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CHAPTER NEWSLETTER & MINUTES OF
THE JULY 19, 2008 MEETING
HOSTED BY MARYSVILLE COUNCIL 1869, AT
Chapter
President Paul Schrader called the meeting to order at
The
meeting opened with a Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance
State
Advocate Charles H.
President:
Elbert D. Holmes
Chaplain:
Rev. Joe Huong
Vice President: John W. Norwood
Secretary: W.
Jackson Willoughby
Treasurer:
Advocate:
James Currlin
Warden: Pete
Comerford
3 year Fin. Advisor:
Paul D. Schrader
2 year Fin. Advisor: David Abbott
1 year Fin. Advisor:
Floyd Wells
The
gavel was handed to the new Chapter President, Elbert Holmes, who gave the following message:
Presidents Pulse
My Brothers:
My thanks go to John Cardozo ,
Grand Knight of Marysville Council No 1869 and Fr. Joe Huong of St Josephs
Church for the warn welcome at the July Chapter meeting and the Installation of
Chapter Officers. My thanks also go to Brother David and Janice Shawles for the lovely table arrangements, Betty Lopez and
Laverne Dodson for the ladies program. A lot of people worked very hard behind
the scenes throughout the day on the Chapters behalf and I am very grateful.
The next Chapter meeting will be
hosted by Council No. 10611 on Saturday, September 20th at St
Theresa Parish in
At this time, two 2nd
and 3rd Degrees are planned for Saturday, September 6th, at
Our Lady of Grace Council #9469, a second on Saturday, October 11, at St.
Teresa in
The first Membership Blitz, is
October 11th and 12th, all councils are expected to hold
a membership drive. At the conclusion of your drive, please report the number
of Prospect Cards, Form 100s and/or reactivated members to our Worthy Chapter
Membership Chairman, Brother Fred Kerstad (fvkjr@pacbell.net).
At the July Chapter meeting we
discussed goals for the coming year, which included a net increase for the
Chapter of 500 new members this Columbian Year, 6 new or reactivated Councils,
and a total of 50 Parish Round Tables. With your enthusiasm, help and support,
we can accomplish these objectives.
Vivat Jesus!
Elbert Holmes
Elbert Holmes
Chapter President
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Roll
Call of Officers: All of the new officers were present.
Dignitaries
Present:
Frank R. Pulice, Jr. PSD, Young D. Stewart, PSD, Richard L. Cutting, PSD
and Charles H. Clark, State Advocate
Minutes
of previous meeting: Motion
passed to approve.
Bills
were read and submitted to Financial
Advisors for recommendation.
Receipts
must accompany Expense Voucher.
Roll
Call of Districts and Councils: All 13 Districts were represented, 37
Councils were represented and 27 Grand Knights were present and reported on
their various programs and activities.
Their written reports were submitted and will be filed with the Chapter
Secretary.
Meeting Recessed at
Meeting Reconvened at
Frank R. Pulice, Jr., PSD, Supreme Representative and
President of the Columbian Retirement Home, Inc. was introduced. He
congratulated our Chapter for being #1 in raising funds for the Columbian
Retirement Home. Marysville Council was
#1 in the Chapter,
KNIGHTS OF
MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR LIFE
Remarks
by Donald Krolak, Insurance General Agent
September is Life
Insurance Awareness Month. To
help educate consumers about the need for and value of adequate life insurance
protection, the Life Insurance Market Research Association (LIMRA) has
published the following five facts.
These statistics are certainly worth considering.
Fact
1: Nearly three-fourths of North
Americans agree that life insurance is the best way to protect against
premature death of the primary wage earner.
Fact
2: Twenty-four million households have
no life insurance protection at all.
Almost one third of adults have no life insurance protection.
Fact
3: Forty-four percent of all households either dont own life insurance and believe they should, or
own life insurance and believe they need more.
Among those that already own some life insurance, 40 percent believe
they dont have enough.
Fact
4: One-fourth of primary wage earners feel
they do not have a plan in place to provide a decent standard of living for
their family if they died tomorrow.
Twelve percent of families would immediately have trouble meeting
everyday living expenses and another 15 percent would have difficulty keeping
up after several months.
Fact
5: People would like to discuss life
insurance with a qualified professional agent.
They believe that buying life insurance is an important and complex
financial decision. Half find it
difficult to decide how much to buy, and 43 percent worry about making the
wrong decision.
Id
like to meet with you in your home, at your convenience. Ill work with you to make sure your family
is protected. As a brother Knight you
can trust, Ill take the stress and worry out of the buying decision.
See
your Field Agent Today!!
To
contact your agent with regards to any of your insurance needs, please call my
office at 530-528-3002 or e-mail me at donald.krolak@kofc.org
Your
Brother and General Agent,
Donald
Krolak
Insurance
General Agent
P.S. If you know of a Catholic Gentleman who is looking for a Career Opportunity in the insurance field, please contact me at 530-528-3002 or e-mail donald.krolak@kofc.org.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Chapter
Archivist (William J. Dodson): No report
Chapter
Ceremonials (Robert Jenkins, PCP): He urged
councils to get their candidates through the 1st Degree ASAP and not
to make them wait. Second & Third
Degree Exemplifications are set for:
Sept. 6th, Our Lady of Grace Parish,
Registration
maximum 50 Candidates, contact Ben Romero,
Perhaps we can hold one in the
Chapter
Charities (Richard L. Cutting, PSD): No
report
Chapter
Photographer (William J. Dodson): No report
Chapter
Representative (Dante P.
Capovilla, PCP): only 13 councils present today at our meeting have 100% in the
Fr. McGivney Guild. We need 100% of our
councils in the Guild. Our Chapter had a
good showing of delegates at the State Convention, and the number of delegates
showed our strength in the elections.
Columbian
Retirement Home (Joseph
Dailey, PCP): See report by Frank R. Pulice, Jr. above
Columbian
Squires (Larry Joeger): Recently held
Squires Convention in July, 70 boys, 10 Circles, 25 Knights. Goal:
one Circle in each District.
Community
Activities (Richard S. Schultz): No report
Convention/Hospitality (Condit C. Parsons): No report
Culture
of Life (Tim DeWitt): Speaker today at
lunch re the Protection of Marriage Ballot measure (Proposition 8). Polls show slight majority opposed to it. Tim
can get speakers for any council.
Priests for Life will be coming to our counties to speak at
parishes. Plan on attending the Walk
for Life, West Coast on January 17th in San Francisco; no conflict with Chapter meeting this year.
Essay
& Poster Contest (Edward J.
Clark): No report
Fr.
Juan Perez Award (Young
Stewart, PSD): No report
Fund
Raising (Gordon Murdoch): Very
successful year for Chapter fundraising, especially $3800 from the Roseville
Raceway.
Free-Throw (Robert M. Pineschi):
Historian (Robert Heimann, PCP): No report
Hispanic
Outreach (W. Jackson Willoughby): There
are many parishes in our Chapter with substantial Hispanic population. These are ripe for forming a new council or
roundtable. We expect to have the third
annual Spanish language 2nd & 3rd Degree
Exemplification in March at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in
ICON
Coordinator (Joe Galipeau): No report
I/D
(M/R) Coordinator (David
Abbott, PCP): The Drive will be held on
Oct. 17, 18 and 19. Councils should submit order ASAP; deadline is Sept. 1st for aprons. All information needed is contained in the
booklet supplied to each council. Councils can combine individual orders for 33
case minimum but must be shipped to single address.
Goal is $140,000 for the Chapter.
I/D
(M/R) Deputy Coordinator (Young D.
Stewart, PSD): No report
Membership-Nor
Cal (Gerald R. Fong, PCP): No report
Membership-Chapter (Fred V. Kerstad Jr.): Membership is #1 Priority of the Order. Our Chapter has goal of 500 new members this
year, 100 First Degrees, 250 new Third Degree members, 40 Star councils, Blitzes set for Oct. 11-12, Jan 17-18, and April 18-19. District Deputies should encourage their
councils to hold these blitzes.
Recruiting should emphasize quality, not just quantity.
New
Councils & Round Tables (James
Currlin): Chapter goal is 6 new or reactivated councils and 50
Roundtables. Every Parish should have a
council. Grand Knights should advise
their DDs which parishes do not have a council and the DDs should advise James
Currlin.
Shining
Armor Award (Edward P. Huestis, PCP): No
report
Soccer
Challenge (Jim Jordan, FICF): No report
Special
Olympics-Chapter (Charlie
Hurley): No report
Special
Olympics-State (Richard
W. Norris, Sr.): State Deputy has included Special Olympics as part of the I/D Drive. Each
council should set a special event for this activity. There will be a Great
Testimonial
(Raymond Lopez): No report
Vocations (Michael Forman): No report
Wheel
Chair Foundation (Eldon
Hancock): See John Norwoods report.
Wheel
Chair Foundation Asst. (John W.
Norwood): A video presentation was made
by John. Chapter donated 50 wheelchairs
to the Sacramento VA Medical Center, plus another 20 in
Department
of Veterans Affairs, Voluntary Service Committee (VAVS) wrote a letter of appreciation to the Chapter c/o
John Norwood, as follows:
The
Voluntary Service staff deeply appreciates your determination, dedication and
generosity in donating 50 wheelchairs to veterans at the Sacramento VA Medical
Center. Because of your hard work we
have a supply of wheelchairs for veterans that are in need and are not able to
walk long distances to their appointments.
With your donation our Escort Service is able to provide wheelchairs for
veteran patients when needed.
Web
Administrator/Directory (Cal
Schell): webmaster@ranchoknights.com
Please advise
Web
Master (Jeff McCarty): www.kofcncc.org
Everyone should take a look at the Chapter website
Payment
of Bills approved
TREASURERS REPORT
Book balance May 5/3/08
Chapter Meeting
.$ 2,770.35
Receipts/Deposits
50-50
Raffle
.$92.00
Auburn Council,
Subtotal
.
..
..$
3,922.00
Disbursements/Checks:
Condit Parsons (Hosp)#1082
.
$101.69
Gordon Murdoch (Hosp)#1083
..
..$63.79
John Norwood (Newsltr)#1084
$44.25
Paul Schrader (Hosp.Room)#1085
.$150.00
D.P.Capovilla (Conven)#1086
...$200.00
Paul Schrader (Conven)#1087
$200.00
Wheelchair Foundation, (in honor of
James Scroggin, S.D) #1088
.$75.00
Bank charge
$3.00
Subtotal
.
.($
837.73)
Book balance,
7/19/08
.
$ 5,854.62
Outstanding checks:
#1074 $25.00
#1076 $25.00
#1078 $25.00
Subtotal
.
..
..
$75.00
Bank balance
/S/ W. Jackson Willoughby
Chapter Treasurer 2007-2008
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Financial Advisors audited the Chapter Books today and
found them in order.
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BUDGET:
KNIGHTS OF
Serving the
Catholic Diocese of
Proposed Budget
2008 - 2009
INCOME
EXPENSES
Dues 60 Councils @$30.00 $1800.00 Badges $85.00
Hospitality 60 Councils @ $30.00 $1800.00 Chapter Free Throw $400.00
50/50 $500.00 Essay Contest $100.00
Contributions $500.00 Poster Contest $50.00
Gifts $100.00
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TOTAL INCOME $4600.00 Liability Insurance $150.00
Photography $50.00
Postage/ Duplicating $735.00
State Convention $1800.00
Chapter Representative $200.00
Chapter President $200.00
Hospitality $300.00
Miscellaneous $225.00
Website Fee $50.00
Bank Service Charges $80.00
Wheelchair Foundation $75.00
________
TOTAL EXPENSES $4600.00
DUES ARE DUE
Dues notices have been sent to all councils. Dues are $30 and the Hospitality donation is
also $30 for a total of $60. This amount
covers a wide group of expenses including badges, free-throw, essay and poster
contests, liability insurance, postage & duplicating, bank charges, website
fee, State Convention and Hospitality.
Please pay your dues promptly.
STATE ADVOCATE CHARLES H.
Thanked the Knights, Councils and the Chapter for
our support for him as a State Officer. He
said that he really feels at home at our Chapter meeting! Charlie urged all our members and councils to
make a big effort to get every council to meet the goal of 100% membership in
the Fr. McGivney Guild. Our prayers will
hasten the day he is elevated to Sainthood.
He will reserve the rest of the 30 pages of his single spaced speech for
the banquet this evening. J
PROTECT MARRIAGE
by passing the
Our Chapter has been asked to schedule a Culture of
Life/Protect Marriage Campaign Workshop.
Contact Marie Widmann, State-wide Liaison.
909/393-9498 or ProLifeCathMins@SBDiocese.org .
The Supreme Council has just announced a donation of
$1Million to the campaign. We are asked
to join in supporting the campaign with our donations.
FORMS 185 AND 365 ARE DUE
Form 185 notifies State and Supreme Councils the
names and data about all Council Officers.
It was due July 1st, and most of our councils have complied,
but a few have not.
Form 365 was due August 1st and lists all
the council committee chairmen and their data.
This is for Supreme and State so the chairmen
can receive the information they need to do their job.
Grand
Knights: Make sure your councils get
these forms sent in to State and Supreme ASAP.
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!
Serving Those Who Serve
The Knights Columbus could not be more engaged
and supportive of the
mission of service to Veterans.
More than 300,00 copies of a unique prayer book are now in the hands of
A
thank you for those who bring items such as books, toiletries items for the
Vets is greatly appreciated. Do not forget to bring something to the meeting.
In addition, those who have contributed wheel chairs to support the Vets.
Condit Parsons just did that at the last chapter meeting after winning the
Lotto drawing. Thanks Condit Parsons. Thanks to James Donaker
for sitting at the Wheel chair Table and collecting the money. Approximate
$500.00 was taken in. Again, thanks for your Support of the Supreme Veterans
program
Submitted
by the Veterans Administration Voluntary Service Committee (VAVS)
John
Eldon
Hancock Rep., Assy. Christ the King, 2797
Joe
Galipeau Rep. Assy. Bishop Manogue, 0050
J.
Michael Foreman Rep
William
J. Przybyla, PSD Rep,
ST Anthony Pray for us
Ministry at
By
Joseph R Matthews
Past Grand Knight,
Council # 1849
Approximately 18 months ago while
still ministering to the California Youth facility at Preston in Ione,
California, I decided to see if I could expand this ministry and so I contacted
the Catholic Chaplin at Mule Creek State Prison, also in Ione California, which
houses up to fourteen hundred inmates, to see if I could be of assistance to
him in his duties as Chaplin to the Catholic inmates. Since I am retired, I
have time available to devote to this cause. I was surprised to see that
Chaplin Father Diago Baptista,
who is also a Knight, is more then just the Catholic Chaplin, he also helps
serve the spiritual life of many other Christians housed within the prison
walls of Mule Creek. Father Baptista serves
three distinct prison yards, which are based upon inmate security requirements
and there is a chapel in each yard. My internship required security and
background checks and a written exam to finally be regularly admitted for
security clearance without X-Ray. Currently Father has me conduct a weekly
Bible Study program in the B yard (which may
mean best behaved inmates for me). I have between 3 and 8 inmates at each
session, some are lifers Sometimes there are just Catholics and sometimes we
have a mixture of Protestant and Catholics. I am overjoyed with the attendance
and interaction with the inmates. They are well behaved, respectful and very
inquisitive and want to learn, which we all do together. Currently we are
studying Pauls letter to the Corinthians I and II. God be praised
NEXT CHAPTER MEETINGS
Sept. 20, St. Theresa Parish,
President
Elbert announced that Grand Knights will have their own meeting at
Please
See Flyer for Details of the Chapter Meeting
November 22, St. Clare Parish,
March 21, St. Teresa of
May 2,
Respectfully submitted,
W. Jackson Willoughby
Chapter Secretary
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