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What are the key aspects of the current Declaration on special assessments?
• Authorizes the Board to ask the membership for a special assessment.
• Limited in time to one year.
• Use restricted to capital improvements or additions.
• Must be approved by 51% of property owners.
What does the proposed Declaration amendment change?
• It removes the one year limitation and allows the property owners to vote on the finance ofcapital projects over a number of years. |
| Pictured at the AR KC State Meeting (l-r): Ed Miller, John Bodensteiner, Jim Goodson, Gerald Krawczynski, and Dub Green. |
Beginning his third year as District Deputy for District 10 is Ed Miller. Ed was also named 2010-2011 District Deputy of the Year for the second time in as many years as he mentored the Benton, Hot Springs, Hot Springs Village, and Mena Councils.
Congratulations to these knights for their dedication to the Knights of Columbus organization and its members. It is quite unusual for one council to be filling 25% of the state chairman positions, and they are committed to representing their fellow knights and Council 10208 in a positive manner.
The five knights attended a July 23 meeting of the Arkansas State Council officers, directors, chairmen, and district deputies. Gerald also attended a meeting of the AR Knights on Bikes.
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| A generic golfer on a generic course. |
Profits will again be donated to St. John's Catholic School. There will be a shotgun start at 8:30 am with breakfast and lunch provided. Great prizes will be awarded. Reserve the date and get your team together. Send in the registration form now to assist the volunteers in planning this event. Full payment should be received by August 20, one week before the tourney. Overnight lodging options:
Lodge in DeGray State - $95.00
Holiday Inn Express - 98.00
Hampton Inn - 99.00
Day's Inn - 54.00
Best Western - 68.00
Comfort Inn - 75.00
Quality Inn - 60.00
Prices not checked for Executive Inn, Motel 6, and Super 8
Contact Ron Boudreaux with questions at 915-9847 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Last year's tournament raised $6,000 for St. John's. This year's goal is $8,000.
On June 21, a 5:30pm mass at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Little Rock was concelebrated by Bishop Anthony Taylor and the priests who were being honored - those who had attained 25, 50, or 60 years in the priesthood and those who had retired.
In his homily, Bishop Taylor referenced the feast day of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, while both comparing and contrasting the saint's life with that of the priests in attendance. One very obvious difference was the breadth of life experiences, since St. Aloysius died at the age of 23 from the plague contracted while serving in a hospital, only five years after he had joined the Jesuit order.
On Thursday, August 4, our Council will host a SEMINARIAN EVENING. In attendance will be about 30 Seminarians along with Monsignor Scott Friend, Director of Vocations for the Diocese of Little Rock, and perhaps two or three additional priests.
The format will be similar to our regular first Tuesday of each month meetings with the following two exceptions: 1) wives of brother knights are invited as many have asked to meet the seminarians; and 2) dinner will be a cookout by our kitchen staff with a menu of hamburgers, Polish dogs, beans, cole slaw, and Father Bill's ice cream.
The evening will begin at 5:00 with the rosary. The dinner charge is $7.00 per person for knights and their spouses. The refreshment bar will be open like normal meetings.
Knights attending should advise Art Morissette as is done for regular monthly meetings, but they must include their wives, if they are attending.
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| Grand Knight Dave Johnston (l), new knight Bob Highland, and Membership Director Mike Welsh. |
Membership Director Mike Welsh is to be commended for his leadership and tenacity in achieving the goal. Mike's recruitment committee included: Ed Cudworth, Dave Johnston, Ed Miller, Bill Nosek, Jim Passe, Ray Peters, Milt Spaniel, Tom Thornton, and Bill Welch. With Field Agent Randy Schnoebelen's work and Grand Knight Bill Welch's stewardship, the Council is well positioned to earn another Star Council Award.
The Council's 1st Degree Team must also be recognized for its willingness and flexibilty in holding exemplifications on short notice. The June 26 team consisted of Buddy Dixon, Mike Frantz, Mike Kerwin, Gerald Krawczynski, Ray Peters, and Tom Yerina.
Lecturer Bob Honzik has scheduled the following programs and speakers for council meetings through January, 2012:
July 5 – Changes to Hot Springs Village Declarations by Tom Arwood
August 4 – An Evening with Monsignor Friend and Seminarians
September 6 – Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival by Dan Anderson, Director
October 4 – Human Side of Casa: How Aid is Awarded and Who Receives It byDianne Brady, Director of Stewardship and Development, Diocese of Little Rock .
November 1 - Memorial Mass and Dinner, no special program
December 6 – Difference in Today’s Veterans vs Those of Previous Wars by Leotis Nichols from Central Arkansas Veterans’ Health Services
January 3 – St. Stephan Charitable Fund by Founder, Steve Hotho from St. John’s Parish in Hot Springs
Remaning 2012 programs are not yet set, but the DVD Padre Pio da Pietretcina - A Saint of Our Time will be shown during an open month.
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The primary activity that took place at this meeting was the installation of the new officers for the 2011-2012 Fraternal Year.
Other key items of interest were:
- Father Bill Elser was named Knight of the Month for May, and was presented with a $500.00 check from the Council to be given to a seminarian in honor of Father's 25th Anniversary as a priest.
- Family of the Year, for the second time, was Ed and Claudia Keearns.
- John Bodensteiner was named Knight of the Year.
- Ron Boudreaux presented the Second Place Trophy, won by our Council at the State Knights of Columbus Golf Tournament.
- The new Grand Knight Dave Johnston presented outgoing Grand Knight Bill Welch with a plaque, a Past Grand Knight pin, and a Council 10208 Knights of Columbus cap.
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| Pictured with Miss Arkansas International (l-r): Bill Welch, Dub Green, Bob Rodgers, Tony Shields, Bill Nosek, Roger Witcraft, Milt Spaniel, and John Bodensteiner. (not pictured - Jerry Bertrand, Dick Biddle and Father Elser.) |
The Knights of Columbus has long been a supporter of this event, not only financially, but most visibly with an honor guard leading the athletes into Bison Stadium and by sponsoring the Olympic Town, which consists of a number of games and activities for the athletes when they are not competing in their scheduled events.
Brother Knight Lee Borne, a charter member of local Council 10208 and Past State Deputy, was instrumental in getting Olympic Town established as a supportive function of the Summer Games, and the knights from Hot Springs Village have been an integral part of the games ever since. Unfortunately, the 55 other councils in Arkansas have not chosen to support Olympic Town. This year, for example, there were only two other knights in attendance, one of whom, Ray Patrick, is the coordinator.
Of the 23 volunteers from Sacred Heart of Jesus, there were eleven Council 10208 knights with eight of their spouses in attendance. Led by Dub and Geri Green, many arrived Thursday afternoon to help set up the games, and several stayed through Saturday noon to take down. For prizes the council donated 3,500 tootsie rolls left from the 2010 Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities.
To view pictures from the Special Olympics, click on Photos and the Special Olympics gallery.
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St. John’s School, as we all know is experiencing financial problems and needs help in order to continue as the only Catholic School in this area. The Churches and the Knights of Columbus in the area are currently running a campaign to solicit money to aid in the elimination of the large deficit they have experienced this fiscal period.
At the meeting Rosemary Miller presented the School with a check for $450.00 from the Donnie Miller Memorial Fund. A like amount from the Memorial fund was donated by our 4th Degree Assembly to the State Seminarian Program. A check in the amount of $2000.00 from the Council was also presented to the school.
These donations were greatly appreciated by the school, but they only represent approximately one percent of the total amount required to cover their current deficit. I know our Parish and our fellow Knights especially, will do all that is possible to make the current drive to aid the school a success.