early mornings for Sunday breakfast. The council officers for their help, support and continued participation with effectively running the council I want to thank all the council members for their support and help so far this year in my term as Grand Knight. DECEMBER EVENTS Adult Christmas party Sat Dec 10 @ 7pm Metro Band Sun Dec 11 @7pm (remember to bring a non-perishable donation) Breakfast Sun Dec 18 9-11am Kids Christmas party Sun Dec 18 @ 1pm Italian sausage sandwich-es By Ed Fiorella and crew Tues meeting Dec 20
Hello Brothers, Thanksgiving has come and gone and I am hoping your family and friends had a blessed and fulfilled day. The volunteers and donations collected for the food bank and the dinners that were delivered made it extra special for many families and a huge thank you for those who participated. Please do continue to donate to the food bank through the Christmas season as well as all year long. Every little bit makes a difference. With the Christmas holiday sea-son upon us, we have many activities coming up at the council. I will remind you of all the events that are forth coming, before I do so I would like to take this chance to extend my huge appreciation to some of the people that have been key to the
successes of the past few months. Big thanks to: Bob Wood for setting up and organizing the priest appreciation event and Me-morial Mass. Dave Nelson and all his vol-unteers for a great time and most successful Oyster roast. Terry Ward for making sure we have snacks after the meetings. Matt Hale for donating the turkeys for Thanksgiving baskets. To all the Bingo workers, volunteers, managers and the behind the scenes peo-ple who make it happen every week without fail. J.P. and his crew for keep-ing the Council lounge bar going. The breakfast crew for their continuous hard work and
The Grand Knight’s Desk
Volume XLIX NO. VI December 2011
The Kealey Knight Letter “SERVING THE KNIGHTS OF GREATER OCEAN VIEW”
EDITOR: Matthew Tomazic www.ovknights.com
Deputy Grand Knight Report
Bob (Stump) Wood for his hard work on the Memorial mass. December will bring the adult Christmas party on the 10th, the Metro Band on the 11th, and of course breakfast on the 18th. January will bring the Knights of Co-lumbus FREE THROW CONTEST for children ages 10 thru 14. the council is also holding a SUBSTANCE ABUSE
AWARENESS POSTER CONTEST please contact Matt Tomazic for details. Please remember as the holiday season ap-proaches the brave men and women serving our country over seas as well as those apart from their families in the states. Fraternally, Richard Klotz Deputy Grand Knight
Welcome to Decem-ber, I would like to start out by thanking Dave Nelson and his crew for a great oyster roast this year every-one that I talked to just raved about it. I would like to thank the Virgin-ia Voices International for a great show in the hall on Nov.19th, and a special thanks goes out to PGK
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Meals made and de-livered to Homes Sat Dec 24th If you know of some-one alone this Christ-mas that cannot pre-pare a meal for them-selves, please get the name and address to me so that we can in-clude them in the de-livery of a premade meal for Christmas day. The number to contact me is 757-630-2732.
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Please keep in mind after the first of the year we will be asking for volun-teers to put on Friday night dinners. If you have a specialty or favorite meal to prepare please come and share your tal-ents and your culinary tastes. As 2011 comes to a close I would like to let you all know how much I appreciate each and eve-ry one of you that are in
this wonderful organiza-tion. Together we all make such a difference to so many. It is my privi-lege and honor to be a member of this council and I look forward to an-other year working along-side of you. I would like to wish eve-ryone a Blessed and Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Mark Wray Grand Knight
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2011-12 Officers
Inside Guard Tomas Reyes 1374 Kingston Ave # B Norfolk, Va 230503 Outside Guard Kevin Beggs 733-0606 8448 Old Ocean View Road Norfolk, Va 23518 Outside Guard Pat Callahan 853-1824 1356 Kilmer Court Norfolk, Va 23502 Lecturer Ken Wiley 480-2980 9277 Mason Creek Rd Norfolk, Va 23503 3rd yr. Trustee PGK Ed Lambe 464-1075 4617 John Alden Rd Virginia Beach, Va 23455 [email protected] 2nd yr. Trustee PGK Bill Dewey 348-4570 9414 Grove Ave Norfolk, Va 23503 [email protected] 1st yr. Trustee PGK Don Fuss 650-6107 9535 Hammett Pkwy Norfolk, Va 23503 [email protected] Field Agent Eli T. Crownover 4646 Princess Ann Rd Suite 106 Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Office: 495-1492 Cell: 383-4995 [email protected]
Grand Knight Mark Wray 630-2372 3522 Faber Rd Norfolk, Va 23518 [email protected] Deputy Grand Knight Richard Klotz 404-2271 3305 Boynton Ct Virginia Beach, Va 23454 [email protected] Financial Secretary Chris Klotz 587-1295 9100 Hammett Ave Norfolk, Va 23503 [email protected] Chancellor Matthew Tomazic 747-1206 8461 Primrose St Norfolk, Va 23503 [email protected] Recorder Mike Hightower 504-236-6150 1231 Virgilina Ave Norfolk, Va 23503 [email protected] Treasurer Rick Gustwiller 588-8019 1212 Evelyn Ave Norfolk, Va 2351 [email protected] Advocate J.P. Tyminski 714-5358 1211 E Balview Ave Apt B Norfolk, Va 23503 [email protected] Warden Pete Wellman 480-9332 1213 Hullview Ave Norfolk, Va 23503 [email protected]
Membership
If anybody knows of an-
yone who would like to
join our Order, please
contact Ken Emery at
588-8019 or rambo-
Recall/Address
If you recently moved or
changed contact infor-
mation, please contact
Chris Klotz at 587-1295
or
Sick & Distressed
Please let someone
know if there is a death
or illness in your family.
If someone doesn’t let
us know, we can’t do our
part. Please contact Ed
Lambe or Chris Klotz.
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LOTKA Children's Christmas Party
Bring your children/
grandchildren up to the Hall on
Sunday, December 18th begin-
ning at 1pm. Enjoy some
crafts, games, and a special
appearance from our secret
friend. Anyone who is interest-
ed in helping out, please con-
tact a member of LOTKA.
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December Birthdays
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Happy Birthday to the following brother Knights;
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December 2011 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
4 5 6 Business Mtg 7:30om
7 Team 3
8 9 10 Adult Xmas Party 7pm
11 Metro Band Concert 7pm
12 13 Columbian Club Mtg 7:30pm
14 Team 4
15 16 17
18 Breakfast 9-11 Kids Xmas Party 1pm
19 20 Social Mtg 7:30pm
21 Team 5
22 23 24
25
Merry Christmas
26 27 Officer’s Mtg 7:30pm
28 Team 1
29 30 31
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year from your Brother
Knights!!!!