OSSEO/MAPLE GROVE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUSST. VINCENT de PAUL PARISH

Vol. 21 No. 10 Osseo/Maple Grove Council 9139 April, 2010

Membership Meeting, 1st Tues., 7:00 p.m.

Church Meeting Room

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Grand Knight’s MessageKevin Ahlers, Grand Knight

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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 9139April, 2010

Business Meeting 1st Tuesday of MonthPlanning Meeting Last Tuesday of Month

Kevin Ahlers, Grand Knight

Deacon Sean Curtan, Spiritual AdvisorFellow Knights and families,

On the first Easter two women who were devoted to Jesus, walked

slowly and sadly toward the tomb where Jesus had been laid. They were heartbroken, and understandably so. They had heard the cry from the crowd for the death of Jesus who they love. They had waited by the Cross through Jesus suffering.

Now they headed for the guarded tomb, it is a wonder they did not just turn and run. But the love and devo-tion for Jesus kept their feet moving and a messenger of God met them with the words, ”Do not be afraid.” The two women needed that assur-ance and so do we.

Fear is part of our human condi-tion, from the time we are born we experience fear and it stays with us until we die. We fear many things and the list may be long and some-times we are tormented daily by fear. There is the fear of what other people think of us, the fear of being differ-ent from others, the fear of being iso-lated or rejected because of what we think or believe the fear of those who are different from us.

When we consider fear as a real condition of our lives we may at times feel overwhelmed. But when we see these two women who are fright-ened approaching the tomb of Jesus with their hearts filled with fear, we can feel their fear. But in the midst of their fear, the women are confronted with words of encouragement. “Do not be afraid,” and we too hear those words “Do not be afraid.”

Jesus himself also says those words “Do not be afraid” based upon some-thing as real and as powerful as our fears. And as we face our vulnerabili-ties in life, we are presented at Eas-ter with the truth of the resurrection story. That message is that there are resources of life more powerful than death. Fear can best be overcome by awareness, upon the spiritual power of life and of love. This is the good news of the gospel. The best news that there is, it contains the formula to overcome fear “Perfect love over-comes fear. “

So after the women left the tomb with fear, but with great joy, the fear that they faced was not gone. They also had the joy and they went quickly to tell the disciples what had happened. The Easter message of the resurrection which does not take our fears away but gives us joy, is not to be confined to a day, we are to carry the resurrection message with us all year.

So go quickly, go and tell. And those of us who have experienced the power of resurrection, the power of God’s love in our lives, have, like the two women, much to tell and to share. So let us share the Spirit of God’s love in our lives. Yes, whatev-er God has done for you, whatever part of your life has been filled with joy or peace, go quickly and tell. Let your life convey the reality and joy of God’s love to those who need it most.

God Bless You All!

April 4, Easter SundayApril 6, Membership meeting, 7 p.m.April 10-11, State Bowling TournamentApril 23, 24, 25, Tootsie Roll DriveApril 27, Planning meetingMay 27, Blood Drive

KC VestOur council has a service vest that

is available to any member to purchase for $32.00.

If any Knight has a vest that no lon-ger will be used please consider donat-ing it to the council. The vest is wash-able and the name can be changed.

Bob Andrews (763)425-2575

RosaryCouncil 9139 will pray

the rosary at 6:30 p.m. prior to our April 6 membersip meeting. It will be in the cry room. Bring your families.

Brother Knights and families,

As the lenten season draws to a close let us all remember why we cele-

brate Easter. As stated in John 3:16-17 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only son so that everyone

who believes in him might not parish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through him”. I wish you and your families a very blessed and joyful Easter. Hallelujah, He is Risen!

Brother Knights please pray for the people on our prayer list: Vincent Baz-zani, Clarence Dorweiler, Harry Long, Darlene Loeffler (Austin’s wife), Richard & Barbara Swedzinski, Deacon Sean Curtan, Jack Kirscher, Bill Peloquin, Lee Gresser, Don Kramer, Toy McGee (Lar-ry’s wife), Christine Munoz (daughter of Bob Clark), Dave Wilhelm, Dorothy Ker-ber, Bernie Bartos, Darrel Healy, Beth Hollingsworth (Randy’s wife) & Romana Jorgensen (Jim’s wife).

Remember family members & friends who are sick or are having surgery, men and women serving in the military and those men studying for the priesthood or deaconate.

If you know of any Knight or fam-ily member who you would like to be included on our prayer list please call Bernie Bartos, 763-577-0997 or Tom Heltemes, 763-425-2314 or e-mail: tom@heltemes.com

Major degree scheduleMay 1, Coon Rapids, Epiphany,

1st degree 8:00 a.m. 2nd degree 9:30 a.m.

May 8, Rosemount, St. Joseph’s, 1st degree 9 a.m. 2nd degree 10:30 a.m.

“For a complete exemplification schedule go to the Minnesota Knights website at: mnknights.org”

4th degree exemplification Any third degree brother Knight

that would like to join the highest degree of the order will have a chance at the Holiday Inn in Duluth MN on April 17th, 2010. If you would like additional information or enrollment form please contact Bob Andrews 763-425-2575 Bill Peloquin 763-424-1824 Kevin Ahlers 763-427- 2330.

Calendarof Events

Tootsie RollDrive

On April 23rd - 25th our council

will be passing out tootsie rolls at four store sites, the Osseo Ameri-can Legion and St. Vincent de Paul Church seeking donations to support children and adults with mentally handicapping disabilities.

In 2009 we collected $4,500.00. Those monies went to support the Minnesota Special Olympics, Friend-ship Ventures/Camp Friendship and Homeward Bound Family Group.

If you are called, please volunteer to work a two hour shift for this worthwhile project. If you want to sign-up in advance call Forrest at 763-424-4612. Thank you.

Blood driveThe next blood drive is a cou-

ple weeks later than normal and is scheduled for Thursday, May 27th from 3-7 p.m. It is the Thursday prior to the Memorial day weekend and the blood center always needs extra blood on hand for the long holiday weekends in anticipation of accidents and emergency surger-ies so this drive is timed perfect for that. It will be a combination blood drive and toy drive for helping to save the life of Bailey Moore who one year ago underwent open-heart surgery and blood transfusions. Even if people cannot donate blood they may be able to donate a toy for the U of M Children’s Hospital.

The Resurrection

Guest speaker Fr. Chue Vang will be our guest

speaker at the April 6 membership meeting. He will share some of his childhood memories and pictures of his native country. Bring your fami-lies and friends. It should be quite interesting.

Tom Heltemes KC Golf League The league will have

its first official round of golf on May 5th. We play at Daytona Golf Course.

The course is now open for to play some practice rounds. We can always use more subs, so if you want to play in a fun league give me a call at 612-419-0419. I’d like to see the new subs come

out & get a couple of practice rounds in to establish a handicap base & also get a chance to meet some of the other golfers in the league.

It's a handicap league so your level of play makes no difference. Come and join us, you will be glad you did.

Dick Montroy

Happy Easter

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Gr. Knight, Kevin Ahlers .........427-2330Deputy GK, Tom Clifford ........420-5224Chancellor, Ted Hambrook .612-964-0544Spiritual Director, Deacon Sean CurtanTreasurer, Dave Whatmuff ......420-4995Recorder, Randy Hollingsworth 420-4983Warden, Buzz Schmeltzer ..........425-4861Advocate, Brian Tarbox ..........420-9125 Inside Guard, Nick Garcia ......208-2631Outside Guard, Ken Fitzgerald ..422-3984Financial Sec., Russ Funk ........420-5527Trustees:(3 year) Jack Kirscher ........ 612-875-4642(2 year) Forrest Zimpleman .....424-4612(1 year) Don Pfau ...................425-7543Lecturer, Don Pfau ..................425-7543 Program Director Ted Hambrook ...............612-964-0544Membership, Recruitment & Retention: Ted Hambrook ...............612-964-0544Admissions/Degree Staff Tom Heltemes .....................425-2314 Tom Clifford ......................420-5224Council Act. Director Bill Peloquin ......................424-1824Family Directors: Ken Fitzgerald .................... 422-3984 Kevin Ahlers ....................... 427-2330Community Act. Directors: Dick Montroy .....................425-5734 Skip Levesque ..................... 420-5326Youth Act. Director: Jesse Puhl ...........................559-2964Church Act. Director: Dave Wilhelm .....................425-7754Respect Life:

Clarence Dorweiler .............421-0144Forrest Zimpleman ............. 424-4612

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More than three years in the mak-ing, the new Lynde’s Restaurant and Catering in Osseo opened its’ new res-taurant to the public on Thursday, May 28, 2009, and is open every day at 5 a.m.

The new restaurant and catering building, along with the landscaping services and offices building, are locat-ed along County Rd. 81, just next door to the former Lynde’s Restaurant build-ing. The old building was torn down and is being used as a parking area. “We will be open like normal,” owner Mark Lynde said. “We will be open un-til 10 p.m.”

The company will be concentrat-ing on the customers, the great food, quality service and fair pricing. “We’ve done that for 28 years and we are stick-ing to it,” added Lynde. “We are trying to stay competitive with the pricing.” The food will still be home-cooked. New to the menu is steak and rotis-serie chicken. All the dressings are also made from scratch.

The restaurant has two kitchens. One will be for the restaurant and one will be for the catering business.

The seating has more than doubled in the new restaurant, from 78 to 160 seats. There is a meeting room that will be used for overflow seating.

The restaurant has a full-service bar for dinner guests.The new Lynde’s res-taurant has eight 52-inch TVs in the dining area, with a stamped concrete floor and a granite bar/countertop. The waiting area also has kids chairs. “If the kids are happy, the parents are happy,”

Lynde said.As for his beer can collection, you

can find it in the entrance to the res-

taurant. “The entryway will be full of them, from the floor to the ceiling,” Lynde said.

“We booked our first party from someone driving on County Rd. 81 and saw our sign,” Lynde said. “That is the first time that has happened in 28 years. Someone came in and said ‘We saw your sign and wondered if you were open and if you could cater a graduation party’.”

The office and showroom building next to the restaurant is where catering manager Cathy Lynde meets with cus-tomers. “One nice thing is that people can sample foods if they like. Cathy can call the restaurant next door and have food samples sent over,” Mark Lynde said.

The back of the office building is a warehouse for the machinery for the lawn care items. Lynde concluded that the old restaurant building had senti-mental value to him. “It had been in my family for 28 years,” he said. “I do want to say that without the help from Landcor and the city [of Osseo], we wouldn’t have been able to overcome the huge obstacles and get the project done.”

It took more than three years to complete, from start to finish Lynde said.

The new Lynde’s Restaurant in Osseo (above). Inside, there are 160 seats with a smooth, stamped concrete floor and a granite counter/bar top. Office and showroom building (right).

Below, 3rd degree mem-bers prepare for the Way of the Cross. Left, the 4th degree honor guard was pres-ent as we prayed the Stations.

Lynde’s Restaurant and Catering

Way of the Cross

Council 9139 led the Way of the Cross on Friday, March 19. We had great partici-pation and had some nice comments on the way we do the stations.

Thanks to all who participated and also to the 4th degree.

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Happy Easter, the Lord is Risen!