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KNIGHTLY NEWS – Newsletter for Knights of Columbus Council 7923 August 2014

KNIGHTLY NEWS Knights of Columbus - Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan Council 7923

908 Killian Hill Rd. • Lilburn, GA. 30047 • 770-921-9966 August 2014

INSIDE TH IS ISSUE

1 Grand Knight’s Report

3 Knight of the Month

5 Hawaiian Dinner Flyer

6 2014-2015 Fraternal Budget

7 Party with the Marascos

Grand Knight’s Report Ed Reyes Grand Knight

Brother Knights:

A couple of weeks ago I attended Grand Knights

training. The subject that was driven the most was

membership, mainly, recruiting new members. I

also found out that every year we lose about 50%

of new members. So it is great that we are

recruiting, but it doesn't do a lot of good if we keep

losing them. I believe that last year we as Knights

had a record number of new members. Let’s keep it

up.

Now we need to do something about keeping our

members. I have been a Knight for over twenty

years. But I have only been active for about three

years. For as long as I have been active and a

member of this council I have only met about 15%

of our members. I believe that we as group need to

try to get more members involved. It is everyone’s

job to reach out to the members that are not

active, to get them involved, especially, our new

members. There are a few of us that show up for

almost every event, which is great, but it would be

a lot better if we had more participants.

Since growing the order is our number one goal, it

is every member’s responsibility to recruit. We

all need to stay active in all aspects of our council.

Our goal for the year is to recruit 18 new

members. So let’s all get to work.

Vivat Jesus,

Ed Reyes

Business Meeting Highlights

Highlights from last month’s Business Meeting

include:

Meeting Minutes

The meeting minutes of the June 9, 2014

Council 7923 business meeting were read

by BK Todd Eaton and approved as read.

Miscellaneous Items

GK encouraged all BK to contribute to the

“Pennies from Heaven” program to collect

spare change to support the Monastery in

Conyers.

Treasurer’s Report

Treasurer Tom Marasco reported:

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◦ BK Steve Drzik reported we served 106

breakfasts and made $560.

◦ BK Ed Danzter spoke of the

Thanksgiving in June dinner on June

19th, and made $948.

◦ BK Chris Doran spoke about the

Barbecue dinner on July 17th

, and needs

help busing tables, manning the serving

line and clean-up, including desserts.

◦ PGK Steve Brischler spoke of the

Hawaiian Dinner and needs a bartender.

◦ BK Frank Swider spoke of the Fish-Fry

Appreciation Dinner at Killian Hall on

June 22nd at 2pm.

◦ BK Todd Eaton spoke of the Chicago-

style softball game on Saturday June

28th after the Vigil mass at 6pm at St.

John Neumann softball field.

Prayers for Those Ill and In Distress

Numerous prayers given to those ill and in

distress.

Good of the Order

BK Frank Swider won $22 in the 50/50.

Meeting was closed with a prayer.

Motion

Motion was made to table the 2014-2015 Budget

until published. The budget will be voted on at the

next business meeting.

Motion was made to transfer $2,877.93 into the

council reserve fund. Motion was made to table

this motion until published. This motion will be

voted on at the next business meeting.

◦ ~$15,217.96 is in the checking account

of which:

▪ $5,950.95 is in the council reserve

fund

▪ $735.00 in the Roger Peterka fund

◦ Reviewed the 2014-2015 Budget and

made a motion to table the budget until it

is published.

◦ Motion was made to table a motion to

transfer $2,877.93 to the council reserve

fund.

Financial Secretary’s Report

BK Ralph Oshinski reported all money, bills

and correspondence are up-to-date between

him and Supreme and the Treasurer.

BK Ralph Oshinski reported the membership

as:

◦ 277 Members of which:

◦ 156 Associates

◦ 100 Insurance members

◦ 21 Inactive members

◦ 10 Honorary (65 years old and 25 years

of uninterrupted service – dues is the

Supreme tax)

◦ 28 Honorary Life (70 years old and 25

years of service or 50 years of

uninterrupted service – dues are free)

◦ 0 Disabled

◦ New Associate Membership – 17 quota,

gained 14 and loss 1

◦ Insurance Membership – 6 quota, gained

3 and loss 1

Trustee’s Report

Trustees will meet on Saturday, August 9th at

3pm to do the yearly audit.

Deputy Grand Knight’s Report

DGK Diminick Druda reported:

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C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S

Date Activity Location

1st, Friday Happy Knights

Member's Rm 5:00-?

3rd, Sunday

Sunday Family Breakfast

Killian Hall, 9:30am-1:00pm

Public Welcome

4th, Monday

Officer Meeting

Killian Hall, 7:30pm

5th, Tuesday

Lunch - all Knights

welcome

Metro Cafe Diner, Rockbridge Rd. & E. Park Place 12:30pm

6th, Wednesday

Hall Maintenance

Killian Hall, 9:00am-Noon

8th, Friday Happy Knights

Member's Rm 5:00-?

11th, Monday

Business Meeting

Killian Hall, 8:00pm

12th, Tuesday

Lunch - all Knights

welcome


13th, Wednesday

Hall Maintenance



Member's Rm 5:00-?

18th, Monday

GKC Meeting Killian Hall, 7:30pm

19th, Tuesday

Lunch - all Knights

welcome


20th, Wednesday

Hall Maintenance


21st, Thursday

Hawaiian Dinner

Killian Hall, 5:30-8:00pm

Public Welcome

22nd, Friday

Happy Knights

Member's Rm 5:00-?

25th, Monday

1st Degree & Social

Meeting

Killian Hall, Candidates 7:00pm

26th, Tuesday

Lunch - all Knights

welcome


27th, Wednesday

Hall Maintenance



Member's Rm 5:00-?

Recognizing Knights

During last month’s Business Meeting, the

following Brother Knights were recognized:

o Shining Armor Award

Larry Addison

Rob Lemon

o Knight of the Year – BK Frank Swider

BK Frank did a great job stepping

up as President of the GKC and for

leading the Fish Fry events.

Joke of the Month

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Council 7923 Officers

Chaplain

Fr. Sunny Punnaknziyil 770-923-6633

Grand Knight

GK Ed Reyes 770-985-0018

Deputy Grand Knight

DGK Diminick Druda 678-380-3932

Chancellor

BK Chris Doran 404-210-8722

Recorder

BK Todd Eaton 770-381-9836

Treasurer

PGK Tom Marasco 770-978-1207

Warden

BK Bruce Rago 770-270-0003

Advocate

BK Ray Sherwood 770-972-7987

Financial Secretary

BK Ralph Oshinski 770-979-5187

Inside Guard BK Larry Addison 404-749-0178

Outside Guard BK Mike Staffieri 770-985-4120

BK Ed Dantzer 770-985-6189

Lecturer Deacon Greg Ollick…… 678-407-2709

1st Year Trustee PGK Jim Ollick……... 678-628-8549

2nd Year Trustee PGK Ray Tremblay……... 678-477-3701

3rd Year Trustee

PGK Hugh Gardiner.............. 770-979-9567

Insurance Field Agent

BK Darrell Swope ......... 678-357-5262

Happy Birthday Knights

Harvey C. James 8/4

Paul Scibona 8/4

Harry J. Lutz 8/5

John M. Gallagher 8/7

Thomas Weinthaler 8/7

Oswaldo Ortega 8/7

Gary Gombala 8/8

Dan O’Herron 8/8

Geoff Childs 8/9

Robert E. Manning 8/9

Felix Calles 8/12

Douglas Wanko 8/12

Thomas Bruton 8/13

Matthew Young 8/13

Scott Krill 8/13

Bradley C. Burnett 8/18

Larry M. Hoffman 8/19

Robert A. Gesuelle 8/20

Jerry Demerly 8/21

James Ollick 8/24

Nhan T. Tran 8/25

Pat M. Frey 8/26

Kevin Lacour 8/28

Picture of the Month

Knight of the Year BK Frank Swider

If you have a picture of a Knight in Action for the newsletter,

please send it to [email protected]

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