Council 4442 Knightly News

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1 Knights of Columbus Council Main St. Salem, NH Officers Grand Knight Deputy GK Chaplain Chancellor Recording Sec Warden Advocate Treasurer Financial Sec Lecturer Inside Guard Outside Guard Trustee 3 Year Trustee 2 Year Trustee 1 Year Bill Richards Stillman (Butch) Kealey Fr. John Michalowski, SJ Paul St.Amand Enrico Casaletto Jose Moreno Dan Norris, Esq. Bob Fournier Charlie Walsh Ron Bourque Dan Buck Paul David Thomas Campbell Dick Collopy Don Simmons (Editor: Paul St.Amand -ed) Please send articles to the editor: KnightlyNews@kofc4442.org Issue , 16 February 2015 Bishop Peterson Council #4442 Bishop Peterson Assembly #0641 Colombian Squires Circle #4735 Insurance Agent: Matthew DiCalogero Field Agent 8 Stiles Road, Salem, NH Cell: ; Office: Matthew.DiCalogero@kofc.org Highlights inside this issue: Meeting Review p2-4 New and Old Business p.3..super Bowl Party: - p.5 Pro-Life Mass p.6 Relay for Lilfe: - p.6 State Convention Tickets p.7 Lecturer's Reflection: - p.8 Support our advertisers p.9 Bad snow jokes scattered. Council 4442 Knightly News From the desk of the Grand Knight: I hope everyone has taken the time to wish the better half a very Happy Valentine s and to have purchased that traditional heart shaped box of chocolates. I would also like to express my thanks for all your prayers for myself and my mother as she struggles to recover. Ground Hog Day in Pennsylvania has come and gone and the ground hog has again seen his shadow. What a shame, we have another six weeks of winter to endure all this snow. Anyone besides myself wish there were in Florida? Brother knights, keep it in mind that Saturday, February 28, 2015 is the St Joseph Men s Prayer breakfast. Coffee is on at 7:30 am with a delicious, free will, breakfast served by 8:00 am. Come one, come all and partake of the breakfast and the prayer time and to show our support to the community. GK Bill Q: What do you get from sitting on the snow too long? A: Polaroids! Corporation Board of Directors Election: The election for the board of directors of the corporation for 2015 was held on Feb 3 (delayed because of snow storm) and officers were elected there after. The new president named the House Committee members. Donald Gagne Mike Petrilli Donald Simmons Ken Akerley Al Hamel Butch Kealey Jose Moreno George Masciarelli Gene Bryant Rico Casaletto Alan Phair Roland Theberge Dave Thompson Charlie Walsh President Vice President Treasurer Trustee Trustee Trustee, and House Comm. House Comm. House Comm. The position of Secretary is to be determined.

2 Quickie CALENDAR (And see our web Event calendar!) February Meeting First Degree St. Michael Church Monday, Feb 23, 6:00PM Exeter, NH (Bill Richards) Pro-Life Talk St. Matthew Church Thursday, Feb 26, 7:00PM Windham Council First Degree St. Thomas Aquinas Church Saturday, Feb 28, 9:00AM Derry, NH (Bill Richards) Catholic Day at the State House Wednesday, March 18, 8:00AM Concord, NH Diocese of Manchester NH State Convention Weekend of May 1, 2, 3 Nashua, NH (Bill Richards) Deceased Members Mass MQP Church Sunday, May 17, 11:00AM (Dick Collopy) Council Meeting Notes from Feb 11 UNOFFICIAL from the scratch pad of the editor... 7:30PM: GK Bill Richards opened the meeting with our prayers and pledge and opening comments. 7:34PM: Rico Casaletto read the minutes. One change was made and the minutes approved. The meeting was closed at 8:42PM; 27 members attended on this frosty evening. CHAPLAIN'S MESSAGE: Fr. John 7:41PM. Fr. John quoted excerpts from St. John Paul II's 1994 Letter to Families. The family has a vocation of love; it is a community of persons spouses, children, and relatives, that love and educate and serve others. The family shapes the children growing up. Fr. John gave an example from his own family of his father's nightly prayers at bedside. Seeing that example of faith inspired him. Fr. John then asked the members if they wanted to share an example from their own families. Several members gave stories of nightly rosaries, etc. The examples and the lessons from fathers and mothers shapes the lives of the children, and that shapes the future. BILLS AND COMMUNICATIONS: GK Bill Richards 7:55PM: Bill announced a Memorial Day Parade in Nashua in which we are invited to march. Also, the Founders Day Mass in Concord, NH will be on March 29. We also received several Thank You notes from our donations. (Sorry, there are no Penguin Plunge photos to share. -ed) COMMITTEE REPORTS: Treasurer and Financial Reports read and accepted: 8:00PM: Bob Fournier gave the treasurer's report, and 8:02PM Charlie Walsh gave the FS report. The council has 256 members. Charlie said we have a dozen members who have not paid their dues. We need to retain them to keep our membership stable! Membership and Admissions: Bill Richards 8:05PM: Bill reported we have two 1 st degree candidates in the wings. (Here are the details submitted after the meeting by Bill: -ed) First Degree Exemplification is scheduled for Monday evening, February 23, The ceremony is to begin at 7:30pm at St Michael s Church in Exeter, NH. They are also planning a rosary service which is to begin at 6:45 pm and everyone is welcome. We currently have one candidate attending the ceremony, Grant Houle. Our plans are to carpool from the council hall and will be departing at 6:00 pm. I urge my brother knights to attend as spectators in support of our prospective candidate. First Degree Exemplification is scheduled for Saturday morning, February 28, The ceremony is to begin at 10:00 am at St Thomas Aquinas Church in Derry, NH. Our plans are to carpool from the council hall departing 9:00 am. We currently have one candidate registered for the degree, Mark Bunnell. I urge my brother knights to attend the ceremony as spectators in support of our prospective candidate. Soldier Aide and Newsletter - Paul St.Amand 8:07PM Nothing special to report. Newsletter will be published on schedule. 2

3 Bingo Report: Ron Bourque 8:07PM: The Thursday Night cover all prize still has not been won. With that competition and the snow days, the Wednesday events showed a net loss; the Friday events showed a gain. We still made money this month. (It's snow laughing matter!!!.>> ed. ) Q: Why did Frosty the snowman want a divorce? A: Because he thought his wife was a flake. Pro-Life: Dennis Groulx 8:09PM: Dennis thanked all those who came to the Pro-Life Mass on January 23. (See report below. - ed) St. Matthews Council 7572 continues to hold Respect Life Talks at the Windham church. The next speaker is Darlene Pawlik, Subject: Child of Rape, to be given on the 4 th Thursday, Feb 26, 7:00PM. Past lectures can be seen on this You Tube link. Scouting Report: Don Gagne 8:13PM: The Pinewood Derby will be held on March 28, in the St.Joe School gym. Don mentioned several activities of Pack The kids have an good schedule of coming events. The pack is doing well. Tootsie Roll Drive: Gene Bryant 8:16PM: Changing of the Guard! Gene announced that we have a new chairman-in-training. Pete Klecan has volunteered to transition to be the new chairman over this next year for the Tootsie Roll campaign. Gene will be guiding Pete, and asks that all the old guard workers salute the new chairman! Pete seems happy to help out. Why is Gene smiling so slyly? I relieve you! I stand relieved! Q: What do snowmen eat for lunch? A: Icebergers! New Business: Trustee recommendations (Dick Collopy and Don Simmons) 8:18PM: We approved the following: $175 for Pack 4442 to pay half of the rent of the School Gym for the Pinewood Derby. The school is waiving the other half of the rental fee. $250 for a new coffee maker for St. Julie Hall, to retire the old, leaking machine. Donation to the parish. There was no Old Business nor were any new business items brought up from the floor. 3

4 Hall Rental Policy For hall rental call George Masciarelli at Or, go to the council web site and contact him through . George will match your needs with available dates and send you a rental agreement for your signature and deposit. You must be a member of Council 4442 and/or Assembly 0641 to rent the Hall and, you must remain at the hall during the rental period. Full details of fees and policies are available on the Web Site: Council Hall Rental. George can also arrange for members to get a key to the council home. District Deputy Report Dick Collopy 8:24PM: Dick brings greetings from our State Deputy, Rich McDermott. He renewed the goal of one new member per council per month, and mentioned that retaining every member is important, to keep our membership total up for the good of the future of the council. Join Bishop Peter A. Libasci and Catholics throughout the Granite State for Catholic Day at the State House to learn how you can make a difference in our state by advocating for justice and the common good. Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 8:00AM, meet at the Holiday Inn, Concord, NH. This event will be offered at no charge to participants and will include lunch. At the Washington, DC, March for Life, there were 600,000 people attending. And it was good to see that many, if not most, of those present were young adults. This bodes well for the future and speaks loudly of the faith of our kids. Good of the Order Announcements Q: What did the snowman and his wife put over their baby s crib? A: A snowmobile! 8:30PM: Mike Petrilli announced that he has arranged for a contribution of four filled propane tanks for our grills from Osterman Propane, (local office in Methuen, MA.) We have two tanks now, two more on the way. These will replace the tanks stolen from us. (On behalf of our hamburgers and hot dogs, Thank you! To Mike and Osterman Propane! - ed) 8:31PM: Bill Richards said the State Convention will be May 1, 2, and 3. Alternates were named to attend, just in case. Save the date if anyone wants to go, and contact Bill later. (See the information on Page 7 ed.) Also, because Bill was sick for most of the month, and out of the loop. he did not name a Knight of the Month for February. 8:34PM Ron Bourque gave the Lecturer's Reflection. See page 8. Attendance Prize: 8:40PM: The attendance prize for $20 would have been won by John Breen, who was not present. Next month the prize is $30. This Knight also was not attending. He could not have won the prize. It pays to attend the meeting! Parish Mission 8:41PM. Fr. John announced the Parish Lenten Mission will be March 9 to 12. See the Parish bulletin for details. Closing Prayer and Adjournment: 8:42PM: We pray for all those in need, the sick, our soldiers, the Christians persecuted in the Middle East, and those on our prayer line and in our intention book. Amen! 4

5 Our Super Bowl Party: (by the editor) I attended our proposed Super Bowl Party to cheer on the Patriots at the council hall. Alan Phair had reminded us that there were three parties held in the past... and each time the Patriots won. The two times parties were NOT held, the Patriots lost. This party would be a no organization event. BYOB and BYOS (Bring your Hooray. I signed my Form 100! own snacks.) Show up, pull up a chair and a table, sit, enjoy, cheer, clean up. The Butler did it! So I decided to attend. I packed up my goodie box with snacks and salsa, and a few items of alcoholic content. After attending the 5:00PM Mass at St. Joseph, I went to the council hall at 6:10PM, to get ready. I was the first one in the hall, so I turned on the lights to make ready for the party. And I waited. And waited. No one came. I left the party at 6:40PM and went home. I had previously set my DVR to record the game for history, just in case. So I watched the victory by myself. At least I didn't have to share any of my snacks! Butch installs a few safety features for our viewing enjoyment. While we are at it... Let's pass along Thanks and Kudos to Butch Kealey, who built the entertainment cabinet below the TV screen to house the remotes, the sound system, DVD player, and the cable box. Mike Banks will finish labeling everything and will post instructions on the use of the system. (It was good that no one else showed up at the Super Bowl non- Party. The entertainment cabinet had a big padlock to protect it. No access to anything. We could not have watched the game anyway! The lock has since been removed.) Save the date: Deceased Members Mass on May 17, 11:00PM, MQP Details later. How Cold is this Winter? The Indians asked their Chief in Autumn if the Winter was going to be cold or not. Not really knowing an answer, the chief replies that the Winter was going to be cold with lots of snow, and that the members of the village were to collect wood to be prepared. Being a good leader, he then went to the next phone booth and called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is this winter to be cold?" The man on the phone responded, "This Winter is going to be quite cold indeed." So the Chief went back to speed up his people to collect even more wood to be prepared. A week later he called the National Weather Service again, "Is it going to be a very cold winter?" The man replied, "Yes", it's going to be a very cold Winter." So the Chief goes back to his people and orders them to go and find every scrap of wood they can find. Two weeks later he calls the National Weather Service again: "Are you absolutely sure that the Winter is going to be very cold?" "Absolutely," the man replies, "the Indians are collecting wood like crazy!" 5

6 Respect Life Mass The Annual Respect Life Mass of our Parish was held on Friday, January 23, at St. Joseph Church. This Mass is for the entire Parish, not just members of the Knights. Dennis Groulx is the organizer for this event. He and wife Irene prepared the snacks for later. A special Thank You to our Jesuit Priests and Deacon Dave who officiated at the Mass. Music for the Mass was sponsored by our council. Sim asks, Do you have the 2 nd decade? We pray for all life... Recessional Snacks and goodies! Relay For Life Upcoming Events - Michael Banks Here are the suggested revised dates that I would like to lock in this month. Let me know if these dates look good/bad. 1. Breakfast 1 of 3 March 8th AM 2. Ham/Bean Dinner March 21st PM 3. Breakfast 2 of 3 April 5th AM Relay Set-Up Team Breakfast 3 of 3 April 26th AM 6

7 State Convention Sign Up Time! - Bill Richards The NH Knights State Convention will be on the weekend of May 1, 2, and 3. Everyone needs to return their completed convention ticket order form to our attention, with a check to the council to cover the costs, before April 5, The council can only send in one check to cover all the attendees. So I will need everyone's individual forms and checks and then the council will send in a combined order form to the State. There is a package on the State Web Site that gives all the info. If you are reading this newsletter in the electronic format (on a computer or tablet), then you simply Click on this link to get to the package. Download the package, get all the info, and fill out the form. THEN give your info and check to Bill. For those who do not have electronic access, there are copies in the council hall, (in the upper bar area.). You can fill out the forms and so on... Remember, our council needs to get ALL it's information together to make out ONE CHECK to the State, by April 5. (No, I don't expect anyone to read these forms. These are only what the forms look like in the convention packet. CLICK HERE to get to the package at the state web site. Or, get the packet at our council hall. The wife and I purchased an old home in upper New Hampshire from two elderly sisters. Winter was fast approaching and the year's first snow came early, and my wife was concerned about the house's lack of insulation. "If they could live here all those years, so can we!" I confidently declared. One November night the temperature plunged to below zero, and we woke up to find interior walls covered with frost. I called the sisters to ask how they had kept the house warm. After a rather brief conversation, I hung up and muttered to the wife, "For the past 30 years, they've gone to Florida for the winter." Q: What do you call ten Arctic hares hopping backwards through the snow together? A: A receding hare line. 7

8 Lecturer's Reflection: Isn t this just like a man?... For my Birthday this year, my wife (the dear) purchased a week of private lessons at the local health club for me. Although I am still in great shape since playing on my high school softball team, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and give it a try. I called the club and made my reservations with a personal trainer named Tawny, who identified herself as a 26-year old aerobics instructor and model for athletic clothing and swim wear. My wife seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started. The club encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress. Monday: Started my day at 6:00 AM. Tough to get out of bed, but found it was well worth it when I arrived at the health club to find Tawny waiting for me. (She is something of a goddess with blond hair, dancing eyes, and a dazzling white smile. WOO HOO!!!) Tawny gave me a tour and showed me the machines. She took my pulse after five minutes on the treadmill. She was alarmed that my pulse was so fast, but I attribute it to standing next to her in her aerobic outfit. I enjoyed watching the skillful way in which she conducted her aerobics class after my own workout today. Very inspiring. Tawny was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, although my gut was already aching from holding it in the whole time she was around. This is going to be a FANTASTIC week!! Tuesday: I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out of the door. Tawny made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar into the air. Then she put weights on it! My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile. Tawny s rewarding smile made it all worthwhile. I feel GREAT!!! It s a whole new life for me. Wednesday: The only way I can brush my teeth is by laying the toothbrush on the counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it. I believe I have a hernia in both pectorals. Driving was OK as long as I didn t try to steer or stop. I parked on top of a Geo in the club lot. Tawny was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered the other club members. (Her voice is a little too perky for early in the morning, and when she scolds, she gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying.). My chest hurt when I got on the treadmill, so Tawny put me on the stair monster. (Why the HECK would anyone invent a machine to simulate an activity rendered obsolete by elevators?) Tawny told me it would help me get in shape and enjoy life. She said some other crap too. Thursday: Tawny was waiting for me with her vampire-like teeth exposed as her thin, cruel lips were pulled back in a full snarl. (I couldn t help being a half-hour late. It took that long for me to tie my fricking shoes.). Tawny took me to work out with dumbbells. When she was not looking, I ran and hid in the men s room. She sent Lars to find me, then, as punishment, put me on the rowing machine, which I sank. Friday: I hate that WITCH Tawny more than any human being has ever hated any other human being in the history of the world. (Stupid, skinny, anemic little cheerleader wanna-be WITCH). If there was a part of my body I could move without unbearable pain, I would beat her with it. Tawny wanted me to work on my triceps. I don t have any triceps! And if you don t want dents in the floor, don t hand me fricking barbells or anything that weighs more than a sandwich. (Which I am sure you learned in the sadist school you attended and graduated magna cum laude from, you Nazi Witch.). The treadmill flung me off and I landed on a health and P.E. teacher. Why couldn t it have been someone softer, like the drama coach or the choir director? Saturday: Tawny left a message on my answering machine in her grating, shrilly voice wondering why I did not show up today. Just hearing her made me want to smash the machine with my planner. However, I lacked the strength even to use the TV remote and ended up watching eleven straight hours of the lousy weather channel. Sunday: I m having the church van pick me up for services today so I can go and thank God that this week is over. I will also pray that next year my wife (the WITCH) will choose a gift for me that is fun... like a root canal or a prostatectomy. Q: What do you call a snowman with a six pack? A: An abdominal snowman. (True... I needed filler this month. Hope you liked it. Enjoy the winter snow! -ed) 8

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