Hand Chime Unit Fundraiser

The Hand Chime Unit announces our fundraiser to raise money for our chimes.

We are selling flower bulbs from Flower Power Fundraising and we take home 50% of the profits.

Our website is here.  Please go there for your credit card orders.  You can also contact Kristy, Amy, Ellen F., Ellen Z., or Elizabeth about orders.

The deadline for orders is April 23rd.  We are in Zone 5 for bulb planting.

We look forward to the Temple's support for our Unit!

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Session Tonight

THE NILE SESSION TONIGHT IS CANCELLED!!!!!

We are getting a special dispensation to move our meeting to the 23rd.  Please mark on your calendars the change in date.

This is because of the horrendous weather today.  Our Queen has cancelled the meeting.

PLEASE LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS!

Our Queen Yvonne will probably be calling you to tell you of the change in dates.

February Messege

On January 10, 2010, I had the pleasure of attending and representing our Temple at the installation of the 2010 Potentate Clarence Meyer and his elected and appointed officers of the Divan for Elf Khurafeh Temple. Congratulations to Clarence and his lady Brigitte. We are very proud of Brigitte, who is a member of our Temple and serves as Princess Zulemia.

Congratulations to all the newly installed officers of Elf Khurafeh. We hope you have a successful and profitable year and we look forward to helping you and all the members in any capacity that we can. Daughters fo the Nile takes pride in helping our Shriners raise money for the children in the hospitals. As you all know, we also make things and supply many items for the children that the hospitals request from us. This is done by Daughters of the Nile worldwide God be with all of you in our joint effort to help our kids in the hospitals.

By the time you receive this article the Shine Circus of 2010 will be over. I hope and pray it has been a huge success for our nobles and ladies. I hoped you were able to help in some way by going to the Circus; working at the Dow Center or working at the Masonic Temple preparing the food that was served. Thank you for everything you have done; the work we do is well worth it as we all know, and it always is fun to see everyone and share in the work.

In February, Supreme Queen Vesta Marshall will be returning home to London, Ontario from her travels all over the US and Canada. At that time, Omar Temple will be having their official ceremonial. It is scheduled for February 27th at 1:00 PM at Omar Temple No. 111. Some of the ladies are hoping to attend depending on the weather. Please let me know if you are interested in going.

Sympathy:

I was very sorry to hear that Noble Jerry Young had passed away. He will be sorely missed by all know knew him. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.

I was very saddened to find out that PQ Helen Robinson's husband Noble Bud Robinson passed away. Bud was very active in the Shrine and also well known in Daughters of the Nile. I know you will keep Helen in your prayers and thoughts as I will. PQ Helen is also shceduled for surgery on January 18th.

Illness:

I understand that PQ Mary Alice Parcell and PQ Ellen Zirkle were not feeling well during the holidays. I was glad to hear that they are now doing better.

My own 5 year old granddaughter Emily has been seriously ill for the past month. She is diong better but is still receiving home care from the visiting nurses form Covenant hospital. She has now been referred to the Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Please keep everyone who has been ill and in distress in your prayers and thoughts.

Queen Yvonne

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Saginaw Shrine Circus

The Shrine Circus is next week!

The shows are:

Thursday: 10 AM and 7 PM
Friday: Noon and 7 PM
Saturday: 10 AM, 2 PM and 7 PM (Walkthrough)
Sunday: 1 PM and 5 PM

Tickets:

Child (under 12 years) - $12; Adult - $14; Reserved - $16

Tickets are available at the Dow Event Center box office or through Ticketmaster.

Proceeds (of the show) benefit the Elf Khurafeh Shriners.

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The help is set for the Dow Center, but if you wish you assist with the cooking, Sharon always can use helping hands in the kitchen at the Masonic Center.

This is our BIGGEST fund-raiser of the YEAR!  It's also a lot of fun to get together and work toward a cause and help our Shriners.

Bring your kids or grandkids or yourself out and watch the show if you want!  It's always a great show.

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Blog Maintenance

Notice:

There's been some blog maintenance going on.  Somehow the calendar application I was using got discontinued from Google, so I had to grab the HTML off of the Google calendar and embed it in the sidebar.

Sorry for anyone who's been trying to access the calendar from the blog and can't because of this issue.  I'm not sure when it started happening, so I don't know how long it was this way.

Again, I apologize.

If anyone sees something amiss with the widgets on the blog, feel free to contact me directly at the email listed in the About section.

Thank you for your patience.

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January Message

Ladies of the Household:

By the time you read this another year will have almost have gone. I hope and pray that this year will be a better year for our economy and for our country. I also hope that the war will soon be over and our men and women will come home without having to wonder whether or not they will have to go back over there again.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and shared lots of good times and memories with their family and friends. I hope that you all keep the Christmas spirit, smiles and warmness of it all, throughout the year.

I have a couple of reminders. First, remember the installation of the officers of Elf Khurafeh at Circus Park is at 2:00 PM on January 10th. Please attend if you can and help support our Shriners. Also, January 12th is our annual ingathering. It's a time for good food and good fellowship. Just bring a dish to pass and your own table service, and don't forget that it starts at 6:00 PM with session starting at 7:30 PM following.

I apologize for not attending the Past Queens Christmas get-together at Spencer's on Tuesday December 1st. I understand a good time was had by all and the food was delicious. I was unable to attend due to some surgery I had to have on my mouth. I was sorry I had to miss it, but I'm glad they had fun. Past Queens will meet again the first Tuesday of January at Fuzzy's on Court St.

Illness:
Past Queen Sharon Pequignot and her noble Jim are still on the mend from the car accident they were involved in last month. Thank God they are both all right except for some cuts, bruises, and soreness. From what I was told, it could have been a lot worse; their car was totaled.

Past Queen Helen Robinson's noble Bud is home and doing better after a lengthy stay in the hospital with pneumonia. Please keep him in your prayers that he is all better soon.

Past Queen Sharon Pequignot informed me that she saw Princess Ida Marie Minnis out and about and that she was doing very well. Wonderful!

Please keep all of our ill members, friends, and family in your thoughts and prayers.

Happy New Year.

With Nile love and hugs,

Queen Yvonne Szagesh

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Handchime Unit

At the last Session, we had a vote to establish a handchime unit for our Temple!

This is very exciting.  The interested parties are as follows:

PQ Kristy Meyer
PQ Elizabeth Hussey
Amy Hussey
PQ Ellen Zirkle
Ellen Fisher

If anyone else is interested, feel free to contact PQ Kristy or anyone else on the above list about more information.  PQ Kristy is the one who has most of the information, so she'd be the best one to contact for information.

We will be working very hard to raise the money for the handchimes, as they are rather expensive.  Please support the new unit in any way you can!

December Message

Ladies of the Household,

Christmas 2009 is almost here.  The stores are filled with Christmas décor already, even though Thanksgiving is hardly here.  I for one can't believe it.  But the stores remind me every time I go shopping.  It seems as I grow older, everything comes and goes much too fast anyway.

I was very glad that four of our ladies from our Makere #99 were able to travel up to Marquette for the Supreme Queen visit there on October 29th.  Past Queens Sharon Pequinot, Elizabeth Hussey, and Ellen Zirkle were able to go, as well as Princess Tirzah Amy Hussey.  The temple in Marquette (Nefretete #110) was short a couple of officers, so two of our ladies helped out: PQ Elizabeth as Princess Attendant and Princess Amy as Princess Zuliema.  They said they had a great time.  Thank you to all of you for going up and representing our Temple.

Just to let you know, the 4-Star Bazaar on November 7th was a success again this year.  Thank you to everyone that helped to make it so and all the people that helped work.  The homemade noodles and homemade peanut brittle were a hit at our booth.  Thank you to the expertise of the Nile ladies that came out and made those things.  Also thanks to PA Helen Robinson for sharing her delicious recipe for the peanut brittle.  We also had some mighty fine baked goods that went over very well.

Past Queen Sharon Pequinot did a beautiful job giving the history of our founding fathers at our November session.  This has been a tradition shared by all Daughters of the Nile all over the country and in Canada the month of November or December every year since our founding.  Thanks again, Sharon.

Remember, we will be having our in-gathering in January before our regular stated session.  Please bring a dish to pass for the pot luck and your own place settings and have some good food with some good friends.

ILLNESSES:  I was out of commission for a couple of weeks.  Somehow I contracted the H1N1 virus and was very ill.  Thank God I'm ok now.  I just have to take it slower for awhile; and I'm trying.

I've been informed that PQ Mary Alice Parcell has been under the weather.  Please keep her in your prayers.  Also, Princess Ida Marie McInnis is having some serious surgery on November 10th. 

I have received news from Gail Stoutenberg, president of the Alpena Nile Club that Princess Mickey Towlerton is doing much better following her arm surgery.  She said that Mickey was able to attend their meeting in October and that she is doing great.  Glad to hear se is on the mend.

President Gail also informed me that the Alpena Nile Club will be making the dinner on December 8th for the installation of the new president of the Alpena Shrin Club, Wayne McWilliams.  We wish the ladies well in their endeavors and president Wayne good luck in the following year as president.

I am enclosing the following excerpt from a news article about one of our other princesses of the Alpena Nile Club.  I think it is wonderful, and it reminds us of the wonderful ladies we have in our Nile and the good work they do.  Princess Cheryl, I know your Mom and Dad (Donna “Mickey” and Art Towlerton) and your ladies in Alpena are very proud of you.  So are we and so is Michigan.  Congratulations.

“Cheryl Lemke – School Nurse of the Year

Cheryl Lemke, Alpena Public Schools nurse since 1985, is this year's Michigan School Nurse of the Year!

Superintendent Brent Holcomb said, “We are fortunate to have such a wonderful, caring nurse who serves not only our 4,400 students, but our 500 staff members as well. Cheryl goes above and beyond to make sure students and staff are taken care of in many ways. Her dedication shows she truly loves her job.”
Lemke is responsible for 11 schools spread out across the entire county. Her duties include caring for medically fragile students, responding to emergencies, heading the student immunization program, training staff to assist in a variety of medical situations, and writing protocols that inform substitute teachers and staff about what to do when help is needed. Lemke is also the school district’s representative to the medical community, collaborating with the District Health Department Number Four and Alpena Regional Medical Center.

Off-duty, Lemke sews hospital burn gowns and toy bags for children who require extended hospital stays. She is also an accomplished photographer who won first-place in the Alpena Wildlife Sanctuary River Center photography contest.

Lemke and her husband, Ron, a retired Alpena Public Schools counselor, reside in Alpena. They have a daughter, Ashley.”

Just an added note from president Gail Stoutenberg: Princess Cheryl is the hospital chairperson for the Alpena Nile Club.  She is the wonderful gal who purchases all the gifts for the hospital with the money we share with them each year.  Even her husband helps he shop.  He just purchased an entire rack of children's clothing for next year.  Since the outfits were on sale, they bought them all.  That's how they shop for our kids.  Thanks from us to princess Cheryl's husband for helping, and thanks to princess Cheryl!

I hope and pray that you and your families all have a blessed Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year!

Nile Love and hugs, Yvonne Szagesh, Queen

Pageantry Unit Dinner

As the president of the Pageantry Unit, I have scheduled a dinner for all of the ladies and their husbands (or a guest).  The place?  Famous Dave's BBQ in Saginaw.  The reason?  To have fun, fellowship and good food.

So, you're in the Pageantry Unit?  Come on out on December 16th to Famous Dave's, bring your husband and/or a guest, and join us for fun, food and fellowship.

This event is listed on the Nile Calendar, so if you subscribe to it through Google Calendar, you will get all of the updates.

Bazaar

The 4-star Bazaar is this Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm.  Lunch is served from 11 am til 2 pm or until the food runs out.

Makere will be collecting your Christmas Crafts and baked goods on Friday from 3 pm to 7 pm.

Come out and enjoy the crafts and baked goods!  Help is always welcome, so if you can drop by to give breaks and help at one of the tables, feel free!

October Message

Ladies of the Household,

Well, Fall is upon us and nature is dressing herself in all the beautiful colors of reds, oranges, browns, and so forth.  Fall is also an indicator of things that are coming up, such as the Four Star Bazaar and Thanksgiving and all those special holidays.

Please try to contribute your time and/or some goodies to help the Bazaar be a success.  Nile will be having a booth as usual, so please help if you can.

I want to thank the Alpena Nile Club again for their generous monetary gift to the CRA and for the wonderful gifts they purchased and contributed to the Cincinnati Shrine Hospital.  As you well know, your hard work and efforts are very much appreciated.  Thanks again for the wonderful weekend we shared with you.

I also want to thank the Nile ladies and their husbands for traveling up to Alpena.  We had 13 there from Saginaw.  The Nile Club in Alpena certainly does appreciate our visit, and we certainly had a lot of fun.

Please remember to mark your calendars to remember to attend the Nile meeting on November 10 to help celebrate Nile's Founder's Day!

Sickness

I spoke with Past Queen Mary Alice Parcell.  She said she is doing much better.  She has been having some problems with her asthma, and she had to spend some time in the hospital.  Past Queen Helen Robinson is doing much better.  She was well enough to accompany me in my car and share a room in Alpena, which I really appreciated.  I would like to thank her again, thanks PQ Helen.

I also heard that Princess Alice Tallon is still in the nursing home recuperating, and Princess Millie Foutch is still in Frankenmuth Tender Care.  Please try and send them a card so they know they are always remembered and keep them in your daily prayers.

God Bless you all and keep you safe, well, and happy.

Nile Love,

Queen Yvonne

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Noodles, Peanut Brittle, and the Christmas Bazaar

G'day all!

At our last meeting, it was decided that were going to try something new and make noodles to sell for the Christmas Bazaar.

It has gotten plenty of positive feedback, and we have 2 bags sold already!

We are meeting on October 22nd at 9 AM to make the noodles.  We have 2 noodle machines and plenty of help for that day.

We are also making Peanut Brittle from Helen Robinson's famous recipe on November 2nd at 9 AM.  This is to be sold at the Bazaar too.

Speaking of the Bazaar, it is November 7th from 9 AM to 3 PM with lunch served from 11 AM to 2 PM (or whenever the food runs out).  We have assignments for who's working where, but if you want to come by and relieve people at the craft and baked goods tables, feel free.  It will be lots of fun, and I hope everyone can come out and buy stuff.

Also, please note that drop off for the Bazaar will be Friday, November 6th in the afternoon.  I am not clear on the time right now, but when I am, I will post again.

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Unit Dinner

As the president of the Pagentry Unit, I would like to have a dinner sometime in December for Unit members.

This is a chance for fellowship and fun.  Family members are invited (spouses, etc).

I am not sure about where we will be going; to finalize plans, I would like to have a meeting of the Unit members AFTER the regular session on October 14th.  If you're in the Unit and know of someone who is but doesn't have access to this blog, please tell them about the meeting so we can talk about this really quickly.  It should only be about ten minutes, and I was planning on having right after the regular session.

I will announce it in Session under "Good of the Order" or something.

Again, this should be less than TEN minutes.  I want to keep it short.

Princess Tirzah, Amy, Pagentry Unit President

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New Feature!

Attention everyone!

I've now added an email option to this blog.  You can now enter your email address into the box to the right and get the updates sent directly to your email inbox.

NOTE: This email list is NOT managed by me.  It is from Blogger/Blogspot/Google (the host and software for this blog).  There will be an unsubscribe link in each email message from the blog if you wish to quit receiving the messages.

I'm excited about this.  In addition to RSS, this is another way to get the word out on new things happening in our Temple.  If you have feedback, feel free to shoot me an email (rpgirl1981[at]gmail[dot]com).

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Alpena Visit

Our Alpena visit is coming up on September 26th.

Details:

• Dinner costs $12. Contact Princess Royal PQ Nancy for tickets and to pay.
• The social hour starts at 5 pm; the meeting is at 6 pm; and the dinner is at 7 pm.
• There will be drawings for door prizes like previous years.
• There will be a silent auction.
• We're staying at the Holiday Inn Express on Saturday night.  We usually meet for breakfast around 9:30 or 10 on Sunday.

I'm pretty certain that Nancy and Ellen F. will be bringing their truck/van and can help transport the hospital items back to Saginaw.

It's always lots of fun.  I hope to see as many of the membership as possible in Alpena!

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