KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS KNIGHTLINE A Newsletter of Tara Council #6352, 481 Flint River Road, Jonesboro, GA

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1 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS KNIGHTLINE A Newsletter of Tara Council #6352, 481 Flint River Road, Jonesboro, GA Knightline Knights of Columbus Tara Council # 6352 News Letter September 2016 Page of 6 Volume 1, Issue #12 ( December 2016) Council Officers Chaplain FR Paul Miskiewicz Grand Knight Bob Kula Deputy Grand Knight David Hinckley Financial Secretary Randy Schroeder Chancellor John Gavel Recorder Gordon Satkowiak Treasurer Rick Schulze Advocate Don Gibbs Inside Guard Al Derochers Outside Guard Tony Haponski Three Year Trustee Greg Edwards Two Year Trustee Mark Hale One Year Trustee Kel McDolald Membership Director Ray DeFreese Warden Chuck Paulus Lecturer David Mgbeokwere Council Webmaster John Halloran District Deputy Michael Gaines (404) Field Agent Aaron Cole (678) Council Directors Pro-Life Director Kel MacDonald Church director Bill Evon Publicity Director David Hinckley Youth Director Nick ditto Council Director David Hinckley Community Director Vacant Membership Director Ray Defreese Ladies Auxiliary Officers President Carolyn Kula Vice President-Mary Millay Secretary Clare Evon Treasurer Mary Hale Grand Knight s Corner Greetings Brother Knights This year is rapidly coming to a close. It seems the older we get, the faster the years go by. As long as we have our health, things continue to go smoothly. The Council also had a smooth year. Our financial position is in better shape than it was last year at this time. Bingo attendance is up somewhat. We accomplished a lot this year. Communications with our members has improved vastly and Brother David continues to do a super job with the Newsletter. Between the Newsletter and our expanding program, no member can say they don t know what is happening. If they don t know it is because they don t want to know, the info is there. The old saying is You can lead a horse to water, but you can t make him drink. This new year will hopefully bring some inactive members back to our meetings and activities. We always need more help. We cannot continue to have all the projects done by a small group of dedicated Knights. Come back and join us and be an active participant again. Give us a try again, if you have some new ideas, bring them to us and help get them up and running. Our usual activities of pancake breakfasts, blood drives, parish help, etc. all continue. We continue to be the right arm of the church and we respond to every re- 9 DEC - Christmas party 11 DEC - Photo with Santa 17 DEC - Reverse Raffle (Continued on page 6) 31 DEC - New Year s Eve Dinner/Dance

2 Knightline Knights of Columbus Tara Council # 6352 News Letter September 2016 Page 2 of 6 Greetings Brother Knights, Deputy Grand Knight Thank you all for all that you have accomplished this year. As an organization, our accomplishments continue to amaze me, and to celebrate, we look forward to our annual Christmas party on December 9th. This is a pot luck event for the entire family, so the more the merrier! Coming up in March, we have two exciting fundraising events. We are assisting Council #7601 in their parking lot security detail at The Folds of Honor Race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway from March 2nd to March 6th, and on March 3rd we are running our first fish fry of lent. While these events are a ways away, they are typically two of our biggest events of the year, and because they fall on the same weekend, we hope to see everyone available lending a hand. Please take a look our events calendar published monthly with this newsletter to schedule time to support the council. If you are unable to find an event that you can support but have a desire to assist, I do have several other projects that need just a little extra help to get done. To volunteer for any and all of our events please visit our web page and click on our volunteer banner. Public Affairs Notes: If you have an article that you would like to have included in our newsletter please submit it to me by the 15 th of the month. Please forward or print a copy of our newsletter to give to one of our Brother Knights without an so they can keep up with what we are doing. Fraternally, David Hinckley Deputy Grand Knight Public Affairs Officer dgk@taracouncil.org YOU can make a positive impact every month simply by paying your natural gas bill. Here's how. Stream Energy is a retail energy provider that pays Tara Council monthly, residual income for every gas customer we enroll on Stream Energy service. It's in your power to help. Enrolling for service is very easy: go to the cou ncil w ebsite and sign up. Save on your gas bill and help us generate charitable funds. Can we count on you??? If you have any questions or need help call --Ed Bucsek (770)

3 Knightline Knights of Columbus Tara Council # 6352 News Letter September 2016 Page 3 of 6 Ladies Auxiliary Presidents Corner Ladies of the Auxiliary, Ladies of the Auxiliary, The Holidays are upon us and we all are ultra-busy. I m sure, like me, we plan on cutting back on activities and think more of the spiritual side of Christmas. Too many years I fall short. This year the Adult Education department at church has planned an Advent Retreat for Saturday December 3 rd to help us with Advent and Christmas preparation. December has some special feast days: December 6 th -St. Nicholas, December 8 th- The Immaculate Conception, December 9 th -St. Juan Diego, December 12 th -Our Lady of Guadalupe, and December 28 th -The Feast of the Holy Innocents. We continue to be busy with the Bingo concession stand and working is really an enjoyable night. It is good to see the increased number of attendees at Bingo. Plans for our February Western Dinner are coming along and there seems to be a lot of enthusiasm. Thanks to all who have already signed up to cook, bake or decorate. We could use more help so just contact me or one of the other officers: Mary Millay, Clare Evon or Mary Hale. Thank you to all the women who volunteered at the KOC Pancake Breakfast and/or cooked eggs. It is always enjoyable to work side by side with our Knights. Schedule your pictures with Santa. This is the latest project from our Knights. A great idea. Hopefully it will be the start of a new tradition. Our next meeting will be on December 6 th with our Christmas Party on Friday, December 9 th. Plan on attending. Happy Birthday to: Clara Elizabeth Johnson 12/6, Mary Hale 12/7, and Jean Ward 12/25 A Holy and Merry Christmas to you and your families. Happy New Year God Bless Carolyn Kula, President Ladies Auxiliary

4 Knightline Knights of Columbus Tara Council # 6352 News Letter September 2016 Page 4 of 6 Memorial Mass On Wednesday 16 November the men and women of Tara Council came together to remember our Brother Knights and their Ladies who were called home. Absent from our Roles: 1. Radames Aponte 23. Robert C. Gaffney 45. Thomas Marshallo 67. Pete Santana 2. Philip Arsnalult 24. Richard Gill 46. Mark Martino 68. Ernie Silva 3. James Bailey 25. Charles Groh 47. Robert McDonald 69. David Skibinski 4. Gino Basile 26. Paul Grannan, Sr. 48. Robert McDermott 70. Edward Strickland 5. James W. Bradley 1st Grand Knight 6. Michael Brasser 7. Hans Broder 8. Howard Burch 9. Sean Joseph Burch 10. Vernon E. Butler 11. John Capone 12. Hon Cotter 13. Jack Chapman 14. Walter T. Ciesiel 15. Edward Cilibrasi 16. Mike Collins, Sr. 17. Michael P. Costello 18. Arthur Cudmore 19. Joseph DeWitt 20. John Ditto 21. Robert Fariole 27. Lawrence Growney 28. Bernard Jay Hart 29. Jeffery Hart 30. Charles Hawes 31. Dennis Hickey 32. Kenneth J. Higgins 33. William Johnson 34. Michael Kelly 35. John Lada 36. Paul Langston 37. Joseph Lamana 38. Edgar LeFevers 39. Ernest Lench 40. Paul S. Lepezzer 41. James Love 42. Frank T. Lynch 43. John L. Maddock Sr. 49. Daniel McDaniels 50. Thomas P. McMahon 51. John Millay 52. Joseph Mongue 53. William Morris 54. Ralph Muir 55. Robert Murtha 56. Claude Nardy 57. Fr. John O Brien 58. Robert Oglesby Sr. 59. Caaude Pare 60. Samuel Peluso Sr. 61. Frank Pierce 62. Ernest M. Pope 63. H.L. (Bud) Rainey 64. Walter Ricci 65. Will Rogers 71. Steven Sullivan 72. Gregory A. Thill 73. Wilfred Tregre 74. Alfred Vinzanni 75. William Wall 76. Terrance Walsh 77. Teddy Wilson 78. Chester A. Wins 79. Keith Wolfson 80. James Wojcik 81. John Zlakowski 22. Marke E. Fulwider 44. John Madonna 66. James T. Sanders

5 Knightline Knights of Columbus Tara Council # 6352 News Letter September 2016 Page 5 of 6 Brother Knights we have lost this fraternal year: 1. Robert Bostic 2. Timothy Dumas 3. Msgr. Frank Guista 4. Steve Mankowski 5. James Wagner 6. Douglas Williams Ladies of Our Auxiliary who have joined with our Father 1. Kay Bainbridge 2. Concetta Basile 3. Dee Bucsek 4. Louise Claughton 5. Anna Dorsey 6. Anna Eibert 7. Josephene Hawes 8. Shelia Love 9. Mary Ogle 10. Janice Pare 11. Theresa Sanders 12. Bety Shannon 13. Cathy Sieben 14. Mary Silva 15. Jeannie Steinsland 16. Margaret Stevens

6 Knightline Knights of Columbus Tara Council # 6352 News Letter September 2016 Page 6 of 6 (Continued from page 1) quest of our pastor. He repeatedly states that he depends on us for so much and we always come through. There are several major activities this past year that were very successful and new to us or at least had not been done for a long time. We are now doing the Friday Lenten fish fries. In 2016 we did a great job with these and all parishioners were very pleased with our efforts. We will be doing this again in even better. We had a major fund raiser at the Atlanta Motor Speedway during their annual NASCAR race. This was a 24/7 operation for 4 days. It was cold at night, but we all had a good time and raised money for some of our charitable causes. We will again be doing this event in We will be looking for the help of everyone to help staff our 4 days. The more volunteers we have can make the shifts shorter. Not being a handy person, I could not believe how our handicap wheelchair ramp for one of our parishioners turned out. The real expertise came from Habitat for Humanity, they really came through for us with their knowledge. Without them we might still be working on the ramp. For 44 years the Council has sponsored Clayton County Public Service luncheon and personnel recognition. All EMT s, firefighters and police personnel from all the jurisdictions in the county are invited and they also recommend one of their people who have done an outstanding job. We select a winner and this person is presented a plaque as the Public Servant of the Year. This is a fun event for us and gives us the opportunity to thank these public servants for all they do 24/7 throughout the year. They are very appreciative of this event and look forward to it as we do. 44 years is a long time to keep up this tradition and we intend to keep this as an annual event. SVDP has had their thrift store in Hapeville for a very long time. They have outgrown this facility and are moving to a larger location in Morrow. They came to the Knights for help in getting the new facility ready. We responded as usual and have spent over 200 man hours working to get this new facility ready to open. We have removed old carpeting, did a lot of floor prep, built walls put up drywall, mudded the drywall and whatever else was needed. We have always had Knights & our Ladies Auxiliary members working at the store, but this was a new venture getting the new store ready. Once again the Knights come through to assist in any way we can. We are going to do Pictures with Santa this year, something new again. We are fill ing in time slots now so bring your kids and grandkids and have their picture taken with Santa, you can have your picture taken also as long as you sit on Santa s lap. So we are trying to involve more people and let them know the Knights are around and very active. Come and help us spread the word and become involved in these projects. But enough about the Council, we are now in the Christmas season and getting ready for the birthday of Jesus. It is a time to be happy and celebrate our faith. Enjoy this season with your family and friends. Let me be one of the first to be politically incorrect and wish you a Merry Christmas! Vivat Jesus Bob K Grand Knight

7 Knightline Knights of Columbus Tara Council # 6352 News Letter September 2016 Page 7 of 6 Christmas Charity Reverse Raffle Winning tickets will be drawn on December 17th at the Knights of Columbus Hall following the 4 PM Mass. Heavy hors d oeuvres will be served during the drawing. There will be 13 winners. 12 Winners will receive between $100 to $800. Last ticket to be drawn will receive $2500. Total payout will be $6400. Only 300 tickets will be sold. Cost per ticket is $50.00 or 3 for $ For tickets please contact: John Gavel Ed Bucsek Tom Gattreaux Bob Kula Leo Hoeh David Hinckley Knight of Columbus Tara Council #6352 support the many different charities during the year. The following is a list of a few Jonesboro Pregnancy Center, Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Our Lady of Mercy, Saint Vincent de Paul.

8 Knightline Knights of Columbus Tara Council # 6352 News Letter September 2016 Page 8 of 6 When: December 9 at 6:00 PM Knights of Columbus Christmas Party Who: Knights of Columbus Families this includes children and grand children. What: Those attending are asked to bring a covered dish. The cost of the dinner is $10/adult or canned goods. Children are free. All the proceeds will go to Saint Vincent DePaul Society. Below are suggested menu items: Mashed potato dishes Sweet potato dishes Rice dishes Vegetable dishes (carrots, green beans, squash, roasted vegetables, etc.) Dinner rolls and butter Salad dishes (cranberry, lettuce, spinach, macaroni, etc.) Desserts (cakes, pies, candies, etc.) Please let Rick Shulze know if you will attend, include the number of people in your family, and what dish you are brining to the party. Rick will keep a running list and share it with all. Volunteers are needed to help decorate the K of C hall at 10am on 12/9, and to assist in serving the dinner that evening. Please contact Rick as soon as possible at jdrschulze@bellsouth.net (770)

9 Knightline Knights of Columbus Tara Council # 6352 News Letter September 2016 Page 9 of 6 Knights of Columbus Annual New Year s Eve Dinner Dance Mark your calendar Invite your friends Tell your coworkers Our annual New Year s Eve Dinner and Dance includes heavy hors-d'oeuvre, a Champaign

10 Knightline Knights of Columbus Tara Council # 6352 News Letter September 2016 Page 10 of 6 Annual Event Annual Event December. Saturday, December 3, 2016 Sell Photo with Santa time slots David Hinckley Sunday, December 4, 2016 Sell Photo with Santa time slots David Hinckley Sunday, December 4, Monastery of the Holy Spirit - Baked Goods 2016 Sale Kel McDonald Tuesday, December 6, 2016 Council Business Meeting Grand Knight Friday, December 9, 2016 Date of Council Christmas Party Rick Schultze Saturday, December 10, 2016 Work Day (8AM-12 Noon) Ladies Invited Deputy GK Sunday, December 11, Monastery of the Holy Spirit - Baked Goods 2016 Sale Kel McDonald Sunday, December 11, 2016 Photo with Santa David Hinckley Dates TBD Monastery of the Holy Spirit - Baked Goods Sale ( Mid Nov - Christmas) Kel McDonald Tuesday, December 13, Officer & Six Point Meeting 6:30 PM & 7: PM GK/DGK Saturday, 17 December Reverse Raffle after the 4 PM Mass Saturday, December 31, 2016 New Years Eve Party Charlie Scherer Annual Event Approved/ SEPBM Annual Event 2017 January. Annual Event Sunday, January 1, 2017 New Years Eve Party Charlie Scherer Tuesday, January 3, 2017 Council Business Meeting Grand Knight Tuesday, January 10, Officer & Six Point Meeting 6:30 PM & 7: PM GK/DGK Saturday, January 14, 2017 Work Day (8AM-12 Noon) Ladies Invited Deputy GK Approved/ Saturday, January 21, 2017 SEPBM Corn Hole Toss Tournament David Hinckley February. Tuesday, February 7, 2017 Council Business Meeting Grand Knight Tuesday, February 14, Valentines Day 2017 Wednesday, February Proposed 15, 2017 Valentine Day - Enjoy your time with your Wife Officer & Six Point Meeting 6:30 PM & 7:30 PM Wife GK/DGK Saturday, February 18, 2017 Work Day (8AM-12 Noon) Ladies Invited Deputy GK