Red Bluff Masons donate $7,000 to Police Activities League

 

Pictured, from left, are Master Andrew Reiland and Treasurer Gary Kruzner.( Courtesy  photo )

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Master Andrew Rieland and Treasurer Gary Kruzner of the Red Bluff Vesper Masonic Lodge presented a check in the amount of $7,000 at the monthly board meeting of the Tehama County Police Activities League (PAL), Oct. 21.

This monetary donation will allow Tehama County PAL to replace some worn equipment as well as purchase some much needed new equipment for the many programs offered to the youth of Tehama County.

The lodge mission is to support the Tehama County community through various projects, especially projects or programs directed toward the youth within our county, regardless of their backgrounds, personal financial abilities or, more importantly, their individual physical abilities.

The lodge and Tehama County PAL's mission is very similar. Normally, youth hanging out after school are not too thrilled when the cops show up.

But PAL is trying to change that. PAL is a youth crime prevention program that relies on education, athletics and other recreational activities to form a bond between law enforcement, youth and the community.

PAL provides opportunities for boys and girls to participate in a wide range of fun and stimulating activities all free of charge while teaching life lessons about the importance of community, leadership, education and team-building.

This collaboration between the Vesper Masonic Lodge and Tehama County PAL will allow the lodge to continue its goal to see that every child has the opportunity to participate in positive after school programs.

Reverse trick-or-treat at Shriners Hospital for Children helps patients say ‘thank you'

By Amanda Butterfield

SALT LAKE CITY -- At Shriners Hospital Tuesday, some patients played a bit of a trick on the staff. Instead of the kids going around asking for candy, they dropped candy off.

They called it reverse trick-or-treating. It's how the patients thanked all those who work at the hospital.
The whole process was little confusing at first. The little patients dressed up for Halloween; but instead of asking for candy, they were giving it out.
"‘Cause, um, I want to thank them for all they did for us," a patient named Michael said.
"They helped us and all kinds of stuff like that," patient Jonas Bradley said.
The children visited the lunch room, the washing room and other places that little patients usually don't go.
"We don't get too involved; but this way we get to see their costumes, and it's fun for everybody," said Judy Carlson, who is a member of the hospital's housekeeping staff.
"The staff, a lot of times, are the silent workers in the hospital. But the kids don't get a chance to take a moment and say thanks," said recreational therapist Laura Lewis.
"One of the boys with us was getting a new leg with prosthetics and orthotics," Lewis continued, "so for him to give a bucket of candy back to the person who made his leg makes all the difference."
"Being a woman, I love chocolate," said LaRae Smith, who also works at the hospital. "So we will be checking out the bowl for chocolate!"
All this week the patients at Shriners have being doing Halloween activities. This coming weekend they will do the traditional trick-or-treating at the hospital.
E-mail: abutterfield@ksl.com

El Zaribah Shriners Night of the Child

"The Night of the Child" at www.nightofthechild.org continues to move along and make progress toward the November 13th date. The doors open at 4:00pm with Casino opening at 4:30 and open until 7:30pm. We have a jam-packed night with Casino, great dinner like last year and we will start serving dinner at 7:00pm with salads and your entree at 7:30pm.

Our Emcee for the evening will be Destry Jetton, the Host/anchor for Channel 12 Midday Arizona. Channel 12 and Lin Sue Cooney have been super in helping support our Benefit. We will probably have camera people there that evening and hopefully pictures on Channel 12 the following Monday.

Our guest speaker for the evening will be Congressman Trent Franks and if you have never heard him before, he has a great story to tell. In addition, we will have some of our talented Shrine Children who will perform with a couple of songs and a video, which really tells the story on what we do as Shriners to help our kids.

We will have a number of raffles and blitz's going on during the evening along with live and silent auction. We have some great items this year. If you are on FACEBOOK, Night of the Child has a page and has pictures posted on there of items that we will have at the Benefit.

We have opened up more seats and have Individual, Reserved and Sponsor tables or seats available. You can go on line www.nightofthechild.org to purchase any of them or give Mick Degn a call at 602-312-4554.

We are still looking for some donation items to use in the event and if anyone can help us in that area, it would be appreciated.

Thank you for your support on the Benefit "The Night of the Child" and if you are looking for tickets, it is not too late, but don't delay. This is going to be a great night for the Shrine.  You don't want to miss it...

Mick Degn

Shriners Parade: Byrd wins JT/Sjroners PGA Open with a Hole in One

Shriners Parade: Byrd wins JT/Sjroners PGA Open with a Hole in One http://www.pgatour.com/video/r/highlights/top_shots/2010/10/24/mine_10jtvegas_rnd4_po4_ace_byrd_24925.pgatour/index.html


Boy did you miss the Golf game of the year if you were not at the Summerlan Links, Las Vegas or at least watching on TV. Pictures can be found on the Justin Timberlake web page or the Shriners Hospital facebook. The pgatour.com has a video of the winning shot.

Byrd wins JT/Sjroners PGA Open with a Hole in One

Boy did you miss the game of the year of you weren't at the Sumerland links or watching the JT/ Shriners PGA Open yesterday.
Check out the Justin Timberlake web page the Shriners Hospital web page for Pix.
The PGAtour web page has a video of the shot that won.

Successful Shrine Screening Clinic

Hello Shrine Hospital Team:

Wow, what a successful clinic we had today. I am very excited to
report that in just 4 hours we saw 8 children with 6 of those being
referred to the Hospital for continued care.  Many volunteers from our
club assisted with the clinic and of course our Dr and Nurse rounded
out this wonderful team.  So thank you for Dr Eric Hansen, D.O. and to
Doreen Wolf our Nurse (retired) and thank YOU for the extra guidance
and advice.

We have put together a package that will go out in the mail on Monday
priority service.

Thank you again and GO SHRINE!
Amy  on behalf of Apple Valley Shrine Club

SCREENING CLINIC FOR SHRINERS HOSPITALS Nov.6

By cathy.haupt

Screening Clinic for Shriners Hospitals for Children
Where and when? At the PacMed Clinic, 601 South Carr Road, Renton WA
Saturday, November 6th from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon.
Screening children from birth to age 18 needing care for any of the following: orthopedic, burn restoration, spinal cord injury, and Cleft lip and Palate. As you know there is never a charge for any service at a Shriners hospital. Transportation is provided to hospitals for a child and a parent if an individual situation requires it. One only has to ask. The closest orthopedic hospitals are in Portland and Spokane. The hospital in Sacramento is a Burn service hospital as well as all orthopedic needs listed below:

Scoliosis Orthogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle bones) one )
Fractures Legg Perthes Disease
Cerebral palsy Variety of Neuromuscular Diseases
Rickets Dislocated hips
Absent arm/leg Club Feet
Myelodysplasia Head Injuries
Muscular Dystrophy Short legs
Hand, Leg or Back problems Cleft lip and Palate
Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Burn Scars
Sports Injuries, bones, muscles, tendons
The PacMed Clinic in the four story green glass building one block up the hill from the Valley General Medical Center traffic light.
Applications are available at Shrinershq.org and at the clinic. Non-english speaking parents should bring an English speaking sibling or translator. School Nurses please send a childs clinical narrative to attach to a childs application. Questions?? contact Forrest 360 886 0801 or above email address

shriners Provide Free screening for children who need orthopedic care

RedditNewsvinBuzz Children who are in need of orthopedic care can attend a screening clinic in Salem to determine whether they can receive free care at Shriners Hospital in Portland.

Children screened in Salem with a treatable condition will be referred to Shriners Hospital for Children.
The hospital can treat orthopedic conditions such as scoliosis, neuromuscular disorders, congenital hip problems and hand and back problems.
The screening will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the basement of Building B at Salem Hospital, 890 Oak St. SE.
The Salem Shrine Club, which is part of the Shriners of North America, helps provide funding for the Shriners hospitals and is hosting the clinic.
For information, call Bob Barrowcliff at (503) 763-9289.
— Ruth Liao

Read more: http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101022/NEWS/10220345/1001/news#ixzz13CZ6TF7H

Corvallis,Shriners to host free screening

Gazette-Times

Children who might need care at a Shriners hospital can receive a free screening from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital.
The Linn and Benton County Shriners clubs will host the event, which specializes in screening kids up to 18 years of age with orthopedic conditions, burns or scars. Samaritan-affiliated physicians will conduct the screenings and determine if the child should be seen at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Portland where they would be eligible to receive treatment at no charge.
In addition, members of the Shrine clubs and local Masonic lodges will offer child identification packets to parents. These packets will consist of pictures and fingerprints, which will be taken on-site. Parents will be able to take their child’s identification packet home with them at the end of the screening.
Snacks and entertainment will be provided for the kids while they wait to see a physician.
For more information, call 541-258-3505.

Shriners now takes third-party insurance, but continues to provide free service

SALT LAKE CITY — With donations flat, costs rising and an endowment shrunk somewhat by the recession, Shriners Hospitals for Children now takes third-party payments after 85 years with no billing department at all. But the charitable mission is unchanged and patients without insurance will continue to be served at no cost. And there are no plans to bill those with insurance for co-payments and deductibles.

It's a way of reaching more patients who could benefit from the specialty hospital's pediatric orthopedic care, said Salt Lake director of patient care services Kevin Martin.
"We are still providing care regardless of a patient's ability to pay. We're still the same Shriners Hospital we've always been, but we are trying to take the opportunity to look at third-party reimbursement as a way to help us continue to do what we've done since 1922, when Shriners opened that first hospital in Shreveport, La."
The Salt Lake hospital opened in 1925.
The change is a national one affecting all 20 Shriners Hospitals for Children, over the next year , said Michael Babcock, spokesman. The decision was made in July 2009 because costs were increasing, while donations were steady but not growing.

As part of a phased-in national move, the Salt Lake hospital began taking insurance Oct. 5.

The move was also driven, said Babcock, by the misconception among the public that Shriners would only care for those who do not have insurance. While historically there's been no billing department, the hospital has always served any child with orthopedic problems regardless of insurance status.
The issue became more urgent, though, because the investments that fund the endowment lost about one-third of their value during the recession, he said.
"A lot of charities and organizations have had to close up shop as a result of the recession. This is an opportunity to strengthen our presence."
Martin said that Shriners has applied for a Medicare and Medicaid waiver so that it will not have to require copayments or deductibles for patients covered by those entities. And it has no plans to ask for those payments from folks with private insurance.
Billing will all be done by Dell Perot Co. from a central office that serves all Shriners Hospitals, the two said.

By Lois M. Collins, Deseret News    e-mail: lois@desnews.com

Tehran Shriners plan screening clinic for children

The annual Shriners Hospital screening clinic, organized by the Fresno Tehran Shrine, will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 6 at Sierra View District Hospital, 464 W. Putnam Ave.
The clinic is free of charge and is open to children from birth to 18 years of age who have problems with bones, joints or muscles or problems associated with burns.
Children found eligible for treatment will be scheduled for a visit to the Sacramento Shriners Hospital for further evaluation and treatment, if the parents or guardians choose to do so.
Some of the conditions treated at Shriners Hospital include spinal problems, scoliosis, growth problems, cleft lip and palate, plastic surgery needed as a result of burn injuries, scarring causing difficulty in movement of limbs, leg length problems, port-wine stains, clubfoot or apina bifida. Other conditions may be eligible.
All evaluations, transportation and treatment provided by the Shriners are free and offered at the family’s option.
For more information, call Ray Offutt at 786-7990, or Tom Crosnos at 251-1991.
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Oct.23 Screening Clinic, Victorville

The Victorville Shrine Club will be having a Screening Clinic at the Victorville Masonic Lodge Hall this Saturday, Oct.23rd from 10am to 3pm The Masonic Lodge is at 14941 Hesperia Rd.

The Shriners Hospital for Children offers treatment to Children with the special needs listed on the poster below, the services are at no charge to the child or Parent regardless of their ability to pay.

Despite small turnout, local Mason master pleased with open house event

By Keith Trout • News Editor • October 15, 2010

Although not may visitors showed up for the local open house held here last Saturday at Hope Lodge #22, one of 40 Masonic lodges in the state scheduled to conduct open houses that day, Lodge Master Earl Purrington was actually pleased with the turnout.

At the open house, Purrington said he was pleased with the people who'd visited. He said this week there were 12 people who came by that day, four being local Masons, but he noted Carson City had conducted an open house a short while ago and only two people visited, both members

Those attending the event in the lodge area upstairs above the Leslie's Fashions (44 N. Main St.) were first able to watch a recording made by the Free and Accepted Masons, entitled "On the Level: A Look into Free Masonry."

The recording talked about the Free Masons in Nevada, which includes the 40 lodges and 4,000 members statewide, and throughout the country, where there are 11,000 lodges. It also answered many questions people may have about Freemasonry, such as whether it is a religion and whether it engages in politics, the answer of both being no.

It also noted that Masons don't solicit members and those interested must request an application on their own.

Some Hope Lodge #22 members were on hand to talk with visitors, to show them around and to answer questions. Overall, eight nonmembers attended the open house, Purrington said, including some women.

The lodge includes two main rooms, a meeting room located on the east side and a smaller room on the west end where the Masons eat meals prior to meetings. There is also a small foyer with boards listing all the past masters of Hope Lodge #22 and the other local group affiliated with the Masons, The Order of the Eastern Star.

Masonry features three degrees as well, Scottish Rite, York Rite and Shriners.

Masons have both regular monthly meeting (second Thursday of month at 7:30 p.m.) and ceremonial or ritual meetings conducted periodically.

The current lodge building upstairs has been used since the 1940s, members said. A previous building near where Boys & Girls Club is burned down, and an original Masonic meeting site was in Leavitt Hall, a meeting room that formerly was located upstairs above the present Dini's Lucky Club.

Tehran Shrine Kids Day newspaper

By kidshealthkit.com
You might know the Shriners for driving mini Tin Lizzies, performing as clowns and wearing fezzes. But their mission is serious. They fund and operate 22 free hospitals for children in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Here in the Central Valley, we're fortunate to have a Shriners hospital as close as Sacramento. It's the flagship of the system -- the only one providing care in four specialties: burns, spinal cord injuries, orthopaedic conditions and cleft lips and palates.

When disaster strikes -- such as last year's day-care center fire in Hermosillo, Mexico -- victims often are rushed to a Shriners hospital, where doctors save lives and do amazing things to help children recover from horrific injuries.

But the Shriners also reach out into local communities to identify children who would benefit from treatment. The first of two local screening clinics is Saturday morning at the Fresno Shrine Center on East Olive Avenue.

Despite soaring health costs and the recession's ravaging of their endowment, the Shriners have kept a pledge to provide free care to children until they are 18 regardless of a family's ability to pay. But, for the first time, Shriners hospitals are helping their bottom line by accepting insurance payments."Good things are happening in hard times," says Ted Marsella, a Fresno Tehran Shrine member who serves on the Sacramento hospital's board of governors. "Our system has stabilized."

A year ago, the Shriners feared that they might have to close six hospitals totaling 225 beds to shave costs. But the charity's 1,300 governors rejected the proposal.

The 80-bed Sacramento hospital wasn't on the chopping block and, in fact, it has expanded both patient services and its collaboration with the University of California at Davis Health System. This summer, the hospital and university teamed to start a burn fellowship program for physicians from Mexico.

Marsella says the hospital and medical school also are researching how to treat shoulder nerves that sometimes are severed when forceps are used during delivery: "The research has been phenomenal."

Shriners and their partners throughout the country fundraise in support of the hospitals. Marsella credits the success of the annual Kids Day newspaper sales in Fresno benefitting Children's Hospital Central California with convincing the Shriners to start a Kids Day of their own. The Sacramento version has raised more than $1 million. Marsella encourages anyone who has a child needing care to attend an upcoming screening. "It's amazing what we're doing for children," he says.

Helena,Mt. Daughters of the Nile to host fashion show

Join Sapphira Daughters of the Nile for its “From Denim to Diamonds” fashion show at the Red Lion Colonial Hotel, Saturday, Oct. 23. A no-host friendship hour begins at 11 a.m., followed by lunch at noon and the fashion show at 1 p.m.
“The Nile Fashion Show has become an annual Helena tradition,” said Sapphira Temple Queen Carol Huston of Helena. “I invite the public to attend and enjoy the show and fabulous ladies who do so much for the Shriners Hospitals in caring for the many children who receive the help they need from physicians recognized for their expertise.”
Proceeds from the fashion show go to the Daughters of the Nile Foundation, which benefits the Shriners Hospitals for Children, and helps purchase prosthesis, braces, special shoes and items needed for outpatient care of children treated at the Shriners Hospitals.  Sapphira Temple also provides linens, blankets, TVs and pictures for two rooms that are used to house families of children being treated at the Spokane Shrine Hospital.  All of this, as well as all medical care, is provided at no charge to the children or their parents.
Fashion show chairman Nancy Fuller said this year’s show will feature the latest fashions for children, women and men from various Helena Merchants, as well as Kitson’s Clothing of Cascade, Cold Water Creek of Missoula and Herberger’s of Butte.
Door prizes will be given, in addition to special drawings. A special “Shrine child” will also be present.
Tickets are $20 for the luncheon and fashion show and are available by calling Karen at 443-2230 or  Teri at 457-7142.

DeMolay Legion of Honor for Ill. Phil Houghton

Illustrious Sirs, Divan and Nobles:

 

This is a reminder that on Wednesday, Oct 13, 2010, at 6:00 PM (just prior to our Stated Meeting), the Arizona DeMolay will confer their Legion of Honor Investiture on our Potentate, Ill Sir Phil Houghton.  I know Ill Sir Phil is too modest to make a big deal out of this ceremony, but it is a tremendous honor for him to receive this award.  The fact that he is our Potentate allows us all to celebrate and take pride in this accomplishment.

 

Ill Sir Phil was elected to receive the DeMolay Legion of Honor by the Supreme Council of DeMolay International.  Not many get to receive this award, I believe only four were elected to receive this award in Arizona this year.  The award is given to Master Masons or Senior DeMolays who have made a significant contribution as a Master Mason and/or in their professional life.  The concept of the award is to recognize men that the young men in DeMolay can use as their proper role models and mentors.  Therefore, there is a tremendous responsibility that goes along with receiving this award.  As a young man in DeMolay, I can remember looking at the Legion of Honor recipients and hoping that I could pattern my life after them.  They served as great mentors during my developmental years and I have great confidence that Ill Sir Phil will do the same for the young men of DeMolay today.

 

I hope that you will make every effort to attend this investiture and help celebrate with our Potentate this great honor.  Ill Sir Phil is very deserving of this award and I'm honored to get to be a part of his evening.

 

Yours in the Faith.

 

Jim Miller, PP

National U.S. Bone and Joint Action Week is Oct. 12-20,

Dear Nobles,

National U.S. Bone and Joint Action Week is Oct. 12-20, and we are asking you to help   spread the word about the importance of bone and joint health.  

We all want our children to grow up as healthy and strong as possible. For that to happen, it is essential to do everything we can to ensure children learn healthy habits while they are young. In term of their bones, it is important that we encourage healthy eating and an appropriate exercise program to build peak bone mass for life. As much as 90 percent of a person’s peak bone mass is established by age 18 for girls and age 20 for boys.

The consequences of low bone mass and density are serious and include osteoporosis, a condition characterized by a high risk for fractures. Although it generally affects older adults, the strongest defense is development of strong bones and peak bone mass as children.

Osteoporosis is a major health problem in America today; 10 million people have been diagnosed with the disease. An additional 34 million individuals have been identified as being at significant risk to develop the condition.

During Bone and Joint Decade’s National Action Week, Oct. 12-20, Shriners Hospitals for Children^® will work to raise awareness of the importance of nutrition and exercise for healthy bones.

We ask that you help spread this important message throughout your community, and help keep kids grow up healthy.

  

Shriners Hospitals for Children^® is providing the following resources to help you promote National U.S. Bone and Joint Action Week:

• A one-sheet 
• A news release template 
• A nutrition and exercise tips sheet
• Information on ideas to promote the campaign, including information on materials available from U.S. Bone and Joint Decade  

To view these resources and for more information about National U.S. Bone and Joint Action Week, please visit: www.shrinersvillage.com/en/TemplesAndAssociations/TempleResources/PublicAndCommunityRelations/USBoneandJoint.aspx.

U.S. Bone and Joint Decade, which continues through 2011, is a concerted worldwide effort to increase understanding and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders and injuries through prevention, education and research. Shriners Hospitals for Children^® and Shriners International have supported and promoted the campaign since it began in 2002.

National Bone and Joint Action Week is a tremendous opportunity to demonstrate the dedication of Shriners Hospitals for Children^® to improving and protecting the health of children. Your involvement and enthusiasm is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your continued support of the efforts of Shriners Hospitals for Children^® and Shriners International! 

Sincerely,

Public Relations Department

Shriners International Headquarters

Son Surprised his Shriner Father

Jerry Wilkens, captain of the Zor Roadrunners, headquartered in the St. Croix Valley, received a pleasant surprise just before the Little East West Shrine parade on Saturday. A trailer pulled up that was emblazened with not only the Shrine Hospital but also the logo of the famed Roadrunners and an action shot from one their appearances. It was the idea of his son David, who had it prepared as a surprise for his father. The trailer will now travel the United States promoting the Hospital at is fine work with children.

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Capitol Concours d’Elegance

2010 Capitol Concours d'Elegance Weekend of Events Declared a Great Success

Incredible Cars and Bikes Thrill Thousands of Visitors along Capitol Mall for Good Cause

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 2010 Capitol Concours d'Elegance displayed over 100 beautiful cars and motorbikes on September 19 to a crowd of thousands. Classics and exotics lined Capitol Mall as high rise structures and the California State Capitol building served as backdrop.

Early morning drizzles were replaced with sunshine that highlighted an afternoon of motorsports nirvana. "All Concours weekend events were a great success for sponsors, car owners, enthusiasts and Shriners Hospitals for Children™," said Alan Anderson, Director of Development for Shriners Hospitals for Children®-Northern California.

Those who supported the weekend events created to generate money for Shriners Hospitals for Children™ experienced a Saturday morning rally that meandered through the downtown Sacramento area, Saturday evening dinner on the 25th floor of a high rise, and the Sunday Concours d'Elegance event that showcased some of the finest vintage vehicles in the world.

A panel of judges scrutinized vehicles according to SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) rules. Concours cars thrilled spectators who snapped photographs as cars paraded by. Awards were presented to winners of each judged class. An exceptional 1933 Rolls-Royce PII Convertible took home the Sid Colburg Best of Show Award. Bruce Grant Award honors went to a rare 1956 Pegaso Z-102 Panoramica and the Honorary Judges Award went to a pristine 1954 Kaiser Darrin.

Members of car enthusiast group EuroSunday lined an entire block of the event with everything from European Sports Cars to the latest electric vehicle from Silicon Valley-based Tesla Motors. Members of the Ferrari Club of America Pacific Region-Sacramento Chapter gave rides to anxious passengers around a closed course who donated one cent to one hundred dollars to support Shriners Hospitals for Children™. California Auto Museum docents gave visitors "inside tours" of the event.

"So much goes into delivering an event of this caliber. Thanks to a team who worked tirelessly for months, along with volunteers, sponsors, vendors and car owners - our event was a success. Many car owners and businesses are interested in a 2011 event and we plan to announce the date in coming months," shared Alan Anderson.

View the Concours Winners: http://www.sactime.com/winnerssacramento2010.htm

About Shriners Hospitals for Children® - Northern California

Shriners Hospitals for Children® - Northern California is an international health care system dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing specialty pediatric care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs. Children up to the age of 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate are eligible for admission and receive all care in a family-centered environment with no financial obligation to patients or families. More: www.shrinershospitals.org.
Alan Anderson or Cindy A. Meitle, 916 453-2009, 480 277-1864

Shriners help Villager’s granddaughter

Kaitlyn Avery with some of her artwork. Kaitlyn Avery with some of her artwork. Kaitlyn Avery, granddaughter of Hot Springs Village residents Sue and Bill Avery, has just finished a successful run of the play Steel Magnolias in Roseville, Calif., where she played the part of Shelby.

Kaitlyn has another connection with the Village. When she was 13, she tore the growth plate in her right leg while jumping on a trampoline.

She was told that without special surgery, her leg would never grow and she would forever have a very noticeable limp. Her parents contacted her grandparents in the Village and asked if they could put them in touch with someone connected with the Shriners Hospital.

Kaitlyn’s doctor had advised them they were probably the only ones who could help her. Sue called Village resident, Lloyd Swan, a long time member of the Shriners organization, who in turn contacted Carl Gann.

Together, they found a fellow Shriner in San Francisco, who called Kaitlyn’s parents with instructions as to what they needed to do to get her into the Shriners Children’s Hospital in Sacramento. She underwent surgery on her injured leg and later, both legs had to have surgery in order to assure the same rate of growth in both legs.

Today, Kaitlyn is a petite young woman of 21 and is enjoying a healthy life, free of any signs of her ordeal except the faded scars on her legs.

She has been acting since high school, when she was told she must choose another elective subject instead of her first choice of physical education class, and she chose acting.

After moving from Santa Rosa to Roseville, California, she joined the Civic Theater West. She has done such plays as A Chorus Line, Oliver, Inherit the Wind, Sessical and Macbeth.

She has also directed plays as well as acted as stage manager, set decorator and scenic designer. Her grandmother, Sue flew to Roseville in July to surprise Kaitlyn on the opening night of Steel Magnolias. The play received outstanding reviews. Kaitlyn will direct the next play The Drowsy Chaperone.

When not involved with community theater, Kaitlyn paints, works as a nanny and attends Sierra College in Rockland. She plans to major in pediatric nursing.