Cactus Chatter Sphinx Court #65 - Phoenix, Arizona

February 2013

Lady Carol Sue Roberts - Grand High Priestess

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

ACTIVATED APRIL 10, 1954

Recorder

High Priestess

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High Priestess Happy Valentine's Day to all of you Sweethearts! I am sending hugs to everyone in Sphinx Court. Special thanks to Lady Jean Glover for organizing the wonderful LOS dessert table at the party

the night before the Pote's Ball. Lady Jean managed to showcase spectacular treats and decorated the table very eloquently. LOS won $100 for the best decorated table and donated the money to the El Zaribah Transpor-tation Fund.

Many thank yous to Director Staff, Patrol and Ceremonial Pageantry for the terrific OV's in January. Each one was very special to me. It looks as if February will be a very busy month for all of us. I wish you all a safe, happy and healthy month in February. February brings the Travel Fund picnic on the 23rd. Call the Clowns or Greeters for tickets. Remember to get your tickets for the Opportunity to own $500 cash and the fabulous Mys-tery Dinner Theater held March 23rd. Limited tickets.

Please come to the stated meeting Feb 25th. We will be having Election of new Officers. Come and support. You Ladies have made many Memories for me, remember to make some for yourselves.

Angel Caresses and Butterfly Love, Lynn Hatch

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

Princess I am looking into the cost of tickets to Tampa for Grand Council. If you would like to travel as a group, please let me know and I will be happy to order your ticket for you. I will need to order them soon, so please let me know as soon as possible.

I hope to see you at the upcoming Sphinx Court functions!!

Exploring LOS with Love, and Angels, Chimes , and Husky Puppies Dee Berkebile-Wright

623-247-2318 email: deewright1@cox.net

Officers’ Offerings

Be A Lady in Red

Join the Ceremonial Pageantry

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

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

Aileen Randleman

480-967-2540

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Recorder

ROSTER CHANGES Beverly Houser – AZ telephone #602-549-2704, CA telephone #510-222-2559 Betty Dabagian – 13457 Alder Ct, Saratoga, CA 95070-5008 Margaret Matheny – 7280 N Pinnacle Pass Drive, Prescott Valley, AZ 86315-3458

ATTENTION 2012 DUES ARE $25.00 AND WERE DUE APRIL 1, 2012

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

Associate Princess I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I did because my son was home from Afghanistan and I was able to visit with him over New Year’s. As of our January stated meeting, I need just about $1,000 to reach my $5,000 goal for my special project:

orthotics and prosthetics. I am asking for special project donations for the next 2 court meetings. Please be sure to attend our February court meeting for election of officers for next year and the future of

Sphinx Court.

Swan Love, Angel Hugs & Schnauzer Kisses, Gina Baird

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

SPHINX PATROL Water Bottle Holders - $5.00

Designer T-Shirt Sleeve Pins

$3.00 small / $5.00 large

See any Patrol member

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 Happy New Year! The January Membership Tea was a success. We had five prospective members attend and all applied for membership. So we should have 6 or 7 new candidates for the March Cere-monial. They are delightful ladies and will be an asset to our Court. Thank you to the Units and mem-

bers that provided the food and attended. We had a lot of fun meeting and chatting with the ladies. Remember, once they are initiated, we must get these ladies involved, and they want to be active.

Dragonfly Luck, Lab Licks, & Lighthouse Love, Mimi Bohlman

Home: 480-946-6292 Cell: 602-738-3628 mimibohlman@gmail.com

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Has Your Address changed? Old Address:

Name

Address

City State ZIP

New Address (please print):

Name

Address

City State ZIP

New Telephone # ( ) Send this form to: Sphinx Court #65 Recorder

Lady Linda Curry, 1550 N. El Camino Drive, Tempe, AZ 85281-

1426

Second Ceremonial Lady Join us for dinner before our Court Meeting on Monday, February 25th. The Director Staff menu this month includes Quiche and the fixings. The price is still just $10. If you are on my permanent list, all

you have to do is show up. Otherwise if you plan to attend, please call me at 623-873-7988 by February 18th with your reservation.

Yorkie Hugs and Dark Chocolate Kisses, Karen MacDougall

Home: 623-873-7988 Cell: 623-337-3226 kcmac999@cox.net

leo@kmhkreations.com

www.kmhkreations.com

KMH Kreations Websites, Unit or Club

Directories, Flyers,

Computer Support

Leo Balthazor

Project Manager, owner

602-740-5635

Happy Valentine's Day The Past High Priestess

Club

Did you Know… At the Lexington Shrine Hospital, the children had to travel down a very long gray hallway on their way to

surgery. Thanks to the Ladies Oriental Shrine, and an outstanding artist with a heart of gold, this hallway has been transformed. In 2000, ladies from all over the United States and Canada came together to dedicate the mural along this long hallway where at the end of the hall, the children enter the surgical ward through the “Big Top” doorway thus taking some of the fear and anxiety felt by a small child entering the unknown.

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Clowns The Clown unit will have their next meeting on February 14th. We meet for dinner in the Red Fez room at 5:30

and meeting at 7:00. Please come join us as we always have a lot of fun. Our next meeting is the election of officers with installation at our meeting in April.

Don't forget the Hobos in the Park Picnic on Saturday, February 23, from 11- 3. It is at the McCormick RR Park located at 7301 E Indian Bend Road in Scottsdale. Prices for the tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for children under 12. Contact Iris Colbert for tickets.

Please keep all those who are having difficulties in your thoughts and prayers.

Kay Akers, Vice Pres.

Ceremonial Pageantry We had such a great time at the Official Visit of our High Priestess, Lady Lynn. Our dinner was delicious.

Thanks to Dorothy for the soup and to Pat and Danielle Stanton for the other dishes. Our next ceremonial will be at our March 25th Stated Meeting. Our High Priestess has excused us from deco-

rating the stage and for that we are so very thankful. Our February meeting will be on the 27th at 5:30. It will be election of officers and voting on achange to our

Rules and Regulations, so please try to attend.

Lady Jean Glover, PHP , Pres.

GREETERS

Cactus Chatter Editor Lady Bobbie Balthazor, PHP

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

5915 E. Woodridge Dr. Scottsdale, AZ 85254

Check out our web site

www.sphinxcourt65.org

Unit & Club Happenings

Director Staff The Director Staff donated approximately 55 stuffed animals to the Red Cross as our charity this year. We voted to not do the Diablo Ball Park. We had a great 12 years doing the games with a lot of fun and hard

work. Thanks to all who helped make this project a big success.

Lady Ginny Fain, Assistant Chief

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Sun Unit On February 8th at 11:30 we will have election of officers at the Masonic Fellowship Center, 18810 N. 107th

Ave. A no-host lunch will follow. Thanks to all who helped with our “opportunity” drawing and congratulations to the winners. Good thoughts and best wishes.

Lady Joan Hardy, President

PHP Club Our next meeting will be on February 20, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. when we will be electing our officers for the up-

coming year.

Lady Linda Curry, PHP, President

Sphinx Patrol Greetings from Sphinx Patrol – and Happy 2013 to one and all! It was a very busy holiday season and I, for

one, am glad to be back into the swing of things. Our OV with Lady Lynn Hatch, HP, was great and we were fortunate to have three more wonderful ladies join

the Patrol at that meeting. Now we’re looking forward to being visited by our newest members. Patrol is FUN and we’d love to share it with you.

Our membership tea was wonderful – thanks to Lady Mimi! Lots of stuff is being planned for the near future -- the Picnic at the Railroad Park should be a blast and of course, we have elections in February.

So in the meantime, stay well, safe, happy and keep working for the kids!

Lady Linda DuBois, PHP, Captain

Greeters Unit The Greeters will not be having another meeting until after our Court Installation. We wish everyone good

health and happiness in this new year.

Lady Iris Colbert, President

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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 2012 - 2013 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

Sphinx Court Ways & Means Committee We are in the midst of planning our last major

project for this year. It is going to be a fun time so put March 23rd on your calendar. Check out the ad in the March Arabian Tales or on page 6 of this newsletter for the details.

You also have a tremendous opportunity to own $500 that you haven’t owned before, so get your tick-ets for that too.

Lady Lou Ann Speas, Chairman

Sunshine Report Sympathy

PHP Faye Royal PHP Catherine Fish Bonnie Steckenrider - son Sandy Greeneltch - mother-in-law Former Member Virginia Niemann - husband Paula Mattingly - sister

Illness PHP Sue Tice - surgery Joan Parrack/Hamilton - surgery Marcia Cherry - broken foot Orabelle Bulkley - cataract surgery Neva Thompson - son & daughter ill PHP Nonnie Carter - fall PP Dave Humphrey - hospital Valerie McDonough - fall Keith Seplak - ankle surgery PHP Barbara Hineman - illness PHP Debbie McKelvey - surgery Georganne Rodgers-Garn - broken ankle

Thinking of You Mary Deitrich

Good News PHP Dorothy Joerding - new great granddaughter Dee Berkebile-Wright - new great granddaughter

Lady Trudy Mullins, PHP, Chairman

Picnic in the Park Information The Hobos in the Park picnic is on Feb, 23rd from

11am to 3pm. The Units have received tickets and information about the day. The more the merrier and families always make a picnic more fun. Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $7.00 for children under 12, please mark Child on the children’s tickets. Tickets need to be turned in at the picnic to get an accurate count of how many attended

Unit Heads please let Iris Colbert, Marsha Young, or me know how many tickets were sold by your unit by February 16th so we can plan for the food needed.

I thank everyone for all the help and support given the Clowns/Greeters combined traveling group this year.

Trish Whalen, PHP

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Organization

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Sphinx Court No. 65 Ladies Oriental Shrine

of North America

Linda Curry 1550 N. El Camino Dr.

Tempe, AZ 85281-1426

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Calendar of Events for 2012 - 2013 UPDATED January 28, 2013

FEBRUARY 20 PHP Meeting 23 Hobos in the Park picnic 25 Stated Meeting - Elections of Officers

MARCH 23 Mystery Dinner Theater 25 Stated Meeting and Ceremonial

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

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

If you would like to receive your Cactus Chatter online, please send me a message and I’ll send it to you via your email account instead of the US Postal Service. You will need to be able to open PDF files. If you don’t have that capability, you can download a free copy by searching for Adobe Reader.

Linda DuBois linda3492@cox.net

PHILANTHROPY REPORT 2012 - 2013

SPHINX COURT #65

MILEAGE

NO. OF

HOURS

NO. OF

ARTICLES

ARTICLES

VALUE

CASH

CONTRIBUTION

ORGANIZATIONS

American Cancer

American Diabetes

Church

Red Cross

United Way

Other

SHRINE CENTERS

Circus

Transportation

Other

VOLUNTEER WORK

Hospital

Shelters

Youth

Others

MISCELLANEOUS

Blood (Units Given)

Clothing

Eyeglasses

Research

Sewing

Labels for Education

Tabs/Can (recycling)

Others

GRAND TOTAL

Please complete and return to Lady Linda DuBois, PHP

by March 25, 2013