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Grand Knight’s Message

Fall is officially here. Our meeting this month is on Tuesday, Oct. 3. We start with the rosary at 7 p.m. and the council meeting at 7:30 p.m. If you need a ride to be able to attend, please reach out to me and we will make sure someone can pick you up and drive you home.

It was great to see over 75 people come out last Wednesday for the Octoberfest. How about the Culkar-Golob Band!?! They were great! Thank you to everyone who gave to the free will donation for the evening. This collection paid for the band. Also, we have some great cooks in our organization. The food was delicious. I think my favorite holiday is Octoberfest!

October also means NFL football Crzr selling season is coming to an end. How are those Football Crzr ticket sales going? Tickets must be turned in to me no later than October 18 to be eligible for all the games on the tickets. Tickets are being sold for $20. If you have tickets that you do not believe you will be selling, please return them to the hall for others to sell. I currently have five unsold tickets in my possession if anyone needs one. Sold tickets and money can be turned in each Wednesday at the hall. The sooner the better! So far, we have 96 tickets turned in. We are hoping to top last year’s turn in of 168 tickets.

Committee Updates:
The family committee: Thanks to those that nominated for September. I am pleased to announce that the McMullen family from St. Paul Parish is our September family of the month. Please nominate a family by October 15. Nomination forms are in the hall. Please remember the family does not have to have a council member, but are a positive example of a family with their parish.

Also, the family committee is having a food drive leading up toward Thanksgiving. Though nonperishable food is welcome to be donated and there is a box in the hall, we will also be collecting monetary donations, as many food banks can stretch the money collected to purchase more than individually. Watch for a collection container in the lounge where you sign the weekly book. If we collect and donate $500, the Supreme Council will refund our council $100.

Membership Committee: In September, I spoke at both St. John’s and Annunciation. A handful of men have expressed interest after speaking at all 4 parishes. The plan is to hold an exemplification on Oct. 22. We will finalize our plans at our meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 3. I will be speaking at St. Francis De Sales in January, and if we have interest will hold a second exemplification. During events at the hall, I hope to have a table set up for registrations.

Faith Committee: We have a memorial mass scheduled at Immaculate Conception on Sunday, Nov. 5 at 8:30 a.m. We hope you can join us. Other activities are in the works. Last year, we had a weekend at St. Paul Parish where the masses were said for Knights of Columbus Men. Brothers carried up the sacramental gifts. We hope to do this at one of our other parishes this year. If you are a weekly usher, please email me your name, parish, and what mass you usher at. The total ushers we have will be submitted as one of our council activities.

We can still use volunteers to step up and run different programs within our action of faith committees of faith, family, community, life and membership. If you can lend your talents to help out, please come speak with me.

Several council members have shown interest in council positions. I will be using the newsletter each month to share what different council positions there are and what they do. Please read and speak with the current person in the position you are interested in or with me or with Tom Goodhart, our district deputy.

A Knights of Columbus fraternal benefit night is set for Oct. 9, hosted by Owen Shaffer. Hope to see many of our council members there.

I encourage everyone to come out every Wednesday at the hall starting at 6 p.m. If you need a ride, let me know. Sign the book for a chance to win the weekly drawing. Enjoy a hotdog and other delicious potluck items, plus socialization.

Please keep reading, as more information and events are listed later in the newsletter.

Be Good Everyone.
Steve Dort,
Grand Knight