Brother Knights,

This month -- September 2008 -- has become one of the best months ever for our Council.    Let me briefly recap the highlights:

1) Our annual Charity Golf Outing reached record highs this year:

        Gross revenues        $26,800   (last year about $16K)

        Paid players                    100    (last year about 60)

        Actual players                   91

Net income $17,918.45    (last year $8,900)

2) One of our brother Knights, Bill Reid, was ordained as a Deacon last Saturday at the Cathedral in Lafayette.   Many of us were there, some of us in the Fourth Degree Color Guard.    Congratulations Bill!   We are very proud of you and you have been a spiritual inspiration to all of us.  

3) We had a successful Fall Membership Open House last Wednesday, 9/17 and we look forward to having several new Knights join our ranks.  

4) Our first, live First Degree ceremony will be next Monday, Sept 29th at 7:30 p.m. in the Day Chapel.   This will be the crowning moment for many of us who have worked for over a year putting this together.    We hope you'll be able to join us next Monday evening.  

5) Our first ever Soccer Challenge was held last Saturday on the Seton ball fields.   This is a nationwide K of C activity but the first time we have conducted it in our Council.    Thank you, Tom Beck, for a great job and a lot of work.    While participation was slight, we now have the infrastructure in place to build on this for the future.  

6) Our next Pancake Breakfast will be next Sunday, 9/28.     Thank you to those who will be working in the kitchen next Sunday -- and the rest of you can bring your families and come eat!  

7) We also kicked off our "Baby Bank" campaign to generate funds for K of C pro-life activities.    Keep dropping those coins in those banks and we'll collect them in a few weeks.   

What an awesome group of Knights you are!    Thank you all for making September such a great month.  

SK Mark Peterson
Grand Knight

Brother Knights,

Our Brother, Jerry Burkey, passed from this life approximately 11:00 p.m. June 7th. His condition had deteriorated quite rapidly in recent days and was admitted to the hospital about three days ago. Our thoughts and prayers go out to this family at this difficult time.

Funeral arrangements for our Brother Jerry Burkey:

Fourth Degree Honor Guard:  No request from the family has been received yet, however, all of us in the Honor Guard hope, and expect, to be included in the services. Please be ready to participate on Wednesday for the Wake and Thursday for the funeral.

If anyone receives additional, or corrected, information please get it to me ASAP.  Many thanks.   

Peace,
SK Mark Peterson
Grand Knight

(edited content by Mike Ryan)