Brother Knights,

               Spring time is finally here, and that means it's time for the annual KofC MO  State Convention. 

     Gus Bannick and I will be representing our Council at the State Convention in Jefferson City, MO on April 26th ,27th, & 28th.  We will be attending a few seminars/breakouts, voting on some items/resolutions and bringing back some new information to help our Council.  

               Bingo has done well the last few months.  Our head count seems to increase each month, and we are      selling a lot more pull tabs/special games each week.  This greatly increases our ability to do things within the Council and provide more charitable donations.  A BIG THANK YOU to all the brother Knights who volunteer their time and effort to make our Bingo fundraising a success.  Great job gentlemen!

A few dates/events to remember:

• KofC Missouri State Convention  Jefferson City MO  April 26th,27th,28th
• Council #3414 general Council Meeting  May 7th  7:00PM (Tue) (at the Hall) 1st Degree, then the meeting
• Mothers Day    May 12 (Sun)
• Ladies Auxiliary Dinner 5:00pm May 12th  (Sun)  (at the Hall)  public welcome
• Council #3414 Planning Meeting  May 21  (Tue) 7:00PM (at the Hall)
• Memorial Day  May 27th
• Council #3414 general Council Meeting June 4th  7:00PM (Tue)  (at the Hall)
• Ladies Auxiliary Dinner  5:00PM June 11th (Sun) (at the Hall)  public welcome

      -----We will be nominating officers for the 2013-2014 fraternal year at the May 7th general meeting

       Please congratulate our April 2013 Knight of the Month:  Lee Fox

       Please congratulate Mike Cash & Len Kuklenski ,  who took the 4th Degree Exemplification on April 21st ,2013

       Vivat Jesus,

        Mike O'Neil          GK    

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    Spring is here and it is time for Convention!  We are excited to attend and maybe get some new ideas for our group.  We also hope there will be some inspiring ideas to recruit  new members to join our Ladies group.

We had a great meal at our April dinner.  The attendance was low, but we still made over $300.00 for our charities.  Thank you to everyone for helping with the dinner. We will not be hosting a dinner in May.  Since, it falls on Mother's Day we want everyone to take this time to spend with their Mom's or their wives (Mom's to their children).  Hopefully, it will be a nice sunny day.  Our next dinner will be June 9th, with a "Welcome Summer" theme. We will be serving pulled pork and brisket, corn on the cob, baked beans, salad, and fruit cobblers for dessert.  Jeff Neiman has volunteered to smoke the meat and make the baked beans for us.  We want to eat out side if the weather permits.  We hope everyone can attend.  This will be our last dinner until September when we host the "Steak and Chicken" dinner.

Sheila Van Keirsbilck

President