Potentates Blog

Greetings Nobles! It seems like just yesterday that I was writing my thoughts for the March TebalaGram. Time is just rac-ing by!! First I want to thank everyone that attended the St. Patrick’s Day Dinner/Party. We had a great turnout and many of the non-Shriners indicated to me that they had a wonderful time and … Continue reading »

Greeting Nobles! As February draws to an end, I find myself look-ing back and wondering where all of the time has gone!! First of all I want to thank everyone that attended Installation. Your generous con-tributions resulted in Tebala presenting the Chi-cago Hospital with a total of 23 toy trucks and $650.00! Words cannot express … Continue reading »

First, let me start out by saying how humbled & honored I am to have been elected by the nobil-ity to serve as Tebala’s Potentate for 2012. I promise to work hard to help Tebala as well as the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children achieve their goals & objectives. I will strive each day to demonstrate … Continue reading »

 Greetings Nobles and Ladies,  It’s hard to believe how fast time passes. This will be my final mes-sage to all of you as Potentate of Te-bala Shrine. Barbara and I have had a very rewarding and fun filled year, visiting with all the Nobles and their Ladies at all the different Shrine functions and socials, … Continue reading »

Greetings Nobles and Ladies,  Wow!    What a great haunted house (Karnival of Karnage) this year.   We had record breaking attendance two different nights with over 1100 each night.   That is fantastic!   Thank you to all who helped make this year’s haunted house such a great success.  Barbara and I recently had the opportunity to go … Continue reading »

Greetings Nobles and Ladies,   At this writing, we’re enjoying the nice temperatures of fall with beautiful fall foliage.   I think this is the prettiest fall I’ve seen in a few years. The first Tebala fish fry was a little different  than any of our other social events.  We had fried and baked cod with … Continue reading »

Greetings Nobles and Ladies, It was good to see such a good crowd at the stag corn boil. Thank you to SHBG & Co. for doing a great job on the food and corn. I think everyone had a good time. The Tebala Golf Play Day was a great success with a few rain showers … Continue reading »

Greetings Nobles and Ladies, The summer has flown by, but I’ve managed to eat some good food with good company. Barbara & I enjoyed another great dinner a few weeks ago at the Tebala Air Squadron’s Pig & Pie. It was delicious…just keeps getting better and better. I played golf in the Connor Wright 4th … Continue reading »

Greetings Nobles and Ladies, I just returned from the 137th annual Imperial Shrine Session which was held in Denver, Colorado. The elected representatives, Potentate, Bill Robertson, Chief Rabban, Dave Babcock, Assistant Rabban, John Milliren, and High Priest & Prophet, Loy Rice, along with Oriental Guide, Larry Keyser, and our Ladies, attended the Imperial Session Public Opening on Sunday afternoon, July 3, 2011. The Nobles … Continue reading »