thank you for your generous donations this past year. The station of Associate Prin-cess is a very rewarding station and I really

enjoyed serving as Associate Princess. Now I’m moving up closer to the ultimate goal to serve in a different capacity. I’ve started to look for airfare for the trip to Hawaii, in September for WAOUM.

My sincere thanks to my two aides for all your help and I hope you will continue to travel with me.

Exploring LOS with Love, and Angels, Chimes , and Husky Puppies

Dee Berkebile-Wright 623-247-2318 email: deewright1@cox.net

Director Staff Fez Cases $30 Stabilizers $8 Can Cozies $3

Aileen Randleman

480-967-2540

Associate Princess Thank you for electing me as Associate Prin-cess. I will do my best to fulfill the position. My project is Orthotics & Prosthetics. I will have

more info at court & in the next Cactus Chatter. Congratulations to all the newly elected & ap-

pointed officers, as well as their aides. Welcome Karen MacDougall, our new mushroom.

Lynn the Installation of Officers was beautiful. I’m confident you'll have a great year.

Welcome new members: Cheryl, Jane & Mary. We are thrilled to have you join us. Please visit the units & choose one that suits you. I am looking forward to seeing all of you in court

I hope all of you had a wonderful Easter.

Swan Love, Angel Hugs & Schnauzer Kisses, Gina Baird

Home 602-953-0210 Cell 602-791-0925 email: pa2va2az@earthlink.net

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Clowns The Clown Unit sends "Congratulations" to Lady

Lynn Hatch our New High Priestess and her officers who had a wonderful installation on Friday, April 13th. The evening was just beautiful. Thank you Lady Janet Mielke for a very memorable year.

Our installation of officers was on Tuesday, April 17th with the Patrol. We were installed by our High Priestess, Lady Lynn.

On April 21 many of the clowns will be entertain the National Emblem Club at their luncheon.

We meet the second Thursday of the month at 5:30 in the Red Fez Room for dinner and meeting at 7:00. Please think about joining us and clowning around.

Kay Akers Vice Pres.

Ceremonial Pageantry Congratulations to Lady Janet and her officers for a

great year. Lady Lynn we are looking forward to a wonderful year with you and your officers as well.

Our Installation will be prior to the Sphinx Court travel Fund meeting at 6:00 on Monday, April 30th.

Lady Jean Glover, PHP Pres.

GREETERS

Second Ceremonial Lady Congratulations to all the newly installed Officers!

Thank you for electing me to the office of Second Ceremonial Lady. I know that with your help and friendship, we will be able to accomplish many good works for the Shrine Children.

The Court Dinners are just $10 and the Director Staff always has a great menu for our dining pleas-ure. On April 23rd they will be serving up Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Salad, and Dessert. For our meet-ing in May the menu includes their famous Mexican Taco Build Up!

So don't miss out, please contact me to make your reservations. Remember, if you are on the standing list, you will only need to call if you cannot attend.

Karen MacDougall Home: 623-873-7988 Cell: 623-337-3226

KCROCKER2@cox.net

BALLOONS ARE SO BRIGHT

FACE PAINTING A DELIGHT

THE CLOWNS DO IT ALL

SO GIVE US A CALL

We do parties, parades and just entertain!

Call Marsha Young, Clown Unit President

For information 623-266-6099

First Ceremonial Lady Congratulations to the news officers that

have been installed. As this new year be-gins we have a membership tea planned for Septem-ber 16 at 1:00 at my home. However, to have a tea and have new members, I must have some names of ladies to invite. Please give me names at the next two Court meetings to call me with the names and addresses. It is always fun to welcome new members into our Court and get them into Units.

Dragonfly Luck, Lab Licks & Lighthouse Love, Mimi Bohlman

Home: 480-946-6292 Cell: 602-738-3628

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Greeters A new Court Year is starting and Norfolk (Grand

Council) is just around the corner. Congratulations to all the new officers and especially our Lady High Priestess Lynn Hatch. We are looking forward to your Egyptian Ladies year. The Ladies of the Greeter Unit wish everyone a happy and a healthy 2012-2013.

Our new schedule of meetings will be forthcoming as soon as Grand Council returns our Rules and Regulations, meanwhile our new Calling Committee will keep our Unit members informed of upcoming events.

Lady Iris Colbert Pres.

Director Staff Congratulations Lady Janet on a wonderful Cere-

monial and to the 3 new members of our Court. Do visit each Unit and join one of your choice for the maximum of fun. What a great ending song! Brought tears to my eyes.

It was a beautiful Installation and Congratulations to Lady Lynn Hatch, H.P. and all of her Officers. We all had a great time.

Lady Barbara Hineman, Flying Eagle, installed Lady Lou Ann Speas, Praying Mantis, as Chief of our Tribe; Lady Ginny Fain, Rising Smoke, Assistant Chief; Lady Pat Bandhauer, Huggy Bear, Secretary; and Lady Mary Lou Salyer, Buffalo Chips, Treasurer, doing another fabulous and fun time.

We will wear our black Sphinx Court T-shirt and black pants to Court on April 23, 2012.

Wishing everyone good health and friend-ships.

Lady Ginny Fain Assistant Chief

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Lady Linda Curry, 1550 N. El Camino Drive, Tempe,

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Cactus Chatter Editor Lady Bobbie Balthazor, PHP

602-237-5526 Email: bobbie@balthazors.com

5915 E. Woodridge Dr. Scottsdale, AZ 85254

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Sphinx Patrol Greetings from the Sphinx Patrol. We are thrilled to

report that our joint officer installation with the Clown Unit on April 17, 2012, was a rousing success. Our High Priestess, Lady Lynn Hatch, presided over both installations and we all enjoyed an after the installa-tion repast. I can’t imagine why we haven’t tried joint installations before -- it was really very cool!

Newly elected officers for the Patrol are: Lady Linda DuBois, PHP, Captain; Lady Renate Sweat, Lieutenant; Lady Vicki Sutphin, Secretary; and Lady Bobbie Balthazor, PHP, Treasurer.

We are hoping that many of you who have never visited the Patrol Unit will come by and see how much fun we have. We’d love to get our unit large enough to do some really cool marching. Our regular meeting is the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7 pm - preceded by dinner in the Red Fez Room around 5:30 pm. Please do come and join one of our meetings and become a member of our happy group!

In the meantime, stay well, stay safe, stay happy, and keep working for the KIDS!

Lady Linda DuBois, PHP Captain

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Sphinx Court Travel Fund Committee Well Ladies, the new year has begun and a new

core of officers are at the helm. We are planning lots of fun projects this year and we will be voting on our suggested projects at the April 30th meeting. All members are welcome to come to our meetings and we only have 4 a year. This year it is a combined effort between the Clowns and the Greeters Units and we will need the help of the whole court to accomplish our projects.

Keep watching this space for exciting news on up-coming events.

Lady Trish Whalen, PHP Co-Chairman

PHP Club First, a BIG welcome to our three new Court mem-

bers. We are so pleased that you joined our organi-zation. Congratulations to Lady Lynn, our new High Priestess, and all the newly installed officers on a beautiful installation. Welcome to Lady Janet Mielke, Jr. PHP, the newest member of our Club. Our next meeting will be on September 19, 2012

Lady Linda Curry, PHP President

Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America Sphinx Court No. 65 Phoenix, Arizona

NOTICE OF MEMBER DUES

Name Address City State ZIP Current Dues are due and payable on April 1 of each year. If you haven’t paid yours, please forward. The Current Dues for 2010 - 2011 are $25 per member. PLEASE MAKE YOUR CHECK PAYABLE TO: Sphinx Court No. 65 and mail to: Lady Linda Curry, 1550 N. El Camino Drive, Tempe, AZ 85281-1426

Sun Unit Congratulations to all the new officers. May you all

have a good year. A “well done” to the out-going offi-cers.

Hope the Easter Bunny brought all lots of chocolate and thoughts of cheer.

Lady Joan Hardy President

Sphinx Court Ways & Means Committee SAVE THE DATE

On September 8, 2012 we will have an old-fashioned Carnival complete with games and carnival food. Bring your children, grandchildren, friends, and anyone else you can round up. It should be a really fun time. More information to follow.

Lady LouAnn Speas Chairman

SPHINX PATROL Water Bottle Holders - $5.00

Designer T-Shirt Sleeve Pins

$3.00 small / $5.00 large

See any Patrol member

CACTUS CHATTER PRICES Personal Ad or Message - 1 Issue $10.00

Unit or Club Ad - Yearly $45.00 Make checks payable to Sphinx Court and send to:

Lady Linda Curry, PHP, Recorder

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Annual Sunshine Report There were 85 cards sent this year for sympathy,

get well, thinking of you, and best wishes. The court paid $37.40 for the stamps and the cards were do-nated by Lady Trudy Mullins, PHP, Sunshine Chair-man.

I thank our High Priestess, Lady Janet Mielke for asking me and Lady Linda DuBois, PHP, co-chairman, to serve on the Sunshine committee. Lady Bobbie Balthazor was also an important factor in get-ting the information out to our ladies and producing the necessary reports. Thank you to everyone who gave us Sunshine information.

Sphinx Court #65 is special and it was an honor to serve on this committee. LOS Love, Lady Trudy Mullins, PHP

Sunshine Report Sympathy

PGHP Clementine Witsoe Lady Virginia Colbert - Mother-in-Law of Lady Iris Colbert, Grandmother to Ladies Trish Whalen, PHP and Kathy Kelley Lady Gladys Kirk Lady Kathy Bender

Illness Lady Sandra Busch-Gardner - surgery

Good News Lady Carol Shepard, PHP -Queen of Qadesh

Temple NO. 35 Daughters f the Nile Lady Georganne Rodgers-Garn, PHP - Queen of

Olana Temple No. 131 Daughters of the Nile Lady Dorothy Frazee - got married to George “Z

Klown” Mather Lady Trudy Mullins, PHP

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Calendar of Events for 2012 - 2013 UPDATED April 10, 2012

APRIL 13 Installation of Officers 14 Greeters Installation, meeting, and OV of HP 16 Director Staff Installation and meeting 17 Clowns & Patrol Units’ Installations and meetings 18 PHP Installation and Meeting 20 Sun Unit Installation and meeting 23 Stated Meeting 30 Ceremonial Pageantry @ 6:00 Installation and

meeting Sphinx Court Travel Fund @ 7:00

MAY 14 Stated Meeting 20 - 25 Grand Council 27 Cactus Chatter articles due

AUGUST 25 - 26 CornFest

SEPTEMBER 8 Carnival 13 GHP Official Visit 16 Membership tea 20 - 23 WAOUM Hawaii