Birthdays:

Don Blumeier            Dominic Schirmer       Jim Shaughnessy

Please remember the following Knights that we have lost in 2009:

Ralph Morse                Frank Seigel

Wednesday September 15th at 7:00 is the Knights of Columbus Monthly meeting held at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Anyone interested in either finding out more about the Knights of Columbus, then please check out our website at McKuneCouncil.org. If you would to speak with someone in more detail, then please contact Joe Hafner at 366-4364 or joehafner@att.net

The Ladies Auxiliary is also holding their monthly meeting on September 15th at 7:00 next door to the Knight’s meeting. Please contact Nancy Coyne at 819-7953 or by E-mail at mnpinlou@insightbb.com for more details.

January - Bob Baker organized a Free Throw Contest at St. Thomas More Gym for youth ages 10-14. We had parish youth participate in the Knights of Columbus Second Annual  Free Throw Contest. 

Brother Knights assisted in a Charity Cornhole Tournament on January 16th that raised $275 for Supporting Heroes. A Corporate Sponsor is matching the donation, so $550 is being donated to this organization.

February - Knights of Columbus held another Trivia Night Our Lady of Mount Carmel that raised $1,771 to start a scholarship fund for students wishing to attend Catholic High Schools.

March - Knights of Columbus filed paperwork to start their own Fourth Degree Assembly for our council.

McKune Council would like to congratulate Travis Higdon, who represented the council at the State Free Throw Championship.  The Championship was held at Georgetown College on March 27th, 2010 and Travis was the winner in his age group besting 34 other competitors. Travis reached the state level by winning the council competition and then the regional competition held at St. Augstine Church in Lebanon KY on February 20th. Congratulations Travis.

April – Brother Knights assisted in a Trivia Night sponsored by Krogers. The event was a fund raiser for the Crusade for Children.

The Council hosted their First Knights  of Columbus Function.  1^st, 2nd, & 3rd Degree Ceremonies were jointly hosted by St. Louis Bertrand & Monsignor McKune Councils at Our Lady of Mt Carmel. The Event saw 6 Knights complete their 1^st Degrees and 56 Knights complete their 2^nd and 3^rd Degrees.

June –  Brother Knights assisted Mt. Carmel with their Picnic on June 11th & 12th. Knights of Columbus helped to prepare much of the food for the picnic volunteering in the cafeteria and at the food booth. The Council also worked their own booth, which raised around $675 for the parish. 

August - Brother Knights assisted Brother Knights at the Newman Council at the Saint Joseph’s Picnic. The Councils worked their own booth, which raised money for the Orphanage. 

Have things changed in your life? From a financial standpoint, I mean. Mentally, we all have to be just a bit more on edge than we were before all the craziness. We were rolling along pretty well there for a while until the wheels started to come off. I’m not sure that it’s something we can recover from, mentally, any time soon. I heard an economist sum it up this way: what was isn’t, and what wasn’t is. True.  Lots of things changed for me — except my permanent life insurance from the Knights of Columbus. Premiums are still the same, still pays dividends, and the value goes up and up and up. That’s more than just a shameless plug for my favorite financial product in the world (whole life insurance). It gets me to my point. If things have changed in your financial world, it might be a good idea to discuss those changes with your Knights of Columbus agent. If you have spent time with him in the past, it is important that you get together and review all of the information you shared last time. Since some important information may be different, he needs to update the plan you both worked on and see if everything is still appropriate for your needs.  If there has not yet been a “sit down” with your local agent, now would be an appropriate

time. We have access to a professional analysis of your financial situation called “Forecaster.” Some of our competitors can charge up to $100 just for the privilege of coming out to your home and providing this service. We do it for free. It takes some time, of course (probably about an hour), and I know that your time is valuable. But there is no out-of-pocket cost for the analysis. You and the agent go through a worksheet that resides on our laptop computers, he lets the program do its thing, and at the end of the process, we provide you with a comprehensive report on your financial picture as of today.  My guess: You’ll be surprised when you see it all in print in one report. It may be a pleasant surprise, and that’s good for everyone, or it may reveal something else, and we can help sort that out.  Get ahead of the changes that have taken place in your life. ... When we call, let us in.  Or better yet, call us. We’ll be happy to come

out and see you.

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