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Crab Feed

With the holidays fast approaching, Peggy and I wish all a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Years. Our annual Winter Fund Raiser is set for Saturday, January 30, 2016. I hope we can purchase fresh crab, not frozen, and be assured from Pacific Fresh Sea Foods or Mahony’s Sea Foods that the crab is safe to eat. If we are unable to purchase safe crab, the dinner will be Tri-tip with the same trimmings as our summer dinner which received a tremendous review from all. The crab dinner will cost $45 and the Tri-tip at $25. Please mark your calendars for this event.

Happy Holidays,
PGK Al Piccardo

Council, Events

Oktoberfest Wrap-Up

People enjoying Oktoberfest A big THANK YOU!! to everyone who attended and helped on our recent Oktoberfest! Thanks
to our numerous sponsors for the raffle (too many to mention here) it was a huge success.
Thanks to the following, without your help it wouldn’t happen: Andy Smith (The Bread Store),
Dave Carboni, John Watling, “Murph,” Danny Torza, Anthony and Erin Reinas, Mike Mooney,
Andy Thielen, Wendy Mills, Terry Corcoran, Jack Ingram, Bob Ocenosak, Matt Lucien, Alex
Kachmar and Joe Davis. We appreciate all your support.

– Tom Nulk and Steve Mills

Council, Events

1st Degree Exemplification

Council 953 will be hosting a 1st Degree exemplification on Thursday, September 17. All members are invited to attend to observe the ceremony and welcome our new members. The doors to the council hall will open at 6:00 pm, and we are requesting that all candidates arrive no later than 6:30. The exemplification will start at 7:00 pm (or shortly thereafter). Refreshments will be served following the exemplification. Make sure you are using the most current Form 100. Remind prospective candidates that their dues will be prorated for the year and that there will be a flat initiation fee.

Chapter, Events

2nd and 3rd Degree Exemplification

District Deputy Eric Watson and Our Lady of Grace Council 9499 are hosting a 2nd and 3rd Degree exemplification on Saturday, September 26 at Our Lady of Grace School, 1990 Linden Road, West Sacramento, CA 95691. The agenda is as follows:

9:30 am Registration for 2nd & 3rd degree
10:20 am Registration Closes for 2nd Degree
10:30 am Exemplification of the 2nd Degree
11:45 am Lunch (Smoked Pork BBQ, Cole Slaw, Corn, BBQ Baked Beans, Dessert)
12:45 pm Registration closes for 3rd Degree
1:00 pm Exemplification of 3rd Degree

Total cost per candidate is $25.00, which includes lunch. Cost for the 2nd Degree only is $10.00, and 3rd Degree only is $16.00. Lunch for guests/sponsors is $14.00. Dress code for these degrees is collared sport shirt and slacks and will be strictly enforced. No blue jeans, shorts, or t-shirts will be allowed to participate in either exemplification ceremony. Cellphones and cameras will not be permitted inside the exemplification chamber. Reservations must be made by September 22. Cutoff for total candidates is 60; waiting list starts at 61.

For further information, please contact 953 Membership Director John Watling at 388-1233 or Grand Knight
Lewis Munoz at 616-2051.

Community, Events

Golf Tournament

Our plan to resurrect the annual Saints and Sinners Golf Tournament continues to move forward. One of the challenges that we are facing is that with no longer term or standing relationship with a golf course and with a somewhat smaller participation than other events it will be difficult to secure a premium course, reasonable tee times and other course amenities. However, we have been working on a partnership with St. Mary Parish and School where the Saints and Sinners could participate with their annual golf tournament “Fore the Kids”. The tournament will be held on Friday, October 16th at Wildhawk Golf Club. – a truly great course for tournament play that is run by a St. Mary parishioner. Please see the attached St. Mary flyer for more information but here are some of the highlights:

• 10:30 registration
• 11:30 lunch
• Scramble format with a 1:00 shotgun start
• Use of the practice facilities, including driving range and practice green
• Free beverage and food stations throughout the course
• Hole in One contest (sponsored by Mel Rapton Honda) – We had a winner last year!!!!
• Longest Drive, Closest to the Pin and other fun contests on the course
• Raffle and Prizes

The key to all of this is – YOU!

To ensure the success of this event and provide the most fun for our members at the lowest possible cost – we need as many of our Knights to dust off their clubs and join us on the links. The partnership will benefit both organizations by kick starting the return of the Saints and Sinners Golf Tournament, providing support to one of the parishes our council servers, leveraging our combined participation to establish a long term relationship with a course and in the end reduce the cost of the overall event. In return, Knights Council 953 would be given a half page add on the program to promote the council, a reduced cost per Knight (depending on the number of participants), the opportunity to raise funds for the parish school and possibly a Knights charity, the utilization of the St. Mary registration and tournament processes and most importantly – the return of the Annual Saints and Sinners Tournament.

While we are still in need of a chair for this event, if you are interested in participating in this event or would like additional information, please contact GK Lewis Munoz at 616-2051 or SK Dale Edwards at 359-2412.

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Tri Tip Dinner Wrap Up

Tri-tip Dinner car showLast month’s Tri Tip Dinner and Car Show was another successful and enjoyable 953 event. Everyone enjoyed the delicious tri tip and pasta dinner, and of course the classic cars on display in the back parking lot. Thank you to PGK Al Piccardo for organizing another great event, to his sons and Dave Carboni for preparing dinner, and to everyone else who helped out and provided many of the raffle prizes. We are happy to report that over $1,400 was raised!