Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism Knights of Columbus La Purisima Council 3570

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1 October 2012 Contents: Grand Knight s Message Insurance Report District Deputy Report Faithful Navigator Pro-Life Report of Committees Community Kitchen Pot Luck Social Highway Cleanup Pancake Breakfast New Lompoc K of C Web Site Birthdays Business Meeting Reminder Newsletter Notices One Last Word Officers Calendar like to. Knights of Columbus La Purisima Council 3570 Grand Knight s Message: (Contents) Welcome to October my Brother Knights. We had a first degree exemplification on Tuesday September 25, We had three scheduled but only our newest Brother Michael Limon was in attendance. By the time that you read this Michael Limon, John Mata, Les Hartmann, Victor Lepe, and Antonio Palacios should have attained there 2nd and 3rd degrees that was held on Saturday September 29, 2012 at St. Louis De Montfort. After our exemplification on Tuesday, Junior Garcia informed me that I would be getting a letter from him in the mail. He also handed me a copy of that letter. It is a letter informing myself and the council that he does not wish to continue his financial secretary duties beyond the end of Columbian year June He informed me of the hardships that he is having and does not feel that he can devote the time to the position that he would With this in mind, I put the call out to any 3rd degree that would like to become our financial secretary to please at gk3570@yahoo.com. Junior is willing to do on the job training as soon as possible and he will field questions about the job if presented to him. If the new candidate would like to take over sooner then he is willing to let that happen also. The role of the financial secretary is described in the readers digest version below.

2 Knights of Columbus October 2012 Page 2 of 12 FINANCIAL SECRETARY (FS) The FS s important role is underscored by the fact that he is not elected by the membership but, his appointment upon the recommendation of the grand knight and trustees is approved by the supreme knight for a period of three years. His work has a direct effect on council members, his fellow officers, the state council and the Supreme Council. Basically, the FS s duties revolve around two key areas of council activities: financial records and membership records. The FS collects and receives all moneys that come into the council from any source. He then turns that money over to the treasurer for deposit in the council account. In accordance with section 130 of the Charter, Constitution and Laws (#30), each FS, upon appointment by the supreme knight, is bonded automatically in the amount of $5, Additional bonding may be provided at a cost of $7.00 per thousand by contacting the office of the supreme secretary. One main function of the FS is to collect money, in the form of dues, from members. He sends out billing notices before the start of the billing period and initiates retention measures to prevent members from being suspended for nonpayment of dues. The compilation of membership records is another of the FS s important roles. He must ensure that new members sign the constitutional roll of membership at the time of their First Degree. The FS also applies to the Supreme Council office for honorary and honorary life membership cards for qualified members. Besides these two major responsibilities, the FS has several others. They include: handling supply orders for members with the Supreme Council Supply Department; filing the Report of Officers (#185) with the Supreme Council office; and reporting all membership/insurance transactions to the Supreme Council office in a timely and correct manner. When a FS wishes to retire from his office, he should send a brief statement of resignation to the supreme knight. The statement should designate a final date by which the resignation is to be effective according to the wishes of the FS. It is to be remembered, however, that every FS has been appointed on the condition that he will remain in the office, if needed, until the supreme knight has been able to appoint the new FS. Upon receipt of the FS s letter of resignation at the Supreme Council office, the appropriate forms for the nomination and appointment of the new FS will be forwarded to the GK. Because the duties and responsibilities of the FS are so varied and complex, a Financial Secretary s Handbook (#1410) and an audiovisual production, The Financial Secretary Our Answer Man, available at no charge, except postage and handling, from the Supreme Council Department of Fraternal Services, have been created to help him and council members understand his task more completely.

3 Knights of Columbus October 2012 Page 3 of 12 The Supreme Council also makes available personal computer software and associated reports and supplies to assist financial secretaries to automate record keeping/billing tasks. Information on hardware requirements and ordering information for the software and supplies may be obtained by contacting the Supply Department or the Department of Membership Records. (See the Financial Secretary Personal Computer section on page 52 for more information.) Think about it and let me or Junior know. And gain welcome to our newest Brother Michael and congratulations to those who made their 2nd and 3rd degree. Jim Hall Grand knight GK3570@yahoo.com (Contents) Insurance Agents Report Star Council (Contents) Steve Owens is the Insurance General Agent for the La Purisima Council 3570 of the Knights of Columbus until an agent for the region is appointed. Please direct your insurance questions or inquiries to Steve Owens until a local agent is appointed. Steve is searching for a local agent, and, if you have any recommendations for a local agent, or are interested in joining the program to become an agent, please contact Steve with your recommendations or inquiries. Steve Owens, FICF, LUTCF Insurance General Agent Knights of Columbus S. Western Ave., #142 Torrance, CA Office: Fax: Steve.Owens@KofC.org District Deputy s Report (Contents) Dear Brother Knights District 67 State of California Knights of Columbus Serving the five Lompoc, Santa Maria, and Vandenberg Councils Brothers, I ve had the opportunity visit all five councils and find that all are very vibrant and active. The council officers are looking forward and developing ways to improve the spirituality of their council and communities. A salute to all the councils.

4 Knights of Columbus October 2012 Page 4 of 12 Congratulations to all the Knights that have joined the order and those who have taken their 2nd & 3rd Degrees. I ask you especially the new Knights to participate in as many council activities as you can and to work with the older brothers to find what else you can do. If you have any ideas, just ask for help. During the next few months the essay, poster, and basketball competitions are coming up. Council winners advance to district and chapter level competitions before going to state level. I m looking for a brother to step up and help me manage the district playoffs. Call me. Finally, the District Softball tournament on Sunday afternoon, 14 October is postponed to the spring. Too many council activities overrode adequate participation. GO: Make a difference Fraternally Tim Coe District Deputy #67 tcoe100@hotmail/com/ Faithful Navigator Article (Contents) 4th Degree Report John J Cantwell Assembly # 54 Serving the Lompoc, Santa Maria, and Vandenberg Knights Now that you have a few more 3rd Degree Knights in your council it is time to ask them about becoming a 4th Degree Sir Knight. Just like with becoming a 1st Degree, they re only waiting to be asked. The exemplification to become a 4th Degree is only offered once a year in our area. This year it will be in Oxnard on the first Saturday in November. See any of the Sir Knights in your Council for more information. Even though the Color Corps is the most visible part of the 4th, it is not required to become a Color Corps member. Let your prospective brothers know they are welcome, even if they will not become Color Corps. The exemplification will be at the Residence Inn Resort in Oxnard again this year on Saturday 3 November. Events start Friday evening with a welcome dinner. The exemplification on Saturday afternoon followed a Mass and banquet Saturday evening. There will be a Ladies Luncheon while we Knights are at the exemplification.

5 Knights of Columbus October 2012 Page 5 of 12 Reservations can be made anytime by calling the hotel at Be sure to ask the special K of C 4th Degree rate for this event. Booking on-line may not get the special rate. While there be sure to take advantage of our or other Hospitality Rooms. These oases will provide you with needed food and refreshment at a reasonable cost (free). Our annual Holiday Dinner is scheduled for Friday 4 January 2013 at the Santa Maria Radisson Hotel (near the airport). The Dinner is open to all Sir Knights, their ladies, and guests. The cost will be between $25.00 & $30.00 per person. Our next Call-Out will be Veterans Day, November 11th at the Santa Maria at 11:00 AM at the Santa Maria Cemetery. (This is a Sunday.) For those new Knights this ceremony is a community wide event that has many different local organizations participating in. Finally, do not forget our next meeting on Monday 8 October 7:00 PM at St Luis DeMontfort. Please bring your signed form 4s for new members. Tim Coe Faithful Navigator JJ Cantwell Assembly # Tcoe100@hotmail.com Pro-Life (Contents) Report shows adult stem cell research produces results, draws money By Michelle Bauman Washington D.C., Jul 17, 2012 / 04:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A new report on one of the world's largest funders of stem cell research reveals that an emphasis on results has led to a shift in funding towards morally-acceptable work with adult stem cells. In the field of stem cell research, the predominant progress is being made by noncontroversial adult stem cells, said Chuck Donovan, president of the Charlotte Lozier Institute, which serves as the education and research arm of pro-life Susan B. Anthony List. Donovan told CNA on July 16 that an analysis of scientific funding over several years suggests that morally acceptable types of stem cell research offer the greatest promise for a wide variety of effective therapies and treatments. Research on adult stem cells does not require the destruction of a human embryo and therefore does not pose the ethical difficulties associated with embryonic stem cell research. In addition, adult stem cell research has already contributed to advancing therapies for various diseases.on July 12, the Lozier Institute released a report titled

6 Knights of Columbus October 2012 Page 6 of 12 The Ethical Stems of Good Science, which examined changes in the funding offered by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine since The California institute was created after President George W. Bush announced in 2001 that his administration would become the first to provide federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, although this funding was limited to stem cell lines that had already been developed. Dissatisfied with the limits put in place by the president, California established its own Institute for Regenerative Medicine to distribute $3 billion to stem cell research efforts, with a particular emphasis on human embryonic stem cells and other types of research that received limited or no federal funding. One calculation found that the institute was the largest funder of overall stem cell research in the world from 2007, when it first began issuing grants, to February According to the recent Lozier report, the California institute funded more than 100 projects in 2007 involving embryonic research and cloning, while giving virtually no funding to adult or other non-embryonic avenues of stem cell research. In the years that followed, however, the organization s grants increasingly went to fund projects using non-controversial forms of research. A new category of grants in 2009 was specifically awarded to projects with the best chance of resulting in clinical trials, the report observed. Of these grants, only four went to human embryonic stem cell research, while the remaining 10 went to nonembryonic types of research. This trend has continued every year since 2009, the report found. As grants are awarded based on their potential to prove therapeutically beneficial, non-embryonic research receives far more support than embryonic research. The failure of embryonic stem cell research to yield therapeutic results has also led private investors to put their money elsewhere. Last November, the biopharmecuetical company Geron announced that it had ended a widely publicized embryonic stem cell research study due to capital scarcity. Donovan said that the shift in funding based on results is logical. In a statement released with the Lozier report, he explained that despite the millions of dollars spent on this research, cures brought about by embryonic stem cells have continued to prove elusive, while adult stem cell research applications have exploded. As the leading funder of stem cell research, the California Institute for Regenerative

7 Knights of Columbus October 2012 Page 7 of 12 Medicine has made grant decisions that show where the industry sees promise, he noted. In the past six years, where that promise lies has become increasingly clear: ethical adult stem cell research. (Contents) Report of Committees (Contents) Community Kitchen is held the 2nd Friday of every even month. Our next community Kitchen is Friday, October 12, 2012 at 3:45 pm at the parish hall. Pot Luck Social Ed Mogliotti: (Contents) The next Pot Luck Social is planned for October 16, 2012 at 6:30 pm. Highway Cleanup- Eddie Mitchell: (Contents) First off, I want to thank Brother Ed Montoya for heading up the Highway Clean-up effort in my absence. Secondly, a great big THANKS to all of you who said "yes" when asked to participate. That thanks goes to Briannah and Lauren Billings, Justin Height, Dan Sabatini, Ron Vandiver, Larry Gavilanes, Mike Martinez, Andy Zavala and first timer Lonny Swan. Our last Clean-up of the year is tentatively scheduled for the 3rd of November. Thanks again everyone. Happy Halloween and I hope to see you in November. Financial Secretary Fidel Garcia, Jr.: (Contents) Results of the last six month audit: Income $ (Dues $ , 365 Club $ , Misc. $ ), Disbursements/Expenses $ , Net Income $ Welcome to our newest member Michael Limon who made his 1st degree on 25 Sep We also congratulate the following members who made their 2nd and 3rd degree: Les Hartmann, Antonio Palacios, Victor Lepe, John Mata, and Michael Limon. They made their 2nd and 3rd degree at St. Luis de Montfort on 29 Sep Pancake Breakfast Ed Mogliotti: (Contents) The next pancake breakfast is scheduled for Sunday, October 7, This will be our last Pancake Breakfast of the year since the Parish Hall is not available during November and December New K of C Lompoc Web Site Steve DeLira: (Contents) Below is a link to a K of C website that I have been working on for our Council. It was very easy to build and it is very easy to maintain. If you have any ideas in terms of what you would like to see on our site, just let me know at delira63@yahoo.com. Here is the web site address: (Contents)

8 Knights of Columbus October 2012 Page 8 of 12 Happy Birthday October (Contents) James De Bolt...1 Ronald L. Vandiver...1 Rinaldo L. Poloni...3 Jonathon Skerbitz...5 Michael Limon...10 Kenneth J. Martinez...11 James Hall II...13 Ernest G. Mancini...19 Howard E. Shaw...21 Michael G. Martinez...28 Hilario Gavilanes...30 Richard Stalder...31 Business Meeting Reminder (Contents) In order to make the business meetings more productive, Brothers are reminded that the agenda for a Business meeting is set at the Officer s and Planning meeting held just before the Business meeting. Any items to be brought up at the Business meeting should be brought up at the preceding Officer s and Planning meeting in a well thought out form. NOTE: (Contents) Since October, 2011, the Officer s and Planning meeting is held at 6:00 pm on the first Tuesday of the month. It immediately precedes the Business Meeting which begins at 7:30 pm. Newsletter Notices - Mike Moore (Contents) The deadline for publication of the November, 2012 newsletter is October 25, Please submit your material as early as possible before this date. If you are receiving a printed copy of the newsletter and wish to receive it via only, please let me know via at recorder3570@yahoo.com. This saves printing and mailing costs. PRINTED COPIES OF FUTURE NEWSLETTERS WILL BE IN BLACK AND WHITE TO SAVE PRINTING AND MAILING COSTS. COLOR PHOTOS WILL STILL BE INCLUDED IN THE ED COPIES OF THE NEWSLETTER. I am also attempting to keep the internal and internet links alive in the versions of the newsletter.

9 Knights of Columbus October 2012 Page 9 of 12 One last word (Contents) Please pray for our brothers who are ill or who are recovering: Mable Washington, wife of Brother Jack Washington Brother Jim Swartz Brother Ben Fisher Brother Ed Mogliotti Maryann Garcia, wife of Brother Fidel Garcia, Jr. Reba Montoya, wife of Brother Ed Montoya Ketrenia Hall, wife of Brother Jim Hall, and mother of Brother James Hall II Guadalope Martinez, grandmother of Brother Kenny Martinez Brother Manual Garcia Brother Benny Contreras Barbara Mascsak The mother of Brother Dan Sabatini Comfort and peace for Deacon Paul Nicastro, his wife Suzanne and their entire family. Please pray for the repose of the soul of recently deceased Brother SK Mark Wittman. As well as for: The welfare and safe being of all the boys at Los Prietos Boys Camp and Los Prietos Boys Academy The welfare and safe being of all the youth at Santa Maria Juvenile Hall and the Santa Barbara Booking Station (Editors Note: If a Knight is in need of prayers, please send me a note via to recorder3570@yahoo.com ( Contents)

10 Knights of Columbus October 2012 Page 10 of Fiesta Pictures from the Council 3570 Web Site Brother Ed Montoya Brother Ed Braxton at the Grill! Brothers Paul Hill and Ron Vandiver Grand Knight Jim Hall, Brother Ed Montoya and brother Les Hartmann stop for a quick picture.

11 Knights of Columbus October 2012 Page 11 of 12 (Contents) STATE OFFICERS Past State Deputy Charles H. Clark State Deputy Dr. Raymond F. Warriner State Chaplin Fr. John Provenza State Secretary Timothy Carvalho State Treasurer Abe Doliente State Advocate Ed Huestis State Warden Sonny Santa Ines District Deputy #67 Timothy A. Coe District Warden Tom Pickles Los Padres Chapter President Giuseppe Calderaro COUNCIL OFFICERS Grand Knight James Hall II Deputy Grand Knight Ed Braxton Chaplin Reverend Tom Cook Recorder Michael Moore Treasurer Manual Sandoval Lecturer TBA Advocate Jack Washington Financial Secretary Fidel Garcia, Jr Warden Steve DeLira Inside Guard Ron Vandiver Outside Guard Joseph Bailey Year Trustee Ed Mogliotti Year Trustee Noval Casteel Year Trustee Eddie Mitchell Chancellor Ed Montoya Retention Committee Eddie Mitchell Admission Committee Fidel Garcia PROGRAMS Program Director Ed Braxton Church Director Ed Montoya Community Director TBA Pro-Life Ben Fisher Council Director James Hall II Family Director Ed Mogliotti Youth Director Steve DeLira Membership Director Ed Mogliotti Insurance Agent Steve Owens Phone Committee Ed Mogliotti Newsletter Editor Michael Moore Web Page Editor Steve DeLira (Contents)

12 Knights of Columbus La Purisima Council 3570, Div. 3, District East Chestnut Avenue Lompoc, CA Phone: (805) Council Meeting 1 st Tuesday (7:30 p.m.) And Pot Luck Social 3 rd Tuesday (6:30 p.m.) (Contents) October Calendar of Events (Contents) October 2012 Month Day Event Time Oct Officer s and Planning Meeting (6:00 pm) Business Meeting (7:30 pm) K of C Hall 6:00 p.m. 07 Pancake Breakfast Parish Hall 8:45 a.m. 08 4th Degree Mtg., St. Louis de Montfort Council # :00 p.m. 12 Community Kitchen Parish Hall 3:45 p.m. 16 Social Pot Luck - K of C Hall 6:30 p.m. 25 Newsletter material submission deadline 31 Halloween Nov th Degree Exemplification, Residence Inn Resort in Oxnard (Exemplification) 03 Highway cleanup, meet at the K of C Hall 7:30 a.m. 06 Officer s and Planning Meeting (6:00 pm) Business Meeting (7:30 pm) K of C Hall 6:00 p.m. 12 4th Degree Mtg., Queen of Angels Council #11465, 7:00 p.m. 20 Social Pot Luck - K of C Hall 6:30 p.m. 22 Thanksgiving 27 Newsletter material submission deadline (Contents)