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July 2011 Newsletter Please submit your newsletter articles to Jeremy Johnson by the 24th of each month for the following month’s newsletter. Calendar of Event First Friday Of Every Month – First Friday Mass at Immaculate Conception 7:00 AM Breakfast to follow at Altoona Family Restaurant. Knights and their ladies invited. Tuesday July 12, 2011 – Regular Business Meeting 7PM at the hall. Thursday July 14, 2011 – District Meeting 7 PM at the Goldsmith Hall in Chippewa Falls. All council officers and directors are welcome to come. Tuesday July 19, 2011 – Officers & Directors Meeting 7PM at the hall. We will review council activities and events for the next few months. July 21-23, 2011 – As in past years we will be working at Country Jam in Eau Claire helping with parking. Volunteers will be needed to fill up those shifts. Please contact Jack Fay 514-2434 fip@mindspring.com if you are interested in helping out. All proceeds that we earn from this event will go to our charity efforts. Tuesday July 26, 2011 – There will be NO fourth Tuesday Pot Luck Dinner in July or August. We will resume our Pot Luck Dinners in September. Sunday July 31, 2011 – Corporate Communion at St Patrick’s Church 9AM Mass. All Knights and their families are encouraged to come and we will all sit together at Mass. GRAND KNIGHT’S COMMENTSGreetings Brother Knights, I am honored to be taking over as your Grand Knight this July. I would like to thank our Past Grand Knight for his great service to this council these past two years. Under Jerry Hamill’s leadership the council has strengthened our Service Programs, improved our ability to manage our finances, appointed a Charity Committee to help manage our Charity Funds, instituted a Membership Retention Committee and the establishment of a Round Table at Sacred Heart / St Pat’s Parish. I congratulate Jerry as well as the Council on these accomplishments. Due to Jerry’s great experience with accounting and budgeting, I have asked Jerry to help with our Charity Accounts while he serves out his term as our Three Year Trustee. It has been a privilege to be able to work with and learn from Jerry these past two years and I thank the Nomination Committee and the Council for trusting me to serve as your Grand Knight. We are in the process of verifying the Service Director Positions. Kevin Friederichs will be our Program Director this year with some guidance from Jerry Olson our Past Program Director. Jerry Olson was instrumental in assisting Jerry Hamill the past two years in strengthening our Service Programs and I also thank Jerry Olson for his service. I thank all of our Officers and Directors for their service this past year and with many of our Officer and Director Positions remaining the same as last year, I believe that the future looks very bright for this council. I would also like to note some changes from last year. First, I will be stepping down as Newsletter Editor. Jeremy Johnson is our new Newsletter Editor and his contact information can be found in our officer list on the cover. We also have some new permanent email addresses for key officer positions that will be handed down to whoever is in that office. These email address are for the Grand Knight (gk@kofceauclaire.org), Financial Secretary (fs@kofceauclaire.org) and Newsletter Editor (ne@kofceauclaire.org). Also Jerry Hamill has appointed a Charities Committee to act as a steering committee to make recommendations to the council on our Charity Accounts. Members of this committee are but are not limited to Tim Carroll, Kevin Friederichs, Jack Fay, Mark Aebly, Jerry Hamill, Jerry Olson, Al Weix and Jerry Whalen. I also would like to thank everyone that has made our summertime charity activities so successful by donating your time to work these events. Starting with our Brat Stand at Gordy’s, then those that helped with arm bands at Country Fest and finally those that are signed up to work parking at Country Jam. With as busy as summer can be and all the demands on your time, thanks for your sacrifice. I will try to keep future reports shorter but since I am writing this newsletter one last time, no one is here to stop me. Have a great summer! Vivat Jesus! Installation of Council Officers June 28, 2011
Odds and EndsCountry Jam. We will have the ability to fill additional shifts at Country Jam working parking. If you are able to help out please contact Jack Fay 514-2434 fip@mindspring.com.Our July Knight of the Month is Jack Fay. Our Community director has been very busy this summer helping organize the Brat Stand, Country Fest and Country Jam activities. Thanks for your hard work Jack! Our April Family of the Month is the George and Mary Jo Walter Family. George and Mary Jo are members of I.C. Parish. George has been a Knight for 44 years, a Past Grand Knight, District Deputy, K of C Insurance Agent, First Degree Team member for 38 years and Financial Secretary for 25 years. George has been on the Fourth Degree Honor Guard, Western District Fourth Degree Team, Past Faithful Navigator, Area Coordinator and a cofounder of the Bishop Fulton J Sheen Assembly. George was involved with many of our council’s activities over the years and also helped promote and organize professional wrestling matches to help support Regis High School and area Catholic Schools. Mary Jo was a cofounder of both Birthright and Right to Life Chapters, been the leader of parish Mission Groups and member of the Prayer Chain. George and Mary Jo have worked many parish events including fish boils. George has also served as a Lecturer and Eucharistic Minister Our May Family of the Month is the Al and Dori Weix Family. Al was a Vietnam veteran that lead Rosaries with fellow soldiers as well as getting many of them to Mass. Al also sold raffle tickets at Express games that raised $1,200 for Feed My People Food Bank. Al has also donated many hand- made wooden toys to local charities. Al and Dori are members of St Olaf Parish and have been involved in many committees including the Foresters, Ushers, Parish Council, and Men’s Club. Dori has been an officer of St Ann’s Society, Alter Society and Bazaar Committee. Both Al and Dori have been on the Parish Picnic Committee. As a Knight of this council Al has been involved in KC Brat Stands, a key player in the Bolton Refuge House Christmas Party, Bolton Refuge House Remodeling Project, Country Jam Parking and played Santa at the Bolton House Christmas Party for 6 years. Jerry and Susan Hamill presented with June Family of the Month Award from Grand Knight Tim Carroll at June 28, 2011 meeting.
Congratulations to all our Families of the Month. Thanks for your service to your parishes, our council and our community. Please remember all brother Knights who are sick or in distress. Our new Newsletter Editor Jeremy Johnson is a member of St James the Greater Parish and he and his wife Lisa have four children.
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