2019 Divan. Charles Rod McDonald. Illustrious Sir. Potentate Rick Hubbard Oriental Guide John Nelson Assistant Rabban. Steve Hawes Chief Rabban

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1 Hot Sands Vol. 94 No. 2 February 2019 Evansville, Indiana Hadishrine.org di Shriner s a H 2019 Divan Steve Hawes Chief Rabban Rick Hubbard Oriental Guide John Nelson Assistant Rabban Mark Shaw High Priest & Prophet Illustrious Sir Ralph Pigman Recorder Jeff Merrick Treasurer Randy Dierlam Captain of the Guard Charles Rod McDonald Andy Bullock Outer Guard Potentate 2019 David Bevins Director Terry Joyce 1st Ceremonial Master David Mullican Marshal Chad Denton 2nd Ceremonial Master Bob Sheets, PP Chaplain Emeritus

2 In This Issue: 2019 Potentate & Divan (cover) Potentate s Introduction (page 4) Captain of the Guard & Outer Guard Introductions (page 6) Sportsman s Raffle (page 7) Nile Casino Night (Page 10) Red Fez Valentine s Dinner (Page 12) Calendar of Events (page 14) Potentate s Ball Invitation (page 15) 85th Hadi Shrine Circus Diamond Club Members (Back Cover & Page 11) SHRINERS Spotlight SPORTSMAN S RAFFLE The 8th Annual Hadi Shriners Sportsman s Raffle will be held on Saturday, April 20th at the National Guard Armory from 4PM - 10PM. Tickets will be available to purchase starting the beginnig of February. Tickets will be 1 for $10 or 3 for $20 and will be available from any Shriner or at Hadi Office. We will have the seller incentive again this year. More details will be in the March Hot Sands. VIDALIA ONIONS Hadi Shriners will begin selling Vidalia onions on March 8th. All UCO s please stop by Hadi Office to pickup the Vidalia Onion Seller s Packets. We will have more information regarding sales in the March issue of the Hot Sands. Please look for that information next month! Thank you in advance for all of your efforts!! 2020 DUES ACH PAYMENTS ATTENTION: Nobles who would like to have their 2020 dues payments automatically withdrawn on a monthly basis, all paperwork is due to the office no later than February 15, If infomation is not received by this day, ACH payments will be unavailable. Please contact Hadi Office if you have any questions at Thank you! 2

3 Hadi Nobles In Nursing Homes Richard Schnakenburg....West River Health Campus Robert Fromm.... Oakview Heights Bill Musgrave.... Hamilton Pointe Alan Boomer Garnett... Atria Senior Living Donald Sanders.... Parkview Nursing Home Gerald Wiegand.... Solarbron Don Bradley.... Newburgh Healthcare Lawrence Miller, Sr... Cottage Grove Ray Falls... North River Fred Essary.... Mt. Vernon Rehab Center If you have information of a Noble who is in a nursing home, please call Bob Sheets at Hadi Black Camel In memory of Hadi Nobles Clinton J. Greenlee Created Expired Issued monthly via USPS or and Officially Published under the Auspices Hadi Shriners Desert of Indiana Oasis of Evansville Office of Publications: Hadi Shriners 6 Walnut Street Evansville, Indiana Mailing Address: PO Box 1 Evansville, IN Phone (812) Fax (812) publications@hadishrine.org Editor: Ralph Pigman, Recorder Hadi Membership Chad Denton chad.denton@grahampackaging.com Jeremy Hoesli jeremy.hoesli@evsc.k12.in.us Hot Sands Deadline Article Submission Deadline: 5th Day of Prior Month your Hot Sands articles and information to publications@hadishrine.org 2019 Hadi Shriners Divan Illustrious Sir Charles Rod McDonald, Potentate Steve Hawes, Chief Rabban John Nelson, Assistant Rabban Mark Shaw, High Priest & Prophet Rick Hubbard, Oriental Guide Jeff Merrick, Treasurer Ralph Pigman, Recorder Terry Joyce, 1st Ceremonial Master Chad Denton, 2nd Ceremonial Master David Bevins, Director David Mullican, Parade Marshal Randy Dierlam, Captain of the Guard Andy Bullock, Outer Guard Bob Sheets PP, Chaplain Emeritus 33

4 Introducing Hadi Shriners Illustrious Potentate 2019 Charles Rod McDonald Charles Rod McDonald was born in Evansville, Indiana, in January of 1953, the son of the late Charlie McDonald and KewBee McDonald. Due to his father s involvement with Hadi, Rod grew up with an extended Shrine family that he holds dear to his heart still to this day. After graduating from Harrison High School in 1971, he went to work for Alcoa Warrick Operations. He worked for many years in various departments, but spent the most time working swing shift in the pot room. In 1986, Rod left Alcoa and began working with his parents and brothers in the family business, Tri-State Painting Co., Inc. He had the vision and foresight to begin exploring the new technology of the time computers. Rod is self-taught on computer programing and implementation of technology into the daily processes of the business. Rod wrote the accounting and estimating programs the company still uses to this day. In 1992, after the passing of his father, Rod took over partial ownership with his mother and brothers of Tri-State Painting and continues in running the business to this day. The company has continued to grow and expand in new services and utilizing new technologies all due to Rod s ability to take the necessary risks to see outside the box. Rod has spent his years with the company, not only running the business but giving back to the industry by serving as a management trustee on various joint industry funds. In 1974 Rod was raised to the degree of Master Mason in Newburgh Lodge, became a 32nd Scottish Rite Mason and then joined Hadi Shrine in the fall. He initially joined the Drum & Bugle Corp with his father, playing the trumpet. In the early 90 s he joined the Warrick County Klowns to try his hand at making kids and adults laugh and smile. After the merge of the clown groups, Rod became very involved with the Funsters and has held several offices for the Unit over the years. Rod has spent countless behind-the-scene hours for the benefit and welfare of Hadi Shrine as well as being heavily involved with many building improvement projects and renovations over the years. Through the years, he has been involved and supported many of the UCOs. However, Rod has been a member of the Shrine Bowling League since joining Hadi. He has bowled several 300 games during his time on the league. He also spent many years as the entertainment chairman, developing many events and activities that we still enjoy and continue today. Rod is very proud of his family and their close support over the years. Rod has one daughter, Penny McDonald, and one grandson, Blake Miller. In 2011, Rod was proud his daughter served as Queen of Isis Temple No. 41, Daughters of the Nile. Rod and Penny enjoy working together in the family business and sharing the responsibility of various projects. Penny has followed in her father s footsteps by serving professionally in several positions Rod has previously held. Anyone who speaks to Rod about his family will no doubt hear about his grandson, Blake. Blake and Rod share a special bond, and Rod is excited about what the future holds for that young man. Rod is both humbled and proud to be elected to serve as Potentate of Hadi Shrine for He hopes his love of family, the Shrine and his friends shine though his efforts in the coming year. His goal is to use teamwork and involvement to better serve the children of Shriners Hospitals and the membership of Hadi Shrine. 4

5 Celebrate with us I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the Officers of the Divan and also the units for being elected to their prospective leadership roles. It is a big responsibility to step up and become a leader and I am sure everyone will meet the challenge. Thank you for taking on this responsibility. We are still collecting 2019 dues. I am here to help you if you need some assistance in getting your dues paid. Feel free to call me at the Hadi Office at A lot of things are happening around the Temple, especially with the Potentate s Ball right around the corner. Keep those dates in mind, March 1st and 2nd. There are still some rooms available for the folks to rent for the Ball and there are still some Hospitality rooms available, if a unit or club would like to rent one. I know some units have gone together and rented a hospitality room. When you call to reserve a room or hospitality room please call the Evansville number instead of the 800 number that way you will get the Shriners Discount. The local number is and make sure you tell them you are calling for the Hadi Shriners Ball. Remember Feb. 14th is valentine s Day so you can have a good time with your sweetheart. Thanks, Ralph Pigman, Recorder Sunday, February 3rd Hadi Temple 2nd Floor Doors Open 4:30 PM Kickoff 5:30 PM Hamburgers & Hot Dogs Provided. Please Bring Soup and/or Dessert to Share Donations for door prizes are greatly appreciated. Please Call Dan Mayes at Congratulations Hadi Shriners would like to congratulate Illustrious Sir Ronnie Markam, P.P. on becoming Master of Newburgh Lodge #174 and to his elected officers. Good Luck on a great year! 5

6 Introducing for 2019 Randy Dierlam Captain of the Guard Randy was raised to Master Mason in the year 2002 along with joining the Scottish Rite and Hadi Shrine that same year. He is a member of Lessing Lodge. He was born in Evansville, IN on November 10, 1955, to Joan and Norman Dierlam. Randy married Shannon Glazebrook on December 21, 1974 and they have two sons, Jon and Jeff. He has been blessed with 3 grandchildren, Will, Norah, and Lucy. West Terrace, Reitz High School, ISUE (now USI) are the educational institutions that Randy attended. He retired as a master electrician after 41 years in the IBEW Local 16. For 15 years, he has been an instructor for Local 16 s apprenticeship school. He is presently employed at the City of Evansville as a Building Inspector. The Drum & Bugle Corp has been Randy s unit since joining the Shrine. In 2011, he served as the president of the unit. Currently, Randy is member of the Mariners, 34 Select, Swords of Bunker Hill and the Hillbilly Clan. He has served on the Board of Directors for ShrinersFest since 2014 and as co-chair the last two. He presently serves on the circus production committee. Byron Andy Bullock Outer Guard Andy Bullock was born in Henderson, KY to Byron and JoAnn Bullock in August, He has been a resident of Evansville, IN since 1965 and graduated from Bosse High School in Andy has been employed at University of Evansville since Andy became a member of Lessing Lodge #464 in He became a Noble of Hadi Shrine the fall of Andy served as President of the Drum and Bugle Corps in Currently he is a member of the Drum and Bugle Corps, Mariners, Motor Corps., Swords of Bunker Hill and Hillbilly Clan. Andy has been an aide for several Past Potentates, personal aide to Kenny Cooper, PP and Co-Chief Aide for Dan Schuler, PP. He has dedicated his service for the electrical committee of the Shrinersfest for several years. Andy has worked the Shrine Circus since 2007 and enjoys the children in attendance. Also, he participates in working with the Motor Corps for their annual Toy Run. Andy has been married to Lady Linda for 22 years. His father-in-law is Past Potentate Burtis Cloud (1984). He takes pride in help raising his two step sons, Chris and Courtney Campbell and has been blessed with four grandchildren. 6

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8 Color Guard Greetings Nobles. February is here already and we are all waiting to see what the ground hog has to say about the rest of the winter. Meanwhile your Color Guard is looking forward to another great parade year. We are looking to expand our ranks, and we need you to help. If you love to march, and want to represent your Temple look no farther than the Color Guard. We are seeking a few good men to join us in our endeavors. New nobles who haven t joined a unit yet come visit us on the first Friday of the month on the 3rd floor. Meetings start at 7:00 but come early for some fellowship. All interested Brothers are welcome as well to join us. As we begin a new year we also begin with new Officers. The officers for 2019 are Mike Cravener, Captain, Ben Townsend, 1st Lieutenant, Paul Embry, Sargent and Chester Peak, Treasurer. We are looking forward to a great At this time we would like to congratulate our new Potentate, Illustrious Sir Rod Mc Donald. Best wishes to you and all members of the Hadi Divan. We would also like to give a BIG tip of the Fez to one of our own, Past Potentate and Past Captain of the Color Guard Mike Mellis PP, for his many years of service to the Hadi Shrine Circus and the Executive Circus Committee. Great job Illustrious Sir Mike. Your hard work and dedication are greatly appreciated. Oriental Band Greetings to all ye worthy Nobles of the Mystic Sands and Hadi Oriental Band. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and holiday season. I hope you are now enjoying this unseasonably warm weather even if it s a little soggy. Guys, we re starting a new year and that means it is time for dues. Yep, my how time flies! Dues notices have been sent out and I d sure appreciate it if you would take the time to pay your dues in a reasonable amount of time. President elect Steve Hendrix and his officers are now installed and are in the process of putting together this year s activities for our members and their families. Once this is finalized and we ve received your dues, I ll send a copy along with their dues card. Hopefully by mid-march I ll be able to put together our yearly roster and if you would like one, please let me know. Best wishes to Ill. Sir Rod McDonald and his Divan for a very successful year. I m sure Ill Sir Rod has some exciting and interesting things planned for the nobility. Let s get behind him and give him our full support, Nobles. Our first business meeting of the year was well attended by the membership as activities, yearly events and projects we have on the table were discussed. The way it looks, we have a pretty good slate planned for everyone. Come join in the fun and get involved. Remember Fellows, it s your unit. Don t forget to order your band shirt. They are two for one. Yep, you read that correctly! 2 shirts for the price of 1. How can you pass up such a deal as that? See Ho for your shirt orders and don t forget that payment must accompany your order. Many thanks to all involved with the Leadership Seminar and to those Nobles who took the time to show us what we could do to improve, provide good leadership and growth for the future of Hadi Shriners. Be sure to make plans to attend the big Super Bowl Party on Feb 3rd. Come on down and enjoy the good food, good time and great fellowship while backing your favorite team to victory. It should be a fun day. Please bring a soup or a dessert to share if you are planning on attending. Thank you! Nobles be sure to get your reservations in for the Potentate s Ball set for the weekend of March 1st and 2nd at Holiday Inn. Reservation form is in your Hot Sands Newsletter or at Hadi Office. Be sure your UCO signs up for a table. Friday, March 1st will be a fun night with all the hospitality rooms and much more going on. The important thing is be sure your there, so you don t miss out on all the fun. Our thoughts and prayers to loved ones and Nobles with health issues. Pray they receive divine blessings for a speedy recovery. We ve got an awesome unit. Let s keep it going in the right direction with your support and participation. Nobles get active, get involved with a unit or county club and enjoy being a Shriner. The OB is always seeking new members. Stop by our Oasis some Tuesday evening around 7 and check us out. Support your Blue Lodge, remember this is where it all began. Keep your Oasis in order and your fires well stoked on these chilly nights. 8

9 Drum & Bugle Hospital Staff The Drum and Bugle Corps is now well into the New Year. President Dan Mayes and his officers are doing a fine job planning the various activities for the year. Please make every effort to get your 2019 dues paid as soon as possible. The treasurer, Ethan Barton, will be glad to give you a new dues card for the annual sum of $ Your prompt attention to this matter will be greatly appreciated. We had a great Christmas party in December with a large crowd in attendance. Nice Job to 2018 President Neal Morgan and his lovely wife Julie for preparing for this. Everyone had a nice time. Rob Bell was presented the 2018 Achievement Award at this event. This was a well deserved honor for his dedication and many accomplishments within our unit. The D&B were great hosts for the annual East West Shrine game held on the first floor of the temple. Great food, fellowship, and games were enjoyed by a number of Nobles and guests. Thanks to everyone who helped. Also, the annual Super Bowl Party will also be held by the D&B Sunday, February 3rd on the second floor. Your D&B will again be getting up early in the morning to cook sausage for the annual YMCA Pancake Days. We have been doing this for a number of years and are glad to help in this popular community activity. As an early reminder, the Potentate s Ball will be held on March 2. A large number of D&B members and their ladies will be attending in honor of Potentate Rod McDonald On the Friday evening preceding the ball, an evening of fun and fellowship will be held. Also, it s that time of year to start lining up your onion customers. Let us know how many bags you will need and I am sure you will be taken care of. Upcoming meetings for the D&B will be February 8th & March 8th. As a reminder, practice will start at 7:30 and the meeting will begin at 8:00pm sharp. Lastly, an upcoming event, The D&B Ladies night has been set for February 23rd. Hope to do this again in the up and coming months and bring you the best past and future happenings of your Hadi Drum and Bugle Corps. Greetings from the Hadi Hospital Staff, Here we are in February, Hope everyone had great holidays and have settled in to Our first order of business is to welcome in the new officers that were sworn in at the January meeting. Congratulations to incoming Captain Tim Martin, 1st Lieutenant Chris Vollman, 2nd Lieutenant Carl Shomate and new incoming Sergeant James League. Also returning is Secretary Gerald Davis, Treasurer Paul Embry, Coordinator Ron Higgs and Tele Medicine Wayne Revallette. We also want to give a big THANK YOU to Past Captain Mike Palmer for a job well done as 2018 Captain of the Hospital staff. Mike continued the long tradition of carrying out the office of Captain with honor and integrity. Thank You Mike. As we look back at 2018 it turned out to be a very busy year for our drivers and staff. This past year our drivers logged some 200 trips taking 204 patients to their appointments in Chicago, Cincinnati, Lexington and St Louis. This is an increase of approximately 40 trips over 2017 and a increase of 44 patients over We logged 75,535 miles in our vans this year to make this all happen. This is an increase of approximately 14,000 more miles than in Just to put this in a little perspective, the circumference around the earth at the equator is 24,901 miles. All together our drivers drove the equivalent of over three trips around the earth to take care of our kids. To all who drove and worked to make these trips happen we say thank you. We cannot do this without your hard work and support. Anyone wishing to join the hospital staff can do so by picking up and filling out a application from the Hospital staff office or ask any hospital staff member to get you one. We meet in the Motor Corp room on the second Tuesday of each month at 6 pm. Come check us out. As always thanks to all the units for the work and support you give the hospital staff all year long. P.S. Don t forget your Honey on Valentines Day Feb 14th. Have a great Year!! Hadi Hospital Staff Dear Nobles All, I would like to thank you for your continued support electing me as your Oriental Guide. I look forward to continuing my Divan journey with your support. I wish everyone a very happy and blessed 2019! Rick Hubbard Oriental Guide 9

10 Motor Corps Greetings Motor Corps Brothers, Motor Belles, & Nobles all, As always hope everyone is doing well and is ready to have some fun helping achieve our mission of taking care of our Shriner kids and Hospitals here in the new year. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new Divan. Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday season, as 2019 kicks off right away with new endeavors. Butt sales are off to a slow start, hope everyone gets their sales turned in promptly. Cooking is Friday Feb 1, with pick up the next morning from 10-2 on Saturday Feb 2. Remember our parade Marshall is Greg Sims if anyone has any questions about parading his cell number he will be checking for the 2019 stickers. So make sure you get that paperwork into the office and pick up those stickers. The Potentate s Ball is scheduled for March 2, hope to see everyone there. Always remember your Blue lodge where it all started to become a Shriner they would love to see you there. So I am looking forward to seeing everyone this month come out and have some fun! Along with helping our kids along the way! Arab Patrol We want to thank everyone for their support of our new Potentate, Rod McDonald, and all of the newly elected officers. Thank you for coming out to the installation of these officers that took place on the 15th of January! We want to invite everyone to come out to the Arab Patrol s breakfast on February 23rd at 8AM. All nobles who would like to help cook, we will begin at 6AM. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Arab Patrol would like to thank Rick Ennis for the great work that he has done as our secretary over the past year! Beginning the first of the month, you can place your order for onions. Get with any member or officer of the Patrol to place your order. They will be ready for pickup sometime in May! Jason Schnee, Secretary Receive your Hot Sands Newsletter by Call Ext 205 or Send to publications@hadishrine.org 10

11 Honored Ladies Our meeting December 17, 2018, was our Christmas Luncheon which is traditionally hosted by the Honored Ladies officers. We opened our meeting by introducing several special guests joining us for this meeting. Due to a previous commitment, Hadi Potentate, Illustrious Sir Mike Taylor, could not join us. However, we were honored to have present with us another Taylor, Illustrious Sir Mike s wife, Charla. Also present were our Hadi Representative, Past Potentate, Phil Smith, and his Lady, Charlotta and Hadi s Parade Marshal, Sam Byers. As you can see from our group photograph, we had a well attended meeting. This was one of our largest groups this year. We all had a delicious meal furnished by the Red Fez. The room was filled with the Christmas colors of red, green and white and a lot of smiling, happy faces. For our program, each of our guests took their turn speaking to the group and extending their holiday greetings. Everyone participated in a gift exchange. As each person received a gift, they would open it and let us see what they had received. One of the gifts was the new Editorial Without Words Christmas ornament which is something brand new. Hope to see all of you ladies at our next meeting. Gail Hawkins, Honored Ladies President 85th Hadi Shrine Circus VIP Event On Saturday, January 5th, 23 Nobles and their ladies were treated to an elegant party hosted by the Divan and Executive Circus Committee to recognize their achievements in the Circus Ads and Tickets sales programs. As part of this enjoyable evening, these VIP Nobles and ladies were feted with an exquisite dinner, along with gifts, recognition and acknowledgements of their efforts and contributions to the success of the 85th Hadi Shrine Circus. The Nobles listed below qualified for VIP status and an invitation to this exclusive event by selling $3,000 or greater in combined Circus Ads and Nobility Ticket sales. The top Circus Ads salesman for 2018 was Cory Hollingsworth from the Mariners; the top Circus Nobility Ticket salesman was Jim Red Miller from Gibson Co. Shrine Club; and the top Overall combined Circus Ads and Nobility Ticket salesman was Jim Shekell from Warrick Co. Shrine Club/Funsters. In addition 5 VIP Nobles achieved Diamond VIP status by selling $8,000 or greater in combined Circus Ads and Nobility Ticket sales. These Diamond VIP Nobles also received special gifts and recognition for achieving this premier status. These nobles also qualified for VIP seating at the 86th Circus and an invitation to the 2019 Performers Thanksgiving dinner. The Diamond VIP Nobles for 2018 are: Jim Shekell; Jim Red Miller; Jack Larrison; Cory Hollingsworth; Charles A. Engelhardt. Set your sights on becoming a Circus VIP Noble for 2019! Become a part of this exclusive group of Nobles by making your plans and commitment now to get your Ads and Ticket sales to the VIP qualifying levels. We look forward to seeing you at the VIP Party for the 86th Circus! 85th Hadi Shrine Circus VIP Nobles Jim Shekell Charles A. Engelhardt David Mullican Chad Denton Ken Parker Larry Barchet Jim Red Miller Mike Cravener Ike Feagley Bob Sheets. P.P Ken Mitz, P.P. George Porth Jack Larrison Greg Oeth Chris Hardin Bob Brown Pat Tevault Terry Eades Cory Hollingsworth Chester Peak, Jr. Mark Shaw Randy Eades Dwight Markwell 11

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16 Hadi Shriners P.O. Box 1 Evansville,IN Return Service Requested NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Evansville, Indiana Permit No th Hadi Shrine Circus Jim Shekell Jim Red Miller Jack Larrison V.I.P. Diamond Club Cory Hollingsworth Charles A. Engelhardt We would like to congratulate the five members of the 85th Hadi Shrine Circus V.I.P. Diamond Club! Shriners who achieve this status have sold more than $8,000 worth of tickets and/or advertisements for the named year s Hadi Shrine Circus.