Our councils Free

Throw contest took

place on January 21st.

We had 25 kids participate in the event. We would like to thank Shane Frey for chairing the

event again this year. We would like to also thank all that participated and their parents for

binging them to the event. Thanks to all that helped count shots and rebound balls. The 1st

place winners will be moving on to the district 43 competition on February

18, 2018 at Sauk Prairie Middle School.

The Golden Knight

February 2018 Edition

On March 4th, we will have our annual Country Pancake Breakfast at the St. Al’s Gym serving from 8:00 A.M.

to 12:00 P.M. We honor our first responders at the 8:00 A.M Mass and encourage them to dress in uniform

and they receive a free breakfast. The menu includes hot off the griddle pancakes, scrambled eggs with ham and

cheese, sausage links, applesauce, and fruit cocktail. You will find tickets included in this newsletter. Please plan

to sell or purchase your tickets. If you are able to help please contact John Helt at (608) 712-7919.

Left: Chad & Ken Flip Cakes and Merl is ready to help

Below: Marvin Lloyd & Bill ready to take tickets

Right: Keith mixes batter

Opening prayer. The minutes from the December meeting were read and approved. Chad B motioned that the minutes

were correct as read, Andy H second. Bills were read and a motion was made to approve of them without Trustees in attendance. Chad B motioned, Larry W second. F.S. report: John Helt will be sending second notices for unpaid dues

earlier this year to try to get ahead of the late payment problem. District Deputy Marshall Frey joined us for the meeting. There will be a Valentine’s banquet held for KCs again this year at Rex’s Innkeeper in Waunakee on 2/11. There will be

a 2nd/3rd Degree at St Paul’s in Madison on 3/4/18. There will be a 2nd/3rd Degree for the District that is “to be scheduled” We should report in the bulletin how much the KC’s are donating and to whom. But, we can only do so with the gener-

osity of those who support the KCs. District Meeting Report: 1. Membership Retention was a topic. 2. Another record year of insurance sales was recorded 3. The KC’s newest recruitment tool is the online registration. This is used as a

social media avenue to get the younger generation’s attention. Grand Knight Report: We voted on giving $1,600 to the Totus Tuus program. Bill L motioned, Rick F second. Council free throw contest will be 1/21 at 11 AM at the Middle

School. Registration at 10:45. District free throw contest will be 2/18 at the Middle School. Please contact Shane to help. Diocesan Knowledge/free throw contest will be 3/3 at the Middle School. Please contact Eric to help. There will be a KC

membership drive after all masses on 2/17 and 2/18 at both St Norbert’s and St Al’s. The 1st Responders Mass/Country Breakfast will be 3/4/18 at St Al’s. Please contact John Helt to volunteer. We will be voting at the next meeting to ap-

prove 3 scholarships at $500 each for High School grads. All officers will be asked to bring a list of charitable organiza-tions to an “officers only meeting” (to be scheduled). We will be voting on those who need our donations most. We will then start a voting process to agree on amounts given. Correspondence: We received thank you cards from Fr Maier

for the gift and card, the Nuns for fruit, and St Al’s for the Spelling Bee entry fee. Good of the Order: Lloyd Ballweg is in the nursing home with a hip injury. A card was signed in hopes of a speedy recovery. Member Raffle: Roy Schoepp’s

name was drawn. He wasn’t present to win the $100. The next meeting’s drawing will be $100 as well. Meeting Raffle: District Deputy Marshall Frey won the Culvers gift card! Knight of the Month: Congrats to Chad Brickl! Family of the

Month: Congrats to John and Sharon Helt! Chef of the month: Outside Guard Larry Wipperfurth delighted the crowd with BBQ sandwiches. Thanks Larry! Closing prayer. Adjourn

Dear Brother Knights,

It doesn’t always happen, I would even say that it happens rarely, that Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, falls on St. Valentine’s day. But I think it is a great opportunity to remind all of us what to LOVE truly means. Why do I say this? Well… because we always attach to Lent the idea of giving up some-thing to prepare in the right way for Easter, and with St. Valentine’s day we attach the idea of love. It was the great St. Thomas Aquinas who defined love in the following way: to will and choose the good of the other. So to love implies that we are willing to get rid of our self-

ishness and to put the other first. Lent is a time that reminds us that we have to learn to die to ourselves which is precisely what we do when we have in mind the good of the other. What is truly at the root of all the problems of our world is selfishness and therefore truly a lack of love because it all becomes about what is “good” for me and not what is good for the other, whether that other be my neighbor or God. Therefore my dear brother Knights I would like on this very special Lent that starts on St. Valentine’s day for all of us to do something that will help us to become selfless people and of course at the end of the day to love truly God and our neighbor.

Blessings,

Fr. Jerry Zhanay

Brother Knights,

This February we are holding a Church Drive before all of

our Masses the weekend of February 17 and 18. This is the

perfect time to ask the man that sits in front or behind you

on Sunday if he is a member of the Knights of Columbus. If

he says no it is a great time to ask if he would like more in-

formation about the Knights. To qualify to be a Knight is easy; you must be

an 18+ year old male and a practicing Catholic. All I ask for is a name and

phone number so we can contact them ad let them know what we are about.

You don’t have to wait until February 17th or 18th, you could do it this week-

end. Many Knights when asked why it took them so long to join the Knights

of Columbus they say “nobody ever asked me.” It would be great if our coun-

cil could get a couple new Knights from this church drive. So ask your sons,

brothers, neighbors, and friends.

Christopher Schmitt

Grand Knight

The Blackhawk Knights of Columbus have or-

dered shirts and are selling them for $10 each.

The council is picking up the rest of the cost.

We got them before the Pork Chop Dinner and

it was nice to see so many Knights wearing

them while they worked their shift. We would

like all members working to have one. If you are

interested in purchasing a shirt please contact

Eric Breunig at (608) 963-0338. We also have

some leftovers from our Cow Chip Food Stand

in our council’s freezer. We are selling the left-

overs for half price. If you are interested in any

please contact Eric to see what is available.

February 13th 7:30 P.M. Council Meeting

February 14th Ash Wednesday

February 17th and 18th Church Drive at all Masses

February 18th District Free Throw Contest SPMS 10:45 A.M.

March 3rd Diocese Free Throw/Knowledge Contest 10:00 A.M.

March 4th First Responders Breakfast St. Al’s Gym

2/1 Melvin Ballweg

2/5 John Ring

2/5 Clem Ring

2/6 Randy Mack

2/13 Robert Weiss

2/23 Jerome Keller

2/25 Fritz Dohm

2/26 Shane Frey

2/28 Scott Davis

The Golden Knight is a publication of Knights of Columbus Council 3099—Editor Chris Schmitt

This month we honor

Shane Frey as our Febru-

ary Knight of the Month.

Shane and his Wife Con-

nie live in Prairie with

their children Aaron and

Lauren. Shane is a Middle School teacher at

Sauk Prairie Middle School. Shane is our

Chair for our Council Free Throw Contest.

Shane helps out at the Country Breakfast,

Cow Chip Food Stand, Food Pack and the

Pork Chop Dinner where he brought the

whole family to work. Keep up the good

work and Congratulations, Shane!

The Eric and Heidi Breunig Fam-ily are honored for February. They live in Roxbury with their children; Olivia, Connor, Caleb, and Calvin. The kids serve Mass and sacristan. They are always willing to help out at not only our council’s events but they are very involved with St.

Al’s school where Heidi is a board member. Eric puts in many hours working on our council’s history book and helps with filling out the different forms that need to be filled out to keep our council running smoothly. He also reads, says the rosary, counts money, adoration and is on the financial council at St. Norbert’s. Eric is currently our council’s Deputy Grand Knight, and a Past Grand Knight. Congratu-lations, Eric and Heidi Breunig Family!

Church Drive

On February 17th and 18th our council will be holding a church drive at all the masses. We will be working with the other councils in the district to try to get new members. We will be discussing this more at our February Meeting. Please plan to help at the mass that you go to that weekend by greeting everyone as they come in to church and ask the men of our par-ish if they are interested in learning more about the Knights of Columbus and get their contact information. We will hold a short informational meeting after Mass. Please plan to attend that as well because it is great to show potential Knights who we are.

Help Needed 40 Knight are needed for the Dioce-

san Knowledge and Free Throw Con-

test on March 3rd. Contact Eric

Breunig at (608) 963-3038 to sign up.