I hope this finds you all having a good first month of 2008.  We now have new officers, and I would like to congratulate them and our new Illustrious Potentate John J. Hadley.  Illustrious Sir Hadley has been right on top of things making sure that we all have important dates written down, and we do have his entire 2008 calendar on-line (of course there will most likely be just a “few” additions).

 Also, we are going to try to get some other additions to the web site up and running.  If anyone has pictures from the installation, please send them to me at webmaster@nemesisshriners.org.

Fraternally,

Justin M. Blankenship - webmaster

I hope the Holiday Season finds all of you finished with your shopping and recovered from all of the parades.  Before looking too far into the New Year, we have one last point of business to attend to.  Tonight there is a stated session .

Also, I will be in attendance to discuss the webpage if you have any thoughts or suggestions.

Have a great Holiday Season!

Justin M. Blankenship - Nemesis Webmaster

PS - Wear your FEZ

Due to several requests, we are finally posting the results for the Sportsmans, raffle:

Savage 7mm Package - Charles D. Strope

Browning A-Bolt 30-06 - Danny Tennant

Browning A-Bolt 204 Hunter - Kris Souther

Ruger M77 270 Wood - Mary Allen

$500 cash - Mark George

Remington Model 870 3 1/2 SYN - Bruce Grimes

Winchester Model 1300 NWTF - Roger Linger

Ruger M77 7mm - Ronald Ross

Remington Model 700 BDL 243 - Missy Snyder

Remington Model SPR 310 12 Ga. O/U - J.D. Karcher

Browning A-Bolt 25-06 - Alex Tumbry

Mossberg 500 Grand Slam - Mike Taylor

Marlin 917 V 17 HMR - Jim Sams

Weathercy Vanguard 30-06 Win SS - Carl McIntyre

$500 cash - Tag Wetz

Mossberg 835 Camo 12 Ga. NWTF - George Harris

Remington Model 700 SPS 300 Win - Jeff Yoak

Traditions 50 Cal. Yukon Synthetic - David Lunsford

Ruger M77 25-06 - Patrick Gevas

Knight Revolution Blue 50 cal. - Mike Kovalck

Remington Model 7600 30-06 - Shelton R. Scruggs

Charles Daley F.H. 12 Ga. 3 1/2 - Rex Quick

Weatherby Vanguard SYN 7mm - Ron Dawson

Traditions 50 Cal Yukon Camo - Jim Fortner

Remington Model 870 Wood 3 1/2 - Charlie Wentz

$500 cash - Gary Justice

Weatherby Mark 5 Sporter 300 - Robert J. Friend

Ruger M77 SS 204 Cal - John Novisky

Mossberg 500 Grand Slam 12 Ga. - Kenneth Hileman

Marlin 917V 17HMR - Shirlee Alfred

Remington Model 870 SPT Camo 12 Ga. - Nicholas Good

Remington Model 7600 270 SYN - Charlie Heater

Remington Model 11-87 Premiere Camo 12 Ga. - James Yoak

$500 cash - Gary Gurlitz

Honda TRX-420 FE (with ESP)/TRX420 FM - Carl McIntyre

Don’t Forget

Shriners Sportsmans Bash

Saturday Sept. 29, 2007

Doddrigde County Park (Off Snowbird Rd.) 10:00AM

Many Prizes:

30 guns to be given away - 4-$500 cash prizes - GRAND PRIZE: Honda TRX-420 FE (with ESP)/TRX420 FM - Plus many more prizes.

Donations: $20 per ticket (need not be present to win).

Come out and enjoy a fun-filled family day!

Drawing starts at 12:00 noon (and approx. every 10 minutes)

For more information or tickets ask any SHRINER.

We have a new mailing list that is very easy to use.  If you would like to subscribe, just e-mail me at webmaster@nemesisshriners.org with the word subscribe in the subject line.  This will make it easy to get information to everyone by just sending it to one e-mail address nemesisshriners@nemesisshriners.org.

Hello Nobles,

 We now have a new picture gallery and user forum that can be what you make of them.  You can post and talk about anything that you want on the forum.  Also, you can post pictures on the gallery page, or you can e-mail them to me and I will post them.  Either way, this is exciting stuff.  I look forward to seeing everyone at the first Temple Meeting this month, after the long break, and hearing any comments or suggestions about the webpage.

 Thank You,

Your Webmaster

PS - I would like to thank Greg Wentzel for his continued help and support on making such a great webpage.

Robert D. “Bob” Hawthorne, 68, owner of Model Carpet in Vienna died at his home 1:50 p.m. Friday, July 20, 2007.

Bob was born on June 23, 1939, in Spencer, the son of Bernice Walker Hawthorne of Vienna and the late Fred A. Hawthorne. Bob was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Parkersburg and attended Vienna Baptist Church. He was a 1958 graduate of Parkersburg High School. Upon graduation, he served two years in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was briefly employed by Marbon Chemical and DuPont before starting his career in retail sales. Bob was involved in the carpet business for 45 years and had been owner and operator of Model Carpet since 1985.

Bob was a member of The Grand Lodge of West Virginia, A.F. & A.M., Parkersburg Lodge No. 169; Nemesis Shrine A.A.O.N.M.S. of Parkersburg; Royal Order of Jesters Court No. 156; and several area Shrine Clubs. He was Past Potentate of Nemesis Shrine in 1998 and was serving as Treasurer of Nemesis Shrine at the time of his death. He was a Past Director of Royal Order of Jesters Parkersburg Court No. 156 in 1993 and was serving as president of Jesters Inc.

In addition to his mother, Bob is survived by his wife, Nancy Kelley Hawthorne of Vienna; two sons, Mark Hawthorne of Columbus, Ohio, and Michael Hawthorne of Parkersburg; one daughter, Juli Kerns and her husband, Rockey, of Parkersburg; a stepdaughter, Tracy Creeger and her husband, Tim, of Vienna; and seven grandchildren, Oliver Hawthorne, Eric Kerns, Blake Kerns, Samantha Creeger, Ian Hawthorne, Elizabeth Creeger and Madelon Kerns. He is also survived by one sister, Roberta Leach and her husband, Michael, of Vienna; and several nieces and nephews and many, many friends.

Bob was preceded in death by his father, Fred A. Hawthorne.

Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, 3005 Grand Central Ave., Vienna, with the Rev. Sandra Runnion, Pastor William Brown and Dennis Pratt officiating. Burial will follow at the Evergreen North Cemetery, where Lodge No. 169 will perform Masonic graveside rites. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today.

The Hadley Funeral Home, Marietta, is handling the arrangements for the Hawthorne family. Online condolences may be sent to www.hadleyfuneralhomes.com .

The family requests memorials to Shriners Hospitals for Children, 1900 Richmond Road, Lexington, KY 40502, in memory of Robert D. Hawthorne.

The 133 Imperial Council Session was held July 1 thru July 5 in Anaheim, California.. It was an excelent location for our convention. The weather was absolutly beautiful.

The new Imperial Potentate is Dr. Bernard Lemieux from Zenobia Shriners in Toledo, Ohio.

There were eleven items on the call for the representatives to ballot on along with two Past Potentates who were running for the office of Imperial Outer Guard. Ill. Sir Jim Cain, Al Menah Shriners, Nashville, Tennesee and Ill. Sir Gary Bergenske,Bahia Shriners Orlando, Florida. Ill. Sir Bergenske won the election and Ill. Sir Cain announced the he would be a candidate next year..The voting representatives also re-elected Imperial Sir Tad Claypool from Antioch Shriners for his second term as a Trustee, and the same is true for Noble Bob Smith from Calam Shriners. Both of these men have worked very hard and have helped shape a positive course of action for our hospitals.  Imperial Sir Ralph Semb was also re-elected as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Shriners Hospitals.

At this past Imperial Council Session, the piece of legislation concerning building a new hospital in London , Ontario , Canada was defeated and we will maintain our present hospital in Montreal .

All of your representatives except Chief Rabban John Hadley have new returned home. John will not return until July 15.