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Readers Write ................ .................. ....3Important Dates...................................3Interest Rates.......................................3

Around the Districts ...........................5Lodge Section......................................6In Memoriam......................................12

Youth Section ................. ................. ..13Tee-Shirt Contest Design Results....14Czech Culture ................. ................. ..15

SPJST Financial University..............21Advertisements..................................21Lodge Calendar ................. ................22

Scenes fromState TarokTournament

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Lodge 24,Cyclonereaderseeks

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TCGSpresentsAnnualMeeting

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Inside This WeeksInside This Weeks VestnikVestnik

VESTNIKS P J S T H E R A L DVolume 100 Number 7 Benevolence Humanity Brotherhood February 15, 2012ISSN 07458800

The Grand Prize winner of the 2012 SPJST Summer Camp Tee-ShirtDesign Contest is Brooke Hoelscher of Lodge 47, Seaton. Brookesdesign will appear on this years camp tee-shirts. Congratulations,Brooke! See page 14 for all of the age category winners and a listingof participants.

Lodge 47Seaton

youthwins 2012CampTee-ShirtDesignContest

My daughter Kathleen Prachyl,along with Donna Daugherty, LindaJohnson, and Annie Wartsbaugh trav-eled to the Czech Republic to visitfamily and friends. We researchedsome family histories and visited sitesof interest. On August 30, 2011, wedrove to Pradlo, a small village whosehistory was woven with the history ofa youngman from

E n n i s ,Texas. Iwould liketo give youan unbe-l i e v a b l estory.

It wasthe year1944. Themission forthe night of

Feb r u a r y22 was the Messerschmitt AirplaneFactory in Regensburg, Germany.The B-24 j Bomber Wing was basedin Italy; however, the sortie run to andreturning from the mission was overthe skies of Czechoslovakia. A pilotfrom Ennis, Texas, George SkipperGoddard and his nine-man crew hadsuccessfully deployed their bombs buthad sustained heavy damage and werefalling behind the other aircraft. The

temperature was 20 degrees belowzero as they began to take on heavygunfire from pursuing Bf109EMesserchmitts. The guns on the planewere frozen, and one engine was onfire. They considered turning the

plane toward Switzerland when sud-denly the B-24 exploded, blasting all10 men out toward the earth and cer-tain death over the snow-coveredDubec Hill in the Chejlava woods ofCzechoslovakia.

That day in the nearby village ofChocenice gathered a group celebrat-ing the wedding of a young couple.

However,all were

horrified bythe eventst a k i n gplace over-head. Acouple ofthe cele-brants tookoff on skisto check forany sur-vivors and

found thatone of the planes gunmen Ray Noury,whose parachute had partially openedhad plunged into a snow bank and,though badly injured, had survived.The villagers took him down the hillon a makeshift stretcher attached to apair of skis but had no choice but toturn him over to their German occu-piers. Ray Noury would spend thenext 15 months in a prisoner of warcamp.

Years later, during the occupationof Czechoslovakia by the Communisttakeover, all memorials to honor

Pradlo, Czech RepublicPays Homage to American Airmen

By Elaine Gallagher of Lodge 25, Ennis

Edwin Hlavatyhonored as

TCGS Memberof the YearSPJST Lodge 17, NewTabor member EdwinHlavaty, left, was honoredas Texas Czech Genealog-ical Societys Member ofthe Year 2011 at TCGSannual meeting held Janu-ary 28 in Caldwell. Edwinwas presented a plaqueby TCGS Acting PresidentPatrick Janis for his dedi-cation, ongoing support,and continuous behind-the-scenes work to makeTCGS a better organiza-tion. More on page 20. Continued on Page 17.

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2 Wednesday, February 15, 2012 VSTNK

VSTNK, (USPS 658480) is published weekly except the last week of Augustand the fourth week of December by VSTNK, P.O. Box 100, Temple, TX76503-0100. Subscription rates are $25 per year for non-members. Membersfees are paid as part of the insurance fee collected by SPJST, 520 North Main,Temple, TX 76501. Second-class postage paid at Temple, TX and additionalmailing offices. The exchange of opinions, ideas and information is a vital aspectof our fraternal Society and enables us to make more informed decisions. Theviews expressed by writers in the Vestnikdo not necessarily represent the views

of the Editor or SPJST management. Please sign all correspondence intendedfor publication. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to VSTNK c/o Fi-nancial Secretary Roy Vajdak, P.O. Box 100, Temple, TX 76503-0100.

VESTNIKS P J S T H E R A L DSPJST HOME OFFICE

PO Box 100 Temple, Texas 76503(800) 727-7578 (254) 773-1575

Fax: (254) 774-7447www.spjst.org

VESTNIK EDITOR/DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION

MELANIE ZAVODNY, FICOffice: (254) 773-1575 Mobile: (254) 534-0807

VESTNIKFax: (254) 773-8087email: [email protected]

SUPREME LODGEPRESIDENT BRIAN VANICEK, FICOffice: (254) 773-1575

Mobile: (254) 534-2902 Home: (254) 985-0007email: [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT GENE McBRIDE, FICF, CFFMOffice: (254) 773-1575

Mobile: (254) 534-1450 Home: (254) 534-1930email: [email protected]

SECRETARY-TREASURERLEONARD D. MIKESKA, FIC

Office: (254) 773-1575Mobile: (254) 721-4739 Home: (254) 778-3720

email: [email protected]

DISTRICT ONE DIRECTOR/CHAIRMANDONNIE VICTORICK, FIC, CFFM

P.O. Box 85, Snook, Texas 77878-0085

Home: (979) 272-3265 Mobile: (979) 224-3125email: [email protected]

DISTRICT TWO DIRECTORBOBBY WUENSCHE

2451 County Road 405, Taylor, Texas 76574-5421Home: (512) 365-3013 Mobile: (281) 352-3517


DISTRICT THREE DIRECTORJOHNNIE R. KRIZAN

11500 Heritage Pkway, West, Texas 76691-2017Home: (254) 826-5882

DISTRICT FOUR DIRECTORBILLY ROLLWITZ, FIC, CFFM

P.O. Box 195, Rowena, Texas 76875-0195Home: (325) 442-3141 Mobile: (325) 277-5362Office: (325) 442-3038 email: [email protected]

DISTRICT FIVE DIRECTOR

LARRY W. PFLUGHAUPT, FIC1243 Clovis Rd, Houston, Texas 77008-6232Home: (713) 864-2163 email: [email protected]

DISTRICT SIX DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIRMANMICHAEL K. AHLSTROM, FIC, CFFM

407 Taos Dr, Victoria, Texas 77904-3777Home: (361) 578-3279 Mobile: (361) 676-3279


DISTRICT SEVEN DIRECTORBOB J. BAYER, FIC

1100 Hospital Blvd, Floresville, Texas 78114-2912Home: (830) 393-9073

STATE FIELD REPRESENTATIVESDISTRICTS ONE/FIVE

Delisle DohertyMobile: (832) 232-2049 Home: (281) 855-2841

email: [email protected] TWO/TRAINING DIRECTORHiram Dixon, FICF, LUTCF, CFFM

Mobile: (254) 231-7722email: [email protected]

DISTRICT THREEPhilip McBee, FICF, CFFM

(325) 784-9800 Mobile: (325) 647-1949email: [email protected]

DISTRICT FOURBobby G. Davis, FICF, CFFM

Mobile: (325) 450-3748Home: (325) 947-0027 Office: (325) 657-8400

email: [email protected] SIX

Karen Kaspar, FIC, CFFMMobile: (979) 332-1616 Home: (979) 543-2532Fax: (979) 543-8859 email: [email protected]

DISTRICT SEVEN

Don J. StricklandMobile/Office: (979) 820-8879email: [email protected]

FINANCIAL SECRETARYROY VAJDAK(254) 773-1575


STATE FRATERNAL ACTIVITIES COORDINATORCHESTER JENKE, SR., FICF

Home: (830) 303-4316 Mobile: (210) 413-3053email: [email protected]

STATE YOUTH DIRECTOR FRANK HORAKOffice: (254) 773-1575 Mobile: (254) 534-0681


DISTRICT YOUTH COUNSELORSDistrict One - Susan Skrabanek, 2657 FM 166, Cald-well, Texas 77836-4300 (979) 272-3440 - email:[email protected] Two - Patsy Koslovsky, 764 S. St. JosephRoad, Burlington, Texas 76519-3108 - (254) 985-2396 - email: [email protected] Three - Bessie Petr, 5406 Morningside Ave,Dallas, Texas 75206-5840 (214) 826-3557 - email:[email protected] Four - Janice Stevens, P.O. Box 613, Hawley,Texas 79525-0613 (325) 537-9224 - email:[email protected] Five - Barbara Linney-Gonzales - 6043 PinewayBlvd., Houston, Texas 77023-6510 (713) 649-6138email: [email protected] Six - Lisa Bubela, 1405 Divide Street, ElCampo, Texas 77437 (979) 543-7120-6152 - email:[email protected] Seven - Wendy Pruski, 3895 CR 430, Pleasan-ton, Texas 78064 (210) 535-4916 - email:[email protected]

BY-LAW COMMITTEEDistrict One - Richard Ford, 2392 CR 424, Dime Box,

Texas 77853 - (979) 884-1451 - email:[email protected] Two - Ronnie Rieger, 350 Rieger Road, Coup-land, Texas 78615 - (512) 365-2000 - (512) 848-2416/cell- email: [email protected] Three - Kay Lynn Kovar, 3303 West Lake Bard-well Drive, Ennis, Texas 75119 - (972) 875-6827District Four - Beverly J. Teplicek, 817 FM 381, Rowena,Texas 76875 - (325) 442-4841 - email: [email protected] Five - Mildred Holeman, 1006 Chantilly Lane,Houston, Texas 77018 - (713) 683-0018 - email:[email protected] Six - Joe Siptak, 2312 Norvell, Bay City, Texas77414 - (979) 244-4415; (979) 479-3430 cellDistrict Seven - Bettie House, 1721 Continental Drive,Pleasanton, Texas 78064 - (830) 281-8246 -email: [email protected]

FINANCE COMMITTEEDistrict One - Thomas Cannon, P.O. Box 372, Caldwell,Texas 77836 - (979) 567-4264District Two - Edwin Pechal, 10660 State Highway 53,Temple, Texas 76501 - (254) 985-2282District Three - Michael Galler, 526 Karen, Waco, Texas76706 - (254) 662-4934District Four - Herman D. Weise, 6006 FM Highway 765,San Angelo, Texas 76905 - (325) 651-8550District Five - Marceil Malak, 7444 Meiners Road, Led-better, Texas 78946-5118 - (979) 249-5940District Six - Glenn Kaminsky, 902 River Oaks Court,East Bernard, Texas 77435 - (979) 335-4461District Seven - Roy Haag, 1334 Rivercrest Drive, NewBraunfels, Texas 78130-3438 - (830) 625-8262

INSURANCE COMMITTEEDistrict One - Susan Skrabanek, 2657 FM 166, Cald-well, Texas 77836 - (979) 272-3440District Two - Dolores Skrabanek, 13107 State High-way 53, Temple, Texas 76501 - (254) 985-2344District Three - Daniel Roznovsky , 2513 CusterCourt, Irving, Texas 75062 - (972) 252-6763District Four - Leonard Jansa, 6617 Plainview Drive,San Angelo, Texas 76905 - (325) 234-8117

District Five - Helen Hegwood, 6702 Lindy Ann Lane,Houston, Texas 77008 - (713) 864-0489District Six - Jerome Hlavaty, P.O. Box 174, Lolita,Texas 77971 - (361) 874-4461District Seven - Wendy Pruski, 3895 CR 430, Pleasan-ton, Texas 78064 - (210) 535-4916

PUBLICATION COMMITTEEDistrict One - Floyd Kostelka, 1914 CR 403, Dime Box,Texas 77853 - (979) 884-0112District Two - Tammy Whatley, P.O. Box 1481, George-town, Texas 78627 - (512) 948-5339District Three - Bessie Petr, 5406 Morningside, Dallas,Texas 75206 - (214) 826-3557District Four - Sharon Hohmann, 222 Crestwood Drive,San Angelo, Texas 76903 - (325) 651-5884District Five - Lorenda Baldwin, 219 CR 47, Angleton,Texas 77515 - (979) 922-1279District Six - Helen Kelner, 911 Avenue K, Rosenberg,Texas 77471 - (281) 342-2624District Seven - Jarolyn Popp, 447 Shady Hollow, NewBraunfels , Texas 78132 - (830) 964-5135

HR ADMINISTRATOR DEBBIE KLINKOVSKY(254) 773-1575 email: debbiek@spjs t.com

d i t o r s N o t e

Congrats,Charlene Kirby!A big congratulations to Char-

lene (Volcik) Kirby of SPJST Lodge54, West! She is the winner of a bas-ket full of Czech goodies, generouslydonated by Texas Czech Genealogi-cal Society. Charlene is one of morethan 1,100 members who completed

and mailed in their SPJST MemberUpdate from the 2012 SPJST calen-dar. Her name was drawn at theSPJST Awards Banquet held January28 in Temple.

Thanks to each and every memberwho returned this important update.We appreciate you taking the time tocomplete the form and return it to us.

Thanks, TCGS!Before the SPJST Awards Ban-

quet, I had the honor and pleasure tospeak at the Texas Czech Genealog-ical Societys annual meeting held inCaldwell. My topic was SPJSTVestnik Archiving the Past for theFuture. What a warm welcomeDavid and I received from the mo-ment we drove into the parking lot.

Part of my presentation coveredthe history of SPJST newspaperssince 1897. One of the first items inthe first SPJST convention was es-tablishing a newspaper as a means of

communication for members. In1912, convention delegates approvedthe Vestnik as SPJSTs own inde-pendent newspaper a traditionthat proudly continues today. TheVestnikhas been published weeklysince 1916, and it has been and con-tinues to be a valuable medium.

Last year, SPJST and TCGS part-nered to archive all past availableVestniks. The issues have beenscanned. Rescans will take place inthe next few months. Then, the Vest-niks will be uploaded to a searchabledatabase and be available for re-search.

The Vestnikcan put flesh on thebones of so many Czech family trees

better than many other records, andthis ambitious project to digitize thevast collection will reveal untoldtreasures that have laid buried inSPJST archives for, in some cases,100 years.

At the click of a button, you willbe able to search on a name or a

place and get further in 10 minutesthan you would have done in 10 daysof microfilm and paper searching.Anyone who eventually uses theVestnikonline resource or any otherdigitized newspaper archive will ap-preciate the value of this.

So, gather up the names of yourancestors. Write yourself a big, longlist. Very soon, you will be able tovisit www.spjst.org to access thiswonderful collaboration betweenTCGS and SPJST. And, the greatthing is, even if you dont find muchsoon after we launch it, theres moreto come. About 150,000 pages areset to go online this year during theVestniks 100th anniversary. Watchthe Vestnikfor when the site will beready.

Thank you, TCGS, for the warmhospitality and for this grand oppor-tunity.

Get Well Soon, Roy

We send get well thoughts andprayers to SPJST Financial SecretaryRoy Vajdak. Roy slipped on thestairs at his apartment complex andtore his quadriceps tendon. He is un-dergoing surgery on February 15 torepair the tear. Best wishes, Roy, fora speedy recovery.

CorrectionLast weeks Vestnik incorrectly

identified Sales Agent WilliamReynolds lodge. William is fromLodge 162, Iowa Colony and is the2011 District Five Top Career Agentin Certificates Issued. Congratula-tions to William, and we regret theerror.

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SPJST INTEREST RATES

Farm/commercial property rates aresubject to change without notice. Callthe SPJST Home Office (800) 727-7578.

Farm/Commercial

Property Rates75% OwnerFarm Property5.00% for 1 to 10 years5.25% for 11 to 20 years

Commercial Property6.00% for 1 to 10 years6.25% for 11 to 15 years

Annuity IV3.50% for Annualized*

* Rates effective 02/01/12through 04/30/12.

Five-Year AnnuityWhen purchased, current interestrates are guaranteed for 5 years.

Band 1$10,000 to $24,999Current Rate: 3.75%Band 2$25,000 to $49,999Current Rate: 3.85%Band 3$50,000 and upCurrent Rate: 3.95%

SPJST Farm/Commercial

Property Rates

Universal Life

Annuities

Universal Life4.50% for Annualized*

Annuity I**5.00% for Annualized*

Annuity II**3.50% for Annualized*

Annuity III**3.50% for Annualized***Not currently being marketed.

Feb. 20 Presidents Day SPJST Home Office ClosedFeb. 25 Youth Development Workshop SPJST Home OfficeFeb. 26 Lodge 32, Victoria PolkaFest Inez Hall (6)March 3 State Straight Domino Tournament Lodge 47, SeatonMarch 3 Lodge 29, Taylor Auction Fundraiser (2)March 4 District Six Spring Meeting Lodge 23, MoraviaMarch 4 District Seven Spring Meeting Lodge 107, FloresvilleMarch 11 Daylight Saving Time BeginsMarch 18 District Two Spring Meeting Lodge 48, BeyersvilleMarch 24-25 Youth Leaders Workshop SPJST Home Office, TempleMarch 31 SPJST 100 Pennies Scholarship Fund Drive EndsMarch 31 Lodge 48, Beyersville Kolache Bake (2)March 31 Lodge 88, Houston Easter Party (5)April 1 Lodge 6, Cottonwood (3)

Easter Program/Egg Hunt/SupperApril 2 Deadline for Advertisements

for SPJST 31st Convention BookApril 6 SPJST Home Office Closed Good Friday HolidayApril 7 State 42 Domino Tournament Lodge 6, CottonwoodApril 15 District One Spring Meeting Lodge 38, KovarApril 15 District Five Spring Meeting Lodge 81, Needville

Family Funand Important Dates

Readers WriteReaders invited to walkin Mardi Gras paradewearing Czech kroj

We will have a Czech float in theMardi Gras parade in Jefferson, Texas,on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at 2p.m. We would like to invite anyonewho would like to walk with us intheir krojto join us. I can be reached at(903) 665-3642 if more information isneeded.

Liz OpielaLodge 84, Dallas

SPJST

Seaton Brethren Churchsets sausage supper

The 21st annual sausage supper ofSeaton Brethren Church will be heldSaturday, February 18, 2012, begin-ning at 4 p.m. until the sausage isgone. The church is located sevenmiles east of Temple on Highway 53

in Seaton. The menu consists ofhomemade pork sausage, sauerkraut,

new potatoes, seasoned green beans,bread, homemade desserts, and tea orcoffee. Plates will be available to eat-

in or take-out. Proceeds benefit thechurch building fund. Priority OneYouth Fellowship will be selling ko-laches, pies, cakes, strudels, and otherbaked goods. The public is invited.

Helen HaislerLodge 47, Seaton

SPJST

Historic preservationistseeks antique structure

I am a private historic preservation-ist. I am looking for any antique struc-tures anyone might not want anymore.Some examples are lodge halls, dancehalls, barns, churches, log cabins, oldsaloons, old stores, any log structures,etc. I am specifically looking for anold dance hall to move on my placeand restore. Please contact me.

Pat Crawford(979) 324-4646

[email protected]!"#$%&$ $() *+,*- ."/ %0012&%$2"#3 %#4 %# 2#."/5%$2"#6 /%$) 3())$7 -" &"5018 92$( *$%$) %#4 :)4)/%1 1%9 ;*

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Thirty-six participants from acrossthe state traveled to Lodge 17, New

Tabor on Saturday, February 4, 2012,to participate in the SPJST State TarokTournament.

Among the participants, 23 weremembers representing 10 lodges and13 non-members. Lodges representedwere 17, New Tabor; 29, Taylor; 47,Seaton; 48, Beyersville; 67, Schulen-burg; 79, Corpus Christi; 80, Holland;88, Houston; 92, Fort Worth; and 184,Moulton. The weather was wet, cold,and cloudy, but the fraternalism

among the participants was warm andfriendly.

High round winners were:

Round 1 Willie Cervenkanon-member with 226 points

Round 2 Jerry DavidLodge 80, Holland with 209 points

Round 3 Travis Mixonnon-member with 302 points

Round 4 Jerry BrezinaLodge 92, Fort Worth with 249 points

Round 5 Carolyn CoufalLodge 47, Seaton with 236 points

Round 6 Peggy Dresbachnon member with 174 points

Trophy and money winners were:

1st place Travis Mixonnon-member with 816 points

2nd place Jerry DavidLodge 80, Holland with 787 points

3rd place Carolyn CoufalLodge 47, Seaton with 742 points

4th place Jerry BrezinaLodge 92, Fort Worth with 722 points

Thanks to Jimmy Coufal of Lodge47, Seaton and David Kucera ofLodge 79, Corpus Christi for servingas judges throughout the day. I wouldlike to thank all participants who cameout to participate and enjoyed a day offun and fraternalism.

Thanks to Lodge 17, New Tabor forhosting the tournament and providinga delicious chicken fried steak lunch

with all the trimmings. Thanks to thelodge members for keeping the coffeepot on with the sweets in the morningand snacks during the afternoon.Thanks, Lodge 17, and all the mem-bers who worked behind the scenes tomake the tournament a huge successand enjoyable to all.

Fraternally submitted,Chester Jenke, FICFState FraternalActivities Coordinator

SPJST

Scenes from SPJST State Tarok TournamentSaturday, February 4, 2012 SPJST Lodge 17, New Tabor Hall

Pictured are the 2012 SPJST State Tarok Tournament winners. Theyare, right to left, first place - Travis Mixon (non-member); second place- Jerry David of Lodge 80, Holland; third place - Carolyn Coufal ofLodge 47, Seaton; and fourth place - Jerry Brezina of Lodge 92, FortWorth.

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SPJST to host State Straight DominoTournament March 3 at Lodge 47, Seaton

SPJST Lodge 47, Seaton is the siteof the 2012 SPJST State StraightDomino Tournament set for Saturday,March 3.

Check-in begins at 8 a.m., and playbegins at 9 a.m. The state tournament isopen to everyoneboth SPJST mem-bers and non-members, ages 16 andabove. The entry fee is $7 for membersand $15 for non-members. The entryfee includes snacks and lunch.

Lodge 47, Seaton Star Hall is lo-

cated at 10842 State Highway 53, fivemiles east of Temple.

Please register by Monday, Febru-ary 27 by mailing your name, com-plete address, phone number, email,and entry fee to SPJST State FAC, POBox 100, Temple, Texas 76503. Par-ticipants may also register online atwww.spjst.org in the fraternal section.For more information, call (800) 727-7578 or email [email protected].

SPJST

From the Fraternal Department

District Seven Spring MeetingSunday, March 4, 2012

SPJST Lodge 107, Floresville Hall1156 FM 1303 Floresville, Texas

9 a.m. RegistrationKraslice Egg Decorating Contest (youth)

Complimentary Refreshments Furnished by Lodge 107, Floresville

10 a.m.Meeting Convenes..............................................District President Colleen JenkePresentation of Colors/Pledge of Allegiance..................................District YouthWelcome............................................................Lodge 107 President Glen PruskiMemorial Service......................................................District Director Bob BayerIntroduction of Guests.....................................................................Colleen JenkeAnnounce Nominating, Auditing Committees...............................Colleen Jenke

Roll Call of District Officers/Lodges...................District Secretary Bettie HouseMinutes..............................................................................................Bettie HouseCorrespondence.................................................................................Bettie HouseRecognition of 50-year, 75-year,

Age 96, Age 100 honorees........................................District FAC Glen PruskiSupreme Lodge Officer Report.............................Vice President Gene McBrideAdjourn for Lunch

12 noon Lunch: Barbecue Brisket and Sausage $3 per plate

12:45 p.m.General DiscussionEducation and Nature Center Report........................Director Donnie Howard

Czech Heritage Museum Report...........................Director Roxanne BertrandRest Home Report........................................................Director Jerry Sijansky

Attention District Seven Members:The District Seven Spring Meeting

will be Sunday, March 4, 2012, atLodge 107, Floresville hall, located at1156 FM 1303 in Floresville.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. Com-plimentary refreshments will be avail-able. The barbecue brisket and sausageplate will sell for $3. Members areasked to report the number of platesneeded to your lodge secretary byMonday, February 27. The meetingconvenes at 10 a.m. Members areasked to bring items for the silent auc-

tion. Members will decide at the meet-ing which organization(s) will receive

the funds. The district continues to col-lect eyeglasses/cases and aluminumcan tabs. Items may be brought to thedistrict meeting.

Convention delegates will meet im-mediately following the meeting.

Your attendance and support will beappreciated. Bring a friend.

Fraternally,Bettie HouseDistrict Seven Secretary

SPJST

Reconvene MeetingFinancial Report..............................................District Treasurer Valerie BartaDistrict Youth Counselor Report................................................Wendy PruskiDistrict Director Report....................................................................Bob BayerState Field Representative Report............................................Don StricklandState FAC Report........................................................................Chester Jenke

Standing Committee ReportsPublication....................................................................................Jarolyn PoppFinance...............................................................................................Roy HaagInsurance.....................................................................................Wendy PruskiBy-Law..........................................................................................Bettie House

District Fraternalist Nominees Recognized........................................Glen PruskiLifetime Achiever Honorees Recognized...........................................Glen PruskiYouth Contest Winners Announced................... .............................Wendy PruskiAuditing Committee ReportOld BusinessNew Business

a. Convention Adb. Fraternal Alliance of Texas Bowling Tournamentc. Silent Auction

Nominating Committee Report/Election of OfficersInstallation of OfficersFall Meeting and Family Fun DaySplit-the Pot WinnersSilent Auction WinnersDoor PrizesAdjourn

District Delegates Meeting follows District Seven Spring Meeting.

Fraternally,Bettie House, Secretary

SPJST

Around the Districts

Have your lodge*participate inJoin Hands Dayon May 5, 2012

*and get $100 to apply towards your project!

M a rk May 5, 2012 on your calendar and make plans for your lodge to orga n i ze a

local Join Hands Day service pro j e c t . Join Hands Day is a program of the American FraternalAlliance. The 125-year-old organization unites 70 not-for-profit fraternal benefit societies that operate inall 50 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. It is a day when young people and adults connectas equal partners in planning an activity that fixes or improves a local problem and affirms the values ofcaring and working together. The SPJSTstrongly supports this initiative and encourages our lodges andyouth clubs to get involved on this special day!

The first step is for your lodge to find a partner orga n i z ation of the opposite ge n e r-at i o n . Who better to work with that your lodge !s youth club! In the event that your lodge doesn!t havea youth club, it!s an excellent opportunity to get your young members involved in the lodge. You willalso want to invo l ve another community serv i c e, ch u rch or school group in yo u rJoin Hands Day pro j e c t . You know the old saying: The more the merrier! Then, working togeth-e r, plan a volunteer project that makes life better right where you live. Food drives, trash pick-ups andassisting the elderly and disabled are all good places to start. Or get creative and have some fun withthe idea! You can also check out the Join Hands Day website at joinhandsday.org for ideas.

SPJST lodges that conduct Join Hands Day projects in 2012 will receive a $100 cash incentive from the Home Office. The incen-tive will be sent to the lodge following the registration of the event on the Join Hands Day website at joinhandsday.org. Forassistance, please contact the SPJST Fraternal Department at 800.727.7578. Lodges are strongly encouraged to join forces withother area lodges and/or community service organizations, civic, school and/or church groups.

Please complete this form and return to the Office of the State Fraternal Activities Coordinator c/o SPJST Home

Office; P.O. Box 100; Temple, Texas 76503 on or before March 30, 2012. The incentive will be sent to the lodgefollowing the completion and registration of their project on the Join Hands Day website at joinhandsday.org.

For assistance, please contact the SPJST Fraternal Department at 800.727.7578.

Please complete the fo l l owing Join Hands Day event summary.

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Lodge 8, Weimar

reports onJanuary meeting

Lodge 8, Weimar met Monday, Jan-uary 23, 2012, at the Veterans Hall inWeimar. President Leo Jares presidedat the meeting. We opened the meet-ing with the Pledge of Allegiance ledby Director Mike Ahlstrom.

All officers were present. DirectorAhlstrom and Kathy Ahlstrom, State

FAC Chester Jenke and Colleen Jenke,and State Field Representative KarenKaspar were present at this meeting,also.

Our meeting continued with read-ing the minutes and the treasurers re-port. The minutes and treasurer sreport were approved and accepted asread. Audit of the books was done bythe audit committee, and everythingwas found to be in order.

FAC Erline Janik reminded us ofthe awards banquet in Temple on Jan-uary 28. We were also reminded tomake plans for Join Hands Day.

Leo Jares was elected to representLodge 8 as the delegate to the con-vention in June.

Our officers for our lodge will bethe same as last year. They are:

President Leo JaresSecretary JoAnn Jares

Treasurer Henrietta VeselkaFAC Erline Janik

We are planning a special meetingin the near future to revitalize ourlodge. We want to ask all our mem-bers and anyone interested in SPJSTto come and see what great fellowshipcan be had by attending this meeting.As soon as a date can be set, we willsend out letters.

Karen told us about all the incen-tives for Tribute 2012. We should all

be excited and ready to go to work.Karen Kaspar and Leroy celebrated

their 36th wedding anniversary in Jan-uary. There were no other anniver-saries or birthdays in January.

Gene Veselka had been in the hos-pital for a few days, but he was homeagain and at our meeting. FrankGrunewald was reported to be very ill.

Potluck will be on the menu for theFebruary meeting.

The meeting adjourned.

Next MeetingFeruary 27The next meeting is February 27 at

6 p.m.Fraternally,JoAnn Jares, Secretary

SPJST

Lodge 9, Snookgives toscholarship fund

Donnie Hejl called the February 2,2012, meeting to order at 7:25 p.m.

Joseph Orsak led the group in thePledge of Allegiance. A moment of si-lence was held for Jeff Hejl.

Donnie Hejl welcomed Delisle Do-herty, and he also brought door prizes.Ann Schoeneman read the minutes ofthe last meeting, and they stood ap-proved as read. Bonnie Walker gavethe State FAC report.

David Kovar gave the hall man-agers report, Donnie Victorick gavethe treasurers report.

Marie Shelfer gave the youth clubreport. There were 32 youth and 19adults present. The youth collecteditems to take to the nursing home,blankets, lotion, and puzzles. June 7to 9 will be the LIT Retreat at CooperFarm.

We accepted one new memberMadison Hammond. We sent a dona-tion to the 100 Pennies ScholarshipFund. We purchased an ad for theconvention book.

Next MeetingMarch 7The next meeting will be March 7

at 7:30 p.m. The youth will meet at6:30 p.m.

James Schoeneman, ReporterSPJST

Lodge 32, Victoriainvites all toFeb. 26 PolkaFest

I am reminding everyone of thedate change for our February meeting. . . we will meet on Thursday, Febru-ary 16 at 6:30 pm.

Lodge 32 invites everyone to attendour annual PolkaFest on Sunday, Feb-ruary 26 in Inez. Doors will open at11 a.m., and music will be by DujkaBrothers and Red Ravens Band from 1to 6 p.m. The snack bar will be openand will offer a stew meal and burg-ers. And, of course, we will have

plenty of kolaches for sale! So comeon out and spend the day with us!Fraternally,Kathy AhlstromFAC/Reporter

SPJST

Lodge 47, Seatonreceives awardsat banquetDear VestnikReaders,

On a cold, dry, windy February 5,2012, seventeen members, one youth,and two visitors met for the monthlymeeting of Lodge 47, Seaton. Wewere pleased to have Jesse and LindaPospisil of Lodge 29, Taylor visitingwith us. Our attendance was rathersmall due to this being the beginning

of the Bell County Youth Fair for reg-istration of all animals. We are soproud to have so many youth who par-ticipate in the many areas of the fair.Many of our youth will spend theweek at the Expo Center with theirbeloved steers, pigs, turkeys, chickens,rabbits, goats, and sheep. There alsoare those who show their talents infoods, sewing, and so much more. Wewish each of these youth the very best.We are very proud of you! And, of

course, there may have been somewho were missing the meeting gettinggeared up for the big Super Bowlgame later in the afternoon.

President Pechal called the meetingto order at 2 p.m. The flags were pre-sented by youth club member JustinKraatz and adult lodge member EdwinVasicek. We remained standing for amoment of silence in memory ofmembers David Bartek and GladysMarek. May God bless each of these

families. Our thoughts and prayershave been and will continue to be with

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Lodge 6, Cottonwood MembersCelebrate January Birthdays

Happy January birthday to Lodge 6, Cottonwood members, left toright, Ray Perez, Lydia Dobecka, Barbara Hykel, and Al Soukup. They

were recognized at the January Lodge 6 meeting.Submitted by Dorothy Kucera, Reporter

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Woodrow, Leonard, and Royce.Gladys was a wonderful lady whoheld office as financial secretary andbar and kitchen chairperson, and sheserved on several committees at ourlodge. She was always willing to helpwherever needed. She will be greatlymissed. We wish good health toWoodrow in his upcoming surgery.Also to Ruth Janacek and Joe C.Bartek, get well wishes are sent toyou.

Roll call of officers showed allpresent except Treasurer Becky Za-vodny, Board Member WoodrowMarek, and Board Member/SalesAgent David Pechal.

New members accepted into ourlodge are Julia DeAnn Layton, JohnEdward Thomas, Carolyn J. Thomas,James Edward Thomas, Carmen Sosa,and Belinda Kay Zalkovsky. Also,Kaylie Measels and Emily Measelswere written up by Sales Agent Do-lores Skrabanek. We are pleased tohave two transfers into our lodgeJanet Kay Measels and MarthaSchiller. We welcome each of you toour lodge and hope you will join us atany time. Wed love to see you at ournext meeting on March 4.

The January lodge minutes wereaccepted as read by SecretaryKoslovsky. As secretary of the board,she also read the unofficial Januaryboard minutes.

President Pechal thanked EdwinVasicek and David Pechal for thework they did on the kitchen repairs.Thanks also to Jerry Pechal for hishard work. The lodge members voted

to participate in the 31st SPJST Con-vention Souvenir Program Book.

Vice President/FAC FrankKlinkovsky wished all a happy Valen-tines Day and reported on upcomingactivities local, district, and statewide.The District Two Spring Meeting willbe held on March 18 at Lodge 48,Beyersville; State Straight DominoTournament at Lodge 47 on March 3;State 42 Tournament on April 7 atLodge 6, Cottonwood; and Join HandsDay on May 5.

Secretary Patsy shared with thelodge the plaques received at theSPJST Awards Banquet. We werevery honored to receive the goldaward and also the appreciation plaquefor our donation to the Fort Hood No-vember 5th, 2009 Memorial. Thebanquet was very nice. Thank you toall who worked so hard to make it sowell organized and such a beautifulsetting. Melanie, the cupcakes on thetables were awesome. We are so for-tunate to belong to an organization thatgoes all out in recognizing and caringabout its members. Thank you,SPJST!

Youth Leader Lynette Talasekstated the youth met the day before ouradult lodge meeting. They are work-ing on the scrapbook and getting ideasfor YAD. Many youth are involved inthe Bell County Fair, and our meetingdate was the registration of all ani-mals. It was also the day for bakingand final touches for all other entries.Almost all Seaton youth members areinvolved in the fair. Good luck to eachof you, and congratulations for being

involved. The youth club was proud

to receive awards at the banquetalsotop youth club in District Twoand the youth club award. Way to go,youth club!

Entertainment Chairman FrankKlinkovsky stated a new bandFrankly Country will be playing atStar Hall on February 18. This will bea great opportunity to come out andwelcome a new band to our area.

Ticket report was given by Chair-

person Ruth Kohutek, and Bar Chair-

man Lynette Talasek gave the bar re-port. In the absence of the treasurer,Patsy gave the treasurers report. Shealso presented President Pechal withthe lodge refund check for 2011.

Visitor Jesse Pospisil was intro-duced. He spoke on his backgroundwith SPJST and his candidacy for Dis-trict Two Director. Thank you, Jesse!

Members are asked to bringdesserts and help set up for for thetarok tournament on Saturday, March

3. Set up will be that morning at 7a.m. Members, your help will be ap-preciated. Registration for the tourna-ment will be at 8 a.m. with playing tobegin at 9 a.m. Kolaches and coffeewill be provided upon your arrival.Contact Tammy Martinez at the HomeOffice for details.

February birthdays are EdwinPechal, James Skrabanek, DavidKoslovsky, and Andrew Brenek. And,its another month of no known wed-

ding anniversaries of our members.Door prizes furnished by Jesse andLinda Pospisil were won by LeroyDana, Wilma Frerichs, James Skra-banek, Edwin Pechal, Beth Rabroker,Dolores Skrabanek, LaVerne Vanicek,Calvin Skrabanek, and Joyce Kraatz.Thank you for the neat prizes. Theywere enjoyed by all. Lodge prizeswere won by Lucy Mihatsch, RuthHanusch, and Frank Klinkovsky.

Bar Chairperson Lynette Talasek

resigned her position effective Febru-ary 29. Thank you, Lynette, for tak-

Lodge 6, CottonwoodPresents 2012 Officers

Lodge 6, Cottonwood officers for 2012 are, seated, left to right, FlagBearer Georgie Soukup, Secretary Barbara Jean Hykel, Financial Sec-retary Jerry Kucera, and Assistant Youth Leader Pat Dieterich. BACK:First Vice President Ray Perez, Second Vice President Don Urbanovsky,President Milton Peterson, Reporter Dorothy Kucera, Treasurer/YouthLeader Peggy Dobecka, and FAC Evelyn Stuckly. Installing officer wasSupreme Lodge President Brian Vanicek, standing, far right.

Lodge 24, Cyclone Member Seeks Photo Identification

Lodge 24, Cyclone member Garry Kelarek stopped by the Vestnikoffice last week. He recently locatedthis old photo and needs help identifying the band members. The photo is of the Baca Bros. Orchestra that

played around Central Texas. Garrys grandfather Joe R. Schneider is pictured fourth from the right, stand-ing. If you can identify any of the band members in the photo, please call Garry (254) 642-1111.

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ing on this position in January. Mem-bers, we need your help. We musthave a bar chairman. If you are inter-ested or know anyone who is inter-ested, please contact President Pechal.

Next MeetingMarch 4Our next meeting will be Sunday,

March 4 at 2 p.m. The youth club willmeet at 1 p.m.

Hope to see you there!Fraternally,Patsy Koslovsky, Reporter

SPJST

Lodge 79Corpus Christito recognize50-year members

On January 15, 2012, Lodge 79,Corpus Christi had a delicious potluckmeal. The meeting was called to orderby President Mark Rebecek. Pledgeof Allegiance was recited. We had 18

members present. All officers werepresent except for Youth Leader Geri-lyn Donnell.

On the sick list was Jill Sijansky.Dorothy McCoy gave an update onmember Donna Havranek. Dorothystated that Donna is living in an as-sisted living facility and enjoying it.

The December minutes and trea-surers report were given and ap-proved.

Correspondence was read, includ-

ing a list of members that will receivetheir 50-year pins in March.The FAC report was given by Jerry

Sijansky. He stated the cookbookswere still on sale, and everyone whohas received them has enjoyed them.Jerry urged everyone to start keepingtrack of their fraternal acts because itis the start of a new year.

There was no unfinished business.Under new business, our monthly

donation will be made to the

Alzheimers Association.It was decided since several of ourmembers will receive a 50-year pin,we would have an awards luncheon atour March meeting. The meal will becatered. A letter will be sent to thesemembers. The meeting will be March18.

Assistant Youth Leader Jessica Jan-ota gave the youth club report. Shestated the youth will visit a nursinghome to deliver books and magazines

that they have been collecting. Also,the youth club will resume sending

boxes to our troops overseas.Twenty-five dollar door prizes were

won by Virginia and Mark Rebecek.

Next MeetingMarch 18Our next meeting will be Sunday,

March 18 with a catered meal.The meeting then adjourned.

Fraternally,Virginia Rebecek, Secretary

SPJST

Lodge 80, Hollandto assist at

chamber banquetSPJST Lodge 80, Holland met Feb-

ruary 4, 2012, at 4 p.m. The meetingwas called to order by President RitaSpinn. The membership stood for thePledge of Allegiance and a moment ofsilence for departed members. All of-ficers and board members were pres-ent. Sales agents absent were ChadSimpson, Janet Lyon, and Vicki Slye.

Secretary Linda Hill read the min-

utes of the January meeting. Theywere approved as read.Sister Rita then congratulated Cur-

tis and Jewel Wolf who are celebrat-ing their 60th wedding anniversary.

Treasurer Jewel Wolf gave the fi-nancial report.

Youth Leader Christine Festa gavethe youth financial report. In a motionmade and seconded, the membershipapproved both reports.

Linda read a thank you from Bar-

bara Barabas from First BaptistChurch for Lodge 80s donation.

Christine gave the youth club re-

port. The youth will be serving themeal at the Chamber of Commercebanquet on February 18.

FAC Frank Pajestka, Jr. handed outa list for the fraternal incentive pro-gram. Also, there will be a tour of the

Painted Churches. Join Hands Daywill be with St. John Lutheran Churchyouth to help them go to New Orleansfor a national convention. Also, theChamber of Commerce banquet willbe February 18 at 6 p.m. at the hall.

Bingo Chairman Dan Hendrix re-signed his position. Ann Weir hasagreed to be bingo chairman. She willalso become a member of the board ofdirectors in a motion by Dan Hendrix,seconded by Regina Peevey. Motion

carried.Eddie Mainord is a 50-year mem-

ber. He will be recognized at the Aprilmeeting.

In a motion by Curtis Wolf, sec-onded by Coleman Benner, the mem-bers agreed to membership in HollandArea Chamber of Commerce.

The board of directors agreed topurchase a belt buckle for $220.

Holland Baseball Association isasking for a donation of $350. In a

motion by Coleman Benner, secondedby Terry Festa, the membershipagreed.

First Baptist Church, Holland, isasking for a donation to the foodpantry. It was tabled until next month.

In a motion by Dan Hendrix, sec-onded by Coleman Benner, the mem-bership agreed to buy an ad in theSPJST Convention Program Book.Frank Pajestka has asked all officersand directors to have a group picture

made for the ad.In the board meeting, it was dis-

cussed that Lodge 80 will buy 55 tick-

ets for officers, directors, and bingoworkers to the Chamber of Commercebanquet. The membership agreed in amotion by Connie Horak, seconded byCurtis Wolf. Tickets are $10 each.Also, the youth will served at the ban-

quet.For Join Hands Day, Lodge 80 will

support the Lutheran youth with ameal at the hall in April. Lodge 80 di-rectors and officers will meet at thehall on February 15 with church offi-cials. The youth club will have a bakesale on March 3 on bingo night. RisaPajestka moved, seconded by CurtisWolf. Motion carried.

Discussion about the Czech ceme-tery will be at the March or April

meeting.In a motion by Dan Hendrix, sec-

onded by Joe Liles, the membershipagreed to pay Coleman Benner $200for work done at the hall.

Brother Frank has looked at newtrash cans ($250 each) and rollers ($10each) for the hall. The old cans areabout gone. In a motion by ColemanBenner, seconded by Mary Mowdy,the membership agreed to purchase10.

Those having birthdays in Februaryare Risa Pajestka, Frank Pajestka, Sr.,Estelle Coker, and Victoria Pajestka.

Arthur Peevey is on the sick list.Our prayers are with you.

Door prizes were won by KennyWeir, J.D. Coker, Coleman Benner,Frank Pajestka, Jr., and BarbaraTaisler-Hill.

The meeting adjourned at 4:40 p.m.for happy hour.

Next MeetingMarch 3The next meeting will be March 3

at 4 p.m.Support your local lodge attend

the meetings. See you then!Fraternally,Estelle Coker, Reporter

SPJST

Lodge 9, Snook Member AwardedFraternal Alliance of Texas Scholarship

Hannah Kovar ofLodge 9, Snookwas awarded a$200 Fraternal Al-

liance of Texasscholarship. Pre-senting Hannahwith the scholar-ship is District OneDirector/SupremeLodge ChairmanDonnie Victorick.Hannah receivedthe scholarship forher extracurricu-lar activities andessay about how

fraternal experi-

ences have influ-enced her life.

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Lodge 84, Dallasneeds your pledgeDear Members,

SPJST Lodge 84, Dallas needsyour pledge. 2012 is the pivotal yearfor Lodge 84. We need your donationto the building fund and tax fund ifyou want us to continue in our lodgehome.

Our goal is to raise $30,000 by June

30. Our 2009 pledge drive yielded$3,190 towards our goal. We needyour donation, Please help.

Any amount you can donate will beappreciated. Please send checks to:

SPJST Lodge 842625 Floyd Street

Dallas, Texas 75204

Call President Justine Yeager (214)827-0920 or email [email protected]

with any questions. Visit our websiteat www.czechcenterofdallas.com.

Thank you for your help.SPJST

Lodge 91, Crosbymeets March 3

Lodge 91, Crosby will hold its firstquarterly meeting of 2012 on March3. The meeting will be held at 11 a.m.at Crosby Dairy Queen, located offFM 2100 across from Krogers. Weencourage all members to attend.

Fraternally,Vonda Smesny, Secretary

SPJST

Lodge 133San Antoniomeets February 19

Lodge 133, San Antonio will holdits monthly meeting on Sunday, Feb-ruary 19, 2012, at Good ShepherdLutheran Church Activity Center at 2p.m. Please join us for our meetingand social. We will serve a meal tothose members who attend. Thanks.

Jarolyn Popp, PresidentSPJST

Lodge 157Lubbock meetsFebruary 26

Lodge 157, Lubbock will meetSunday, February 26, 2012, at 2 p.m.We will meet in the conference centerof St. Elizabeths Catholic Church.The center is just west of the churchbuilding on Broadway. We needeveryone to attend because we will bediscussing by-law changes that will besubmitted at the convention in June.We will also have some special guests.Please bring canned food items for theSouth Plains Food Bank. Please bring

a copy and history of a family or eth-nic food recipe that you would like toshare. There recipes will be sharedwith the members present. We alsoneed to make plans for our Join HandsDay activity that is scheduled for May.Please come to the meeting. RSVP toJerome or Cyndy (806) 763-7245.

Fraternally,Jerome Kristinek, PresidentCyndy Kristinek, Secretary

SPJST

Lodge 191, Lufkinsets Februarydances

Business meetings are always onthe first Thursday of each month at 7p.m. at the lodge hall.

DancesSaturday, February 18 Pat

Montes and The Doing Time Bandwill provide music from 8 to 11 p.m.

Friday, February 24The TailgateJunkies will provide music from 8 to11 p.m. Please bring finger foods forthe snack table.

Be sure to watch your newsletter aswe will be changing our dances to Fri-day nights as soon as we can get this

worked out with our bands.Our popcorn machine has broken,and we will replace it as soon as pos-sible; hopefully, by the next dance.

Dues should be paid by March 31to remain on the membership list. Youcan pay at the dances or mail to:

SPJST Lodge 191P.O. Box 3113

Lufkin, Texas 75903

Our anniversary dance will bechanged to January of each year and

our Presidents Ball will be moved upto September. We will let you knowmore about these as we get closer tothe dates.

Please remember our members whoare recovering from illness. Sendthem a card or give them a call. Iknow they would appreciate hearingfrom you.

Fraternally

Alma BreazealeSPJST

Lodge 202Jourdantonyouth placeat livestock show

Lodge 202, Jourdanton met Sun-day, February 5, 2012, at the Jourdan-ton Community Center with 33members and guests present. Specialguests were District Seven DirectorBob Bayer and wife Polly. PresidentLloyd House presided. The Pledge ofAllegiance was recited. Silence wasobserved for deceased members andthe military.

Minutes were read by Bettie Houseand approved as read.

Treasurer Valerie Barta presentedthe financial report.

Director Bob Bayer congratulatedLloyd House for being named the2011 SPJST State Fraternalist of theYear. Rates on term insurance havebeen lowered. The Model Lodge in-formation will be announced at theDistrict Seven Spring Meeting. Bobannounced he is seeking another termas District Seven Director.

FAC Mary Ann Barta stated thelodge will have a bowling team for theFebruary 11 tournament. ValentinesDay is the 14th.

Youth Leader Regina House con-gratulated the youth for placing withtheir animals at the Atascosa CountyLivestock Show. Kelly House placed

first with her goat. Madison Lutz wongrand champion turkey, championturkey tom, and placed fifth with herturkey hen. Devin Vasquez placedfifth with his swine. The youth clubplans to have an outing in March atLaser Quest.

Lloyd House received a gift card aslodge fraternalist nominee. Vice Pres-ident James House made the presenta-tion.

The lodge voted to donate $100 to

the SPJST 100 Pennies ScholarshipFund.The lodge will place a one-half

page ad in the SPJST Convention pub-lication.

The District Seven Spring Meetingwill be at Lodge 107, Floresville onSunday, March 4. Please call BettieHouse (830) 281-8246 or email [email protected] by Monday, February27 to order barbecue plates.

The lodge received a plaque forcontributing to the Fort Hood Memo-rial. A container will be moved to dif-ferent locations around town to collectfunds for the Memorial.

Celebrating birthdays in Februaryare Hayden Zezula, Sandy Vasquez,Roderick Vasquez, Amanda Hoggard,Richard House, and Randy Ramey.

Director Bayer furnished doorprizes to the delight of the membersand guests.

A card was signed for GussieSpacek in recognition of her 90thbirthday in March.

Next MeetingMarch 4Everyone is encouraged to attend

the district meeting on March 4 in Flo-resville. The lodge will have to meetsometime during the day to approvethe convention ad and set a date tohonor the 50-year members.

Fraternally,

Bettie House, SecretarySPJST

Lodge 84, DallasHonors

Adolph Salac

Congratulations to outgoing offi-cer Adolph Salac of Lodge 84, Dal-las! He was recognized for 27years of service to the lodge.Brother Salac served as presidentfrom 1971 to 1973 and on thehouse committee.

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Lodge 246Morgans Pointreports onFebruary meeting

Lodge 246, Morgans Point met onMonday, February 6, 2012, for its reg-ular monthly meeting beginning at 6p.m. at Best Quality Meats. A meal ofpizza, cake, and cookies was providedby Vice President/FAC Charlie Heren-don, and the blessing was given byyouth member Ryan Mathis.

The meeting was called to order byPresident James L. Lee, III followedby the Pledge of Allegiance. The min-utes from the previous months meet-ing were reviewed and approved.New business was discussed, and thesecretary and treasurer reports weregiven by Secretary/Treasurer WayneOrange.

FAC Charlie Herendon presentedthe FAC report, notifying all of the up-coming SPJST activities.

The youth report was given byYouth Leader Trish Konkler. Ouryouth are planning to attend the Dis-trict Two Skating Party to be held onFebruary 11, and I also let them knowof upcoming fundraisers the youth areplanning.

Old business was discussed. BothPresident James L. Lee, III and myselfattended the SPJST Awards Banqueton January 28 representing the lodgeand accepting recognition awards forboth the adults and youth.

We revisited possible communityservice and Join Hands Day projectideas.

The meeting then adjourned.

Next MeetingMarch 5Our next meeting will be Monday,

March 5 at Best Quality Meats. Wehope that you will come and join usfor a good meal, brief meeting, andgreat company.

Trish KonklerReporter/Youth Leader

SPJST

Lodge 246Morgans Pointreports onFebruary meeting

The February meeting of SPJSTLodge 246, Morgans Point was held atBest Quality Meats and Sausage Shop,2610 South General Bruce Drive inTemple. President James L. Lee, IIIcalled the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

Prior to the beginning of the meeting,a meal was provided by Vice Presi-dent/FAC Charlie Herendon and in-cluded pizza, cookies, and cake whichwere all delicious. A prayer was givenby youth club member Ryan Mathis.

Minutes of the previous meetingwere read. Motion was made by VicePresident/FAC Charlie Herendon andseconded by Youth Leader Trish Kon-kler to approve the minutes with a cor-rection that Sue Moore had delivered

the youth camera.Motion was made by President Leeto transfer funds from regular checkingaccount to the savings account - movedby Secretary/Treasurer Wayne Orangeand seconded by Vice President Char-lie. Account balances were given.

Accepted as a new member wasRegina A. Kindred-Sauls. Welcome!

FAC Charlie Herendon reported onupcoming events: District Two SpringMeeting to be held at Lodge 48, Bey-

ersville on March 18; 100 PenniesScholarship Fund continues until March

31; Join Hands Day is May 5; Painted

Churches Tour/Retreat Weekend atCooper Farm March 9 to March 11 at acost of $115 per person and includesmeals, stay, and tours of churches;bowling tourney in New Braunfels -February 11; Convention Souvenir Pro-gram Book will be published, and theVstnk/Communication Departmentwill assist with ad design, with pro-ceeds going to the Czech Heritage Mu-seum, Temple and SPJST ENC.

Youth Leader Trish Konkler re-

ported that youth are invited to the Dis-trict Two Skating Party on Sunday,February 11 in Temple. This event willalso double as the youth club meetingfor the month of February. The youthwill be discussing Scentsy sale to raisemoney. Also, they are checking oncandy bars to sell as a fundraiser.

Old business included informationon the MADD Walk fundraiser to beheld May 19 at UMHB in Belton.

Discussion was held on having acommunity service activity once perquarter in the Morgans Point area.

Secretary/Treasurer Wayne Orange isto get a list of Lodge 246 members forthe next meeting which will be Monday,March 5 at 6:30 p.m.; meal will beserved at 6 p.m. provided by Secre-tary/Treasurer Wayne Orange. The Aprilmeeting meal will be provided by Re-porter/Youth Leader Trish Konkler.

The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.Fraternally,Wayne Orange

Secretary/TreasurerSPJST

Birthday ClubSisters ofLodge 88, Houston

President Nell Stautberg opened themeeting at 11:10 a.m., and DixieRaskin said an opening prayer. Thiswas followed by all of us reciting thePledge of Allegiance. The roll call ofmembership was called, and we had12 members present. The minuteswere read and approved as read.

Our president gave her report thatshe has ordered 25 dozen kolaches andwill pick them up for Lodge 88 An-niversary Day. She then asked for

cakes for the month of March, andBette Hurta and Louise Stoever vol-unteered to bring cakes. It was decidedto have fried chicken next month, andDixie Raskin will make arrangementsto get the chicken for our lunch.

Treasurer Vernell Foyt gave her re-port. Sunshine and Ticket ChairladyDelores Pavlicek said that everythingis going fine. Under new business,Bette Hurta said that our copy of rulesand regulations is outdated so Vernell

Foyt handed out copies for everyoneto read. Next month, we will discussif changes need to be made on ourrules and regulations.

Calcutta was won by Louise Sto-ever, Delores Pavlicek, AlmeidaBravenec, and Bette Hurta. Manythanks to Willie Mae Pechacek for herhelp with calcutta each month.

We had no birthdays this month soPresident Nell Stautberg said a closingprayer, and the meeting was ad-

journed. We had a wonderful lunch oftwo kinds of soup, tacos, and salads.Fraternally.Bette Hurta, Secretary

SPJST

Lodge 200, Bruceville-EddySupports Senior Center

Lodge 200, Bruceville-Eddy Secretary Blanche Shollenberger, center,and Lodge 200 President Allen Trigg present a $600 check to TaylorHall which is the senior citizens center in Bruceville-Eddy. Acceptingthe donation is the manager of Taylor Hall. The facility serves as themeeting place for Lodge 200.

Submitted by Blanche Shollenberger, Secretary

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Seaton CemeteryAssociation meetsFebruary 19

Seaton Cemetery Association willhold an annual meeting on February19, 2012, at 2 p.m. at SPJST Lodge47, Seaton Star Hall. There will be anelection of officers and directors.

If you have any concerns or ques-tions that need to be brought to theboard, please contact President AceChlapek at 931 Seaton Road, Temple,Texas 76501 or (254) 985-2371 soyour name can be put on the agenda.

Submitted by,

Janet YoungLodge 47, SeatonSeaton Cemetery Association

SPJST

Reunion

Tannich-Brovecfamilies

Various descendants of the Tan-nich- Brovec union are Nohavitza, Ul-brich, Voitle, Sebesta, Mueck, Urban,Anhaiser, Sekerka, Fojtik, Holloway,Kunschick, Koch, Klimple, Perkins,Shimek, York, Socha, Kubesch, andPetersen.

Any and all of the above are invitedto attend the 46th Annual Tannich-Brovec Reunion on Sunday, March 4,2012, at 11 a.m., at the New BielauCommunity Center, located on FM155, a few miles south of Weimar.

All families are asked to bringenough food for their family. We willput all the dishes together and have apotluck lunch.

After a short meeting, we will havean auction and bingo games. Mark

your calendar, come and enjoy eachothers company, and catch up onnews of the past year. Please bring anitem for either the auction or bingo.

Plan to attend this fun-filled event.Bring your memories, your old pic-tures and/or family memorabilia forothers to see and enjoy. Invite a rela-tive who does not have a ride or some-one who has not attended recently.

Thank you!Lee Roy H. Petersen

Lodge 88, HoustonSPJST

February is theMonth of Love

As the month of love is under-way, many people are busy trying tofigure out how to let their loved onesknow just how much they care. Flow-ers, chocolates, jewelry, and candlelitdinners are all fine options. But this

year, the nonprofit LIFE Foundationwould like Americans to considersomething slightly less traditional.February 1 marked the official launchof the Insure Your Love nationalawareness campaign, and LIFE wantsAmericans to consider expressingtheir love through the purchase of alife insurance policy.

This is the fourth year that LIFE hascoordinated Insure Your Love on be-half of the insurance industry. It pro-

vides industry professionals with anopportunity to reach out to people intheir communities to remind them thatthe main reason to own life insuranceis because you love people and wantto protect them financially.

A life insurance purchase letsloved ones know that you care somuch that youve made plans to pro-vide for them, even after youre gone,said Marvin H. Feldman, CLU, ChFC,president and CEO of the LIFE Foun-

dation. Thats a message that LIFEwill be delivering throughout themonth of February, and weve createdlots of great marketing resources tohelp producers share the Insure YourLove message with their clients andprospects.

LIFE Enlists Fruit Fliesto Help Spread the Messageof Love and Life Insurance

In conjunction with the Insure Your

Love launch, LIFE recently intro-duced its newest life insurance spokes-people. Fruit flies Frank and Fran areLIFEs newest life-insurance powercouple. Because of their famouslyshort life spans, fruit flies know theresno time for procrastination. So whenit comes to life insurance, they actright away to protect the ones theylove. Frank and Fran deliver their lifeinsurance messages in a series of webvideos that can be found on LIFEs

Facebook Fan Page (www.face-book.com/lifehappens.org), its

Scenes from Dallas KrouzeksFebruary MeetingThursday, February 2, 2012

Birthday Chair-

man BessieTydlaska andmember HelenVrba were happythat our KrouzekBirthday Queenfor Februarywas our newestmemberLouis Kucera.

Mary Kubin is always proudto be the Birthday

Queen for January,and she wears the crown proudly.

Photos submitted byCarole Faraizl

As usual, wethank JerrieBecan and

Deanna Houpyfor the lovelyvalentine deco-rations for theFebruary meet-ing. We had toomany memberstoday too ill to at-tend, so read theletter from Eve-lyn Cechan con-cerning whothese might be.

This monthsmeeting is al-ways dedicated

to our cannedfood drive, and

our members didtheir best again.We hope to see

everyone wellagain and able toattend our March

1 meeting withan Irish themeof decorations

and food.

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Expressionof Sympathy

We, the members of SPJST Lodge151, Wharton, wish to express our sin-cere and heartfelt sympathy to thefamily of

ALTON MITCHELL.Alton A. Mitchell, age 91, of Whar-

ton died Wednesday, December 21,2011, in a Victoria hospital followingan extended illness.

He was born July 20, 1920, inMemphis, the son of thelate Arch RobbMitchell and Dol-lie Esther GrayMitchell.

He was a grad-uate of LakeviewHigh School. Hewas a veteran ofWorld War II hav-ing served in theUnited StatesNavy in the American and PacificTheaters. He married Virginia ValliVeatch on October 30, 1948, inBorger. He was a former resident ofLakeview and Great Bend, Kansas.He was a pipeline foreman with Natu-ral Gas Pipeline and retired from Oc-cidental Petroleum in 1986 after 40years of service. He was a member ofFirst Presbyterian Church in Whartonwhere he served as a deacon and elder.

Besides his parents, he was alsopreceded in death by sister MildredYoung.

Following cremation, memorialservices were held at 2 p.m. Wednes-day, December 28, 2011, at First Pres-byterian Church in Wharton withReverend Debbie Cenko officiating.

Survivors include wife VirginiaMitchell of Wharton; daughter Maryand son-in-law Arthur Evans of Whar-ton; son Joe and daughter-in-law JodiMitchell of Victoria; sisters Maxine

Cearley of Rosenberg and BobbeBrothers of Sulphur, Oklahoma;grandchildren Kaye McKlaine, JoshuaDriscoll, Kristen Mitchell Hargraveand husband Chris, and ZacharyMitchell; and great-grandchildrenHanna Driscoll, Berlyn Driscoll, Can-non Hargrave, and Brylee Hargrave.

Honorary pallbearers were BobbyKleas, Floyd Wind, Craig Gwinner,Andy Kirkland, Russ Cenko, all for-mer elders and deacons of First Pres-

byterian Church, and his many friendsand neighbors.

In lieu of usual remembrances, thefamily requests memorials to FirstPresbyterian Church, 1602 John Knox

Street, Wharton, Texas 77488.Funeral arrangements are under the

direction of Wharton Funeral Home.Janie BucekSPJST Lodge 151, Wharton

SPJST

Resolutionof Sympathy

SPJST Lodge 9, Snook officers andmembers extend sincere sympathy tothe family of

JEFFREY DWAYNE HEJL,age 40, of College Station, who passedaway Thursday morning, January 5,2012.

The family received friends duringvisitation 5 to 7 p.m., Saturday, Janu-ary 7 at Callaway-Jones FuneralHome in Bryan. Funeral service was

held at 2 p.m.,Sunday, January 8at Callaway-JonesFuneral Home.Interment fol-lowed at NewTabor Cemeteryin BurlesonCounty.

Jeff was bornOctober 13, 1971,in Fort Hood,

Texas, to Monroe and Audrey Hejl.Jeff was a lifetime resident of theBryan-College Station area. He en-joyed working with computers, as hewas a technician for Texas ImagingSystems.

He was a member of SPJST Lodge9, Snook.

He loved his daughter Hannahmore than life, and he lived to watchher play volleyball. Jeff enjoyed histime with his daughter more than any-thing.

Survivors include daughter HannahHejl of College Station; parents Mon-roe and Audrey Hejl of Somerville;sister Darla Peters and husband Kevinof Lockhart; grandmother Annie Hejlof College Station; nephews CameronPeters and Caleb Peters; Hannahsmother, Stephanie Hejl; and specialfriend Susan Mathews.

View his Book of Memories atCallawayJones.com

With deepest sympathy,

Ann SchoenemanSPJST

In Memoriam

Alton Mitchell

Jeffrey Hejl

YouTube site (www.youtube.com/life-foundation) and the www.insurey-ourlove.org microsite.

For more information about InsureYour Love or the LIFE Foundation,visit www.lifehappens.org.

SPJST

Prime Seasonfor Tax Scams

by Texas Attorney GeneralGreg Abbott

Tax season can be a particularly ac-tive time for identity thieves, because

tax returns contain all the informationthey need Social Security numbers,names, addresses, employer informa-tion, investment account numbers toopen fraudulent accounts in a taxpayersname or steal a taxpayers income taxrefund. Fortunately, taxpayers can avoidbecoming identity theft victims by stay-ing informed and avoiding common taxschemes.

Avoid phishing scams. Phishingrefers to fraudulent emails and websitesthat identity thieves create in an effort to

trick victims into providing sensitivepersonally identifying information. Thescam usually begins with a misleadingemail that appears to come from a fi-nancial institution, tax preparation firmor government agency. The email typi-cally claims that highly sensitive per-sonal information such as a SocialSecurity number or account number isneeded to ensure that a taxpayers in-come tax return can be processed.

Taxpayers should be particularlywary of emails that claim to come fromthe IRS. The IRS does not initiate con-tact with taxpayers by email to requestpersonal or financial information sotaxpayers should never respond toemails that appear to be seeking infor-mation for the IRS.

Taxpayers should also delete scamemails that claim to come from the Elec-tronic Federal Tax Payment System(EFTPS), a legitimate tax payment sys-tem that allows individuals and busi-nesses to pay federal taxes

electronically. According to the IRS, thescam email claims that tax paymentsmade by the taxpayer through EFTPShave been rejected. The email directs thetaxpayer to a bogus website that down-loads malicious software onto the tax-payers computer. The malware isdesigned to retrieve personal and finan-cial information already stored on thetaxpayers computer and scammersuse the information to commit identitytheft.

Safeguard computers, mobile de-

vices. Securing computers and mobilephones is crucial to thwarting identity

thieves. Taxpayers should password-protect their computer and update theircomputers anti-virus software.

Scammers may also send bogus textmessages that claim to be from the IRS.By sending unsolicited tax-related text

messages, identity thieves are attempt-ing to exploit taxpayers who believe thatonly a legitimate contact like an IRSagent would have their mobile phonenumber. Unfortunately, this false senseof security makes taxpayers more likelyto click on a link in the bogus text mes-sage.

Taxpayers should remember that theIRS does not use email or text messagesto contact taxpayers about issues relatedto their accounts. Official taxpayer con-tact usually includes a letter on IRS sta-

tionery in an IRS envelope. IRS lettersalso contain a contact phone number.Research tax preparation services.

Before providing personal and financialinformation to a tax return preparationprofessional, taxpayers should take fourimportant steps: 1) ask for the tax pre-parers credentials; 2) check with theBetter Business Bureau for complaintsagainst the tax preparer; 3) verifywhether the tax preparer is a certifiedpublic accountant; and 4) confirm thatthe business is open year-round in theevent taxpayers need to ask follow-upquestions about their income tax returns.

As with any contractual agreement,Texans should carefully read the fineprint before entering into a financialtransaction involving their incometaxes. Taxpayers who understand thenature of these agreements are morelikely to make informed decisions that

just might save some of their hard-earned money.

For example, Texans should alwaysavoid tax preparation services thatguarantee the largest possible tax re-turn. Under federal law, any deductionstax preparers make for their clients mustbe accurate and legally permissible. Taxpreparers that submit false informationin order to obtain larger refunds for aclient (and higher fees for the preparer)put their clients in legal jeopardy. Com-petent, legitimate tax preparers will nothesitate to sign their clients tax return.

Know the truth about frivolous taxarguments. Although many prefer not

to pay their taxes, it is well settled lawthat federal income taxes are NOT vol-untary. United States courts have re-peatedly rejected some of the morecommon false legal arguments madeby those who oppose compliance withfederal income tax laws, including con-tentions that taxpayers can refuse to payincome taxes on religious or moralgrounds by invoking the First Amend-ment; that only federal governmentemployees are subject to federal in-come taxes; and that only foreign-

source income is taxable.SPJST

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YouthDevelopmentWorkshopset for February 25

The 2012 SPJST Youth Develop-ment Workshop is Saturday, February

25 at SPJST Home Office, located at520 North Main Street in Temple,Texas. The event begins at 10:30 a.m.and will conclude before 3 p.m.Lunch will be provided to all attend-ing the workshop.

Please RSVP no later than Monday,February 20 to State Youth DirectorFrank Horak (800) 727-7578 or [email protected].

SPJST

Lodge 25, Ennis

Youth Club enjoysbowling socialDear Readers,

Our youth club met at Ennis AllStar Bowling Alley to bowl and for ashort meeting. We had 15 youth mem-bers and 10 guests in attendance.Everyone had a wonderful time bowl-ing and socializing.

Make plans to attend our next meet-

ing which will be held Sunday, March4. The Zmoliks and Krajcas are incharge of refreshments, and Reaganwill coordinate an activity. The Dvo-raks and Reagan are in charge of set-ting up and cleaning up.

Paige will come up with a Czechheritage project this quarter. I am stilllooking for a volunteer to come up withthe charity project. Please let me knowif you can chair this project for us.

I look forward to serving as youthleader this year and am excited aboutall the events planned for us this year.It will take every one of us to makeour club a success. Special thanks goout to all of our moms and dads for

your support and for doing such awonderful job so far.Fraternally yours,Rita Holland, Youth Leader

SPJST

Lodge 25, Ennisyouth visits Camp

Grady SpruceDear Readers,

A few weeks ago, I went to a campcalled Camp Grady Spruce. It waswet, but that is what made it fun. Wehiked and rode horses. It was awe-some. We had a food waste bucket,and the last day we got five ounces ofwaste. So the owner jumped in Pos-sum Kingdom Lake in the winter. Ibet it was cold!

Sincerely,Brandon DrosteSPJST

Lodge 47, Seatonyouth cooks,scrapbooks

Dear Readers,Lodge 47, Seaton had its meeting

and scrapbooking party on February 4,2012, and I am cooking for the fairnext week. We had a great time.

Fraternally,Chase Alexander

SPJST

Lodge 47, Seaton

youth readiesfor county fair

Dear Readers,Today and this whole weekend, I

am getting ready for the Bell CountyYouth Fair. From cakes and candy tobread and pie, we are baking it. I amhoping to get a few grand championsthis year.

Fraternally,

Brady AlexanderSPJST

Lodge 87, TempleYouth Clubreports onJanuary meeting

Our youth club met on January 28,2012, at the lodge hall. We held ashort meeting. Ryan Davidson led themeeting in the Pledge of Allegiance,youth club motto, and moment of si-lence.

Youth Leader Assistant LucasDavidson handed out behavior sheetsand had youth club members taketurns reading the material out loud.Lucas had everyone sign the sheetsand turn them in.

Youth Leader Jennifer also re-minded everyone to start thinkingabout Youth Achievement Day. Wewent over some things about YADgroup talents and individual talent.

Our next meeting will be held onFebruary 11 after the District TwoSkating Party.

Ryan Davidson, ReporterSPJST

Lodge 186Caldwell YouthClub welcomesnew member

SPJST Lodge 186, Caldwell YouthClub met for its January meeting onSunday, January 8, 2012, at 2:30 p.m.In attendance were seven adults andnine youth. We welcomed one newmember. The Pledge of Allegiance andSPJST motto were led by KeithRamon.

Items discussed were the upcomingdates and events for the year.

The next meeting will be held Sun-day, February 12 at Arctic Wolf for iceskating at 3 p.m.

Jessica Enrique, ReporterSPJST

The deadline for all Vestnik itemsis 5 p.m. the Wednesday before thepublication date. Send your news

and photos directly to:

SPJST VestnikEditorMelanie Zavodny

P.O. Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503

Fax: (254) 773-8087

Email: [email protected]

Questions?Call (800) 727-7578

SPJSTSPJST

YouthYouthSectionSection

Lodge 25, Ennis Youth ClubMeets for Bowling Bash

Lodge 25, Ennis Youth Club members are pictured at Ennis All StarBowling Alley on February 5, 2012. Members gathered to bowl and to

hold a short meeting.Photo submitted by Rita Holland, Youth Leader

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This years tee-shirt contest fea-tured 83 creative entries. Congratula-tions to Brooke Hoelscher of Lodge47, Seaton. She is the grand prizewinner of the 2012 SPJST Camp Tee-Shirt Design Contest. Her design willappear on this years camp tee-shirts.

Congratulations to the following

age category winners:

Ages K to 8Quinlan Dobecka

Lodge 6, Cottonwood

Ages 9 to 11Samara Valdez

Lodge 202, Jourdanton

Ages 12 to 14

Ryan BronikowskiLodge 88, Houston

Ages 15 to High School SeniorBrooke HoelscherLodge 47, Seaton

Brooke will receive a $100 Wal-Mart gift card for her grand prize.Age category winners each will re-ceive $75 Wal-Mart gift cards.

Thanks to all participants for shar-ing their designs based on the themeSPJST 2012 - Paying Tribute to thePast.

Ages K to 8 Winner

Quinlan DobeckaLodge 6, Cottonwood

Ages 9 to 11 Winner

Samara ValdezLodge 202, Jourdanton

Ages 12 to 14 Winner

Ryan BronikowskiLodge 88, Houston

Ages 15 to High School Senior Winner

Brooke HoelscherLodge 47, Seaton

District OneLodge 9, SnookTiffany Burkhalter

Braxton FaustNikolas FaustSydney FaustColton GanttJoshua GreenRiley GreenHayden KovarEmily LewisGrace LewisRobert LewisMakayla LungdonMadelyn Rodriguez

Sierra SebestaNatalee SeeTatiana TatesMalorie VachaKamree WalkerKaylea WalkerNatalie Vacha

Lodge 17, New TaborWeston BeasleyDillon NarroMacy Narro

Chandler SebestaCameron Suehs

District TwoLodge 18, ElginJB AndersonTJ AndersonJayden FloresMikhaila Nelson

Lodge 47, SeatonBrady AlexanderChase AlexanderBrandon HoelscherBrooke Hoelscher

Justin KraatzChris ZavodnyJulia Zavodny

Lodge 48, BeyersvilleChandee BachmeyerKayla HanningtonBrooke NewsomMiranda NiraCollin VanecekKacie VanecekTrent Wuensche

District ThreeLodge 6, CottonwoodBracy CraigQuinlan DobeckaRendon DobeckaChristian Romero

Lodge 25, EnnisApril DvorakMisty Dvorak

Lodge 84, DallasMelinda McClellan

District FourLodge 49, RowenaGrace SchwertnerOlivia SchwertnerSutton SchwertnerCammi TeplicekBrandon TeplicekHunter Teplicek

Hutson TeplicekHunter WoodTanner Wood

District FiveLodge 88, HoustonAllison Wockenfuss

Denae BronikowskiKeith WockenfussRyan Bronikowski

Lodge 162, Iowa ColonyDelaney BourqueAlyssa MoyleAvery Moyle

District SixLodge 30, TaitonBethany BakerBrittany BakerRyan DrapelaGrant BubelaMyles Svatek

Lodge 32, VictoriaNatalie Rendon

Lodge 40El Campo-Hillje

Cynthia GarciaSky GarciaAdryanna ManzanoTrianna ManzanoKelly TaylorKierra Taylor

District SevenLodge 202, JourdantonAngel ValdezDiego Valdez

Samara ValdezDevin VasquezJiovanna Wells

2012 Camp Tee-Shirt Design Contest Results

SPJST 1897 - 2012 . . . Paying Tribute to Our Past . . . Ce lebrating 115 Years of Ser vic e

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Ume se eskyLet Us Study

CzechLekce Sedm

Lesson 7

Read the following out loud. Getyour parents, grandparents, rela-tives, or friends to help you with thepronunciation. Clip and save eachlesson and compile into a notebook.

dkujithank youprosmyou are welcome (meansplease, but used instead of Englishyou are welcome)rdo se staloI was glad to do itnen zadont mention it

ekuji is singular. Sometimes it is asdkuju. Dkuji is more proper and is

more often used. Plural is dkujeme.It is not necessary to add an equivalentof you, but it could be done, and it isoften done. Then, it is dkuji ti whenwe are close to the person addressed,or dkuji Vm if the relation to the per-son addressed is more formal.

The most common reply to the worddkuji is the word prosm. Rdo se

stalo and neni zais used similar to Iwas glad to do it, or dont mentionit, in America.

Dovolte prosmwith your permis-sion, (please), pardon me (please) od-puste (prosm)excuse me, (please)promite (prosm)I am sorry, par-

don me.nic se nestaloit was nothing

The wordprosm is the most common

courtesy word. The original is, I begyou and only from the context canyou tell whether the word prosmmeans I beg you, or whether itserves as please. Prosm, is shownin parenthesis because its use is op-tional, making it more polite.

The words odpuste and promitemean practically the same. The infor-mal address would bepromi and od-pust to be used only with thosepersons with whom you are on athou basis. The thou and youbasis sounds archaic in English, butthere is an important difference in therelation between persons whom weaddress thou in Czech, ty (the verb tykati si), and persons we ad-dress you in Czech vy and,therefore, the verb describing the rela-

tion is vykati si.

Pokraovan.To be Continued.

SPJST

~ ound zech ~

To have somethingup your sleeve

Hello, and welcome to anotheredition of SoundCzech, a pro-gramme in which you can learn newCzech idioms with the help of songlyrics. Todays song lyrics comefrom a duet by the Czech ever-greens Karel Gott and Lucie Blfrom their 1997 hit album Duets.The phrase to watch for is co zalubem m?.

Co za lubem m?, Karel Gott asksLucie Bl. He is wondering what kindof mischief shes up to because mtnco za lubem means to be up to mon-key business. It doesnt necessarilyhave to be something negative; it canbe something naughty, cheeky, orplayful. The closest English equivalentwould be to have something up onessleeve. The phrase is generally usedwhen you are wondering what some-one is up to, when you dont knowwhat it is, but you suspect there issomething funny going on. In thesong, Karel Gott believes that he cantell what Lucie Bl is up to - co m zalubem.

I must admit that I never reallythought about what the phrase meansliterally, and when I sat down to write

this edition of SoundCzech, I realizedthat, despite being a Czech nativespeaker, I had no idea what the wordlub actually stands for. So I did a bit ofresearch, and here is what I found:

lub is an expression used for a specialwooden vessel or container that wasused in the old days for milling flour.Inside the vessel, there were severaljoints and the finest-grained flourwould stick in the nooks and crannies.

The miller knew very well that the fineflour was hiddenza lubem in the

hidden crannies of the lub andwould shrewdly keep it for his ownuse. Therefore, when you have some-thing za lubem then you hide your

wicked intentions from the others sothat they dont know what you are upto and cant wreck your plans.

It is not onlyza lubem that you cankeep something. In Czech, you canalso say mt za uima literally tohave it behind your ears meaningthat you are smart in a foxy, shrewdway.

Another place where you can, so tosay, keep your cleverness is under

your cap pod epic. When some-one has it under his cap then he issmart, clever, and resourceful andknows his way around.

Well, I have no idea what you arehiding under your cap or behindyour ears but I have to go now, sothanks for listening and na shledanou.

Iva Vokurkov

14-03-2009 03:25; Listen RealAudio: 16kbps32kbps; Download:MP3 19962012 esk rozhlas

SPJST

Podpora

Ldskost BratrstviBENEVOLENCE HUMANITY BROTHERHOOD

esk stRONK 100 CISLO 7 15.nor.2012

Slovansk Podporujc Jednota Sttu Texas

Uedni orgn SPJST Zaloen roku 1897

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Zprva z vronschze CEFT

Jan Vaculk

Vron schze esk vzdlavatel-sk nadace sttu Texasu se konala dne21. ledna 2012 v arelu Texask uni-versity v Clementov budovnedaleko vodn fontny. Presidentnadace Woody Smith zahjil schzi,pivtal ptomn editele i hosty,sloili jsme psahu americk vlajce arepublice, pro kterou stoj.

President nadace Woody Smithuvedl dkana katedry umn Dra.Randy Diehla, kter podkoval za

dlouholetou spoluprci nadace a uni-versity a zdraznil, e nejdleitjsoust na prce je katedra eskhojazyka, kultury a literatury. Kdy za-alo omezovn finannch prostedkod sttu Texasu nae ustaven katedraetiny odolv vem nporm, kterby zpsobily nepzniv zmny. I kdycel katedra slovanskch a evropsko-asijskch jazyk se mn, etina dkyustanoven katede etiny je beznepznivch zmn.

Sm dkan Diehl se sna njakmzpsobem vybednout z finannchpot a stav se proti tomu, aby sezruily jazykov tdy sten anebopln, jak nkter jin university jiin. Rd jede po stednm Texasu aochutn eskou kuchyni. Proto se vy-nasna za kadou cenu upravit fi-nann pomry na katedeslovanskch jazyk. Poznamenal, emnoz lid, vetn len kolskkomise guvernra Perryho, pedpok-ldaj, e vzdln mus za kadoucenu poslouit k zskn lepho za-mstnn a pohodl, zatmco vzdlnm slouit k obohacen ivota lovka.

Po nm promluvila Drka. MaryNeuberger, kter vysvtlila, e mnohrozhodnut na universit zvis odrozhodnut a nzoru kolsk komise,zatmco katedra se sna upravit vukujazyk ku prospchu student,vetnletnch kurz v esk republice.

Studijn pobyt se sna propagovat nakole a po Texasu, aby studenti mohlinaplnovat cestu v nejkrat dob.

Dle promluvila Drka. VeronikaTucker, kter podkovala za pleitostuit etinu na universit a vimla si,e hodn student pichz s krajan-skm kulturnm zzemm, proto sevnuje vyuovn souasn kultury vesk republice, aby studenti mohliopravit svoje dosavadn nzory.Setkala se ji s nkolika dialekty

etiny v Texasu a rda by nauila stu-denty njak praktick pedmt,

jakm je etnictv, aby se mohli p-padn zamstnat ve star vlasti.Pipravuj konferen- ci k seznmveejnosti a student se souasnmvvojem ve star vlasti, konference sebude konat v dubnu v Austin, Tx..

Mark Hopkins promluvil k organ-isaci vmny student s Ekonomickoukolou v Praze, R.

Vzcnmi hosty byli Frank Hork,vedouc mldee Slovansk podporu-jc jednoty sttu Texasu, a Amy J.Hinnant, kter je uitelkou v Hous-tonu,Tx. Oba jsou kandidti na len-stv a ady v nadaci.

Nsledovaly zprvy o innostiednk nadace: Clinton Machn,pedseda Sboru editel nadace, ve

zprv uvedl krom osobnchvzpomnek na svj pobyt na universitbhem studi a zskn doktortu, kdyse seznmil s dvkou jmnem Ginny,kter se stala jeho enou. Pak pipom-nl historii etiny na universit a enyn ji 58 let existuje prce v etinjakhokoliv druhu, i kdy nkdy veslab podob. Ustavenm katedryeskho jazyka, kultury a literaturyjsme zajistili budoucnost vyuovnpro zjemce z Texasu a z celho svta..

Vysvtlil pomry na Texask A andM universit v College Station, Tx. adoporuil, aby nae nadace posbralaa pevedla dal stku na kontoHlavinkova stipendia. Konenou pod-poru bychom mli ustanovit o dalch150-200 tisc dolar. Tato okolnostotevr monost, aby nkdo jin aneborodina zaloila dal stipendium promoravsk studenty nezvisle nadosavadnm stipendiu. Vyjdil nadji,e se pomry an universit zlep, ikdy dnes nen velk nadje.

Pedal radostnou zprvu o stipendiumanel Kostohryzovch na Severo-texask universit v Dentonu,Tx.,kter poskytlo bohatou innost vminulm roce a mnoz krajan v Tex-asu mohli poprv uslyet eskounrodn operu Bedicha SmetanyProdan nevsta. Po provedenryvk z opery v nkolika mstech poTexasu se zvily pspvky na

nadan fond pro katedru esk hudbya kultury, take bylo nutno ustanovitdal stipendium ve jmnu Jima J. aRose A. Bezdkovch. Nyn finannkonto doshlo stky kolem dvou mil-ion dolar a je dobe zabezpeenopro budoucnost.

President nadace Woody Smithzdraznil, e se musme snait mluvito na nadaci a jej innosti i s jinmilidmi mimo okruh naich ptel aznmch a tak zskali nov lidi do

prce.Pokladnk Tony Pustjovsk ped-

nesl pknou celoron zprvu o bilancinaich kont. Je neustle pipraven pi-jat dal pspvky na nae konto. Naenadace je uznna jako nevdlen or-ganisace sttu Texasu a proto jakko-liv pspvek na nai prci je mono

odetat jako levu na danch. V tomppad, kdy pispvatel nepolestku prostednictvm na nadace,pak neme oekvat levu na danch.Vyplte eky na CEFT a polete naadresu: Anton Pustjovsk, P.O. Box4136, Sargent, TX. 77409-4136. Pok-ladnk Pustjovsk tak pijme cennpapry jakhokoliv druhu a ddictv,kter mohou bt prom

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