Bishop Flaget Council 13053, Louisville, KY May 2005 Vol 4, Issue 5

Bishop Flaget Flyer

Special points of in-

terest:

Know a Catholic you think

highly of? Then ask him to

serve with you. Ask him to

join the Knights!

Grand Knight’s Letter 2

Birthday List 2

Nomination Slate of

Officers 3

Insurance Matters 3

Special Olympics Info 3

Events Calendar/

Completed Events 4

Directory 5

Inside this issue:

Brothers please join me in congratulating Brother Knight Matt Sanderfer

as Knight of the Month for April. Aside from attending most regular meetings,

Matt has been involved in many of the council activities as well as serving as one of

our Trustees.

Currently Matt is heading up the Pancake Breakfast fund raiser scheduled

for next month. Many thanks to Matt from all of us!

Chuck Durbin, Trustee I

Membership Director

(Note: If you would like to nominate a fellow Brother for his good works, please pass

his name and some details about why you are nominating him on to Chuck at 222-

4524 or durbin.c@insightbb.com.)

Knight of the Month for April

Prayers for Our Members & Families

Please keep the following people in your prayers and thoughts.

Pope Benedict XVI

Father Jack Caldwell— recovering

Brother Knight Bob Miller

Brother Bill Janes and Family for the passing of his niece Sara

Brother Knight Claude Prather’s wife

Brother Knight Lou Hafenbreidel

Brother Bob Rucinski

Brother Lenny Izzarelli and his family

All our Servicemen and Women overseas.

Meetings:

Regular Business Meetings

every first Tuesday, 7:00pm

Open meetings every third

Wednesday, 7:00pm

Emerald Room

St. Patrick Church

1000 Beckley Station Rd.

Birthday List

May

Brian Stiff 3rd

Mike Magre 18th

Tom Blocher 24th

Pancake Fundraiser

Bishop Flaget will host its

first Pancake Breakfast on Sunday,

May 22nd at the Church of the

Ascension on Lynbrooke Rd from 9:00

a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

The current plan is to hold

these once every two or three months,

rotating churches that our Council

coverts. The food and drinks will be

served free of charge. Donations will

be accepted.

Please support us by

volunteering to help serve the

breakfast or by brining your family to

breakfast! Haven’t you been wanting

to see what Ascension looks like and

hear Fr. Padgett preach for some time

know?

Call Dale Anderson at 493-

1065 if you would like to volunteer

your time.

Dear Brothers,

I cannot believe that al-

most two years has passed since

my election to the position of

Grand Knight of Bishop Flaget

Council. Reflecting back on

these two years, or even the last

3-1/2 years of our Council’s exis-

tence, and I really have come to

appreciate and respect those

men that accept the responsibil-

ity of leading a Knights of Co-

lumbus Council, especially one

like our own that serves multi-

ple parishes.

The Nominating Com-

mittee, comprised of Trustees

Joe Wise Jr., Matt Sanderfer,

Chuck Durbin and myself, had

the responsibility of developing

a slate of office candidates con-

sidering what kind of knowledge

and skills are required to suc-

cessfully lead and operate our

council. We put together what

we believe is a strong slate of

candidates for the 2005-2006

fraternal year. See the facing

page for the complete slate.

While we recommend

that you vote in their favor, we

know that a committee can

never consider all of the vari-

ables. So, if you or another

Brother you know has interest

in running for any of the elected

positions, please feel free to

nominate yourself or that other

Brother at the June Meeting.

Your nomination will be respect-

fully heard and the words of the

nominees prayerfully considered

prior to voting.

Most importantly, please

be there to vote! Your voice is

vitally important to the council

and it should be heard. I look

forward to seeing you at on June

7th.

God bless,

Tom Blocher, GK

Grand Knight’s Letter

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Special Olympics of Kentucky

The message below is from Kelly Hutchinson who is with Spe-

cial Olympics of Kentucky. As you are aware of my effort to form

a team of Knights from the 9 Louisville Councils, the message is

a result of a phone call to Kelly last Friday.

She asked if the Knights would be involved with the Spring

Games by providing 20-25 volunteers from 8:30 - 3:30 Saturday

May 14th. She would like the Knights to be the team that would

oversee one of the competitions such as the Softball Throw.

They will train our volunteers that morning (rules and the way

they the game is to be run). This is not a hard or labor-some

task, Kelly promised we would have a GREAT time and the

experience would be very gratifying!

At the Metro Roundtable meeting Saturday we discussed

Knights from all councils joining in on this effort and we

agreed that all Councils being involved was good for the Knights

as well as SOKY, and felt we should easily be able to get the 20-

25 volunteers. If we have more, that is not a problem, we could

also be escorts for the athletes going from event to event. As you

see there are a lot of opportunities. She also mentioned if there

were a few guys that could only volunteer 3-4 hrs, they may be

able to serve lunches to the athletes.

I know the time is short, let me know how many volunteers you

can add to the effort. Contact me at my home 493-1065 or cell

802-6551 ASAP!

Dale Anderson, Chancellor

Elections will be held at our June 7th meeting.

If you would like to become an officer or would like to

nominate someone, contact Grand Knight Tom Blocher

or you can make your nomination at the June meeting.

Slate of Nominations for ‘05-’06

Council Officers Grand Knight Dwight Frank Chaplain* Open Deputy Grand Knight Dale Anderson Chancellor Chuck Durbin Recorder Mike Lally Financial Secretary* Jeremy Whitmore Treasurer Dick Scherrer Advocate Brent Baughman Lecturer* Open Warden Bob Rucinski Inside Guard Norman Beat Outside Guard Tom Brandenburg 3 Year Trustee Tom Blocher 2 Year Trustee Ralph Millen 1 Year Trustee Matt Sanderfer *Appointed positions.

Two Incomes Equals Two In-

surance Needs

In the days of “Ozzie and

Harriet,” most families fit one de-

scription. Fathers worked full-

time, while mothers remained

home, raising the kids and taking

care of the house. Today, while

some families still fall into the

traditional, one-paycheck cate-

gory, many others rely on two in-

comes to make ends meet – even if

one parent works part-time or

from home.

The more things change,

the more they remain the same.

This maxim certainly holds true

with life insurance planning. If

someone earns an income to sup-

port a family, family-income pro-

tection through life insurance is of

utmost importance.

As your Knights of Columbus

agent, I’ll be happy to provide a

customized needs analysis for both

of you. I’ll take into consideration

the amount and the sources of your

income, and suggest different ways

to provide sufficient life insurance

coverage for you and your family.

You take it for granted that you

and your family should get an an-

nual checkup from your doctor. But

you’d also benefit from an annual

financial checkup. Now’s the time,

because chances are that your life

and your financial obligations be-

come more complicated each year.

Fraternally,

Dan Turnwald

Field Agent

(Note: Dan can be reached by tele-

phone at (859) 331-0238 or by e-

mail at dan26@fuse.net.)

Election of Officers

Insurance Matters . . .

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Hopscotch Courts

Brother Knights, the PTO

of St. Patrick’s School gave a big

Thank You in the weekly church

bulletin to the members of the

Knights of Columbus for painting

some four square and hopscotch

courts for the school children so

that they could enjoy recess more

on the play

ground.

Those

that participated

where Chairman

of the event

Ralph Millen,

who I understand

made some great templates for the

painting, Bill Janes, Mike Welch,

Brent Baughman and Dwight

Frank from St. Patrick. Bob

Rucinski from St. Albert and

Chuck Durbin from St. Aloysius.

Great Job Guys!

3rd Annual Founder’s Day

Dinner/Dance:

This was another great

event put on by the combined

efforts of Fr. Diersen and Bishop

Flaget Councils. Approximately

twenty couples attended this

swingin’ event that featured a DJ

as well as great food.

The lovely setting for the

event was Bethany Hall at

Immaculate Conception Church in

LaGrange, KY.

MSA Walk:

The rain let up just in time

for this event that raised funds for

research to develop a cure for MSA.

Several Brothers, their families

and even a pet or two came out for

the 3-mile walk. Participants

from our Council included Mike

Welch, Frank Fiorini, Dwight,

Shari, Eric & George Frank, Chuck

Durbin, Tom, Andrew, Iain and

Robbie Blocher.

Friends of our council that

participated included St. Patrick

parishioners Larry Jones and

daughters Elena and Lauren,

Blake and Julie Westoff and their

cuddly but huge dog!

Schedule of Events

May 3rd—Regular Business Meeting

May 4th—Boat Race viewing at Bishop

Spalding Council

May 5th— 1st Degree at Assumption

Council 5:45 pm

May 8th—Ascension Sunday

May 14th—Special Olympics Softball

Throw, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

May 15th—Pentecost Sunday

May 18th— Social Meeting @ 7:00 pm

in Emerald Room

May 20th-22nd—State Convention in

Paducah, KY

May 22nd—Pancake Breakfast at Ascen-

sion Church @ 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

May 25th— Officer’s Meeting 7:30 pm

in Emerald Room

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

Reg. Meeting

4 5

1st Degree

6 7

8 Ascension 9 10 11 12

4th Deg. Mtg.

13 14

Special Olympics

15 Pentecost 16 17 18

Social Meeting

19 20

State Convention

21

State Convention

22

Pancake B’fast

State Convention

23 24 25

Officer Meeting

26 27 28

29 30 Memorial Day

31

May 2005 PAGE 4 Bishop Flaget Flyer VOL 4, I SSUE 5

Completed Events

Grand Knight Tom Blocher 244-7629 t.blocher@insightbb.com

Chaplain Open

Dep. Grand Knight Dwight Frank 244-8552 dwight_frank@uhc.com

Chancellor Dale Anderson 493-1065 flg8tor@iglou.com

Recorder Mike Welch 245-3275 mikewelch1941@peoplepc.com

Fin. Secretary Jeremy Whitmore 412-4819 jwhitmore23@aol.com

Treasurer Dick Scherrer 493-9296 dsche40299@aol.com

Advocate Brent Baughman 254-9407 brb@gdm.com

Lecturer Open

Warden Charlie Rhodes 426-7309 psiky@insightbb.com

Inside Guard Bob Rucinski 292-2550 r.rucinski@insightbb.com

Outside Guard Ralph Millen 253-9983 rgmillen@bellsouth.net

3 year Trustee Joe Wise Sr. 426-2449 jbwise2@bellsouth.net

2 year Trustee Matt Sanderfer 458-5973 mattpsan@msn.com

1 year Trustee Chuck Durbin 222-4524 durbin.c@insightbb.com

Membership Dir. Chuck Durbin 222-4524 durbin.c@insightbb.com

Recruitment Chair Chuck Durbin 222-4524 durbin.c@insightbb.com

Retention Chair Dwight Frank 244-8552 Dwight_Frank@uhc.com

Insurance Chair Dan Turnwald (859) 331-0238 dan26@fuse.net

Program Director Dick Scherrer 493-9296 dsche40299@aol.com

Church Director Don Stuart 429-3966 flyboyrcrc@bellsouth.net

Vocation Chair Dale Anderson 493-1065 flg8ton@iglou.com

Community Dir. Bob Rucinski 292-2550 r.rucinski@insightbb.com

Pro-Life Couple Open

Council Director Tom Brandenburg 244-0794 tgb007@netzero..net

Newsletter Editor Charlie Rhodes 426-7309 psiky@insightbb.com

Webmaster Jerome Pasqua

PR Chairman Mike Lally mike.lally@insightbb.com

Historian Open

Fundraising Chair Matt Sanderfer 458-5973 mattpsan@msn.com

Family Director Nick Chicani 254-2042 nchicani@aol.com

Youth Director John McCarthy 244-4949 mccoots@bellsouth.net

Squires Counselor Open

State Deputy Gerald Roof (270) 554-0223 proof@vci.net

State Webmaster Gary Thomson glthomson@yahoo.com

District Deputy Paul Martin 608-0309

New Council Dev. Phil Hundley 538-9201 phildoris@prodigy.net

General Agent Louis Peterson (859) 336-9984 louisp@kyol.net

Field Agent Daniel Turnwald (859) 331-0238 dan26@fuse.net

Knights of Columbus—Supreme www.kofc.org

Columbian (online) www.kofc.org/publications/columbia/index.cfm

K of C Insurance www.kofc.org/insurance/index.cfm

Knights of Columbus—Kentucky www.kykofc.com

Vatican www.vatican.va

Catholic Conference of Kentucky www.ccky.org

Nat’l Conference of Catholic Bishops www.ncbuscc.org

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Social Meeting on May 18th!!!

We will have an evening centered around the pa-pacy with video material about Pope John Paul II's ministry. Also some history of the Papacy and prayer for the new pope His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.

Light food and refreshments will be provided. Join us in the Emerald Room starting at 6:30 pm.

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Bishop Flaget Council #13053

c/o St. Patrick Church

1000 N. Beckley Station Rd.

Louisville, KY 40245

Mission Statement

We, the men of Bishop Flaget Council,

in fellowship with our Brother Knights,

our parishes, families and nation;

value our Catholic faith,

the sanctity of human life,

the promotion of strong family life,

acceptance of and respect for others,

and compassion for those in need.

We seek justice in our parishes,

community and nation,

especially for the unborn,

those with disabilities,

and people living with infirmities

who cannot protect themselves.

We pledge to help those we can.

We strive to honor these values

in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

ANNOUNCING:

Little Sisters of the Poor

$100,000 Raffle*

Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus

All proceeds go to the Little Sisters of the Poor

Tickets are $100.00 each

Drawing will be held on Aug. 13, 2005 at 4 pm

or 30 days after all 4,000 tickets are sold.

Your ticket will be sent to you when a ticket

application along with payment, is received.

Make checks payable to “LSP Cash Raffle.”

Contact Grand Knight Tom Blocher for your

ticket application.

*Rules and regulations will be sent with your

ticket application.