Many thanks to the many Knights who made this year’s KOVAR
fundraiser a big success two weekends ago. Despite the
foul weather we had on Sunday, this year’s collected
contributions exceeded $10,000, surpassing last year’s
total weekend collection by over $500. These funds will
go towards grants and loans assisting people with
intellectual disabilities.
A special thanks to the 2008 site captains, Dale Allen,
Tom Milos, Al Obuchowski, and Al Sullivan, who did a
bang-up job recruiting, managing and motivating. Jim
Cella and Phil Torrey deserve special thanks as well, as
they spent the weekend assisting on the bean-counter end
of KOVAR.
If you are interested in getting more involved in the
KOVAR drive next year as a site captain, please contact
Scott Leitch at
samaleitch@verizon.net.
Again, thanks for the fine effort.
Participants in the
District #14 First Annual Free Throw Contest,
held at half time during the Knights vs. Earthen
Vessels (Priests) at St. Bernadette's School on
11 April 2008.
Click picture for a larger view
Left to Right: Chris
Perry, GK St. Bernadette Council#6153; Paul
Maltagliatti, DGK St. Mary of Sorrows Council#8600;
Bill Canavan, 2008 Free Throw Champion and GK Fr.
Sikora Council#7992; and Bob Billeaud, GK St. John
Bosco Council#12846.
At
Italian Night, many of us asked Lucio for his Lemoncello
recipe. Here it is:
Lucio’s Limoncello
Requirements:
-I
liter of grain alcohol (190 proof-available in Class VI)
-6
fresh lemons
-I
liter of natural spring water
-450
grams of sugar
Directions:
-peel
the very top of the rind of the lemon (avoid the white layer)
-place the rinds in a stainless steel container
-add
the alcohol, cover and marinate mixture for three days
-melt
sugar in warn water (heat the water to help melt the sugar)
-strain the alcohol/lemon rind mixture and pour into the sugar
water/mixture (at cool temperature)
-bottle it and store in a FREEZER (This is a must to fully
appreciate the taste of limoncello)
Lucio D'Andrea
Serve cold and enjoy
On Oct 16, 2007, the Scouts provided the meal at our
Knight's meeting. Click
here
to see some photos.
On Saturday, August 4, 2007 the Council supported Bishop Loverde and the Serra Club by providing a cookout.
Check out some
pictures from the event
Point of Hope Picnic Saturday
7/28/07
We had a wonderful
turnout for the Grief Counseling Camp for kids at the
Point of Hope Picnic. This was our 2nd
year of working this event. It was held all weekend
from Friday noon to Sunday afternoon at the Methodist
Camp site in Middleburg by Capital Region Hospice, for
kids 7 to 14 who lost a parent or sibling during the
year. It was a big success with 13 Knights and wives
showing up to cook and serve a dinner for 130. A late
change in the menu was made to cook hamburgers, veggie
burgers and hot dogs instead of the original plan for
baked chicken with salads and corn on the cob. A
tactical error by yours truly was made in not changing
the start time from 1 pm. to 3 or 3:30 to compensate
for the difference in cooking time, however it did
give us some down time to talk to each other and the
camp director and counselors who were there. We also
had a chance to hike down to the pool and witness the
frozen tee shirt contest. It turned out to be a
beautiful sunny day, a little warm but held in their
Oaks Lodge (one of 5) which was air-conditioned and
had a magnificent kitchen.
Many thanks are due to
the capable and hard working team who came to work:
Paul Armstrong, Jim Cella, Tom Gilding, Dave Lopez,
Dixie Lopez, Gene Molinelli, Al and Sandy Obuchowski,
Joe Osborne, Bob Ritchie, Dave and Ann Sharp were
always two steps ahead of the coach when something
needed to be started or completed.
Dan Turgeon headed up
the Kitchen staff with his prior restaurateur
experience and last years Warden duties, to
efficiently run the cooking of the beans, sauerkraut,
corn on the cob and directing the salad platters.
Sandy Obuchowski and Dixie Lopez were wonderful at
setting up the serving line and and prepping the
potato and bean salads, pickle trays and condiments
table and organizing the servers. They were assisted
by Al, Joe, Paul, Tom and Dave Lopez. Jim and Dave
Sharp were outstanding (figuratively and literally)
cooking all the burgers and dogs on the brand new
grills just purchased by the camp the day before. Bob
and Paul did a great job keeping the beverage jugs
filled and running the meat trays up to the line.
One of the adult
counselors from Hospice told a sad but touching story
to a few of us. An 8-year-old boy commented after one
of their grief circles with 3 other kids and their
adult buddies (counselors). After each kid got to
share their story this one boy was asked by the group
leader if he got anything out of this session. The
boy lost his 4-year-old brother who died after jumping
off off a pool table and catching a pool cue through
his neck. His answer was “I learned that I didn’t
kill my little brother” I’m sure there were other
that made the whole experience very rewarding.
On Sunday June 10,2007, St.
Mary's celebrated Corpus Christi with a procession
from the Parish Center to the Historic Church.
Check out the pictures.
To AOH/LAOH and KofC members:
Greetings and best wishes from Our Lady of Guadalupe
Parish in Chicago. How thoughtful and generous you all
are and how quick you are to respond to a person in
need. Thank you very much for the excellent computer
that you sent me. I am a novice when it comes to
computer skills, but with the set like the one you
sent me I am ready to get to work. I can see that the
possibilities are endless. The information I got from the
Google map of Izabal, Guatemala was overwhelming. I
could almost see the Mayan Indians trudging over
mountain paths going to and from their remote villages. An
interesting feature of the map is that it gives the
distance to the villages; often we would wonder just
where are we. It's so nice to see the pictures of
Livingston and than to hear the music of the Marimba.
Once again thank you all for your kindness
and generosity and may God bless you and your families and
the good work that you do.
Sincerely,
Fr. Tom
On Tuesday, May 15, 2007, the Council presented Fr. Ephrem
with a chalice. Check
album for photos.
Our Council is supporting a Sanctuary of Life effort.
Check out some pictures from the
Chili Cook-off.
Overall winner - Jim Cella
Spiciest winner - Jerry Hovan
Most unusual winner - Dan Turgeon
Polish
Night
- What a great time - Take a look at some photos
More Pictures from Photographer: Al Obuchowski Moved
Mar 19. 2007
Check out the Photos
from the Grand Knight's Christmas Party.
Additional photos from the Christmas Party have been
added-
added Jan 17
Added
Nov 28
Coach Jerry receiving the 2nd place trophy for our Mighty Casey's softball
team.
(Oct 06)
Added
Nov 28
Council wins the
Star
Council
award from the state for last year.
(Oct
06)
Added Nov 28
Council receives the
State
award
for the degree team led by Elmer May.
(Oct 06)
Added
Nov 28
Joe Scarfetta (Photo
1
and
2)
addressed the Council on his book
"The True and Unbiased Story of Christopher Columbus".
The book covered Columbus' early years, his four
voyages, his death, the canonization efforts, the
controversy over where his body is (the Old World, the New
World or both), and a special section speculating about what
would have happened if Spain did not back his Enterprise of
the Indies.
(Oct 06)
The Council celebrated Italian Night Nov
18, 06. Check out some pictures.
(Nov 06)
Congratulations, new brothers of
the First Degree, Fourth Degree, Transfers, and
Reinstatements
Read More ...
(Oct 06)
St. Mary of
Sorrows Council #8600 Presents Award to
Retiring Illinois Congressman, Henry J. Hyde" (Sep 06)
Several of our Knights and some wives went to
Middleburg VA to prepare dinner for the Point of Hope Counseling
Center.
Check out the Photos to
the fun that was had. (Jul 06)
Our Council is very
fortunate to have really good men who stand up to continue our great
work.
Clickon the
Officers (on left) to see the
men who stepped up for the 2006/2007 fraternal year and
view pictures of the Installation Ceremony and post-party.
(Jul 2006)
One of the last official acts of our out-going Grand
Knight Jerry Hovan
was to host Family Day Picnic and to thank some fellow knights.
The picnic was held
at Burke Lake.
The timing was a bit iffy due to the severe
rainstorms the area was having but
we were blessed with a sunny
(mostly) day and a fun time.
Check out some pictures taken by
fellow Knight, Frank Romano. (Jul 2006)
