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Page1 . BISHOP RICHTER COUNCIL 7761 JUNE 2014 - NEWSLETTER Council website: www.7761.catholicweb.com 2013-2014 COUNCIL OFFICERS Chaplain Fr. Tony Russo 866-0931 x214 Grand Knight Bryan Galloway 874-9682 Email: [email protected] D.Gr. Knight Larry Denhof 866-8516 Chancellor Pat Keeley 874-8685 Fin. Secretary Roger Mawby 866-5128 Treasurer Michael Despres 866-1282 Recorder Bill Koltak 874-1179 Lector OPEN Advocate Brent Boncher 318-6363 Warden Frank Savickas 866-9319 Inside Guard John Simmons 561-6393 Outside Guard Chad Carlisle 560-3906 3 Yr Trustee Dave Lawrence 874-3789 2 Yr Trustee Stan Dobek 884-0171 1 Yr Trustee Erich O’Brien 460-4322 MEMBERSHIP Dave Lawrence - 874-3789 Email: [email protected] STATE OFFICERS District Deputy - Joe Jernigan 696-0005 District Warden - Zane Rice 696-2366 K of C INSURANCE Agent Robert J. Taylor (616) 794-0527 COUNCIL NEWSLETTER Editor Chad Carlisle 560-3906 Email: [email protected] Distributor Dick Hurst (231) 629-8333 Email: [email protected] COUNCIL DIRECTORS Membership Director……………..Dave Lawrence Youth Director…………………...Mitchell Rysztak GRAND KNIGHTS MESSAGE I t has been a pleasure to serve as your Grand Knight. The fraternal year is coming quickly to an end. I would like to thank everyone who participated with our Council this past year. We make a difference thanks to all who volunteer. The month of May brought beautiful weather and I think we all have enjoyed it. The month began with our annual garage sale on May 10th. I would like to thank Nate Brown for chairing this event and thank you to all the volunteers. Our council held a corporate communion on May 18th, thank you to the Fourth Degree Color Guard. The Parade of Homes is in full swing, contact Stan Dobek if you would like to volunteer.. At the last council meeting we held our annual election of officers. Thank you to all who volunteered to service as officers. Key dates: June 7: Volunteer at the spaghetti dinner for the Golub Family (young mom and dad with cancer) June 14: Officers Training, any officers that would like to attend please contact me. June 22: Second and Third degree at St. Mary's Queen of Apostle, Sand Lake at 1pm. Please consider taking a step to become a third degree member . Contact me if you would like more information. June 24: Clergy Appreciation Dinner -- Let’s show our support for our clergy by having many members attend. June 29: White Caps Baseball game, 1:00pm,. Please contact me if you are interested in attending. Vivat Jesus, Bryan Galloway JUNE MEETING The June meeting will be held on June 18th at 7:30 at the Rockford Community Cabin. Come and attend the meeting and then join your brother knights for some comrad- ery, friendship, and a drink or two after the meeting. Sir Loin Tom Kinney is sure to have made something good to snack on as well. Come see what.
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BISHOP RICHTER COUNCIL 7761
JUNE 2014 - NEWSLETTER
Council website: www.7761.catholicweb.com
2013-2014 COUNCIL OFFICERSChaplain Fr. Tony Russo 866-0931 x214Grand Knight Bryan Galloway 874-9682Email: [email protected]. Knight Larry Denhof 866-8516Chancellor Pat Keeley 874-8685Fin. Secretary Roger Mawby 866-5128Treasurer Michael Despres 866-1282Recorder Bill Koltak 874-1179Lector OPENAdvocate Brent Boncher 318-6363Warden Frank Savickas 866-9319Inside Guard John Simmons 561-6393Outside Guard Chad Carlisle 560-39063 Yr Trustee Dave Lawrence 874-37892 Yr Trustee Stan Dobek 884-01711 Yr Trustee Erich O’Brien 460-4322
MEMBERSHIPDave Lawrence - 874-3789Email: [email protected]
STATE OFFICERSDistrict Deputy - Joe Jernigan 696-0005District Warden - Zane Rice 696-2366
K of C INSURANCEAgent Robert J. Taylor (616) 794-0527
COUNCIL NEWSLETTEREditor Chad Carlisle 560-3906Email: [email protected] Dick Hurst (231) 629-8333Email: [email protected]
COUNCIL DIRECTORSMembership Director……………..Dave Lawrence
Youth Director…………………...Mitchell Rysztak
GRAND KNIGHTS MESSAGE
It has been a pleasure toserve as your GrandKnight. The fraternal
year is coming quickly to an end. Iwould like to thank everyone who
participated with our Council this pastyear. We make a difference thanks toall who volunteer.
The month of May brought beautiful weather and I thinkwe all have enjoyed it. The month began with our annual garagesale on May 10th. I would like to thank Nate Brown for chairingthis event and thank you to all the volunteers. Our council held acorporate communion on May 18th, thank you to the FourthDegree Color Guard. The Parade of Homes is in full swing,contact Stan Dobek if you would like to volunteer.. At the lastcouncil meeting we held our annual election of officers. Thankyou to all who volunteered to service as officers.
Key dates:
June 7: Volunteer at the spaghetti dinner for theGolub Family (young mom and dad with cancer)
June 14: Officers Training, any officers that wouldlike to attend please contact me.
June 22: Second and Third degree at St. Mary'sQueen of Apostle, Sand Lake at 1pm. Please consider taking astep to become a third degree member . Contact me if you wouldlike more information.
June 24: Clergy Appreciation Dinner -- Let’s showour support for our clergy by having many members attend.
June 29: White Caps Baseball game, 1:00pm,. Pleasecontact me if you are interested in attending.
Vivat Jesus,
Bryan Galloway
JUNE MEETING
The June meeting will be held on June 18th at 7:30at the Rockford Community Cabin. Come and attend themeeting and then join your brother knights for some comrad-ery, friendship, and a drink or two after the meeting. Sir LoinTom Kinney is sure to have made something good to snackon as well. Come see what.
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JUNE MEMBERSHIP ANNIVERSARIES
NEIL BUEHLER 37 YR MATT GALLOWAY 5 YRFRANK DILEO JR 21 YR DOUG NOWAK 5 YRROBERT ETZEL 15 YR SCOTT RICE 5 YRGREG NOWAK 11 YR MIKE RYAN 4 YRPATRICK KEELEY 9 YR TOM NOWAK 3 YRBRAD NIELSON 6 YR STEVE KILLINGER 3 YRKEN EATON 5 YR
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
MIKE FABER 06/03 MIKE SULLIVAN 06/24BOB KROMER 06/11 BILL ROERSMA 06/25DAVE FISCHER 06/20
JUNE WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
HAP & BARB OTTENWESS 59 YRS 6/11/1955FRED & SHIRLEY EHRLICH 52 YRS 6/02/1962TOM & MAY KINNEY 52 YRS 6/30/1962BILL & PAT KOLTAK 47 YRS 6/17/1967BOB & ROSE WYLIE 38 YRS 6/22/1976GUY & LUANN CROMIER 37 YRS 6/25/1976BILL & DIANA ROERSMA 37 YRS 6/18/1977JOE & MARY JERNIGAN 36 YRS 6/24/1978ZANE & ROSE RICE 34 YRS 6/15/1980DUANE & MAUREEN NELSON 29 YRS 6/22/1985MICHAEL & SHERRYL DESPRES 25 YRS 6/10/1989RON & WENDY DEMAET 21 YRS 6/12/1993
COUNCIL 7761 YARD SALE
God smiled on us and blessed us all with a brightand sunny day for our council’s annual yardsale. The sale took place in the parking lot at
Kateri Lodge on May 10th. Chairman Nate Brown wishes tothank all those who helped make the yard sale a success, especial-ly with setting up, organizing the items for sale, and cleaning upat the end of the sale. This years yard sale earned our council$1030! Great Job Knights!
MAJOR DEGREE
There will be a Major De-gree at Mary Queen ofApostles Church in Sand
Lake hosted by Council 8425 on SundayJune 22nd.
Registration will be begin at noon ata cost of $10 per candidate. The Ceremony for
2nd degree will begin at 1:00 PM to be followed by the 3rd de-gree ceremony shortly afterward.
A dinner will be served after the major degree at a costof $8 per person if paid in advance or $10 at the door. Advanceregistration and dinner payment is due by Saturday June 14th andshould be mailed to Council 8425 Treasurer Larry Smith. Anyquestions about this event can be addressed by District DeputyJoe Jernigan at 616-696-0005 or Email him at:[email protected].
SPAGHETTI DINNER
The Golub Fami-ly SpaghettiDinner Fund-
raiser will beheld on June 7thin the OLC Family Center forJon and Laura Golub. Laura isthe daughter of Brother KnightGerry Brom; Laura and Jon areBOTH undergoing treatment forcancer in Houston where theyhad to relocate and are current-ly living with their two smallchildren.
All the proceeds fromthis fundraiser will go straightto the Golub family for assis-tance with treatment and living expenses.
Volunteers are needed for kitchen duties, clearing tablesand clean up afterwards. The dinner will start at 5:00, and cost isa free will donation. Any brother knights who wish to help makethis benefit dinner a success will be needed by 6:00. For more in-formation on what you can do to help the Golub family throughthese difficult times in their lives contact Dave Lawrence at 616-874-3789 or Email him at: [email protected].
CLERGY APPRECIATION DINNER
Holy Redeemer parish inJenison will be hostingthe Clergy Appreciation
Dinner. The purpose of the dinner is toshow appreciation support and respect forthe clergy. The clergy are a very specialkind of people, come show your support forand help promote these wonderful individuals.
The dinner will be held on June 24th. The cost is $25 perticket.
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ELECTIONS MONTH
Our monthly meetingon May 21st markedour councils latest
elections cycle. Nominations werecast for all officer positions and unan-imous votes were cast to complete ourelection process.
The newly elected line up isas follows:
Grand Knight - Dave LawrenceDeputy Grand Knight - Larry DenhofTreasurer - Michael DesPresRecorder - Bill KoltakWarden - Frank SavickasInside Guard - James JeanOutside Guard - Chad CarlisleAdvocate - Brent BoncherChancellor - John TierneyTrustee 3 year - Bryan GallowayTrustee 2 Year - Erich O’BrienTrustee 1 Year - Stan Dobek
Bold indicates a new officer for that position
Congratulations to all of Council #7761 newly electedofficer panel. Officer Training will take place on June 14th inMarne.
KNIGHT OF THE MONTHMICHAEL DESPRES
FAMILY OF THE MONTHNATE & JOYCE BROWN
WHITE CAPS SUNDAYSunday June 29th is Fam-
ily day for the Knights of Colum-bus. Come watch the West
Michigan Whitecaps take on theBowling Green Hotrods and spend the afternoon with
family and friends! Game time is at 1:00 PM and tickets are $10per person. If you would like to attend the Whitecaps game orwould like more information on the event call Bryan Galloway at616-874-9682 or Email at [email protected].
This is always a fun event for the whole family but timeis running out to purchase tickets so do not hesitate to contactBryan about your tickets.
MITCHELL’S RUNDuring the May meeting council 7761 voted to donate
$200 to Mitchell’s Run Through Rockford. This 5K run takesplace in down town Rockford and all proceeds from this event aredonated to Parent Project MD.
Over the past 15 years, MRTR has included over 10,000participants, 1,000 volunteers, and several thousand spectators,raising over $825,000. These funds ultimately help to fight Duch-enne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). The 2013 Run through Rock-ford raised $57,324.
This years run takes place on August 16th for more in-formation please visit: www.mitchellsrun.org/.
PARADE OF HOMES
Once again theKnights are par-ticipating in the
Parade of Homes. This is an ex-cellent fundraiser for our counciland really is easy money for ourcharities and other causes. StanDobek is heading up this effortand needs volunteers for June 7th. Ifyou would like to volunteer for the Parade of Homes call Stan at884-0171.
The Home we will be showing this year is located at5621 13 Mile Rd. Actually on Sherman Forrest Rd.
WORDS OF WISDOMLife is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be under-
stood.
Helen Keller
Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with whathappens to you.
Aldous Huxley
