SPIRIT OF 85
JOHN BOYLE O’REILLY COUNCIL #85
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
June, 2010
State Hospital, Larry and Herman for the Golf
Tournament, David Fay for the Tootsie Roll Drive,
Bob Mazzalupo for coordinating the Christmas
Brother Knights,
Ushers, Bill LaProde for the Christmas Creche and
restoring the Bingo sign after it was knocked
down by a Spring storm. Thank you to Carroll
The June meeting of our Council was extremely
Westgate and the Bingo team for keeping that
long and, in the spirit of trying to get it done as
essential function going week after week in good
quickly as possible, I neglected to say “Thank
and bad weather. Thank you to Peter Gardner
You”!!
for his continued support of our printing needs. I
could go on for another half page. I know I
During that meeting, you elected me to a second
haven't covered half of the members who work
term as Grand Knight. I thank you for the honor.
so hard for this organization. There were many
I also neglected to and want to thank all of you
brothers who participated in these and other
that do so much for the council. First of all I
events supporting the Chairmen and making the
want to thank brother Rich MacDonald who is
entire council look good. I get a lot of the public
stepping down this year as recorder and as
credit, but it is all of you that really make this
secretary of the corporation. Rich has been very
happen. Thank you.
ably performing these functions for many years
GRAND KNIGHT’S MESSAGE
(5?) and has been part of the team that has kept
this council moving forward for many years. I
want to thank Joe Puciarelli, Bob Kristan, John
Hegarty and Bobby Sylvester for managing and
maintaining our facilities for our charitable and
other uses. Without our hall and it's income, we
could not do the things that we do. And without
our Charitable Corporation managers, we would
not have a hall.
I also want to thank David Pickering, Bill LaPrade,
Joe Puciarelli, Tom Shea and Bob Gilmore for
stepping up to fill vacancies in our organization
as Council Deputy Grand Knight, Recorder,
Chancellor and Corporation Vice President and
Secretary, respectively. Congratulations to them
on their election and to the others who were reelected for another term.
It is your faith in us that keeps us going to meet
your expectations for our Council.
Thanks this year, like every year, go to Herman
Millet who seems to be everywhere doing
everything that's needed, from supporting the
Bingo operation to filing forms for our Council's
well earned awards to being our primary
interface to the Church. Thank you to the
current officers, our Chaplin Fr. Tim for his
overwhelming support, our treasurer Fred Brown
for keeping our checkbook and maintaining our
corporate memory, Bob Kristan our financial
secretary who works tirelessly maintaining our
membership records, finances and coordinating
all our degrees. Thank you to our advocate Ed
McTighe for helping us over all the legal hurdles
an organizations like ours gets faced with. Thank
you to all the committee Chairs and participants
who have made our activities this year not only
happen, but be very successful. In particular,
Jim O'Conner for the basketball Free Throw and
the Soccer Kick-off, Jorge Fernandez for the
Members Children's Christmas party, Fred Brown
and Herman for the Children's Party's at the
Fraternally and Gratefully Yours,
Guido, GK
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NEXT MEETING!!!
We left a number of actions on the table in
June. Please come to the next meeting of the
Council on Monday, July 12th at 7:30 PM. Note
that the August meeting may be another Clam
Bake! More info at the July meeting.
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SPIRIT OF 85
JOHN BOYLE O’REILLY COUNCIL #85
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
June 2010
Knights of Columbus Council 85
Council Officers
2010 -2011
Chaplin
Father Tim O'Mara
Grand Knight
Guido Lonardo
Deputy Grand Knight
David Pickering
Chancellor
Joe Pucciarelli
Financial Secretary
Bob Kristan, PGK
Recorder
Bill LaPrade
Warden
Rich Reilly
Treasurer
Fred Brown
Trustee 1st Year
Herman Millet,
PGK, FDD
Trustee 2nd Year
Carroll Westgate,
PGK
Trustee 3rd Year
Jim O'Connor, PGK
Advocate
Ed McTighe
Inside Guard
Larry Boyd
Outside Guard
Henry Wettlaufer
Knights of Columbus Council 85
Charitable Corporation Officers
2010-2011
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Joe Pucciarelli
Tom Shea
Bob Gilmore
Bob Kristan
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