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March Calendar of Events March 1, 2011

Knights of ColumbusHoly Rosary Council No. 4483

15 North Hickory AvenueArlington Heights, IL 60004

(847) 255-4483

model cars, other electron-ics, Fisher Price toys, cookiejars, sporting goods, Hal-loween costumes and petclothes.

The items will be taken andrecycled by Recycling Ave-nue, an organization thatprovides job opportunitiesfor the physically chal-lenged. For more informa-tion on their program,check out their website atwww.recyclingavenue.com.

The recycling bins have ar-rived for small electronicitems, including cellular andcordless phones, laptops,notebooks, ink and printcartridges, digital cameras(still and video), MP3 play-ers, GPS devices, calcula-tors, radar detectors, routersand modems and E-bookreaders. We will also collectitems that can be sold onEBay, such as multi-linebusiness phones, Legos,designer purses, die cast

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3First Degree

7:30 P.M.Business Meeting

8:00 P.M.

4 5Our Lady of AngelsMission Food Pantry

7:30 A.M.

6 7 8Recitation of the

Rosary7:30 P.M.

9Ash Wednesday

10Sword & Baldric

7:30 P.M.

11Council Fish Fry

5:30 P.M.

12St. Patrick’s DayReverse Raffle

7:00 P.M.See flyer on page 5

13Begin DaylightSavings Time

14 15Seton AssemblySt. Patrick’s Day

Party7:30 P.M.

16 17St. Patrick’s DaySocial Meeting and

March Madness7:30 P.M.

See flyer on page 7

18Council Fish Fry

5:30 P.M.

19Feast of St. Joseph

20 21 22 23 24Tupperware

Party/Bingo Event6:30 P.M.

See flyer on page 8

25Council Fish Fry

5:30 P.M.

26

27Chicago Wolves vs.

Rockford3:00 P.M.

See flyer on page 2

28 29Building Corp.

Meeting7:15 P.M.

30Charity Commit-

tee Meeting6:30 P.M.

Officers Meeting7:30 P.M.

31District Deputy

Columbian BoosterAward Dinner

Recycling Avenue

BEGINNING IN MARCH,THE START TIME OFTHE MONTHLY BUSI-NESS MEETINGS WILLBE CHANGED TO 7:30P.M. THIS CHANGE ISBEING MADE TOBRING THE STARTTIME IN LINE WITHTHE START TIMES OFOTHER COUNCILMEETINGS, AND BASEDON SUGGESTIONSFROM NUMEROUSMEMBERS OF THE

COUNCIL. FIRST DE-GREES WILL STILLSTART AT 7:30 P.M.,WITH THE BUSINESSMEETINGS STARTINGIMMEDIATELY THERE-AFTER. FURTHER RE-MINDERS WILL BESENT OUT AS WE AP-PROACH THE MARCHMEETING.

IMPORTANT NOTE: TIME CHANGE

Tony Beaudette, our Past GrandKnight and District Deputy, is be-ing honored with the ColumbianBooster Award for the many ac-complishments for our Council and

for the K of C as a whole. Theaward dinner is being held onThursday, March 31st, at the Wel-lington.The Council is subsidizing a portionof the cost for the dinner for thosethat wish to attend. The final perperson cost for attending the dinnerwill be based on the number ofmembers attending, and will be nomore the $20/person. Please con-tact Scott Baxendale at [email protected] or 847-909-3723 by March 17th to reserve yourspot.

We all know someone who is in needof, or can use, prayers. Let us all re-member those listed below as well:

Ray Check Livia ClarkMarilyn Dockus Al EberhardtJoe Elsey Mae GallagerBill Gorman Don HechtTarry Hoskins Diane KennedyPhil Krueger Kathy Morrow

Francis Moriarty Phil SmithDeacon Bill Reinhart Anthony RizzoCarol Sanders Don SandersFred Sharkey Barb VincenzoMike Vincenzo

In addition, let us not forget all of ourUnited States Military troops that are inharm’s way, and all of the victims of theearthquakes on Haiti and in Chile.

Remember in Prayer

Clearbrook Spring Dance

Chancellor’s Report

Lenten Fish Fries

For the third year, Holy Rosary Councilwill be hosting Fish Fries on Fridaysfrom March 11th until April 15th. TheFish Fry will not be held on Good Fri-day. As in the past, the doors will openat 5:30 P.M., and food will be serveduntil around 7:30-8:00 P.M. The dinnerincludes fish, fries, slaw and cornbread.

Cost:Adults $10.00 for Cod

$11.00 for HaddockChildren $5.00 for children 6-12

Free for children 5 andunderCash bar

Additional help is needed to make surethe customers are taken care of and thecooks are not overburdened. If you areinterested in helping with cooking orserving at one or more of the Fish Fries,please contact John Helminski at 847-397-9697

Chicago Wolves Game

Knight’s of Columbus - Holy Rosary Council #4483 Outing

Chicago WolvesHockeyAllstate Arena

Sunday, March 27, 20113:00 P.M Game time

Cost $23.00Limited number of seats

Group Recognition on Matrix Board

Columbian Booster Award Dinner

Our vocation raffle netted our council$891 to be applied to our seminarianfund. Unfortunately, no one from ourcouncil won.

Please remember to drop off yourempty and unlabeled pill bottles for ourReverse Raffle which will be held onMarch 12th starting at 7:00 PM. Thesebottles may be turned in ahead of timeto Scott Baxendale or Ken Kudla

There are a couple of important datechanges in the next couple months.

The March Officers Meeting will beheld on Wednesday, March 30th somembers can attend Tony Beaudette’sAward Dinner. Also, the April SocialMeeting will held one week earlier onApril 14th to avoid conflicting withHoly Thursday.

There are many exciting events hap-pening in the coming months. The offi-cers hope that you will take advantageof these events and where possible do-nate your time.

The 2011 Spring Dinner Dance will beheld on May 6th. Mark your calendarsand plan to be there to help out. Youwon't believe the fun and enjoymentyou'll have by working at a Clearbrookevent. Ask some of those who volunteerregularly. They'll tell you that they don'tvolunteer just because they get to eatsome of Lance's better meals; they helpout because of the warm feeling thatthey get by brightening the lives of someof the finest and friendliest peoplearound.

2011 Free Throw Shoot Out

Twenty-two 6th thru 8th grade students representing twelvearea junior high and middle schools competed in the 29thAnnual Knights of Columbus Spelling Bee held Saturday,February 12, 2011, at the hall.

The first place fin-isher was Jack Rai-mondi of St. EmilySchool in Mt. Pros-pect. The secondplace finisher wasDrew Morton ofThomas MiddleSchool in Arlington Heights, and the third place finisher wasMitchell Hasley, also of St. Emil School. The Bee used 171words and lasted for an exciting 18 rounds, including wordssuch as crepuscular, sentient, cumulonimbus, and leviathan. The Beeconcluded when Jack Raimondi spelled both noncommittal andpyrite correctly to claim first place.

All three finalists have qualified to compete in the RegionalSpelling Bee in March, where the top three finishers of theRegional Bee will qualify for the state tournament that will beheld in Champaign in April.

The students participating in the Spelling Bee and theirschools were:

Simon Wu—Christian Liberty AcademyOlivia Kotowski, Kevin Napoleon—Our Lady of the Way-side Middle SchoolPatrick Lifka, David McGarr—St. James Jr. High SchoolConnor Irelan, Matthew Jo—St. Peter SchoolMark Dillon, Kyle Kornblum—South Middle SchoolDrew Morton, Jack Steines—Thomas Middle SchoolEdyta Czaplinski, Maria Lopera—St. Mary School (BG)Eddie Brown, Tejo Nutalapati—Holmes Jr. High School(MP)Peter Hong, Jeanette O’Brien—St. Paul School (MP)Mitchell Hasley, Jack Raimondi—St. Emily (MP)Scott St. Onge—St. Alphonsus School (PH)Danny Harris, Christine Koch—St. Colette School (RM)

The Bee was hosted by Holy Rosary Council, and co-sponsored with Mt. Prospect Council #6481 and Our Ladyof the Grove Council #13448. All the public and privatejunior high schools and middle schools serving ArlingtonHeights, Buffalo Grove, Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights,Rolling Meadows and Wheeling were invited to send tworepresentatives to participate.

The Council's competition,which was held on January28th, attracted 45 contestants,and their supporters, fromArlington Heights, Munde-lein, Glenview, Deer Park,Prospect Heights, Wheeling,Palatine, Buffalo Grove andRolling Meadows. We hadwinners in each of the 10 Di-visions, along with 4 doorprize winners. The freethrow winners were:

Girls10—Emily Naylor11—Jessica Soskich12—Haley Will13—Tylor Will14—Madi Messinea

Boys10—Ian Ziegenhorn11—Luke Koehler

12—Kyle Kornblum13—Chandler Forgue14—Nicholas Statkiewicz

Door prizes were graciouslyprovided by the SchaumburgFlyers and Lake County Field-ers baseball teams, the Chi-cago Wolves hockey team andthe Elite Soccer training or-ganization. In addition, wereceived photo posters ofDerrick Rose from theChicago Bulls and food giftcards from Valli Produce,Mariano's Fresh Market andthe Northpoint Jewel-Osco,for our complimentary re-freshment and snack tables.Please patronize these organi-zations that contributed toour tournament.

We'd like to thank all the vol-

unteers that helped at theevent, especially Bob Kosciel-niak who, in addition to beingdrafted as Co-chairman andmanning a registration table,helped with planning, recruit-ing and publicizing the event;to Brian Marier, who was incharge of the refreshment andsnack tables; to Ladies Auxil-iary Member, Rosemary Ver-miglio, who helped preparethe food and monitor therefreshment center; to LauraWardle, who designed thewinning entries in our An-nouncement Flier Contest:and, lastly, to Brian Allenwho's flier entry was also usedto publicize the competition.

One reason for the lowerthan expected turn out at thetournament was our late start

in planning and organizingthe event. This year, insteadof beginning the process inNovember for the 2012 com-petition, we are going to startin June. If any brother Knightor Sister Auxiliary Member isinterested in becoming amember of the 2012 FreeThrow Championship Team,you can sign up by e-mailingto the Council tournament'saddress,[email protected],with your volunteer prefer-ence. We are in need of 5volunteers for planning andsite acquisition, 5 for publicityand donations, 10 for recruit-ing, 5 for the refreshmenttables and 25 volunteers atthe Gymnasium. Please helpout if you are able.

2011 Council Spelling Bee

Knights and their familieswill be meeting at theKnights of Columbus Hallon Saturday, March 5th 2011to car pool to the mission.

We will depart at 7:30 A.M.and return at 1:00 P.M. Vol-unteers will unload a semi-truck load of food and pack-ages for needy families.

The packaged items will thenbe distributed to 250-300families that morning.

This is an excellent serviceproject for teens and adults.For more information, con-tact Ed Wendling at 773-636-3318 [email protected]

Our Lady of Angels Mission

Our Lady of the Wayside News

During Lent, theKnights of Columbusfrom Our Lady of theWayside Parish willbe showing FatherCorapi talks everyTuesday night begin-ning, March 15th at7:00 P.M. in the Par-ish Center. Come joinus and bring a friendor family memberwith you.The Knights of Co-lumbus will be host-ing Donut Sundayafter the masses onMarch 27th. This is agreat opportunity torecruit your friendsand fellow parishion-

ers to join theKnights.

On Friday, April 8th,the Knights of Co-lumbus at Our Ladyof the Wayside will behelping run theLenten Pasta Dinner.More details to fol-low. Help is needed!Anyone that is inter-ested in helpingshould contact RobAdams at [email protected].

Attention members! TheKnights of Columbus -Your Company will be cred-iting 3.00% on new Annuitypremium deposits received inthe Supreme Office betweenJan1, 2011 and March 31,2011 This rate will be creditedon these premiums until De-cember 31, 2011, a 3% life-time guarantee!

Rollovers* Transfers*IRA's* SEP* Annuities!

If you would like additionalinformation on how a K of CAnnuity can fit into your fi-nancial planning, CallRob Adams at 847-259-4975or [email protected]

Insurance News

Cookbooksales supportHuman Life

Great news regardingthe cookbook fundrais-ing effort to help thepro-life cause! 100cookbooks were soldto families and friends,including many Knightsand Ladies of Holy Ro-sary Council. Thankyou for your generoussupport and thank youto Holy Ghost CouncilLadies Auxiliary in Pala-tine for this opportunityto sell their excellentcookbook! The profitswere put to good use:Travel expenses were

paid for a local needyhigh school student toattend the March for Life2011 in WashingtonD.C. The Priests for Lifeorganization was given a$200.00 donation, andthe Pro-life Action Leaguewas also given a dona-tion of $50.00. Youcan still purchase acookbook for only$15.00. Make out yourcheck directly to Pro-LifeAction League. Pleasecontact Sue McPherrinfor details at 847-506-1618. To see the Marchfor Life rally in action goto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqJ7YmxBhmQ&feature=related

PARADES:

We are gearing up forthe upcoming Memorialand Independence Dayparades in ArlingtonHeights and are lookingfor a driver of a shinyred, white or bluepickup truck to ride be-hind the 4th degreeKnights to display joy-fully the ways theKnights and their fami-lies make their commu-nities better places, in-cluding advocating forpro-life. Please contactJim or Sue McPherrin ifyou can volunteer yourvehicle. Thank you foryour support.

Pro-Life News March 2011

The day before ValentinesDay, 18 couples/membersrenewed their vows at OurLady of Sorrows Chapel, Ad-dolorata Villa. Fr. Nick, freshback from his home Diocesein the Philippines, ordained25 years, (married to Christ’sChurch), said he will do itagain for us next year. Markyour calendar. There was a

procession, a Mass,(broadcast to the residents),singing, a meal -- Beef,Chicken, Wine, Beer, Desert -- more singing, (by fatherNick), and surveys on “How’sit been so far?” Thanks Fr.Nick and the staff at theVilla. Here are the happycouples: Devery, Andy &Brigid – 40 yrs, Peterson,

Dave & Terry – 40 yrs, Bauer,John & Lorrie – 50 yrs, Do-cus, John & Marilyn – 57 yrs,Kneesel – Bob & Anne – 54yrs, Naylor, John& Micki – 44yrs, Tomasek – Chuck &Ellen-- 8 yrs, Smetana, Ed &Mary – 39 yrs, Morrow, John& Cathy - 42 yrs, Sharkey,Fred & Maureen – 40 yrs,Eberhardt, Al & Bette – 50

years, Sordyl, Dean & Pat –40 yrs, Krueger, Phil & Adele- 46 yrs, Hoskins, Tarry &Linda – 46 yrs, Frankel, Bill &Anita – 53 yrs, McIntosh,Bruce & Marie – 45 yrs,Helminski, John & Thelma –45 yrs, and Sheehan, Pierce &Midge – 44 yrs. Congratula-tions to all.

Marriage Vow Renewal

Membership/Activation/RetentionGET INVOLVED—KEEP INVOLVED

At the major 1st, 2nd, and3rd, degree that was heldat our council on January30th, 6 new members wereadded to our Council. Theyare as follows:

Bill Schroder and his wifeAnita are St James parish-ioners that live on NorthChapman. Bill owns hisown business.

Mike Manthei has two kids,lives in West Chicago andattends St. John NeumannParish.

Brian Paulsen and his wife,Janet, have two girls, attendCorpus Christi church andalso live in West Chicago.

John O'Malley is a 27 yearold St Edna's parishionerand lives on Walden Lanein Arlington Heights. Johnis a professional counselorwho can help with anycrisis, and he was spon-sored by his dad, MichaelO'Malley.

Robert Martin is married

and attend Our Lady of theWayside. Bob lives onSouth Mitchell and wantsto be an active member ofthe Council.

We have another first de-gree at our March businessmeeting – March 3,2011 at7:30PM. It is never too lateto ask that friend, neighbor,or relative.

For anyone who is a possi-ble or probable for theFirst Degree, please get thename to me, John Morrow,at (c) 847-899-2603, (H)847-577-2511 or by [email protected].

If you do not have yourcard for a business meeting,please notify the Warden orone of the Guards. We willverify with the FinancialSecretary that you are ingood standing. No oneshould be removed fromthe hall unless the Wardenand Grand Knight aretimely made aware.

At the February BusinessMeeting, we approved thefollowing donations:

Little Sisters of the Poor$200;Mount St. Joseph $150;Recycling Avenue $150

If you have a charity orother cause that maybenefit from financial as-sistance from our Coun-

cil, please bring it to theCharity Committee forconsideration.

The members for 2010-2011 are:

Randy Baker (Chairman)Phil KruegerJack SelzerBob KoscielniakJohn Selzer

February Donations

HALL RENTAL

Members . . . Did you knowthat the hall is available for

rental for your next bigevent or get-together?

Yes, it is!! And, as a mem-ber of the Council, you will

receive a reduced rentalrate!!!!! Birthday parties,

Communion parties, anni-versaries or any type ofevent you may have in

mind.

Contact Angelo Cozzarelliat 847-255-4483 for more

details.

Utilize our hall for your nextevent!!!!

Building Corp.

Fourth Degree

Knights of Columbus in pa-rade and church honorguards. contact Dean Sordylat (847) 394-3307 for moreinformation and applicationforms.

Seton Assembly 2410 will beholding a St. Pat's Party onMarch 15th. Come out andjoin in on the festivities.

Brother KC's, now is thetime to consider joining the4th Degree of the Knights ofColumbus. To be eligible tojoin you must have been aKnight of Columbus for atleast 6 months, and havetaken your 2nd and 3rd De-grees. Our next 4th degreewill be on April 9th. Costwill be $70 not including thecost to buy or rent a tux-edo. Why not consider join-ing and being a member ofthe visible arm of the

Seton Assembly

The building corporation isselling excess hard liquor tomembers only.

For more information con-tact Ernie Krause, or BobKoscielniak, for more de-tails.

Liquor for Sale

55 YearsAngelo CozzarelliGeorge Lilly

50 YearsDonald CaviJoseph Saber

45 YearsRobert Brigham

30 YearsGerald McGill

20 YearsJames McCormick

10 YearsFrancis Kinson

5 YearsLewis BeckRobert BeckTod FaerberMark Mastroianni

MarchAnniversaries

February's winners are:

Donna Adams,Ed Majewski,

Ronald Pfeiffer

Lucky Bucks

April Calendar of Events

May Calendar of Events


1Council Fish Fry

5:30 P.M.

2Our Lady of AngelsMission Food Pantry

7:30 A.M.

3 4NCAA Championship

Game7:30 P.M.

5 6 7Business Meeting

7:30 P.M.

8Council Fish Fry

5:30 P.M.

94th Degree Exem-

plificationMarriott Lincoln-

shire


Rosary7:30 P.M.

13 14Social Meeting

Recruit for May orJune First Degree

Presentation by theMetropolis7:30 P.M.

15Council Fish Fry

5:30 P.M.

16

17Palm Sunday

18 19Seton Assembly

7:30 P.M.

20 21Holy Thursday

22Good Friday

23Holy Saturday

24Easter Sunday

25 26Building Corp.

Meeting7:15 P.M.

27 28Charity Committee

Meeting6:30 P.M.

Officers Meeting7:30 P.M.

29 30


1 2 3 4 5Business Meeting

7:30 P.M.

6Clearbrook

Dinner Dance6:00 P.M.

7Our Lady of AngelsMission Food Pantry

7:30 A.M.


Rosary7:30 P.M.

11 12Business Meeting

7:30 P.M.

13 14

15 16 17Seton Assembly

7:30 P.M.

18 19Social Meeting

7:30 P.M.Recruit for June 1st

Degree

20 21

22 23 24Building Corp.

Meeting7:15 P.M.

25 26Charity CommitteeMeeting 6:30 P.M.Officers Meeting

7:30 P.M.

27 28

29 31Memorial Day

31

Brother Knights,

There is a lot going on inMarch. We have a First De-gree ceremony at the begin-ning of the Business Meetingon March 3rd. Please letJohn Morrow know if youhave any prospective candi-dates that should be con-tacted. Please note also thatthe start time for the BusinessMeetings has been moved upto 7:30 P.M. starting inMarch.

Our Lenten Fish Fries will bestarting on Friday, March11th, and will run through taxday on April 15th. Pleasecome out and enjoy a greatmeal with the family. If youhave the time, please consider

volunteering to help out atone or more of the Fish Fries.Contact John Helminski formore information.

The St. Patrick’s Day ReverseRaffle is a new event for theCouncil that should be funand a good fundraiser. Theprizes include $2,500, a 50”HDTV and an iPad. Hope-fully you can join us, but evenif you can’t, you can purchaseindividual raffle tickets for$30. Only 200 tickets will besold, so hurry up and reserveyours now before they’re allgone.

March Madness begins onMarch 17th, which is also St.Patrick’s Day and the night ofour Social Meeting. Come on

out and bring a friend for anight of college basketballand fellowship.

Another new event for theCouncil is the TupperwareParty and Bingo Event onMarch 24th. Everyone usesTupperware, so this isn’t justan event for the ladies. Wereceive a percentage of theTupperware sales for the eve-ning, and we’ll be donatingthat money to the schoolsand religious education pro-grams of the parishes that weserver.

Our annual Chicago Wolvesouting is on Sunday, March27th. Please get your reserva-tions in to Angie Cozzarelliby March 10th.

Finally, Tony Beaudette isbeing honored with the Co-lumbian Booster Award onMarch 31st. This is a greathonor for Tony, and we hopeyou will join us in honoringhim that night at the Welling-ton.

As I said at the beginning,there’s a lot going on. Hope-fully one or two or more ofthese events are appealing toyou, and we’ll see you aroundthe Council.

Vivat Jesus!

Scott BaxendaleGrand Knight

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