Greetings, brother knights. I am probably going to point out some things our GK will also put in his letter, so bear with me.As you all know elections are just around the corner and no one has stepped forward to be our new deputy GK. We are also in dire need of some service program chairpersons. For the last year we have not had a membership chair. If you or you know of someone who might be interested in these positions  please let me know. We have several new and younger members we will eventually need you to step up and replace those of us that have no choice but to age out of the day to day running of our council.

     At our March 3rd meeting we will have a guest speaker from Special Olympics. Mary Bauer and an athlete, global messenger, will be speaking about the training for life campus to be built in Jefferson City in the future. The state K of C have asked all councils to assist to the combined sum of $1,000,000. Mary is trying to reach all councils in the state to talk about the training for life campus. Please plan to attend the March 3rd meeting and learn more about this project.

Thank You

Steve Wiederholt

Deputy Grand Knight

The Snake Saturday Parade is just a few weeks away.  This year, we really want to impress the parade attendees with great representation from our council and any other council or the Assembly.  We ask everyone to come and participate with us.  Bring your wives, children, grandchildren, it doesn't matter, just get us the numbers.  If you can't or don't want to walk, you can ride in the wagon.  The parade is scheduled for Saturday March 14th in the morning, it will only cost you a few hours.  We will need Honor Guard, walkers (Tootsie Roll throwers), and riders in the wagon. In recent years our best showing was about 25 Knights, we would really like to increase our participation with great numbers.  Please plan on participating with us this year.