November Newsletter

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E-KNIGHTWRITERFallen Brother Don Deaett Sr.

GRAND KNIGHT FRED SCHOLZ’ REPORT:

NOVEMBER 2009

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Worthy Brothers and Friends; I hope everyone has received their invitations to the annual Christmas Party on the 20th. I used the listing that I had, so if you’ve been missed, I’m sorry; please email or call me. Let’s have a nice time! Bill Lyons and his crew have done a nice job with recruit-ment; they’ve got 14 names of potential candidates to bring in.! I think the “24 hour Knight” is helping. Good job so far; let’s see if we can bring them in. At the Parish Council meeting on Nov 17th

Thanks to all who helped at the breakfast on the 22nd. Joe, Richard, Carl, Rod, Rich, Skip, Mark, Dan, Sal and Steve all helped make a nice time of it. Thanks to all who are helping Mark, Al and Skip with the Christmas card and magnet sales. Those “Keep Christ in Christmas” magnets and stickers look good and get to the point!

Thanks to Bob for pitching in for me on the 24th, to Al for the donut sales on the 6th, and to Don and Laura for their continued help and support; I’m very grateful.

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Financial Secretary’s Report:

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We need help from the Fourth Degree members for the Lady of Guadalupe Mass on Saturday Dec 12th of Dec at 2pm. Color Corps, we call on you! Speak-ing of the Fourth Degree, the 2010 Exemplification will be held on February 5th and 6th at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, CA. If someone wishes to become a fourth degree member, I will share the details with you. Peace and Love to all who get this message, GK Fred Scholz PS: We all struggle. God has

It has pleased Almighty God to take one from our midst. Don Deaett Sr. passed away on Novem-ber 14th. He was in a wheel chair and was a Knight with us for 5 years. He was refused member-ship by another council here in San Diego be-cause of his disabilities. They told him that they didn't need a disabled person in their ranks how sad to deny anyone in good standing with the church a membership in the Knights. He will be missed. He and his wife Evelyn were married for 63 years and 7 months. DUES, DUES, DUES. Dues statements are being prepared and will be sent out by he 15th of the month.

Christmas card sales went re-ally good the first time was sell-ing. We made enough to pay the account, which was $375.54 for two cases. We also are selling the car magnets and window decals, which read KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS. If you are interested in these, better get with it, they are really selling well. $5.00 for the magnets and $3.00 for the decals.

We also got the check from Columbian Charities for our Toot-sie Roll drive to give to our desig-nated recipient in the amount of $1045.88

KNIGHTS BIRTHDAYS 01-James Kerns04-Skip Chilton 06-Christopher Velovich09-Richard Gunst

09-Roger Boyette 10-Michael Sherman 10-Greg Taylor 11-Malcolm Carmine 11-Renato Munda 14-Fred Chekov 16-Marshal Stegall 26-Alan Nicklas 29-Leonard Strausbaugh 31-Joe TuptaLADIES BIRTHDAYS 02-Veronica Fredenberg 02-Lorna Chekov 02-Eva Graves 09-Lupita Jewell 11-Cheryl Kerns 19-Mary Durante Le Leu 21-Olivia O'Brien 23-Maureen Wallace 26-Elena Champlin 28-Anne O'Leary

ANNIVERSARIES 14-Kathy & Richard Markey------40 17-Virginia & (Gene) Komegay-60 17-Teresita & Eduardo Urbano---16 26-Bonita & Michael Sherman---22

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE There was an explosion at a local se-nior citizens center and 50 of the group died and went to Heaven. St Peter was overwhelmed and apologized that Heaven was full, and that they would have to go to Hell temporarily until space opened up for them.

After a month, Lucifer sent one of his dark angels to St Peter and said 'We'd better do something about getting those seniors back up to Heaven." "Why? "St Peter asked. "Because," the angel said, "They’ve. Held a lot of bake sales and have raised enough money to buy several air conditioners." OVERHEARD ON A PARK BENCH FRED-I can tell ex-actly how old you right down to the month and year. JACK-Get out’ta here FRED-I’11 bet you five bucks JACK- Okay FRED-Stand on one leg, raise both arms, open your mouth wide, and cackle like a chicken. JACK-What? FRED-Do it. I can tell from that. JACK-I feel stupid FRED-You were 83 last March. JACK -That's right! That's amaz-ing! How could you tell I was 83 last March? FRED-You told me yesterday.

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Deacon Richard Melrose

My Brothers and Friends;

I would strongly encourage you to contact your Senator(s), as I have done with the letter below, based on information I re-ceived from the Catholic Leg-islative Network.

"Senator; 

I am writing to encourage you to strongly consider endorsing and supporting the Hatch-Nel-son Amendment.

  Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) have submitted an amendment to the health care reform bill that -- like the Stupak amendment in the House -- prevents the Sen-ate version of reform from man-dating abortion coverage or pro-viding federal funds for cover-age that includes elective abor-tions. Those wishing to pur-chase abortion coverage may continue to do so with their own private funds, but not in the government-run health care plan ("community health insur-ance option") or with the help of federal subsidies.

I personally and morally am op-posed to anyone being allowed to murder an innocent child, but for my tax dollars to assist them in that criminal activity, cleverly disguised as "choice" is repug-nant and reprehensible. 

In a November 20 letter to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. bishops urged essential changes in the Senate bill: to retain federal policy on abortion funding and con-science protection; to pro-tect access to health care for immigrants; and to pro-vide for adequate afford-ability and coverage stan-dards. The bishops said: "Sadly, the legislative pro-posal recently unveiled in the Senate does not meet these moral criteria." I am prayerfully hopeful that you will review, sup-port and endorse the Hatch-Nelson Amendment."

 Very Respectfully,

Deacon Richard Melrose

Pumpkin Carving.

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COUNCIL #9590 OFFI-CERS’ MEETING MINUTESNOVEMBER 10, 2009The Council was called to Order at 19:04 by GK Fred Scholz, preceded by the Rosary, and fol-lowed by ablessing by the GK, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Pledge of Alle-gianceWarden vouched that all present carried a valid membership card.The roll of officers was called and noted as follows (Present, Excused, Absent):Chaplain Fr. Michael Cunnane (E) Financial Secretary Al Gentz (P) Inside Guard Michael Green (P)Grand Knight Fred Scholz (P) Treasurer Mark Frizzell (P) Out-side Guards Jeremy Sosh (A)Deputy Grand Knight Bob Stark (P) Lecturer Sal Morales (P) Trustee (3rd Yr.) Jim Conrad (P)Chancellor Richard Markey (P) Advocate William Lyons (P) Trustee (2nd Yr.) Richard Sey-mour (A)Recorder Matthew Vanderbilt (P) Warden Alan Beretta (P) Trustee (1st Yr.) Ron Kwiat (P)Total Members Present: 23The Grand Knight read ap-plications for membership approved by the Admissions Committee as follows: No new applications for mem-bership were received.The Grand Knight Reported as Follows: Special thanks to those mem-bers for supporting the Tootsie Roll Drive, as well as those sup-porting thePumpkin Carving, it was a great success. Thanks to those that attended the rosary service for Br. Patrick McGowan’s father, as well as thoseSupporting the first degrees ceremony. Please support Br. Bill with the membership drive being held this weekend

Christmas cards and magnets are here; please contact T. Frizzell for more details. Recorder Vanderbilt is step-ping down from the recorder position as of this meeting; a new volunteer for thisPosition will be necessary as soon as possible. Please contact GK if you have a recommenda-tion or wouldLike to volunteer for this posi-tion. Please discuss any improve-ments to the Council with GK Scholz Santee Santa’s Foundation is requesting assistance, including volunteers, for delivery holiday meals andChildren’s toys to local families, as well as flowers and gifts to seniors in our community. For moreInformation, please go to http://www.SanteeSantas.org. The Juvenile Diabetes Re-search Foundation requested assistance for the annual walk to cure diabetes;This is a budgeted item that will be donated as planned. GK receives a regular DVD on vocations; it is available, if you are interested in viewing it Please support the First De-gree Ceremonies, especially when there may be an initiate joining our Council A reminder to all brothers: the Officers’ Meetings are for all members, not simply the offi-cers. They areGenerally briefer and less for-mal than the Business Meet-ings. Br. McGowan sent a thank you card for support of his fam-ily through the prayers and Rosary service Calendar of Events:o November 20th - Chapter meeting at St. Piuso November 21st to 22nd - Breast Cancer Three-Day Walk

o November 22nd - Council to host Parish breakfast, chaired by Br. Zunigao December 6th - Council to host Parish breakfast or donutso December 8th - Council Busi-ness Meetingo December 20th - Council Christmas Party at 14:00The Trustees report as fol-lows: T1 Kwiat - At the last First De-gree Ceremony, it was decided that one would not be held in January 2010.Happy Veteran’s Day to all the fellow veterans. T2 Seymour - Brothers will be called that currently receive printed newsletter in order to see if they may be converted to the eNewsletter. Send any ad-ditions to the eNewsletter to T2 Seymour; the eNewsletter is not restricted as to contact as the printed version is by stamps. T3 Conrad - No ReportThe Chancellor reported as follows: GK was thanked for his sup-port at the past blood drive; Chancellor Markey was out-of-service thatMorning to to an injury. The blood drive was very success-ful, with 46 individuals coming in to donateAnd 41 units being received. The next blood drive will be in March 2010. The Council has Get Well / Best Wishes cards available to send to individuals and brothers that needSupport. Requests for names will be asked prior to reading the Good of the Order at each meeting.The Deputy Grand Knight reported as follows: DGK thanked everyone for their support of the Pumpkin Carving; it went very well and next year isExpected to be even better.

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EORUM CLARITATEM VESTIG ATIONES NOVEMBER 2009

The Membership director re-ported as follows: The bulletin from last Sunday contained a note about the membership drive being held this Sunday. ItIs imperative that four Knights are available to assist outside of each Mass. The organization needsNew lifeblood to continue. The note that will be pub-lished on volunteering with the Knights was read to the Coun-cil; a volunteer toread this after Mass is needed. The plan for meeting with Parish members interested in joining the Knights was out-lined. Discussions ensued regarding signing up new members, and it was decided that after an inter-estedIndividual’s name is received, Fr. Mike is asked about the po-tential member prior to dis-cussingmembership further with the in-dividual.The District Deputy re-ported as follows: No ReportThe Treasurer reported as follows: Beginning Balance as of Sep-tember 22, 2009: Ending Balance as of Novem-ber 10, 2009: The Financial secretary's re-port: Correspondence was received and provided to the GK Help will be needed for com-ing Sundays to support T. Frizzell with the sales The electronic newsletter ap-pears successful; please make sure to contact FS Gentz or T2 Seymour tosign up for the non-print version Stoles are available for pur-chase at $150; it’s recom-mended that the council con-sider purchasing one

for Deacon Melrose 50 Knights of Columbus de-cals are available for purchase, as well as several magnets.The following unfinished business was discussed: No unfinished business was discussedThe following new business was brought up: Further discussion regarding donating to the Santee Santa’s ensued. W. Beretta, who pro-vides some support to the Santa’s on behalf of the school district, spoke on their behalf. FS Gentz made a motion to give the Santee Santa’s $50, which was seconded and unanimously approved. Br. Vanderbilt reported that many Council’s and Knights of Columbus brothers from around the countryhave begun following the Coun-cil #9590 Twitter. Very little is being done with our Twitter cur-rently, butit is a very useful tool to that we should consider updating more often. Any time a brief note is (128characters or less) may be is-sued, please contact Br. Van-derbilt at [email protected] or send a textmessage to 760-822-7376 (re-sponses are significantly faster than via voice mails). Br. Skip Chilton is the Knight of the Month; The Stark Family was the Family of the Month.

The Fourth Degrees re-ported as follows: The Fourth Degree Team at Our Lady of Guadalupe will be meeting on November 13th at OLPH;please contact T3 Conrad for more information. Dinner will be $12 and is catered by Cupid.Unfinished business was taken up and disposed of as follows:

No unfinished businessRecorder’s Note:It is with a heavy heart that I must resign my position as Recorder for Council #9590; I apologize to my fellow brothers for this decision. I do intend to continue supporting the Council Facebook and Twitter sites,

as well as host the Council Website (http://www.KofC9590.org), whenever anyone has an up-date they would like tosee on there.Good of the Order:Closing Prayers:The Meeting was closed at 20:25 with a prayer by the GK and the Hail MaryRecorder:Mathew C. VanderbiltMatthew C. VanderbiltShannon VanderbiltBaby VanderbiltBrian Clark, U.S. ArmyTaylor HayDale Mielke, RIPIona Mielke, RIPLanders FamilyJudy PecoraroDebbie RossiWallace LeLeuMary LeLeuJenny DuranteMickey RandlesFather Michael CunnaneHaydee KwiatVictims of Ft. Hood AttackCorrie MossAll Veterans, Past & PresentBarbara McClaranPeg Gentz, RIPDon Deaett & FamilyEvelyn DeaettGene KornegayVirginia KornegayMartin McGowan, RIPLinda KanuhaBarbara ChiltonMarkey Family

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EORUM CLARITATEM VESTIG ATIONES SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Todd ChildsBetty LawlerRay OlveraDan PleinPlein Family

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Council Officers, 2009 - 2010Position Name E-Mail

PhoneGrand Knight Fred Scholz [email protected] (619) 448-3752Chaplain Fr. Michael Cunnane [email protected]

(619) 448-1213Deputy Grand Knight Robert Stark [email protected]

(619) 258-9333Financial Secretary Al Gentz, PGK/PFN (619) 449-1282Treasurer Mark Frizzell [email protected] (619) 596-3317Recorder Matthew C. Vanderbilt [email protected]

(619) 328-0867Warden Alan Beretta

(619) 448-0972Trustees 1st Year Ron Kwiat, PGK/PFN/FDD [email protected] (619) 561-2857

2nd Year Richard Seymour, Sr, [email protected] (619) 562-5889

3rd Year James Conrad, PGK [email protected] (619)

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