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Awards at our April meeting - At our May 17th general meeting, Paul Pucci was recognized as our council’s Knight of the Month for May. Congratulations, Paul, and thank you for all you do on behalf of Knights of Columbus #8284!

Pictured here is Paul (left) receiving his KOM certificate from GK David Lengel (right).

Election of Officers for Fraternal Year 2017/2018 - At our May 17th general meeting we heard a second reading of nominations for officer positions for our next fraternal year beginning July 1, 2017, and then elected our new slate of officers. Following are our brothers elected into positions for next year:

Grand Knight - Mike Goodhart Deputy Grand Knight - Larry Guastella Chancellor - Ed Harkins Recorder - Ben Keyserling Treasurer - Mike Pisano Advocate - Randy Helms Warden - Bob Yancey Inside Guards - Jorge Villanueva, Kodzo Deku Outside Guards - Longi Iwuoha Three Year Trustee - Mike Fitzgerald

Congratulations and thank you all for agreeing to lead our council going forward!

Also, a special “Thank You” to those brothers leaving officer positions this year for their past service to our council: David Lengel (Grand Knight), David Trost (Advocate), Ron Fournier (Warden), Dennis Keller (Outside Guard) and Joe Nader (Trustee).

Knights of Columbus Msgr Clement Kern Council #8284 555 S. Lilley Rd Canton, Michigan 48188-1103

May 28, 2017

Lenten Almsgiving project aka Baby Bottle program - Our third annual "Baby Bottle" campaign officially ended on Palm Sunday weekend with the formal collection of our “bottles”. As of the end of May, we are pretty much done with collections as no more bottles seem to be coming in. So, our “wrap up” total of donations this year stands at $12,215. That’s a rather remarkable total from a very generous group of people at St. Thomas a’Becket parish! AAA Pregnancy Resource Center is thrilled with the result and send their heart felt thanks. In three years now, this council has helped raise over $37,000 for this Culture of Life activity. Outstanding!

Pancake Breakfast committee - Our 2016/2017 fraternal year pancake breakfast schedule came to an end with our May 7th “Mothers Day” breakfast. Thanks to our breakfast committee headed up by Joe Nader and Ron Fournier, and all those who volunteered to work our breakfasts, for a job well done this year. We finished the year earning just over $2,700 in net profit for the council and donated 545 lbs of food to local food banks. Nice work, men!

Kern Council Summer Golf league - We have completed the first four weeks of our summer golf league and are now on our “Memorial Day break”. We will resume golfing on Monday June 5th. We added a couple more full time players this week to bring our total number of golfers this year to 32. That’s our self imposed “max” due to daylight conditions for an evening league like ours. This is only the second time in 14 years that we’ve had that many players. Co-captains, George Peters, Mike Goodhart and Ed Harkins are happy with the season so far and are looking forward to lots of “good times” for our golfers as we progress through our 15 week season. For more information on our league and to stay up to date with news during the season, check our website regularly at:

http://www.kofc8284.org/summer-golf-league.html

2017 Council Golf Outing - ATTENTION Golfers! Registration is now open for our 2017 golf outing on August 19th at Fellows Creek Golf Club in Canton! Get more information and download registration forms at our council website (link below). All proceeds go to support the St. Vincent DePaul Society. All levels of golf skills welcome. This is a "for fun" golf outing. Please consider joining us this year! (See flyer attached.) http://www.kofc8284.org/annual-golf-outing.html

Kern Council family dinner #2 - Kern council brothers and family members enjoyed another family dinner out this past Friday, May 26th at Rose’s Restaurant in Canton. It’s strictly social and fun. The food was great and the company was even better!

Other May council business - A $250 donation was approved for the Cure for Cancer Walkathon. $500 was approved as a donation to the Ann Arbor St. Vincent DePaul Society thrift shop to assist after a suffering through a fire earlier this month. Six new aprons for our various food events are needed and approval was granted to spend $120 on those new aprons. $200 was approved for the State of Michigan license fee for our next charity poker event in September.

Upcoming Council Birthdays - As a regular feature in our newsletter, we are listing council member birthdays for the next month so you can wish your brothers a special “Happy Birthday” if you like! Following are our June council birthdays:

Happy Birthday: Ron Gering (6/4), David Voglewede (6/4), John Hicks (6/5), Steve Snider (6/5), Francisco “Chico” Rodriguez (6/6), Rob Bovitz (6/6), Joseph Nader (6/9), Robert Wood (6/9), Tony Vella (6/10), Fred Cizauskas (6/11), Frank Czech (6/13), Brian Titus (6/13), Ed Harkins (6/14), Walt Guzik (6/17), Russell Day (6/17), Frank Bellomo (6/18), Sean Lamoureux (6/27), and Alfred Dembeck (6/27).

In Memoriam - We also wish to honor our council brothers who have preceded us in death by remembering the date that they went back home to the Lord. These are the bothers we have recognized on our council memorial plaque as well. For the month of June, please remember these brothers:

John A. Haas (6/23/2008) Rev Ernest M. Porcari (6/21/2009) Francis E. Glentzer (6/17/2013)

Also please remember brother Floyd Ertman who passed away this month on the 21st. Floyd was an Honorary Life Member of our council and had been a member for over 42 years. Here is his obituary.

Floyd I. Ertman of Canton passed away on May 21, 2017 at the age of 87. Floyd was the beloved husband of Martha for 66 years and the dearest father of Dennis J., Patrick J., Deborah A. (John) Tripp and David A. (Kathleen). He was the proud grandfather of Martha, Chelsey and David. He cherished his great-grand children McKenzie and Madison. Floyd is also survived by his sisters and brother: Sr. Mary Gloria, Rita Cook, Clarence Ertman and Marlene Kincaid.

As well, please remember brother Steve Titus who passed away on May 26th. Steve was a member our council for over 19 years. Here is his obituary.

Steven S. Titus (March 3, 1954 - May 26, 2017)

Titus, Steven S. Age 63. Loving husband of Kim. Dear Father of Kellie Davila and Brian (Vanessa) Titus. Grandfather of Luke Davila and William Titus. Brother of Carol (Charles) Thompson and the late Walter Titus (Nancy). Visiting Wednesday May 31, from 3-8 PM at Charles R. Step Funeral Home, 18425 Beech Daly Rd (Btw 6-7 Mi Rds) Redford Twp. Instate Thursday June 1st, at 10 AM until Mass 10:30AM at St. Thomas a'Becket Catholic Church, 555 S. Lilley Rd. Canton, Michigan.

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

Let us pray 🙏

Please remember all council brothers and family members sick or in distress in your prayers. Thank you.

Upcoming calendar dates: 6/14 - Officers Meeting, 7:00 pm, STAB (STAB conference room) 6/21 - Council general meeting, 7:30 pm, STAB, Family Life Center 7/9 - Officer Installation and council picnic, STAB, Family Life Center 7/12 - Officers Meeting, 7:00 pm, STAB (STAB conference room) 7/19 - Council general meeting, 7:30 pm, STAB, Family Life Center

Council clothing - Need some new council “threads”? Check out the order form at the end of this newsletter for selections and pricing. You can also find our clothing selections and prices on our council webpage. Contact Duke Hynek or Ed Harkins to place your orders or for any questions.

Council website update - Are you checking our council website regularly? If not, you are missing out on the latest news and information from the Knights of Columbus and your council. Find us at www.kofc8284.org .

Also check out our Facebook page from time to time for updates. And be sure to “Like” our Facebook page and get the updates automatically on your timeline! We are up to 200 “Likes” now and our various posts regularly reach well over 200 people!

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