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Cheese and Sausage sales will continue periodically, when economic delivery to the Village is available. 

Once again, the Council will sell cheese and sausage from Kraemer Wisconsin Cheese Ltd, Watertown WI to benefit the Knights' Coats for Kids program.  It provides 100 coats to area schools for distribution to students of families in need. 

An excellent variety is available for your personal holiday use or as gifts to family and friends.
The products include:
        1) twenty different boxes of assorted cheese and sausage:
        2) assorted choices of bulk cheese
        3) assorted choices of cold pack cheese spread
        4) plain or garlic summer sausage, wieners, ring bologna, and other meat products

Orders will be taken until late December, but must be placed by December 10 for delivery in time for Christmas.  The items can either be picked up at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, 295 Balearic Road, or shipped to the recipient.  Those who buy products for pick up will be called about the time they will be available at the Church. 

For more information, call Ed Miller (922-0501 or 282-2641), Wayne Winters (922-0526), or John Meyers (915-0746).

Click here for:

• Kraemer Bulk Cheese Order Form and Prices
• Kraemer Gift Box Brochure and Prices

The knights will again be selling the Keep Christ in Christmas Nativity Scene decal magnets for $5.00 each.  Contact Bill Hartnett for information (922-6922).

Mike Welch went over the Ham Sales:  , 25 Children in Mountain Pine received gifts, 18 Children received gifts at ALE, total number of Children 43, $2,500.00 was budgeted, Ham Sales was $2,214.00, and we had a deficit of $286.00.

There was $2.214 profit from the sale of Petit Jean products for both Thanksgiving and Christmas by Council members.  The Alternative Learning Education Center (ALEC) received $1250 and Mountain Pine High School $1,250 to buy presents for needy families.  Since $2,500 was budgeted and spent for this project, there was a deficit of $286.00.

On Friday, December 21, Bill Roe, Shannon Currington, and Paul Simon delivered presents to 25 children of Mountain Pine families. On Saturday, Mike Welsh, Bill Roe, and Dave Johnston 22 Knights involved, 2 spouses involved, 199 hoursdelivered presents and food baskets to 18 ALEC children. Three vans and an SUV were full.

Pictured (l-r): Monsignor Richard Oswald, Father Bill Elser, Father Ruben Quinteros, Artist Ed Cudworth, Monsignor Scott Friend, and Monsignor Bernard Malone.

During a recent Christmas open house in the Village, Knight Ed Cudworth presented a portrait of St. Pio of Pietrelcina to Monsignor Scott Friend, Director of Vocations for the Diocese of Little Rock.  The portrait will be placed in the Diocese’s new House of Formation, a residence for men discerning their vocations to the priesthood while taking courses in preparation for entering major seminary.  

Ed was inspired to paint Father Padre Pio by Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry, a collection of letters in a book written by Diane Allen and attesting to Pio’s miraculous works.  Ed chose the House of Formation as the beneficiary of his work to serve as a reminder to new candidates and seminarians about the dedication and hardships that Padre Pio endured as a priest, and how he served as an inspiration to millions of Catholics.  

Padre Pio was born in Italy in 1887 and was ordained a Capuchin priest in 1910.  He was known for his stigmata which he experienced for the first time on September 20, 1918.  Padre Pio spent his religious life in the Friary at San Giovanni Rotondo. He had a special ability to read the hearts of the penitents who flocked to him for confession, which he heard 10-12 hours per day.  He died September 23, 1968, and was canonized a Saint by Pope Paul II on June 16, 2002.

In addition to Monsignor Friend, the event was attended by Monsignor Richard Oswald and Father Ruben Quinteros, who are both on the staff at the House of Formation.  Also in attendance were  Father Bill Elser, Monsignor Bernard Malone, and several resident seminarians.  

Grand Knight Bill Roe made a presentation of holiday food items to the seminarians.

Located at 606 Albert Pike Road in Hot Springs.

As they have done for the past three years, the knights are promoting the message "Keep Christ in Christmas" on a highway billboard.  This year, however, both the Council and the Assembly are also joining with councils and assemblies in the Little Rock area to sponsor thirty nine 30-second ads on TV Channel 11.  The fee to participate was $146.25 each.

This year the same billboard used in 2009 with Seiz Signs has been placed at 606 Albert Pike Rd in Hot Springs at a cost of $341.20.  Project Coordinator John Bodensteiner negotiated a price reduction for the Council as a charitable organization, and he also received a 6-week billboard exposure for the price of a typical one-month contract.  The dates for the billboard display are November 15 - December 26.  Given the nature of a short-term contract, the options for optimal placement are somewhat reduced.

Council 10208 welcomes

Pictured (l-r) are Leo Naeger, Tom Hickox, Tommy Creech, Glenn Kelkhoff, and Carl Suttor.

five new members who were exemplified Sunday afternoon, November 18, by the Council's own team.  The new members and their sponsors are as follows: Tommy Creech - Bill Hartnett; Tom Hickox - Jim O'Donnell; Glenn Kelkhoff  - Rick Meyers; Leo Naeger - Chuck MacDonald; and, Carl Suttor - Ron Boudreaux.

The excellent 1st Degree Exemplification Team consisted of:  Grand Knight Bill Patterson; Deputy Grand Knight Gerald Krawczynski; Chancellor Tom Yerina (Team Captain); Financial Secretary Mike Frantz; Warden Bill Janser; Inside Guard Mike Kerwin; and Music Coordinator Buddy Dixon.

With the addition of these five new members and the two (Lanny Mabus and Richard Woodfin) exemplified on September 23, the Council membership is now 304.

Pictured (l-r): Richard Woodfin, Leo Naeger, Lanny Mabus, Glenn Kelkhoff, Carl Suttor, Pat MaGannon, Bill Ligon, Ron Berich, Tom Hickox, and Walt Chavis, Missing from the photo is Tommy Creech.

At the invitation of host Council 6419 in Hot Springs, 11 knights from Council 10208 responded  and were exemplified into the 2nd and 3rd degrees on December 2, 2012.  They constituted 22% of the 50 knights who advanced from 13 councils throughout Arkansas.

The new 3rd degree knights and their mentors include:  Ron Berich - Mac Good; Walt Chavis - Milt Spaniel; Tommy Creech - Bill Hartnett; Tom Hickox - Jim O'Donnell; Glenn Kelkhoff - Rick Meyers; Bill Ligon - Dick Breckon; Lanny Mabus - Russ Harrison; Pat McGannon - Milt Spaniel; Leo Naeger - Chuck MacDonald; Carl Suttor - Ron Boudreaux; and, Richard Woodfin - Bill Nosek.

John Bodensteiner, Dub Green and mentors Ron Boudreaux, Dick Breckon, Mac Good, Russ Harrison, Chuck MacDonald, and Milt Spaniel were in attendance to welcome and support the knights.

The host council provided sub sandwiches and a variety of other food and refreshments for the candidates and observers, both at noon and again at the conclusion of the ceremonials.

There are now thirty-one knights who remain at the 1st degree level in Council 10208.