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K. OF C. EXECUTIVE 2005-06

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CHAPLAIN

Fr. William F. Kornacher. . . . .726-5127

DISTRICT DEPUTY

Gord (Cheryl) Edwards . . . . . .737-6633

DISTRICT WARDEN

Ron (Rollande) Ducharme. . . . .776-7720

GRAND KNIGHT

Dave (Debbie) Taylor. . . . . . .737-8887

DEPUTY GRAND KNIGHT

Dale (Marcella) Martin. . . . . .776-8907

CHANCELLOR

Jim (Margaret) Biggs. . . . . . .735-5457

RECORDER

Paul (Angela) Sylvester . . . . . .726-6357

FINANCIAL SECRETARY

Chuck (Marla) Roy. . . .. . .735-2825

TREASURER

Frank (Deirdre) Van der Pryt. . . .726-5182

ADVOCATE

Murray (Madeline) Kirzinger. . . .776-9578

LECTURER

Gary (Penny) Gardin. . . . . . .726-5050

TRUSTEES

Gary (Penny) Gardin. . . . . . .726-5050

Gord (Judy) Renaud. . . . . . .726-7057

Kevin (Michelle) Langlois. . . . .726-5013

WARDEN

Chris (Kelly) Bergeron. . . . . .726-5383

OUTSIDE GUARD

Claude Loignon (Linda). . . . . .739-9724

Russ (Rose Marie) Dalpee. . . . .726-6531

INSIDE GUARD

Al O’Neil(Carol). . . . . . . .737-9475

PAST GRAND KNIGHT

Chuck (Marla) Roy. . . . . .735-2825

K. OF C. MEETING

SECOND WED. OF EVERY MONTH

DINNER 6:30 P.M. MEETING 7:30 PM

CHARITIES MEETING – SEE CALENDAR

COLUMBIAN CLUB MEETING

FOURTH WED. OF EVERY MONTH

MEETING 7:00 PM

FAMILY

WEB SITE - www.kofcmcgregor2844.com

JAN. 11^TH

KC GENERAL MEETING

JAN. 13^TH AND 14^TH

FISH FRY

JAN. 16^TH

LADIES DINNER

AND ELECTION MEETING

JAN. 20^TH

SPAGHETTI DINNER

JAN. 18^TH

SENIORS DAY

JAN. 29^TH

CORPORATE COMMUNION

AND BREAKFAST

FEB. 5^TH

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY

FEB. 11^TH

ST.CLEMENTS PARISH STAEK BBQ

FEB. 25^TH

BEACH PARTY

JUST A REMINDER THAT YOU CAN SAVE THE KC SOME $ BY EITHER GETTING YOUR BULLETIN THROUGH EMAIL OR OFF THE WEB. CONTACT MURRAY

KIRZINGER 776-9578 FOR MORE INFO.

PLEASE NOTE: SUNDAYS BAR OPEN 11:30 AM – 7:30 PM

ATTEND AND HELP OUT

AT THE KC FUNCTIONS

YOUR SUPPORT

WILL HELP MAKE OUR

COUNCIL SUCCEED

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COLUMBIAN CLUB

2005-06

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PRESIDENT

Gary Gardin. . . . . . . . . .726-5050

VICE-PRESIDENT

Chuck Roy. . . . . . . . . . .735-2825

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dave Taylor. . . . . . .737-8887

Dale Martin. . . . . . . . . .776-8907

Frank Van der Pryt. . . . . . . .726-5182

Jim Biggs . . . . . . . . . . .735-5457

Murray Kirzinger. . . . . . . .776-9578

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MCGREGORETTES EXECUTIVE

2004-05

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PRESIDENT

Janet Moore. . . . . . . . . . .776-5022

1ST VICE-PRESIDENT

Cindy Deslippe. . . . . . . . .969-0569

2ND VICE-PRESIDENT

Gisele Pidgeon. . . . . . . . .726-5478

RECORDING SECRETARY

Angela Sylvester. . . . . . . . .726-6357

CORRESPONDENCE SECRETARY

Mary Meloche. . . . . . . . . .726-6582

TREASURER

Diane King. . . . . . . . . . .726-9670

PAST PRESIDENT

Deirdre Van der Pryt. . . . . . .726-5182

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IN CASE OF ILLNESS OR DEATH IN THE FAMILY PLEASE NOTIFY:

MCGREGORETTES - BETTY DEBLOIS AT 726-6391 OR 726-6307 AT WORK

KNIGHTS – SUE DESCHAMPS AT 726-6494

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KC INSURANCE - YOUR AGENT

JEREMIE BORNAIS

519-736-7983 OR

1-866-683-1355

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COLUMBIAN SQUIRES TRAINING TOMORROWS LEADERS TODAY!

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For The Entire Family

CHAPLAINS REPORT

Brothers,

A New Year's Prayer

Dear Lord, please give me
A few friends who understand me and remain my friends…

A work to do which has real value,
without which the world would be the poorer…

A mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed…

An understanding heart.
A sense of humor.
Time for quiet, silent meditation.
A feeling of the presence of God.

The patience to wait for the coming of these things...

With the wisdom to recognize them when they come.

Amen.

God bless our brother Knights as the Lord leads us into a new year, new adventures, new beginnings and newness of life. We begin again. It’s never to late to start over. It’s never too late set our sights on higher goals.

Lord, grant us the courage to see your wisdom in all new things. Happy New 2006.

Yours in Christ

Fr. Bill Kornacker

MISSION IN PERU

A lot of people have shown an interest in Father Bill’s mission efforts in Peru and as a Council we have donated some funds to this end. I thought it would be of interest to periodically put in some information on this as Father Bill makes his occasional trip there.

On his last trip the donations were used to provide the very poor and needy with a hot breakfast. It costs about $180.00 Can. to provide this to 1000 kids (1500 were fed while Father Bill was there). They need to get a ticket (shown at the end of this article – you will note that it high lights the McGregor Council as the donor) bring their own cup and utensils and then wait in line for over one hour in order to get your breakfast. This will be the only hot breakfast of the week. It is mostly for kids but some of the older folks are also taken care of in this way. Each area of the town in turn goes through the line up.

Frank Van der Pryt

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GRAND KNIGHT’S REPORT

Brothers,

A new year, a time to start fresh, a time to look at what you can do to make a difference & what you can do to make this world a better place. As Knights we are committed to charity, easing the plight of those less fortunate, so I encourage all brothers to live up to the words “ Knights – Men of action”.

Election for the position of treasurer was held at our December general meeting, so please join me in congratulating our new treasurer Brother Frank Van der Pryt.

If anyone did not attend our member’s Christmas party on Dec 3, they missed a night of fun & laughter. I would like to thank the entire Gardin family (Gary, Penny, Jesse, Melanie & Jason Campbell) for once again creating the entertainment for the evening. They came up with a Miss North Pole Competition featuring myself and a few of my brother Knights as the contestants. Needless to say it was not pretty but it was very funny.

Our annual basket bingo was held on Dec 18 with approx. 210 people in attendance. Not as well attended as we may have hoped but we were still able to make a profit which was donated to St Vincent De Paul & John Brazil Squires 1385. I big thanks to our Basket Bingo Chairman Brother Phil Lefrancois and all of the other Knights & St Vincent de Paul members who helped with this event.

I would like to give a special thanks to Brother Lynn Richardson & Gerard Beaulieu for taking on the task of repairing the wheelchairs. They look brand new…Thanks

K of C car raffle tickets are now available. There is a new prize board this year, 7 vehicles, 5 trips(new this year) & 12 cash prizes(two $25000 prizes added).

If you wish to purchase ticket you can contact any member of the executive or tickets are available at the clubroom bar.

I hope everyone had a joyous Christmas and wish everyone the best for the New Year

Fraternally Yours

Dave Taylor

Grand Knight

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COLUMBIAN CLUB REPORT

Brothers,

This is the first time I've written anything with the 2006 date. Where in the heck did 2005 go? I thought time only flew when you were having fun. I guess in a way we were having fun even though 2005 was a year of upheaval to say the least. Early in the year our manager of many years retired, putting the board of directors in a position of running the club for a few months while the process of finding another manager was carried out. They say that every cloud has a silver lining and that was the case here where necessity was the mother of invention. One of the things the board did was seize the opportunity to do a tremendous amount of housecleaning. Another was to streamline and modernize our office while giving it a well-deserved facelift. While all this was happening one of our board members, Frank Van der Pryt was feverishly working to get our accounts payable in order. Here we are in December and Frank along with our new manager Sean and our operations coordinator Janice have finally got our accounts organized and up to date. We are now concentrating our efforts on our accounts receivable.

We are getting closer to bringing our operation kicking and screaming into the 21st century with the installation of a P.O.S. (Point Of Sale) system. This system will have a computer installed at the bar that will be cabled to the computer in the office. Every transaction will be recorded in the computer both for revenue and inventory purposes. This system has the potential to modernize our way of tracking and controlling our business in a very big way. Most modern bar and food establishments have been using this system for some time now.

Hopefully we can look back a year from now with pride at a more efficient smoother running business.

Every board member brought something to the table based on their life and career experiences during this time of change. I thank them all, along with our staff for getting us to this point. We still have a lot of work to do!

Gary Gardin

President

FINANCIAL SECRETARY’S REPORT

If you have not paid your dues yet please be sure to do so as soon as possible!!!!!!!!