Tammy and I wish to thank
everybody for his or her support, and allowing us to represent Bagdad Shrine
Temple for the 2009 year.We hope we
represented Bagdad well and all of the nobility, families.We have enjoyed being with all of you and the
friendship we have made along the way, and hope that you feel the same way as
we do.I feel we (Bagdad Shrine Temple
and its Nobility) have accomplished a lot this year, and have done an
outstanding job for Bagdad Shrine Temple.
Here are some of the
highlights this year; on every Bagdad event including the installation,
ceremonial we were able to show positive and make a little profit in the
budget. We were able to get the East West Shrine Game to be played in different
locations throughout the State of Montana, giving every Temple a chance to host
it. In 2010, the football game will be played in Butte.We attended the football game this year, and
made history by going into overtime, and we even pulled out a win.The game was very exciting this year, and we
were able to put many red t-shirts in the stands to support our team. The
football board did an excellent job representing Bagdad this year, and Sean
Johnson was reappointed to the board.Ryan Jonart was appointed to the Divan Line, who I know will serve and
represent Bagdad very well.
We attended the winter PNSA
that started the talks about closing down the Spokane Hospital, and at Imperial
we were able to save our Hospitals from closing. We attended the 85th
anniversary of the Spokane Hospital, and Bagdad was represented the best out of
all of the Temples.We placed Jack
Mitchell and E.G. Leipheimer on the Spokane hospital board, and they
represented Bagdad very well, and kept us updated after ever meeting.
We were able to get Bagdad
and Alegria up in the northern end of the state, to work with each other on the
football player’s banquet and the circus.We made some policy and guideline to follow, which hopefully it will
help and give some direction for new nobles to follow.
We attended the Summer PNSA
in Billings, which was a lot of fun and we even won an award (trophy), which
some say it was because I wore my Fez.We did host a few screening clinics, and attended Grand Lodge to see
Bagdad’sNoble Tom Lund become the Grand
Master of Montana.We had a mentor’s
dinner that Ron Lyons did an outstanding job in preparing.We brought back Bagdad’s stated meeting
dinners, which the ladies of Ruth Chapter #2 O.E.S. prepared, and did an
outstanding job for us.We came up with
different dress themes for the stated meeting each month and a prizes, hoping
to draw in more nobles to the meetings.
2009 is almost over and Tammy
and I appreciate all that you have done for us, and allowing me to be Bagdad’s
Potentate for 2009.It was an experience
that we will never forget.We are
looking forward to 2010 East West Football Game in Butte, and 2011 summer PNSA
in Butte.
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