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El Katif Legion of Honor Officers for 2009 |
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El Katif LOH Officers for
2009, from left to right:
Adjutant - WALT BRADSHAW,
PC; 1st Lt Cmdr - TOM HART;
Commander - TOM UPCHURCH;
2nd Lt Cmdr - CHUCK YOUNG;
Honor Guard Cmdr - TOM
FELTON, PC. (Not Shown -
Finance Off. - BOB McVICKER) |
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Meeting for dinner at local
eateries on the Second
Monday of each month (except
Jul & Aug) at 6:30 pm.
Locations are announced in
"The Word", the
El Katif
Newspaper. |
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Note: the Columbia Basin
Shrine Club LOH Detachment
meets at the CBSC HQ on the
same night. |
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Member of the Pacific
Northwest Shrine Association
Legions Of Honor |
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Our 2009 Divan Liaison Officer is
Floyd Johnson,
First Ceremonial Master, El Katif Shrine. |
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Mission of the El Katif Legion Of Honor |
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The "Legion" is made up of Military
Veterans, Retirees and Active Duty
Personnel, who want to perpetuate the
memory of those who died in the Service
of their Country. To serve and support
our Potentate and act as a Service Unit
to the Shrine and Shriners Hospitals,
and cultivate a spirit of comradeship
among members, not only as Noble
Brothers, but as Comrades-In-Arms, who
have served our God and Country on the
Land, on the Sea, and in the Air. And to
provide sociability, entertainment and
ceremonial activities with a military
atmosphere that will promote the
interests of El Katif Shrine and
Shrinedom in general.
We of the El Katif Shrine Legion Of
Honor consider ourselves to be
"Servicemen In Service to the Shrine",
and our Motto is "It's an Honor to
belong to the Legion Of Honor"! |
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Membership Requirements |
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Membership in the Legion Of Honor is
limited to Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
who are serving in, or have been
honorably discharged from, the Armed
Forces of their country. This includes
service in the Guard, Reserves, Merchant
Marines, and Coast Guard. |
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Honors we've recieved: |
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The
El Katif Legion Of Honor
was credited with sponsoring two brand
new Legion Of Honor Units in Calam
Shrine, Idaho, and Al Aska Shrine,
Alaska, which earned the new Units
I.A.L.O.H. Charter Approval in 2001.
History was made when the
El Katif Legion Of Honor
sponsored the very first
Shrine Hospital Screening Clinic,
at the Base Hospital of Fairchild Air
Force Base, Washington, for Military
Dependent Children, in 2000. Thirteen
children were referred to the Hospital
as patients. This is now an Annual
Event. |
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Our Ongoing Activities |
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Recruiting of new Veterans |
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Amnesty for Former Members |
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Recruiting Articles in
Shrine Paper |
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LOH Activity Articles in
Paper |
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Monthly Dinner Meetings |
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Quarterly Sunday Brunches at
FAFB |
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Honor "First Sgt of Year" at
FAFB |
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Highway Rest Area "Coffee
Stops" |
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Interstate Fair Food Booth |
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Deliver Shrine Circus
Tickets |
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Sell Duck Race Tickets |
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Escorting Potentates,
Divans, Guests at
Installations, Ceremonials,
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Color Guard at Pro Baseball,
Soccer games, for LOS and
Nile Installations,
Ceremonials and Cornerstone
Layings |
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Honor Guard Services at
Shrine Funerals |
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Blood Bank Spaghetti / Chili
Feeds |
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Operate Shrine Hospital
Booths at FAFB, for Safety
Fair and Air Show |
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March, Ride and carry Shrine
Banner and Military Service
Flags in many local area
Parades |
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Sponsor Shrine Hospital
Screening Clinic at FAFB |
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Sponsor Annual "Pig Roast"
Meal |
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Produce a "Musical Salute to
Veterans" Show near
Veteran's Day |
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Formed LOH 3rd Degree Team
to confer degree on new
Masonic Brothers |
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LOH Annual Summer Family
Picnic |
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LOH Annual Christmas Party |
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LOH Change of Command and
Installation Ceremony at
FAFB |
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Attend I.A.L.O.H. Annual
Convention |
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Attend Annual I.A.L.O.H.
Wreath Laying Ceremony at
Arlington in Washington, DC
for Veteran's Day |
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