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Our council recently lost two of our elder, long time members. Florence “Squeak” Beitel passed away on Sunday, February 14th and Charles “Charlie” Stack passed away on Tuesday, February 16th. Squeak was a member of the Knights since 1961 and was 95 years old, he was our second oldest member. Charlie joined the Knights in 1960 and he was 90 years old. Please remember Virginia Beitel and Nadine Stack and their families in your prayers. Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest was held January 23, at Regis High School. The winners were: We are currently selling council jackets, shirts, and caps. If you are interested, contact Brother Kent Purdy (503-769-6847 or purdykd1@wvi.com) for more details and prices. We have purchased a “Keep Christ in Christmas” billboard and a “Pro-Life” billboard to display along Hwy 22 near Anthony Hall. Please take a look next time you are driving by. Brother Randy Bentz is chairing a new program for our council called Roses For Life. We present a rose to the mother of each baby baptized in church, during the baptism, to thank them for bringing the child into our church family. Saint Anthony Council is the Charter Organization for the Cub Scouts, Troup 50, in Stayton. Please support the Cub Scouts. Keep praying for Fr. McGivney's canonization! He is closer to being a saint as his heroic virtue has been recognized by the Vatican. One more documented miracle, and he will be St. Michael McGivney, the first American-born Catholic priest! Please support our council EcoPhones Fundraiser, we can raise funds for our council by collecting and turning in certain used items for cash. So, if you have or know anyone that has the following items to donate (WORKING OR NOT) please hang on to them and we will collect them and send them in. EcoPhones will take the following items, Cell phones. Ink Jet printer cartridges, VD Movies or DVD video games, Laptop/Notebook, computers, MP3 Music players, Digital Cameras, Digital Video Recorders, Digital Picture Frames, GPS Devices, Portable DVD Players, Video Game Consoles. Remember, they will take these items working or not, so if you've got some of this stuff you don't want or are going to throw away items that are broken, throw it our way and we can turn it into cash for our council. Bring them to the meetings, call Kent Purdy (769-6847) for pickup or just hold onto them and I will hopefully have collection boxes at our parishes soon. We are using the phone call notification program called CallingPost.com. It is an automated phone message system that we will try for calling our members about upcoming functions (e.g Steak Frys) and when volunteers are needed. If you get a computerized phone call, don't automatically hang up! I know we all get them and we all don't like them, but it could be your council calling to let you know about some important KC events, not just someone asking for money. Hopefully this system will help get the word out and increase attendance at our functions. We are just giving this a try, so don't throw away your phone tree numbers that were sent out last year just yet. If you have any feedback or suggestions about the new system, feel free to let us know what you think. Our council is currently looking for members to volunteer as licensed Food Handlers and Alcohol Servers for our council events. Please contact Brothers Randy Buchheit, Jerry Etzel, or Kendall Smith for details. Please Contact Brother Ron Bernt if you would like copies of our council brochure. They are available in black and white and color. Please try to thank Brother Jerry Weis at Weis and Associates for volunteering to print our monthly bulletin. This kind of support is what makes the Knights the organization they are. |