BISHOP DUNNE COUNCIL BULLETIN

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1 BISHOP DUNNE COUNCIL BULLETIN Saint Thèrése, pray for our spiritual and temporal success. May 2014 Council Columbus Trail Fort Worth, Texas or Officers/Directors Meeting every 1st Monday Business Meeting every 2nd Monday All Meetings Start at 7:30 P.M.

2 Officers Chaplain Fr. Jim Pemberton Grand Knight Raymond Ramos Deputy Grand Knight Tony Zamora Chancellor David Mazurek Recorder Paul Maher Warden Eduardo Plascenia Treasurer Dean Dodge Financial Secretary Ramon Estrada Jr Lecturer Richard Beckrich Advocate Jim Justice, PGK Outside Guard Rafael Cuevas Outside Guard Tony Garcia Inside Guard Ernest Reid Trustee - 3rd Year Giles Honeycutt Trustee - 2nd Year Jack Bibbs, PGK Trustee - 1st Year Si Seligman Program Personnel Program Director Tony Zamora Church Director Robert Myers Community Director Brad Pierce Membership Director/ David Mazurek Retention Chairman Youth Director Terry Walker / Raymond Ramos Council/Family Director Mark Reljac Sunshine Chairman Don Rejda Health Chairman Duane Oefinger, PGK Bingo Chairman Giles Honeycutt Bar/Hall Manager Charlie Valdez, PGK Kitchen Chairman Tony Zamora Pro-Life Chairman Jack Kearney, PGK Bulletin Bob Bienski Web Master Giles Honeycutt

3 Bishop Dunne Building Association President David Rubalcaba Vice President Raymond Ramos Treasurer Guy Bair Secretary Paul Maher Hall Manager Charlie Valdez, PGK Directors/Trustees Giles Honeycutt Jack Bibbs, PGK Si Seligman At Large Members Guy Bair David Rubalcaba Other Knights of Columbus Officers District Deputy George Webster K of C Insurance Cesar Aguilar Ladies Auxiliary Officers President Georgia Miller st Vice President Barbara Skipper nd Vice President Genie Kearney Treasurer Louise Beckrich Secretary Ann Kutach Parliamentarian Sharon Haskins Grand Knight Report Raymond Ramos Dear Brother Knights, Families, and Friends, The Council is alive and well. We are still holding meetings at the hall and at the regular times. Please plan to attend our meetings. They remain the same as always. Officers and Directors Meeting is the first Monday of every month at 7:30 PM. The Business Meeting is the second Monday of the month at 7:30 PM. And the normal BDBA Meeting is the second Tuesday at 7:30 PM. Just so everyone is aware, BDBA has put the hall and grounds up for sale. The Council is planning a Garage Sale on Saturday, 24 May. Please start looking for items to donate. Donated items can be place in the back hall. This is an opportunity to raise some much needed money for our hall.

4 Nominating Committee PGK Jack Bibbs / John Freeman / Brad Pierce Elections will be held at the Business Meeting on June 9. If you are interested in helping your Council in an Officer s position, please let one of the Nominating Committee know Officers Elections - Brother Knights, the fraternal year will be coming to an end and it is time for us to start thinking about electing Council Officers. Even though some of the current Officers may run again, you also can run for one of the Officers positions listed: Grand Knight, Deputy Grand Knight, Chancellor, Treasurer, Advocate, Recorder, Warden, Guards, (Inside or Outside) and Third Year Trustee In accordance with our By-Laws, the slate of proposed officers must be published in the monthly bulletin prior to the election of officers. This slate of nominees is presented to the Council by the nominating committee. Nominations will also be taken from the floor on election evening, 9 June Chaplain and Lecturer are appointed by the Grand Knight and the Financial Secretary is appointed by Supreme. Here is the proposed slate of officers: Grand Knight - John Freeman Deputy Grand Knight - Dave Mazurek Chancellor - John Simanski Recorder - Paul Maher Warden - Tony Garcia Advocate - Jim Justice, PGK Treasurer - Mark Reljac Outside Guard - Bill Miller, PGK Outside Guard - Dan Metroka Inside Guard - Johnny Kennard Trustee (3rd Year) - Jack Bibbs, PGK Trustee (2nd Year) - Giles Honeycutt Trustee (1st Year) - Raymond Ramos, PGK Financial Secretary (Appointed by Supreme) - Ramon Estrada Jr. Community Brad Pierce Presbyterian Night Shelter Sandwich Making Nights will continue to be on the fourth Tuesday of the month at St. Francis Village, at 7:00PM - Arrive Early! The next PNS evening will be Tuesday, May 27th. Tell the guards at the security gate you're there for the Knights of Columbus Sandwich Night for entry. When you see the big pond on the left, the building immediately on the right is the place to find us. If you start seeing homes, you've gone too far. Hope to see everyone there to come by and meet a few new and familiar faces! You might see some deer, too. If you have any questions, please call me. If you have donations for the Night Shelter, I'm happy to accept and deliver those as well.

5 Church Robert Myers The monthly Knights of Columbus Mass will be celebrated at Saint Bartholomew Catholic Church, 3601 Altamesa Blvd, Fort Worth, TX on Sunday, May 25th, at 11:00 AM. We ask that all Brother Knights please sit together; seats will be reserved in the front of the church for Brother Knights and their families and please wear your Knights of Columbus name tag or shirt. In place of the Pro-Life Mass for the Unborn the Council will have the Annual Patriotic Rosary on Monday, May 26th at Saint Francis Village. The rosary will start at 7:30 PM. Sunshine Don Rejda Many of our Brothers and family members are in need of our daily prayers. Please notify me if you want me to remove or add someone s name to the bulletin's prayer list. Our Council has decided, if we don't hear from you after four months, I will start removing names and place them on our long term prayer list on the Council bulletin board at the hall. Call me at or me at kolaches1942@att.net. Also, notify me if you want me to send a Get Well or Sympathy Card to someone. Also, for our Brother Knights, their wives or their family members that have passed away, please notify me so a Gate Fold of Spiritual Union of Perpetual Adoration can be given to surviving family members. Mike Byrne, Son of Brother John Byrne, passed away last month. A Gate Fold of Spiritual Union of Perpetual Adoration has been ordered. This has been an especially difficult time for our Council this winter. An accumulated of ice on the roof of our building caused the roof to cave in, because of this our Grand Knight Raymond Ramos ordered a Gate Fold for our Council. We need the Adoration Sisters prayers to ask the Holy Spirit to guide and help us now and in the future. Individuals on our current prayer are: Chaplain Father Jim Pemberton PGK Drew Armentrout Romilda Berger (Mother of Rita Johnson) Robert Bienski (Son of Bob Bienski) PGK Richard Collins PGK Vic Fedor Lynn Remualdo-Gallagher Brother Pete Gutierrez III Brother Woodie Hill & his wife Tina Sally Jaeta (Aunt of Brother Mario Lopez) PGK Dudley La Jaunie Anita Lopez (Wife of Brother Mario Lopez) Brother Bernie Maas Brother Paul Maher & his wife Shirley Brother Ernest Reid

6 Brother Louis Sanchez PGK Charlie Valdez & his wife Consuela Rita Johnson (Wife of PGK Ric Johnson) Russell Justice (Son of Brother Lisle Justice) Ruth Kemp (Wife of PGK Tom Kemp) Rob Lambert (Son-in-Law of PGK Ric Johnson) Nina Queza Wife of Brother Ed Queza) Gayle Scheibel (Mother of Brother Jim Scheibel) Pray for the repose of the soul of Mike Byrne, may his soul rest in peace. Pray for our Council and its members so that we may be guided by the Holy Spirit in everything we do. Pray for our country and its leaders, especially our President and all our military and their families. The power of prayer is strong indeed and we should wield that power often. Pro-Life Jack Kearney Abortion rights activists in North Dakota filed the first of what they expect will be several legal challenges to laws recently approved in North Dakota that would make that state the most restrictive in the country for women to terminate their pregnancies. The state's lone abortion clinic, backed by the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, said it filed a lawsuit in state court that challenges a law. The Law requires doctors who perform abortions to obtain hospital admitting privileges. Can you imagine that? Doctors that have hospital admitting privileges. What would those terrible Pro-Life people think of next. Think about it Real Doctors, not just someone who wants to kill a baby. Officials with the Red River Women's Clinic in downtown Fargo, where protesters hold weekly vigils on Wednesday when abortions are typically performed, argue the law could effectively make abortion illegal in North Dakota. GOOD for them!! Meeting Attendance Drawing Mike Remualdo s name was drawn at the Business Meeting on April 14thfor $20 and was notpresent. Health Line Duane Oefinger, PGK Paroynchia - This month I am going to write about a very common skin infection. Paroynchia is the most common hand infection in the United States. It represents about 35% of hand infections seen and is more common in women than men by 3:1. It is an infection of the soft tissue around a fingernail. It usually found around the sides or the base of the fingernail. It is usually red and swollen and often has pus to the side or base of the fingernail. See the picture below.

7 This picture shows a typical infection. Paroynchia can be acute or chronic. Acute cases often appear gradually and can develop the redness, swelling and pus can develop. It is commonly caused by staphylococci but can also be caused by streptococcus, pseudomonas, gram negative bacteria and anaerobic bacteria. Chronic cases are usually due to a yeast fungal infection such as Candida albicans instead of a bacterial infection. Other possible causes are metastatic cancer, subungual melanoma, squamous cancer and Raynauds Disease. The nail beds become thick and discolored and often develop transverse ridges. The cuticles and folds around the nails may separate, allowing microorganisms to get into the space and cause the pain, swelling, and redness. Paroynchia can be caused from many things. It usually is caused by trauma to the area around the nail such as hangnails, nail biting, finger sucking, manicures, and having artificial nails put on. If you develop symptoms protect the nail. Don t remove any of the nail. If you have an artificial nail on that finger, remove it. If the infection is mild you can soak the foot or hand 2 or three times a day in warm water. You can also put some over-the-counter antibiotic ointment on the area and apply a bandage. You can ask the pharmacist what type of antibiotic ointment to use. You should see a doctor if the finger doesn t get better in 2 or 3 days, you develop a pus filled abscess on the sides or the base of the nail, have a fever, develop red streaks around the nail or develop pain in the joint or muscles. If you are Diabetic you should see your doctor as soon as you can. Your doctor may need to drain the pus from the abscess with a needle. If you are diabetic, have peripheral vascular disease or in an immunocompromised condition your doctor may place you on some antibiotics or anti-fungal medicine. Make sure you take the medicine as prescribed and take all the antibiotics until they are all gone. What can you do to avoid Paroynchia? Avoid trauma to the fingernails and avoid nail biting and sucking the fingers. If you work in a moist environment you are going to be predisposed to these infections. Try to keep your hands and feet dry. Wear latex free or rubber gloves. Use an

8 antibacterial soap if you must wash your hands frequently, dry your hands completely and use an antibacterial moisturizer. If you are immunocompromised you need to be especially careful not to have any trauma, no matter how small, to the finger tips or nails. Ladies Auxiliary Georgia Miller The Ladies Auxiliary met on Thursday, April 10th, at the Community Center. The Auxiliary has dispensed the nomination and election of officers for until such time as Council 2813 has a new home but will meet on a social basis. There will be no May meeting. Mayola Wilkerson presented a very interesting program on the "origin of flowers". Refreshments were by Chickie Wimbish. On June 10th, the Ladies of the Auxiliary will meet at 1:00 PM for lunch at Mi Charrito Restaurant Westcreek. No reservations are required - mark your calendar for the date and time and plan to attend. This will be our last get together until September. Bishop Dunne Building Association David Rubalcaba There will be a special BDBA meeting held the first Tuesday of the month, 6 May, instead of the second Tuesday as normal. This is because we need to discuss what items the Council is go to sale at the Garage Sale scheduled for Saturday, 24 May, such as pool tables, freezers, wooden tables and etc. The BDBA meeting will start at 7:00 PM. FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY Please come join the James Gallagher 4th Degree Knight of Columbus Assembly at St. Francis Village on Sunday, May 18, 2014, at 2:00 PM for a Flag Retirement Ceremony. Bring any torn and tattered flags that are in need of being retired.

9 Insurance Cesar Aguilar Contact Cesar Aguilar at or Knights of Columbus Insurance Your Shield for Life. Cesar Aguilar (214) LIFE INSURANCE DISABILITY LONG TERM CARE ANNUITIES CALL ME AND LET S DISCUSS YOUR EXCLUSIVE FRATERNAL BENEFITS. 02 Rev Raphael Eagle 03 Richard Beckrich 03 David Marcks 03 Father Robert Sieg 06 Bobby Hutton 07 James Corbett 08 Michael Ayala 08 Jonathan Sanchez 09 Brad Pierce May Birthdays 10 James Foertsch 15 Willie Bocanegra 15 Grzegorz Gorecki 16 Daniel Carson 17 Bernie Maas 17 John Simanski 19 Bob Nicks 24 Bob Earley 24 Rodolfo Morales

10 Upcoming Events Jun 2 Officers/Directors Meeting Jun 9 Business Meeting (Election of Officers) Jun 10 BDBA Meeting Jun 14 Flag Day Jun 15 Father s Day Jun 19 4th Degree Officers & Business Meeting at S. Barth s Jun 21 Installation of Officers & GK Appreciation Dinner Jun 22 KOC Mass at Saint Bartholomew Jun 23 Mass for the Unborn at St. Francis Village Jun 24 PNS Sandwich Making Evening at St. Francis Village Jun 25 Chapter Meeting Jun 29 Corporate Communion at St Francis

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12 Council May 2014 Calendar Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Officers/Directors Meeting 7:30 6 BDBA Meeting 7: Mother s Day 12 Business Meeting 7: th Degree Officers Meeting Business Meeting at St. Bart s 6:30 & 7: Flag Retirement Ceremony at St. Francis Village 2: Garage Sale in Council Parking Lot 25 Saint Bart KOC Mass 11:00 26 Annual Patriotic Rosary at St. Francis Village 7:30 27 Presbyterian Night Shelter 7:00 at St. Francis Village 28 Chapter Meeting Note: The meetings published in the bulletin are open to all members of the Council. Standard meeting are: (1) Officers/Directors meeting on the 1st Monday of the month. (2) Business meeting is on the 2nd Monday of the month. (3) BDBA meeting is on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. (4) Fourth Degree Officers and Business Meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month at Saint Bartholomew Church. (5) Ladies Auxiliary meeting is the 2nd Tuesday of the month from September through June. (6) Hall clean-up is on each Wednesday from 1:00 to 3:30 PM.