THE ABU BEKR SHRINE TEMPLE HAS CONDUCTED ITS ANNUAL INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS AT SHRINE TEMPLE IN DOWNTOWN SIOUX CITY.
RICH PORTER WAS INSTALLED AS POTENTATE FOR 2023.
PORTER IS A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF SIOUX CITY AND A GRADUATE OF SIOUX CITY EAST HIGH AND WESTERN IOWA TECH.
HE HAS WORKED FOR SIOUX CITY COMPRESSED STEEL FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS.
RAISED MASTER MASON AND CREATED A NOBLE OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE IN 1987,
PORTER BECAME A SHRINER DURING THE YEAR HIS FATHER, ROBERT PORTER, SERVED AS POTENTATE OF ABU BEKR SHRINE TEMPLE.
HE IS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ABU BEKR WHITE HORSE MOUNTED PATROL AND A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL STATES SHRINE HORSE PATROL ASSOCIATION.
