St. Joseph of the Three Rivers Council 11550 at 25 East Harrison Ave., North Bend, OH 45052 US

The Knightly News

Our Lady of Visitation’s Parish Picnic

We had several members from our council man the grills at Our Lady of Visitation’s Parish picnic which was held at Stricker's Grove. It went very smoothly, although we may have a little less hair on our arms! Jim Bischoff chaired this activity and did a great job. For the brats, metts, hot dogs and burgers, we used JTM’s trailer grills and they proved to be very handy, efficient and speedy. A special thanks goes out to our grillmasters and runners: Jim Bischoff, Maryann and Bob Schmidt, JoAnn and Dan Warnock, Josh Hardig, Gary Beckemeyer, Steve Duebber, Ken Gardner, Bob Merten and Casey McMahon.

District Award!

Our council for the second year in a row has been awarded the Double Star award from Supreme Council for overall achievement in membership, recruitment, retention, insurance promotion and Surge with Service programming. Plus reaching 200% of the council’s membership quota. This is a great honor and great achievement we can all be proud of!

The 6th Annual Bill Dehmer Memorial Scholarship

St.Joseph of the Three Rivers Knights of Columbus Council has recently awarded two 8th grade students scholarships to attend Catholic High Schools.

The 6th Annual Bill Dehmer Memorial Scholarship is supported through various fund raisers held by St. Joseph K of C, most notably their Lenten Fish Fry.

The St. Joseph K of C scholarship committee chose the winners from essays submitted from 5 local parishes to determine the winners of a $1,000 and $500 scholarship.

This year’s $1,000 winner is Alison Bailey from Our Lady of Visitation School.

Holly Rack who attended St. Bernard school was awarded $500.

Each will be able to direct the money to the Catholic high school of their choice.

Congratulations to these two bright and promising young ladies!

Council Family Picnic

St. Joseph K of C held their annual picnic Tuesday evening at Fernbank Park on the Ohio. We had close to 100 folks attend the gala, the youngest of whom was Fran and Lester Wilson’s new one month old grandson, Shane.

After a mild threat of rain, 25 drops in all, we had a very fun filled event with plenty of picnic style foods, deserts, good conversation with family and friends, and of course, corn hole and horse shoes.

Follow this link to pictures from this event:
http://s568.photobucket.com/albums/ss123/stjoeseph/?albumview=slideshow

A special thanks goes out to our illustrious chef, Bob Nieporte for his distinct homemade hamburgers,... for manning the grill, along with Al Davis, and also for coordinating much of this event as our Council Director. Also a special thanks to Queen City Meats who donated all the metts, brats and hot dogs.

It always takes a team effort to make such an affair a success. You guys and your wives all deserve a pat on the back for all you have contributed in making our picnic such a pleasurable gathering. Lastly, I would like to mention the fact that Gardner and Warnock, while partners, have never been beaten in corn hole! My hat size just grew by another inch.

Thanks again to all, and lets make next years picnic an even bigger and better celebration with the St. Joseph of the Three Rivers Knights of Columbus.

Sincerely Yours,
Dan Warnock Program Director/PGK

Memorial Day 2010 Parade in Cleves!

Our council had brothers marching in this parade and riding a vintage fire engine to represent our council to the village of Cleves.
We had seventeen members taking part and all went well with no rain and with Fr. Harry being able to attend after all.
Thanks to Tony’s friend Steve for the use of the fire truck, and thanks to Dennis George for the donuts for our representatives!
Very special thanks to Bob Merton for organizing all this on very short notice.

Family News

Lester and Fran Wilson are grandparents again!
Shane Matthew was born on May 28th, 2010 to Shelly and Anthony Fischer.
He weighed 7lbs., 13 oz, and was 20 1/2" long. Mother, baby and Daddy are doing fine.
Congratulations to the Fischer and Wilson family on the new arrival.
You can see pictures at www.thechristhospital.com and enter #10931299272668 on the web babies’ page.

Charlie Wilke is now a great grandpa! Anna Grace was born on May 19th.

15th Annual Awards Night 2010

Our council held its 15th Annual Awards Night, to honor the outstanding people of our council and community. Chaplain Fr. Harry Gerdes opened the evening with prayer and remarks, followed by GK Tony Pagano’s opening remarks.

The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the various special awards. These were presented by the program directors to the following:

Blue Coat of the Year Lt. Robert Wohlfrom
Family of the Year Gil and Mary Carr
Youth of the Year Brad Rapking
Volunteer of the Year Dave Gerth
Lady of the Year Elaine Kruse
Knight of the Year Mike Pfaffinger

Congratulations to all the award winners and thank you to everyone who attended this program. Special thanks to Bob and Juanita Nieporte for preparing the excellent food served after the program.

Knight of the Year Mike Pfaffinger (right) with Bob Nieporte.

Family of the Year Gil and Mary Carr with Ken Gardner.

Lady of the Year Elaine Kruse with her husband Steve.

2010 Award Winners Lt. Robert Wohlfrom, Dave Gerth, Elaine Kruse, Mary Carr, Gil Carr, Brad Rapking, Mike Pfaffinger

2010 Award Winners with Dan Warnock and Tony Pagano

Measure Up Campaign

Steve Kruse supporting Measure Up!

Ken Gardner supporting Measure Up!

Bob Nieporte supporting Measure Up!

FISH FRY 2010

ANOTHER SUCCESFUL CATCH!

Our second annual Fish Fry has concluded as of last night, eight fry’s in all this year. This is a huge undertaking and a special thanks goes out to Jim Bischoff who chaired, managed, bossed, and directed this show. Well done Jim,...super job.

Over 30 brother Knights worked the fish fry, helping to make it run like a well oiled machine. The Ladies Auxiliary were also supportive in roles as order takers, and kitchen help. Their bakery goods/deserts sales profited them a little over $1000. A great success!

We finished the fry on a good note this year. Last year's Good Friday sales (on a rainy day) was $700. Last night we took in $1300. The 2009 Fish Fry we profited a little over $5,000 total. The final numbers are yet to be crunched for the 2010 total. Stay tuned.

Thanks to all who helped make this year's Fish Fry such a huge achievement. It’s a testament to how blessed our council here at St. Joe’s really is. Our council is only as strong as the members who support it. Quite possibly strong enough to win another “Double Star Award”! Job well done guys.

(Click here to see photos of the 2010 Fish Fry.....

Dan Warnock Program Director St. Joseph K of C

St. Joseph of the Three Rivers Knights of Columbus 15th Anniversary Celebration

Sunday March 21st, members of St. Joseph of the Three Rivers Knights of Columbus celebrated their 15th Anniversary. Our observance began with brother Knights and family members attending the 11:00 Mass at St. Joseph Church. Fr. Mike presided over Mass along with Fr. Marty as concelebrant. At the end of Mass, Fr. Mike had the Knights stand and said a prayed over the men.

Following Mass, we met at Kennings Circle K for a luncheon. Council Director Bob Nieporte, and chairman of this celebration did a wonderful job organizing and emceeing the luncheon. He explained the meaning of the K of C Third Degree emblem, and addressed our councils history and growth over the years. Most of all, he made us aware and reminded us of our noble cause and all the good works our council has done the last 15 years. Then he challenged us in the next 15 years to come. Bob did keep it pithy, even when asking Fr. Harry to please give us “the short version” of his invocation before food was served.

Fr. Mike also addressed the attendees and expressed his gratitude for all the council has done in contributing to the well being of the parish. Fr. Harry, District Deputy Mike Felerski and Grand Knight Tony Pagano also addressed those in attendance. Tony did rebut the (false) claim that he never does any hard work at council functions. Please see link to photos to prove otherwise.

May we stand tall in his challenge to keep on course the next 15 years. Like DD Mike Felerski said, “it’s not easy for a council to win a Double Star Award.” Are we up for the task? We shall see.

St. Joseph Knights, In The News :
"Western Hills Press Fish Fry Article"

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Pancake Breakfast
Proceeds Donation Presentation
To
Pregnancy Center West

PRESENTATION OF THE CHECK

On Tuesday, March 23, we welcomed some special guests to our social. Our speakers for the evening were Mrs. Joannie Loebker president of the Executive Board of Pregnancy Center West and Mrs. Rachel Renner, soon to be the new Executive Director when Mrs. Jackie Carney retires in June. We learned that the Pregnancy Center West is a Christian pro-life ministry providing education regarding positive alternatives to abortion and offering assistance with pregnancy-related services. Chaste lifestyles are encouraged. Spritiual and emotional healing is fostered in those experiencing crisis or suffering from Post Abortion Syndrome. The Center seeks to affirm and maintain the dignity of all human life as created by God. It was incorporatd in 1981. Throughout the years, the Center has expanded its departments and volunteer base, depending exclusively on contributions and fund-raisers to support its operation. In conjunction with the fund-raisers and contributions, a generous check for $3,000 was presented by Dan Warnock and Mike Pfaffinger to Joannie and Rachel. This check was made possible through the hard work and dedication that you, our fellow Knights and Auxiliary exhibited during our fantastic pancake breakfast. What a team!! Thanks to everyone from organizing the breakfast, getting placemat adds, cooking, making the table decorations, cleaning up, whatever your job it was ALL important to the success.

God Bless you all.

Gil and Mary, Pro-Life Committee