Published Quarterly Inside this issue: Grand Knight 2a Deputy Grand Knight 2b Chancellor’s Corner 3a Knight’s Fraternal Corp. 3b Nominating Committee 3c Meeting Minutes 4a Gambling Committee 4b Electronic Newsletter 4c Chaplains Message 5a Auxiliary Corner 5b Softball Tournament 5c Mother’s Day Mass & Brunch 6x May Calendar 7x June Calendar 8x July Calendar 9x Jeanne Ingram Living Rosary 10a Recognition Night 10b Respect Life Comm. 11a Manager’s Message 11b Pancake/French Toast Breakfast 11c Navigator’s Message 12a Movie Night 12b Family Picnic 12c Home Association 13a Lecturer Program 13b In Memoriam 13c Advertising 14x Donations 15a Pot-O-Gold 15b Golden Anniversary 15c Marketing Committee 15d Coming Events 16x Knight News Marian Council #3827 RICHFIELD-BLOOMINGTON The VOL. LVII NUMBER 4 May/June/July 2012 The Marian Council Home Association, Inc. and the Knights Fraternal Corporation will hold their annual meetings on June 14, 2012 immediately following the regular busi- ness meeting of the Marian Council in accordance with Article VII, Section 2 of the By- laws. Written notice is hereby given of intention to amend the Bylaws of the Marian Council Home Association, Inc. in accordance with Article X of the Bylaws. Proposed items to be amended: Article VII, Section 1—Twenty-five (25) members of the Home Association must be present to constitute a quorum (Presently the Section reads Thirty-five (25)). Article VII, Section 3, A, (iii) - (iii) To secure the approval of the membership for any expenditure over $5,000 excluding repair and maintenance expenditures. All repair or maintenance expenditure over $5,000 shall be reported to the membership at the next Marian Council Business meeting following the Boards approval of the expenditure. Article VII, Section 3, C, (ii) and Article X, Section 2 – change published and mailed in the Knight News to emailed notification and posting on the east bulletin board in the Knights of Columbus building and in a conspicuous place in the Council Chambers and the Lounge Article IX, Section 2- revise to be in line with Article VII, Section 3,A.—Secure the approval of the membership for any expenditure over $5,000 excluding repair and maintenance expenditures. All repair or maintenance expenditure over $5,000 shall be reported to the membership at the next Marian Council Business meeting following the Boards approval of the expenditure. Written notice is hereby given of intention to amend the Bylaws of the Knights Frater- nal Corporation in accordance with Article X of the Bylaws. Proposed items to be amended: Article IX, Section 3 – change expenditure amount from $3,500.00 to $5,000.00 and change ”other than regular operating expenses” to “repair and maintenance expendi- tures”. Article III, Section 3. A. – change mailed to emailed. Article VII, Section 1.C. – add: A quorum will be 2/3 of the nine members of the Board (6 members). Article X, Section 2. – change written notice from publication in the Knight News to email notification and posting on the east bulletin board in the Knights of Columbus building and in a conspicuous place in the Corporate Office of the Knights Fraternal Corporation. NOTICE Marian Council Home Association, Inc. And Knights Fraternal Corporation Special Meeting (Annual Meeting) Congratulations to all of you for completing the Formation and Knighthood (2nd and 3rd) Degrees on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Front row, left to right: Alphonsus Okoye, Deacon Jim DeShane, Valerio Villanueva and back row, left to right: Brian Zweber, Na- than Wald, Tom Schepers, and Scott Bjerkness.
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Published Quarterly
The
Knight News RICHFIELD - BLOOMING-Marian Council #3827
Inside this issue:
Knight News Marian Council #3827 RICHFIELD-BLOOMINGTON
The
Grand Knight 2a
Deputy Grand Knight 2b
Chancellor’s Corner 3a
Knight’s Fraternal Corp. 3b
Nominating Committee 3c
Meeting Minutes 4a
Gambling Committee 4b
Electronic Newsletter 4c
Chaplains Message 5a
Auxiliary Corner 5b
Softball Tournament 5c
Mother’s Day Mass & Brunch 6x
May Calendar 7x
June Calendar 8x
July Calendar 9x
Jeanne Ingram Living Rosary 10a
Recognition Night 10b
Respect Life Comm. 11a
Manager’s Message 11b
Pancake/French Toast Breakfast 11c
Navigator’s Message 12a
Movie Night 12b
Family Picnic 12c
Home Association 13a
Lecturer Program 13b
In Memoriam 13c
Advertising 14x
Donations 15a
Pot-O-Gold 15b
Golden Anniversary 15c
Marketing Committee 15d
Coming Events 16x
The
Knight News RICHFIELD - BLOOMINGTON Marian Council #3827
Knight News Marian Council #3827 RICHFIELD-BLOOMINGTON
The
VOL. LVII NUMBER 4 May/June/July 2012
The Marian Council Home Association, Inc. and the Knights Fraternal Corporation
will hold their annual meetings on June 14, 2012 immediately following the regular busi-
ness meeting of the Marian Council in accordance with Article VII, Section 2 of the By-
laws. Written notice is hereby given of intention to amend the Bylaws of the Marian
Council Home Association, Inc. in accordance with Article X of the Bylaws.
Proposed items to be amended:
Article VII, Section 1—Twenty-five (25) members of the Home Association must be
present to constitute a quorum (Presently the Section reads Thirty-five (25)).
Article VII, Section 3, A, (iii) - (iii) To secure the approval of the membership for any
expenditure over $5,000 excluding repair and maintenance expenditures. All repair or
maintenance expenditure over $5,000 shall be reported to the membership at the next
Marian Council Business meeting following the Boards approval of the expenditure.
Article VII, Section 3, C, (ii) and Article X, Section 2 – change published and mailed
in the Knight News to emailed notification and posting on the east bulletin board in the
Knights of Columbus building and in a conspicuous place in the Council Chambers and
the Lounge Article IX, Section 2- revise to be in line with Article VII, Section 3,A.—Secure the
approval of the membership for any expenditure over $5,000 excluding repair and
maintenance expenditures. All repair or maintenance expenditure over $5,000 shall be
reported to the membership at the next Marian Council Business meeting following the
Boards approval of the expenditure.
Written notice is hereby given of intention to amend the Bylaws of the Knights Frater-
nal Corporation in accordance with Article X of the Bylaws.
Proposed items to be amended:
Article IX, Section 3 – change expenditure amount from $3,500.00 to $5,000.00 and
change ”other than regular operating expenses” to “repair and maintenance expendi-
tures”.
Article III, Section 3. A. – change mailed to emailed.
Article VII, Section 1.C. – add: A quorum will be 2/3 of the nine members of
the Board (6 members).
Article X, Section 2. – change written notice from publication in the Knight
News to email notification and posting on the east bulletin board in the Knights
of Columbus building and in a conspicuous place in the Corporate Office of the
Knights Fraternal Corporation.
NOTICE Marian Council Home Association, Inc.
And Knights Fraternal Corporation
Special Meeting (Annual Meeting)
Congratulations to all of you for completing the Formation and
Knighthood (2nd and 3rd) Degrees on Saturday, March 24, 2012.
Front row, left to right: Alphonsus Okoye, Deacon Jim DeShane,
Valerio Villanueva and back row, left to right: Brian Zweber, Na-
than Wald, Tom Schepers, and Scott Bjerkness.
PAGE 2 VOL. LVII NUMBER 2
done it alone. I also thank my officers for
their service. Finally, I wish to thank 3
people who serve this organization with
distinction and who we would be hard
pressed to exist without them. They are
Manager Jim Rasmussen, Chef Jimmy
Hurd, and my good right arm Lisa Wald.
It has been an honor and a privilege to
serve all of you. This is an outstanding
organization. It has been a good ride and
you have honored me. As we proceed to May, we have the
Living Rosary, 6:00 p.m., May 1st. The
state Convention May 18-20th, in Roches-
ter, June 14th, Flag Day and Recognition
Dinner, June 21st. God Bless all of you. Your Worthy Servant and Grand Knight
Bill Belanger Grand Knight
As I sit here writing my May, June, July
column for the Knight's News, the realiza-
tion comes to me that this is my last col-
umn as my term as your leader ends June
30. As the end draws near I have mixed
emotions. I know that I am going to miss
it, but yet I would not wish to do it again.
Doing it again would be a case of "been
there, done that". The adventure would be
missing. I was told when I started that
"Bill, you can't do everything", and I have
tried not to. I have had the advantage of
outstanding Committee Chairs. Steve Hal-
pin, Memorial Mass; Gary Ingram,
Loaves and Fishes, Helping Hands-Pete
Tartaro, 1st Degree Team, Soccer Chal-
lenge, Free Throw Contest-Cub Hot Dog
Stand, Gaylord May, Jim Twyman-Golf
Tournament, Leo Fair, Jim Stachowski-
Heritage Days, Jim Breitfeller, Scott
Marette-Ultra Sound Dedication-Pat Rick-
ert-Members Christmas Party, Dick and
Clare Flynn-Children's Christmas Party,
Brian and Mary Burns-Valentine's Day
Dinner, St. Patrick's Day Dinner, Moth-
er’s Day Brunch-Doc and Beth Williams-
Lecture Programs, Orv Fillbrandt-Wild
Game Dinner, Andy Duda, Gaylord May,
Ralph Bartolotta, John Jakala, Tony
Spano-Tootsie Roll Drive, Mike Wald-
mann-Vocations Dinner, Mike and Kate
Salvatore-Vet's Home, Joe Novak-Poor
Clare's, Gene Drabek-Softball Tourna-
ment, Jim Rasmussen-Recognition Din-
ner, Russ Lausen, Dick and Clare Flynn-
Marketing Committee, Jim Breitfeller-
Budget and Finance Committee, Vern
Fischbach, Bill Lundholm. If I have
missed any one I apologize. It was unin-
tentional. I thank you. I could not have
Grand Knights Message
On Sunday, May 13th the Marian Council will host its 49th annual Mother’s Day Mass and Breakfast in the Grand Hall with your
fellow Knights as hosts. Mass will begin at 10:00 a.m. with a breakfast buffet to follow. The 4 th Degree Mass committee and Honor
Guard will be in attendance.
The menu this year will consist of your choices of egg dish, sausage, hash browns, fruit, sweet rolls, orange juice, milk, and coffee.
All adults will be offered a complementary glass of champagne and all mothers will receive a beautiful corsage as they arrive. The
price is $9.00 per person with reservations paid in advance or $10.00 at the door. Children 6 years of age and under will be admitted
free. This is a nonprofit event so as not to waste food we ask that you have your paid reservations at the hall by May 9 th.
This will be a great opportunity to show your wife, mother, or grandmother how much you love and appreciate what they do all the
other days of the year. See you there.
There likely be some changes, but most of
the familiar programs and events of the
past will continue.
We, however, need additional members
to step forward and assume leadership and
participating roles in our program areas:
church, community, council, family,
youth, and pro-life. Please consider pro-
gram areas of special interest to you and
let us know how you wish to be part of
our continued services. We need to sus-
tain and expand our efforts in these areas.
And, therefore, we need some 'fresh tal-
ents' to achieve our future goals. So,
please contact me or the hall office (952-
888-1492) and make your interests and
availability known; truly it can be both
worthwhile and enjoyable. Also, be sure
to ask your relatives and friends to join us
as a member and be a part of our efforts.
Have dinner with them in the hall dining
room and approach the subject.
Thanks.
Jim Twyman
Deputy Grand Knight
Deputy Grand Knight’s Message I want to extend a special welcome to
our new, admission members that have
joined us this year. Also, I wish to thank
all of our members who have again ex-
pressed their continued support of our
council. And, we wish to seek their con-
tinuing involvement and active participa-
tion in our programs and activities.
This council year will soon conclude
and another challenging year will begin.
Thanks to Bill Belanger for his leadership
this year. It is now our time for pre-
planning and organizing for the new year.
PAGE 3 VOL. LVII NUMBER 2
you have come in to try some of our new
items. If not, please do so at your first
opportunity. We made nine (9) changes
to the menu this quarter and some of the
items are: added Jalapeno Poppers to the
Appetizer menu; added another pasta,
Chicken Linguini; Pecan Crusted Walleye
has returned to the menu; new Chicken
and Beef items have been added as well as
the return of our popular Pork Tenderloin
Medallions. For those looking for a light-
er meal we have added three (3) new
Sandwiches and Wraps for your dining
pleasure.
Knights Fraternal Corp.
Congratulations are in order for Jim
Rasmussen and his entire staff of employ-
ees and volunteers for a continued job
well done. We ended the first quarter
with revenues that exceeded budget by
over $14,000 and net profit that was shy
of budget by $3,000. We continue to do
well and thank each of our members for
your continued support of the club and its
activities. You are important to us and
without you we wouldn’t be where we are
today.
We have made our quarterly menu ad-
justment in mid April and we hope that
In the coming months we will be con-
ducting a Diner Satisfaction Review of
our dining room. This will be 100% vol-
untary but we hope that when you dine
with us you will take the time to fill out
the comment card on your dining experi-
ence. This is how we get to know what
your expectations and desires are. We’ll
use this data to better serve you in the
future.
Thank you all for your continued sup-
port of our facilities.
Jay Taylor
President, Knights Fraternal Corporation
Happy Spring! It's a busy season, and
we can always use a few more volunteers
for our projects. Thanks to everyone who
handed out Tootsie Rolls, and to all our
parish Round Table workers. We still
need help with the Firemen's Softball
Tournament this July. Everyone's wel-
come at our family picnic. Events are on
our website, which recently underwent a
major facelift. New members, please drop
me a line if you'd like to know more about
any of our activities. Remember that we
are a family organization, and LADIES
are an important part of all we do. Do
you know someone who should be an
Auxilian?
I'm thrilled with the success of our
Movie Night. If you missed it, there will
be more. These and all our events are
now broadcast via Facebook, Twitter, and
LinkedIn. It's high time we communicat-
ed with young people through 'their' chan-
nels, and we're seeing new faces at our
family activities. Remember to ask some-
one at church, work or school if he'd like
to learn more about the Knights of Co-
lumbus. Many, many thanks to Orv
Fillbrandt and everyone who brought a
new member into our council this year.
In case you didn't know it, our First De-
gree is now called the Admission Degree.
Our bilingual degree team welcomes
members en Espanol as well as English,
something no other Minnesota council can
do. But we're looking for more Spanish
speakers who can reach out to our Latino
members. We are adding Spanish website
content too.
The other night, my daughter and I en-
joyed dinner at the hall with friends. We
were seated by the elevator and it gets a
lot of use. Hopefully I'll see more of you
at the club this summer ...our food is fab-
ulous, and it's a great place to take visit-
ing family or business associates. Please
remember Marian Hall for your next wed-
ding, graduation, fundraiser or sports ban-
quet. Pictures and rental information are
on our website.
Congratulations to our outgoing offic-
ers, especially Grand Knight Bill Bel-
anger, on a great year.
Michael Gigot
Chancellor
Chancellor’s Corner
the slate of committee members to fill
vacancies as indicated for the fraternal
year 2012-2013.
Fraternal Board –Two Year Term—Elect
three
Emilio Ayala Gary Ingram
Bill Belanger Pat Nelson
Home Association—Two Year Term-
Elect three
Greg Bruns John Kovach
Deacon Jim McLaughlin
Gambling Committee—Two Year Term-
Elect two
Jon Gross Dan Rasinski
Nominating Committee
The Marian council Nominating Com-
mittee submits the following names for
Offices of Marian Council #3827 for the
fraternal year of 2012-2013.
Grand Knight Jim Twyman
Deputy GN Mike Gigot
Chancellor Pete Tartaro
Warden
Advocate Bill Peterson
Recording Secretary Joe Schepers
Treasurer Keith Rauen
SR inside Guard Tom Steigauf
JR Inside Guard Brian Bjonfald
Outside Guard Manuel Leon
Trustee, 3 year term Bill Belanger
The following list represents the Nomi-
nating Committees recommendations for
Budget & Finance - Two Year Term-
Elect two
Gene Crossen Bill Lundholm
Helping Hand—One Year Term-Elect
three
C.L. Delfs Gary Ingram
Jay Taylor
Election of officers will take place at the
meeting of June 14, 2012. Additional
nominations for officers will be open from
the floor up to the time of the election.
PAGE 4 VOL. LVII NUMBER 2
January The council was called to order by
Grand Knight Bill Belanger at 7:30 p.m.
The minutes of the preceding meeting
were approved as read. Keith Rauen
made a motion to accept a candidate for
membership. Motion approved. The
Treasurers report was read to the member-
ship and it’s in the minutes with the Re-
corder. We are having a membership
drive at Nativity Parish on Jan. 21 and 22
after all masses. Gambling Report: Total
receipts were $17,236.25. We had a nega-
tive profit of 200.75 with a working bal-
ance of $2,754.54. Scott Marette made a
motion for prior approval of gambling
expenses of $12,507.75. Motion adopted.
Scott made another motion to preapprove
payment of 14% of the monthly water and
sewer bill. Motion approved. In Helping
Hands, Gary Ingram made a motion to
approve $500.00. Motion approved. Re-
ports were given from Knights Fraternal
Corp, Home Association, Marketing, and
the Vets Home. Four Parish Roundtables
reported activities. The January Knight of
the Month is Fr. Mike Tegeder. The Fam-
ily of the Quarter is Beth and Keith Rau-
en. Leo Fair made a motion to donate
$600.00 for three KC display banners.
Motion adopted. Motion adopted to
spend $200.00 for one, Motion adopted.
In donations Keith Rauen made a motion
to donate $400.00 to four local organiza-
tions. Motion adopted. Money to be tak-
en from Gambling. Keith made another
motion to donate $250.00 to two organi-
zations. Money to be taken from Council
funds. Originally Keith made a motion
for funds on behalf of Joe Novak to do-
nate $100.00 to Jack Jablonski, an injured
high school hockey player. It was amend-
ed to $200.00. The amended motion was
adopted by the membership. Prayers were
said for those on the sick list. The meeting
adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
February The council was called to order by Grand
Knight Bill Belanger in the Knights Room
at 7:30 p.m. The minutes of the previous
meeting were approved as read. Keith
Rauen made a motion to accept three can-
didates for membership. Motion ap-
proved. The Treasurers Report was read
and is in the minutes with the Recorder.
In other business we will have an Admis-
sions Degree at the hall on March 8 prior
to our meeting. Gambling reported re-
ceipts totaling $16,486.75 with a working
balance of $3,300.00. Scott Marette made
a motion to accept the Gambling Report.
Motion adopted. Scott made a motion for
prior gambling expenditures of
$11,632.46. Motion approved. Other
committee reports came from the Home
Association, Lecturers Report, Budget and
Finance, Marketing and two Parish
Roundtables. Upcoming social events are
Valentine’s Day, pancake breakfast, Triv-
ia Night, the Seminarian Spaghetti Din-
ner, and the Wild Game Dinner. Knight
of the Month is Vern Fischbach. In dona-
tions Keith Rauen made a motion to do-
nate $500.00 to Loaves and Fishes and
another motion to donate $350.00 to three
organizations. Both motions were adopt-
ed. Funds to be taken from Gambling.
Keith made a third motion to donate
$150.00 to two religious groups. Motion
approved. Money to be taken from Coun-
cil funds. In sick and visitation Morrie
Devitt gave a list of those ill and contact
made. The meeting adjourned at 9:05
p.m.
March The meeting was called to order by
Grand Knight Bill Belanger in the
Knights Room at 7:30 p.m. The minutes
of the preceding meeting were approved
as read. Keith Rauen made a motion to
accept to accept 2 candidates for member-
ship. Motion approved. The Treasurers
Report was read to the membership and is
in the minutes with the Recorder. Nine
new members took their Admissions de-
gree prior to the meeting this evening.
Gambling reported total receipts of
$15,264.75. Profit was $3,725.98 and we
have a working balance of $1,530.00.
Scott Marette made a motion for prior
gambling expenses totaling $9,414.74.
Motion adopted. Reports were presented
from Home Association, Knights Frater-
nal Corp, Marketing, Respect Life, and
4th Degree. The March Knight of the
Month is Jim Breitfeller. In donations
Keith Rauen made a motion to donate
$400.00 to two organizations. Motion
adopted. In sick and visitation, Morrie
Devitt gave a report on those ill and con-
tact made. The meeting adjourned at 9:00
p.m.
Joe Novak
Recorder
Minutes of Prior Meetings
Our report for the preceding three months is as follows:
December January Februarry
Gross Profit from Gambling $17,236.25 $16,476.75 $15,264.75
Taxes $1,120.92 $1,726.19 $1,649.88
Expenditures $16,316.08 $11,644.98 $9,888.89
Net Profit (Loss) $(200.75) $3,105.58 $3,725.98
Less Reserve for Real Estate Taxes
$3,500.00 $3.500.00 $3,500.00
Final Net Profit (-Loss) ($3,700.75) ($394.42) $225.98
Note: The expenditures include charitable contributions made by the Council.
David A. Webb
Gambling Committee Chairman
GAMBLING COMMITTEE Electronic Newsletter. In an effort to reduce the cost of produc-