NOVEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER

DEATH AND SICKNESS NOTICES: Notify Worthy Lecturer: SK. Thomas Todt (440) 799-0986

Well, the weather is beginning to change, hopefully you have caught up with all of your outdoor work, so now you can focus on all of our indoor events coming up.

CEMETERY SUNDAY MASS

This Sunday, Nov. 7th, the Catholic Cemeteries Association is having their annual Cemetery Sunday Mass at all the Catholic cemeteries in the Diocese. Members of Gilmour usually participate in the 3 PM Mass at Calvary Cemetery at 10000 Miles Ave. The service will be held in the lobby of the office building and the celebrant will be Fr. Tom O'Donnell. Everyone is welcome.

GILMOUR MEMORIAL MASS

Our annual Memorial Mass for our 16 deceased brother knights will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 9th, at 7:30 PM at our Hall. This is an open event, and everyone is welcome to attend. The celebrant will be our Chaplain, Fr. James Caddy. If you know any family members of the deceased brothers, please invite them, we did try to contact them, but some addresses have changed.

ROSARY RALLY

We will be participating in a Rosary Rally on Saturday, Nov. 13th, at Noon in front of the Lyndhurst City Hall. We will be praying for all of our first responders and veterans. Please come and support our police and fire for all of their hard work. Grand Knight Benjamin M. Capretta 216-396-0222 Deputy Grand Knight Thomas J. Nemeth Sr. 216-469-3169 Financial Secretary William L. Marvaldi 216-308-0626 Treasurer Shaun O. White PGK 440-376-4492

PANCAKE BREAKFAST

On Sunday, Nov. 14th, the Boy Scouts at St. Clare will be hosting a Pancake Breakfast after the 8 & 10 AM masses. Everyone is welcome to come and support the scouts in their charitable mission. Please support them!

4th DEGREE MEMORIAL MASS

Later that afternoon, Nov. 14th, the Moses Cleaveland Memorial Mass will be held at 2 PM in the Garfield Hts. #4130 hall. We will be honoring the 26 Sir Knights we lost over the last 2 years. Everyone is welcome and Sunday dress is recommended. Due to this Mass, we will NOT have a regular meeting on Friday, Nov. 19th.

TURKEY GIVEAWAY

The following morning, Monday, Nov. 15th, we will be distributing turkeys to deserving families in the Lyndhurst area. We will be at the BP station at Mayfield & Brainard from about 9 AM till Noon. We do not have another meeting before then, so please try and help out if you can, more hands make lighter work. CANCELLATION Unfortunately, we came to the decision to CANCEL this year's "Guys' Knight Out" due to COVID concerns and the short time for promoting it. We may try for a Super Bowl party.

PANCAKES WITH SANTA

We are planning to revive our "Pancake Breakfast with Santa" on Sunday, Dec. 12th, at the St. Francis of Assisi gym. We will be cooking and serving all the food from about 8 AM till Noon, during the 8 & 10 AM Masses. More information at our upcoming meetings.

COUNCIL CHRISTMAS DINNER

We are trying to plan a Council Christmas Party, but we need to have some idea of how many people might come to meet the 80-person minimum set by the caterer. We are shooting for the night of Dec. 12th at Gilmour. We are planning on brother knights, in good standing, would be free and any quests would be about $25. If you think you would be interested, please give GK Benny Capretta a call at 216-396-0222 with how many people you might bring ASAP. Everyone is welcome.

MANY THANKS!!!

We want to send out many thanks to everyone who participated in the Columbus Day Parade in Little Italy, it was a very nice day for everyone, except NO pizza! We also want to thank everyone who stepped up at the Clam Bake to cook, set-up and clean-up after a great event and we wish Bill a speedy recovery.

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS

We have 27 brothers celebrating their birthdays with turkey and stuffing. Wish them well, if you see them this month. They include: Ed Bencin; Rev. Paul Bernier; Sam Brancifort (#85); Dave Bundus; GK Ben Capretta (#70); Domenick DiFranco; Tony DiStaulo (#91); Wallace Effinger; Mario Fioritto, Jr.; Jack Guritza; Chris Harrell; Joe Herrera; Alex Hostoffer; Norm Klein; Remo Marotta; Rev. Tony Marshall; Aaron Mattioli; Mark Mitra (#90); Gerald Parrino; Frank Pasquarillo (95); Carmen Petrello; Biagio Pistone; Bob Radford (#65); Chris Rudy (#60); Charles Sims; Dave Tress and Mike Widina. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and stay safe! Dr. Carmen Centanni, PGK -- News Reporter Shaun White, PGK -- Publisher CLAMBAKE 2021

October 2021 Newsletter

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying our "end of summer/beginning of fall" weather. We have a number of events coming up, so hopefully you can participate in one or more of them.

COLUMBUS DAY PARADE. Next Monday, Oct. 11th, we will be taking part in the Columbus Day festivities down in Little Italy. The day starts with Mass at 10 AM at Holy Rosary, then a wreath laying presentation at the Columbus statue across the street and then the parade ending back at the Church. We are going as Gilmour Council, not as 4th Degree, so just wear your polo shirts and slacks. The weather is supposed to be good, so hopefully we can get a good showing to honor Columbus and attract some new members.

8th ANNUAL CLAMBAKE. Hopefully you received the email about our clambake on Oct. 24th. I am sure Shaun will include a copy of the flyer with this newsletter, so you can read all of the particulars. The important point is that reservations NEED to be in by Oct. 16th to Shaun. With only 1 seating, they expect this to sell out quickly, so if you are interested, get your reservations in to Shaun ASAP.

COMBINED DEGREE CEREMONY. We are planning to hold another combined Degree ceremony before our regular meeting on Oct. 26th. We have a couple new members signed up so far, but we can always take more and any other brother knights who are still sitting at 1st or 2nd Degree can also participate and achieve full knighthood. Doors will open at 6:30 PM with the Degree at 7 and our meeting to follow.

ANNUAL MEMORIAL MASS. We are planning to hold our annual Memorial Mass for our deceased brother knights on Tuesday, Nov. 9th, at 7:30 PM. Our Chaplain, Fr. James Caddy, is scheduled to be the presider. Since we could not hold this last year, we have 16 brothers, so far, that will be included from the last 2 years. They include: SK Joseph Caputo; Pasquale "Pat" DeFranco; Rocco DiLillo; SK Fred Finomore; SK Rev. Ernest Hepner; Frank LaPuma; Charles "Chuck" Lentini; John Majoros; SK James Malatesta; SK Ted Orel, PGK; Filippo Pagano; SK Rev. Joseph Piskura; Joseph Pullella; Rick Rakovan; Tony Tranchita and just added this weekend was Anthony DiCicco, Sr. If you know any family members of these knights, please invite them to the Mass. We are trying to send letters to them, but some of the addresses are out of date. This is an open meeting and everyone is welcome to come and remember our fallen brothers.

GUYS' KNIGHT OUT. Something else we had to cancel last year was "Guys' Knight Out", but we are going to try and bring it back this year on Sunday, Nov. 28th. It is a Sunday night game between the Browns and the Ravens, so it should be a very entertaining game. Doors will open around 7 PM. This is a STAG event, but good to bring prospective members to see what we are all about. We will have more details next month.

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS. We have 25 brothers celebrating their BOO-days this month, please wish them well when you see them. They include: Carmen Arrigo (#94); Tony Bailey; Brian Brooks; Paul Colosi; Greg Costabile (#55); Mike D'Amico; Joe Frank; John Frato; Jeff Gross; Geoff Harris; Mike Jiannetti; Dan Kaplan; John Kolenc; John Leber (#90); Kyle Lombardi; Bill March; FS Bill Marvaldi; John Mascia (#90); Nick Previte; Rev. Jauncho Ramos; Rev. Thomas Sweany (#75); PGK Bob Turocy; Harold White (#99); Joe Yakli and Nick Zarcone.

Have a Happy Columbus Day & Halloween!

PGK Carmen Centanni - News Reporter

SEPTEMBER, 2021 NEWSLETTER

Hope everyone was able to enjoy the nice weather over the Labor Day weekend. After almost 2 years of COVID lockdowns, it was nice to have a good weekend to safely get out and about for a little bit.

LYNDHURST HOME DAYS Next weekend, Sept. 10th, 11th & 12th, we will be manning our "Clams-Corn-Chowder" booth. If you have not signed up to help out, give GK Benny Capretta or FS Bill Marvaldi a call at one of the above numbers, to see when help is needed over the 3 days. We will also be walking in the parade on Sunday, stepping off at Noon, for anyone who needs a little exercise.

NEW BOARD MEMBERS At our meeting on Aug. 24th, outgoing President Frank Hlad ran the election for new members for the Gilmour, Inc. Board of Directors. There a total of 5 positions available and even though we only had 5 nominees, an election was held to determine how the positions would be filled. The results were as follows: the 3 3-year members were PGK Carmen Centanni, Norm Klein & Shaun White PGK; the 2-year replacement was Ken Wolenski; the 1-year replacement was Jeff Raynor. Congratulations to all the winners as we move Gilmour into a new future.

SPECIAL EDUCATION MASS We want to thank all the brother knights, 15 in all, who came out to the Lourdes' Shrine on a lovely morning last Sunday for Mass and to spend some time with the Special Ed students at breakfast. After having to take last year off due to COVID, it was nice to see so many people enjoying the morning. Hope to see you next year!

CHAPTER EVENTS The Greater Cleveland Chapter is bringing back their monthly Lunch Club meeting at Fuji's Buffet in Parma on the 2nd TUESDAY of each month from 2-4 PM. Everyone is welcome, including wives or guests, at a cost of $11 for all you can eat. If you bring a priest, the Club picks up his lunch. They are also holding their annual Columbus Day dinner on Oct. 10th at Garfield Hts. Hall at 5 PM. They will be honoring the outgoing President Mike Kalal and the new Knight of the Year. Cost is $25 per person. If you are interested, let GK Benny know.

GOOD OF THE ORDER Please keep our Chaplain, Fr. James Caddy, in your prayers as he is going through some medical treatments and we wish him all our best for a speedy recovery. On a happier note, we have had a total of 4 new members over the last few weeks. We had 1 brother, Alfed Thompson, transfer into Gilmour after moving to Cleveland from New York. We also got 3 new members through our Degree Ceremony on Aug. 17th. They included Mike Curran & Carmen Petrello from St. Clare, and Mitch Scudellari from St. Francis. Please make them all feel welcome when you see them at a meeting or church.

SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS We have 25 brothers celebrating their special day this month, wish them well if you see them. They include: Vince Carozza; PGK Dr. Carmen Centanni; Bob DeJohn; Mike Farinacci (#90); Mike Filippo; Ron Grobelny (#80); Ed Hollinshead; Martin Horvath, Sr.; Don Lisy; Matt Margevicius; Bill Marimpietri (#91); Joe Mascia; Sam Mercurio; Rev. Leonard Obloy (#70); Rick Reichenbach; Bill Scaminace (#99); Ed Stupka (#75); Charles Talbort, Jr.; Dragi Talevski; Al Thompson (#70); Jim Trigilio; Al Valenti (#99); Dominic Vitale; Tom Wieland and Rev. Thomas Wiese. Enjoy the nice weather, while it lasts. PGK Carmen Centanni - News Reporter PGK Shaun White - Publisher

AUGUST, 2021 NEWSLETTER

Hope everyone is doing well and got your masks out of storage, since it looks like we will be wearing them for quite a while. I want to officially apologize to GK Capretta for the "auto-correct" mistake in last month's newsletter which totally changed the meaning I was trying to convey. When talking about his upcoming agenda, I meant to say "ambitious", but it came out "ambiguous", 2 little letters that changed the whole meaning. So, keep reading for more information on his upcoming AMBITIOUS agenda.

BOARD ELECTIONS Board President Frank Hlad held the first round of nominations for the Board of Directors at our last meeting. There are the usual 3 openings, but we also have 2 vacancies to fill. The current nominees include: PGK Carmen Centanni; Norm Klein; Jeff Raynor; PGK Shaun White and Ken Wolenski. We have 2 more rounds of nominations with elections at our Aug. 24th meeting. Come and make your voices heard.

DEGREE CEREMONY We are planning to hold the new combined Degree ceremony at 7:30 PM on Aug. 17th. We have several potential new members and anyone who has not taken their 2nd or 3rd Degree can also participate and attain their full knighthood status. Please let the Grand Knight or someone on the membership committee know if you wish to take part.

SPECIAL EDUCATION MASS We are planning on holding our annual Special Education Mass at the Lourdes' Shrine on Aug. 29th at the 9:30 AM Mass. We had to cancel last year's due to COVID, so we are trying to bring it back better than ever. Breakfast will be available in the cafeteria after the Mass for those who wish to stay, hope to see you there.

LYNDHURST HOME DAYS We are planning to participate in the Lyndhurst Home Days celebration over the weekend of Sept. 10th, 1th & 12th. We are going to have our Clams & Corn-Chowder booth like we had a couple years ago. We are going to need help throughout the weekend and we will have sign-up sheets at our meetings. We will also be taking part in the Parade on Sunday, stepping off at Noon from Brush and walking east to City Hall. Come to the meetings for more details.

SAVE THESE DATES We have several other activities coming up and we will give you more information as it becomes available. For now, just mark these dates on your calendars: Oct. 11th --- Columbus Day Parade in Little Italy; Oct. 24th --- Council Clam Bake; Nov. 9th --- Council Memorial Mass; Dec. ?? --- Family Christmas Party.

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS We have 21 brother Knights celebrating their special days this month, wish them well when you see them. They include: Frank Alesci; Don Bartlett (#95); Mike Covelli; John Cregan (#65); Tony DeFranco (#96); Rob Gilson; Rick Gisondo (#50); Dr. Bob Hostoffer; Perry Katzenstein (#90); Bob Lane (#92); John Mugnano (#80); Dave O'Deens (55); Ed Pishkula; Joe Pullella; J. T. Raynor; Frank Rossi (#92); PGK Jim Steinhoff; Tullio Tuiach (#95); Tony Van Dyke (#75); Bill Vencl and Mike Wagner.

Hope to see you soon!!

PGK Carmen J. Centanni -- News Reporter - PGK Shaun O. White -- Publisher

JULY, 2021 NEWSLETTER

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July, sorry for the delay in getting this out, but due to the holiday and Rainbow Camp this week has slipped away and we are a little behind. Hopefully you can make it to are next meeting on July 13th to meet our new officers and hear about all our upcoming events as we try to get back to normal after the last year and half of COVID. NEW OFFICERS We want to congratulate all our new and returning officers for the new fraternal year. We had our 1st officers' meeting and we are trying to hit the ground running and keep up the progress that PGK Shaun White made during his 6 years. They newly elected slate of officers is as follows:

Chaplin ---------------------------------------------- Rev. James Caddy

Grand Knight ------------------------------------- Benjamin Capretta

Deputy Grand Knight -------------------------Thomas Nemeth, Sr.

Chancellor ---------------------------------------- Robert Dew

Recording Secretary ------------------------ Matt Margevicius

Financial Secretary -------------------------- William Marvaldi

Treasurer ------------------------------------------ Shaun White, PGK

Advocate ------------------------------------------- Domenic Fragomeni

Warden -------------------------------------------- Kenneth Wolenski, Jr.

Assistant Warden ---------------------------- Jeffrey Raynor

Assistant Warden ----------------------------- Nicholas Zarcone

Inside Guard ------------------------------------- Frank DeFlorio

Outside Guard ---------------------------------- Charles Bonacci, Sr.

Outside Guard --------------------------------- Alan Cunningham

3 Year Trustee --------------------------------- Carmen Centanni, PGK

2 Year Trustee --------------------------------- Frank Hlad

1 Year Trustee --------------------------------- Samuel Brancifort

Lecturer ------------------------------------------ Thomas Todt

additional appointments made by GK Benny are as follows:

Program Director ----------------------------- Thomas Nemeth, Sr.

Fraternal Chairman ------------------------- Thomas Todt

Membership Co-Director ----------------- Robert Dew

Membership Co-Director ------------------Thomas Nemeth, Sr.

Membership Co-Director ----------------- Nicholas Zarcone

Retention Chairman ------------------------ Frank DeFlorio

Newsletter Editor --------------------------- Carmen Centanni, PGK

Public Relations (Website) -------------- Frank Hlad

Pro-Life/Faith Director --------------------- Robert Hostoffer

Good luck to all of our officers. Come and give them support and encouragement at our meetings and upcoming functions.

JUNE, 2021 NEWSLETTER

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this will be the last month of GK Shaun White's 6 year run leading Gilmour Council to bigger and better heights. He increased our membership to the point of us earning 3 consecutive "STAR" Council awards from Supreme. He increased our activities and charitable giving to many new and worthwhile causes. We owe him a huge debt of thanks and the next GK will have some really big shoes to fill, literally and figuratively. Plan on attending Shaun's testimonial dinner when it is scheduled later this year.

COUNCIL ELECTIONS At next Tuesday's meeting, we will be holding the final round of nominations and elections, as necessary, for our 2021-2022 Council officers. If you are interested in running for ANY position, please show up and make your intentions known.

[Name of nominees dropped because this was published after the elections were held.]

Please show up and help pick the future leaders of YOUR Council. The installation Mass and ceremony will be held at our June 22nd meeting.

MEASURE-UP CAMPAIGN We want to thank all the brother knights who collected at our 3 parishes last month. Even though the attendance at church was still rather light, we collected about $3,500 total for our 3 parishes. It will be divided between several special education centers. Thanks again for all of your help.

TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM At our officers' meeting on June 1st, we selected the winners of this year's Tuition Assistance Program from the properly submitted applications from our 3 parish schools. Any member in good standing, with a child or grandchild in 1 of our schools, was eligible to put in an application. The 3 winners of $500 were: Corpus Christi ----------- Holly Raynor, daughter of Br. Jeff Raynor St. Francis of Assisi ---- Maeve McGuigan, granddaughter of Bob Turocy PGK St. Paschal Baylon ------Abigail Cogan, granddaughter of Br. Frank Hlad Congratulations to all the winners!

GOOD OF THE ORDER Unfortunately, we lost another long-time member this month. He was Sir Knight Joe Caputo, a 43-year member of Gilmour and a 34-year member of Moses Cleaveland. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers. We will be participating in the Greater Cleveland Chapter's annual "Rainbow Camp" next month at St. Augustine on July 9th. More information available at meetings.

JUNE BIRTHDAYS We have a busy month for birthdays in June. We have 35 brothers celebrating their special day this month, wish them well if you see them. They include: Tony Alesci, Jr.; Bruce Balzano; Frank Bucceri; Justin Cooney; Frank DeFlorio; Nick DiBlatto; John DiSabato; Tony DiVita (#91); Ross Federico; Roger Fiorelli (#80); Marc Gonzales (#60); Tom Gritz; Zach Hostoffer; Bob Hovanes; Joe Hrehov (#65); Rev. John Kamas; Frank Kaminski (#93); Dennis Kaplan; Ryan Kaplan; Jason Kolenc (#50); John Kolinovsky; Ken Lange; Bob Mayer; Martin McHenry; Patrick Ochoa (#50); Mike Paoletto (#75); John Plucinsky (#94); Les Proctor; Gino Puletti; Paul Rodak; Joe Soukenik; Paul Trigilio (#94); Mike Videmsek; Bob Yankovic and John Zeitler (#65).

Stay well and have a safe summer!

Dr. Carmen Centanni, PGK - News Reporter

GK Shaun White - Publisher

MAY, 2021 NEWSLETTER

Remember to wish all of your wives and/or mothers a very Happy Mothers' Day this weekend. Hope everyone has a happy and healthy day with your families.

2021-2022 COUNCIL ELECTIONS It is that time of year again for our annual Council elections for our officers for the coming year. As usual, ANY 3rd Degree knight in good standing is eligible to run for any office. We will hold nominations at our meetings on May 11th and 25th, with the final nominations and elections on June 8th. It is a progressive ballot, so if you lose in one office, you can still run for another position. It would be great to see some of our newer knights step up and run for some offices. You must be present to accept the nomination or submit a written acceptance of any position.

ROSARY RALLY We will be holding our semi-annual Rosary Rally at Noon on Saturday, May 15th. It will be held in FRONT of the Lyndhurst City Hall on Mayfield Road. We will be praying for our First responders, Police and Armed Forces. Please come and spend an hour to honor all of these deserving people who try to protect us all.

MEASURE-UP CAMPAIGN We are planning our annual Measure-Up Campaign at our 3 main parishes. We will be collecting OUTSIDE the churches BEFORE and AFTER their masses on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. We will be at St. Paschal May 15th & 16th ,St. Clare and St. Francis on May 22nd & 23rd. We will have sign-up sheets at our meetings, please try and help out at your parish.

MEMORIAL DAY MASS The Catholic Cemeteries Association will be holding their annual Memorial Day Masses at most of their cemeteries this year after they had to cancel them last year. They are requesting a 4th Degree turnout, but only if you have the NEW uniform. Bishop Gries and Fr. Tom O'Donnell will be celebrating the Mass at Calvary Cemetery at 10 AM. It is a wonderful service and a great way to honor all the veterans who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.

FORTY CANS FOR LENT We completed our annual collection with the Council rounding our total up to $1,000 so we could give $250 to each of the following food pantries: Holy Redeemer; St. Ignatius of Antioch; St. Philip Neri and St. Philomena. Thanks to everyone for their donations.

Chairman Ben Capretta presents 3 of the 4 $250 checks.

GOOD OF THE ORDER We were just notified about the death of another long-time member. He was Rocco DiLillo, a 58-year member, who's one day wake & funeral was held on May 7th. Please keep the family in your prayers. On a happier note, we want to welcome a new member, Jeff T. (JT) Raynor, son of Bro. Jeff A. Raynor. He had been waiting for a while to join, but we finally held a Degree ceremony last month to bring him in. We also want to congratulate Bro. Bernie Wiederwohl on making his 3rd Degree at the same time.

MAY BIRTHDAYS We have 27 brothers celebrating birthdays this month. Please wish them well if you see any of them. They include: Charles Campanella; Mike Campanelli (#55); Tony D'Angelo; Vince DelPrete; Robert Dew (#70); Giuseppe DiIulio; David DiVita; Ed Dulzer, Jr. #50); Domenic Fragomeni; Peter Gall; Tony Hallisy; Maurice Helou; Frank Hlad (#70); Kraig Hoffmann (#50); Vince Hostoffer; Ed Kander; Mario Kandrach; Robert Kohl; Rev. Peter Kovacina; Don LoPresti; Matt Onorato; Rev. Marty Polito; Rev. Joe Previte; Pete Previte; Bill Schneider; Arch Tunnell and Dr. John Vargo.

Have a safe Memorial Day!! Dr. Carmen Centanni, PGK - News Reporter GK Shaun White - Publisher

APRIL, 2021 NEWSLETTER

Happy Easter to you and your families. At least the weather seems to be turning around after our "April Fool's" snow storm. Stay well and don't eat too many eggs.

SALE OF THE BUILDING. We know there has been much speculation swirling around, but as of April 1st, we are renters and no longer owners of the Sherwin-Gilmour Party Center. All the paper work was completed and the Board and the caterer have switched roles. The Board still needs to do their due diligence with the money to avoid paying too much in taxes. For the time being, there will be no obvious changes with our meetings or any events we may want to hold. Stay tuned for more information in the coming months. MORE ON THE SALE

SUPER CASH BONANZA. The first turn-in for the Super Cash Bonanza tickets is this week. Please bring the stubs and money to the officers' meeting this week so we can get the biggest rebate available. If you have any questions or need more tickets, give FS Bill Marvaldi a call at 216-308-0626.

FORTY CANS FOR LENT. Since this is the end of Lent, this is also your last chance to make a donation for our annual "Forty Cans for Lent" drive. This year we have only been taking cash or check donations, which we then give to the local food pantries. Please bring any last-minute donations to the officers' meeting on Tuesday or give Bro. Benny Capretta a call at 216-396-0222 to make other arrangements.

FOURTH DEGREE RAFFLE. This is also the last month for the Moses Cleaveland Assembly's annual "200 Club" raffle. The first drawing will be held at the end of this month, with only 200 tickets sold, and your chance to win on multiple weeks until the final drawing in June. If you are interested in a ticket, give SK Carmen Centanni, PFN a call at 216-595-3560 to see what numbers are left.

GOOD OF THE ORDER. We lost 2 more long time members this month. We were notified by Supreme on the passing of Bro. John Majoros, who originally joined Gilmour in 1952. Due to his being an insurance member, we were notified by Supreme, please make sure your family or funeral director knows to contact the Council so we can pay our respects. The other member was SK Jim Malatesta, who died just 4 days before his 102nd birthday. He was very active over his 68 years as a member. He was a great ticket seller for the Council and especially his church in Little Italy, Holy Rosary. His wake will be held on Friday, April 9th, at DeJohn's in Chesterland. Please attend if possible. Please keep these families in your prayers and anyone else suffering from COVID or other physical ailments.

APRIL BIRTHDAYS. We have 23 brothers celebrating birthdays this month, please wish them well if you see them. They include: Rev. Joe Bacevice; Charles Caputo; Agostino DelZoppo; Mark Delsander; Dominic Demand; Mayor Tony DiCicco, Jr. (#60); William Gilbert; Tony Grasso; Mike Gritz; John Heisler; Nick Hostoffer; Domenic Immucci (#97); Carl Joyce; Rev. Stan Klasinski (#70); Ed Kurila; Jim Lamarca (#65); Chuck Pona; Jeff Raynor; Joe Rini; Tony Severino; Dan Shaver (#65); Don Smith and Bob Whiting. Stay Well!!

Dr. Carmen Centanni, PGK – News Reporter GK Shaun White -- Publisher

MARCH, 2021 NEWSLETTER

Happy Spring!! At least we have had a few days of sunshine, but you still need your coat and Vitamin D to stay well. No St. Patrick's Day parade again this year, but at least the bars & restaurants should be able to do well this year.

MARCH MEETING We will have our regular Council meeting on March 9th. As of now, it will be a hybrid meeting (both in person & on ZOOM) starting with a rosary at 7 PM. Our second meeting on March 23rd will be an OPEN (social) meeting focused on our Fraternal benefits and what you may be missing out on through your membership for you and your families. It will also be held as a hybrid meeting. We will distribute more information on the subject and the login as it becomes available.

SUPER CASH BONANZA You should have received your supply of Super Cash Bonanza tickets by now. This raffle helps support our various charitable activities locally and statewide, so try and sell or buy as many tickets as you can. The first turn-in will be at the officers' meeting on April 6th, so we can get the biggest rebate possible. If you have any questions or need more tickets, please contact FS Bill Marvaldi at 216-308-0626.

FORTY CANS FOR LENT We are still trying to help the local food banks through this difficult time. This year we are not collecting actual food items, just cash or checks (made out to Gilmour K of C) for the food banks to put to good use. Bro. Benny Capretta is in charge of collecting the money at our live meetings or you can send it to him at 4559 East Berwald Rd. South Euclid, OH 44121.

GOOD OF THE ORDER We lost another long-time member this month. Bro. Anthony Tranchita passed away after a long illness. He was a 45 year member and was always active when he was able. We also mourn the passing of Bro. Domenic Fragomeni's daughter, Julie Kravcisin, who succumbed to her chronic heart disease. We were also recently notified of the passing of Lady Alicia Orel. She passed away last month, just a couple weeks after her husband, SK Ted, so they stayed together after 73 years of marriage. Please keep all of these families in your prayers.

SPRING BIRTHDAYS We have 39 brothers celebrating birthdays this month, including 3 Centenarians:

Don LaPorta @ 103, Jim Malatesta @ 102, Ray Page @ 100.

Congratulations to these long time members and all of their fellow birthday boys who include:

John Amato; Riley Arnemann; Bruce Ballash; Charles Brown; Bob Buemi; Joe Caputo (#94); Hilary Dsouza; Mark Erickson; Joe Filippo (#65); Louis Gammiere; Dennis Gibbons; Rev. Ralph Hudak; Don Iler (#92); Steve Kandrach; Mike Kovacina; Joe Krainz (#99); Rev. John Lane; Pete LeCastre (#70); Mike Lowrey; John Majoros (#91); Lou Marvaldi (#85); John McKeon; Mike Melite; Tom Murray; Tony Pivonka; John Plevelich (#85); Steve Pryatel; Tony Rupcic; Jerry Salerno; Jeff Schwartz; John Selvaggio (#65); Sam Sparaino (#96); Dominic Trivison (#94); Tom Vitale; GK Shaun White and PGK Chuck Zicari (#92).

Have a Happy St. Patrick's Day & Stay Safe!!

Dr. Carmen Centanni, PGK - News Reporter. GK Shaun White - Publisher

FEBRUARY, 2021 NEWSLETTER

We hope everyone is still doing alright after nearly a year of masking and social distancing. We obviously are NOT holding a "Super Bowl" party or our annual Free Throw competition, hopefully things will return to "normal" by next year.

REGULAR MEETING We would like as many brothers as possible to attend next Tuesday's meeting because we are going to record a recitation of the rosary for St. Clare to broadcast during Lent. For those who cannot make it, the hybrid ZOOM option will be available, GK Shaun will send out the link. Hope we can have a good showing.

FORTY CANS FOR LENT Lent begins in a couple weeks, and we are still trying to be the charitable organization that we are supposed to be. Due to COVID, we are NOT asking for actual food or canned goods. This year we are just collecting money to be distributed to the various food banks in the area. You can send your donations to Bro. Benny Capretta at 4559 East Berwald Rd. South Euclid, OH 44121. If you have any questions, you can call Benny at 216-396-0222. Thanks for your help.

CASH BONANZA TICKETS The State Council won't let a pandemic keep it down, so the Cash Bonanza tickets will be distributed shortly, with the winners selected at this year's convention in Cincinnati. You will receive your supply in the mail, so try and sell what you can. If you need more, you can contact FS Bill Marvaldi at 216-308-0626.

GOOD OF THE ORDER We lost a long-time member recently, Sir Knight Rev. Joseph Piskura, was a 65-year member of Gilmour, even though he moved around the Diocese over the years. We also need to send out condolences to the Hostoffer family on the loss of their matriarch, Alice, who was Dr. Bob's mother and the grandmother of Brother Knights Alex, Nick, Vincent and Zachary. We also just learned of the passing of Lady Kathy Novak, wife of the late Sir Knight Thomas Novak. Please keep all of these families in your prayers. We want everyone to stay safe and healthy, so keep everyone who is suffering from COVID in your prayers, and especially Bro. Frank DeFlorio and Bro. Domenic Fragomeni's daughter, who are both facing surgery.

VALENTINE BIRTHDAYS We only have 17 brothers celebrating their special days this month, if you see them, wish them well. They include: Dr. Carl Brunetta; Dan Capretta; Tim Cercelle (#55); John Consolo; Mike DiStefano (92); Bruce Dougherty; Greg Koeberer; Jay Koren; Creighton Kovacs, Jr.; Ray Kozlowski; Ed Niles; Rev. William O'Neill; John Urschalitz; Joe Wentzel; Bernard Wiederwohl; Bob Williams and Bill Zigli (#95). Happy Valentine's Day to you and your sweeties!!

Dr. Carmen Centanni, PGK - News Reporter GK Shaun White - Publisher

JANUARY, 2021 NEWSLETTER

Happy New Year to everyone, we hope you enjoyed your holidays as much as possible given the COVID pandemic and all of the changing rules. We are trying to get back to some sense of normalCY, but we will just have to roll with the punches. STAY WELL!!

REGULAR MEETING. As of now, we are going to try and have a "hybrid" meeting next week at our usual time. For those who want to venture out, we will be meeting in person at Gilmour Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 12th, at 7:30 PM with masks and social distancing. We are also trying to have it available on line for those who are sick or at risk to come in person. If they can work it out, you will receive an email link to get into the meeting.

DUES ARE DUE You should be receiving your 2021 dues statement shortly. FS Bill Marvaldi said the invoices are printed and he just needs to get them in the mail. Please return your dues as sOon as possible to avoid having to send second notices. YOU MAY PAY YOUR DUES BY CREDIT CARD AT KOFC310.ORG/DUES

KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS. Poster contests were held in our 3 parish schools in November. Cash prizes were awarded to winners in each of 3 age groups in the schools. Then the council judged the best of the school submissions and selected council winners. Those three won additional cash and the right to compete in the jurisdictional (diocesan) poster contest. You may see the artwork at kofc310.org/kcic

FORTY CANS FOR LENT. We are going to try and do our annual "40 Cans for Lent" drive again this year, but just a little different than in the past. Due to COVID, we are NOT asking for you to bring actual food and/or cans to be distributed. This year we are just asking for whatever monetary donations you can make and that will be distributed to the various food banks we support. If you are able to donate, you can make your checks out to Gilmour Council #310 with "40 Cans" on the memo line and send them to Bro. Benny Capretta at 4559 E. Berwald Rd. South Euclid, OH 44121. Thank you for whatever you can do during this difficult time.

GOOD OF THE ORDER. We just learned of the passing of one of our longtime and active members. SK Ted Orel, PGK, PFN, FDD, PCP held every local office in the Knights during his 40+ years as a member. He had been in & out of the hospital lately, but finally succumbed to his various conditions. Please keep Lady Alicia and the rest of his family in your prayers.

We also want to send our condolences to Bro. Biagio Pistone and his family on the recent passing of his father, Eugene. Please keep them in your prayers also. We also want to keep everyone suffering from COVID or any other physical or emotional condition in your thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery, especially Bro. Chuck Bonacci, Sr., Bro. Frank DeFlorio and Bro. Domenic Fragomeni's daughter, Julie.

NEW YEAR'S BIRTHDAYS We have 33 brothers celebrating the New Year with a birthday. GIVE Bro. Raymond Cellura a special shout-out as he turns 100 next week, we wish him all the best. The other brothers blowing out candles include: Frank Bartkowicz (#97); George Bodajlo, Jr.; Chuck Bonacci, Sr.; Chuck Bonacci, Jr.; Don Cairns; Lou Caspio; Tony Caticchio; Tony Corrao; Jim Costabile; Gus Culotta; Tony DiCicCo, Sr. (#93); Valerio Frabotta; Neil Gavin; Rev. Ernest Hepner (#90); Gene Hertrick (#91); Vince Horvath (#50); Joe Kazmer; Joe Montagna (#94); Bob Ondak (#80); John Otto; Duane Parsons; Larry Previte (#94); Anastasio Pucella; John Richardson (#55); Dr. Mike Rowane (#60); Pete Rubino; Sal Saranita; Antwyne Stoves; Ken Sulhan; Greg Sutyak; Walt Ugrinic and Rev. Albert Veigas.

Stay well and hope to "see" you soon! Dr. Carmen Centanni, PGK - News Reporter GK Shaun White - Publisher