Greetings, brother Knights. It is a great honor to be chosen to lead 2008-2009. There are going to be great challenges for all of us this coming year. With all your support, the activities which we have done well over the years can continue with great success! If we all pull our resources and energies together, we will reap the rewards of unity and prosperity, benefiting all the activities we try to accomplish. I have ideas for an active Pro-Life agenda, strong support for the mentally challenged, activities, and much more. We also have state and national elections coming up in which Catholics must vote our

consciences without reservation. Participating in annual barbeques and veteran's holidays throughout the year is another area where we as Knights can be influential in the community. With participation by as many as possible, we will be recognized As brother Knights, a cohesive web of unity is essential for success. As I see it, each individual's participation, small or great, will benefit this council tenfold. We need full participation by all members, if possible. I am open to new, progressive ideas that will expand and influence the parishes and communities

benefiting from our efforts. God is great, brothers. All is possible with His guidance - great things will happen. Let us believe in ourselves and go for the win! Together we surely will succeed. Let's all pull together as brothers and accomplish our potential.

Grand Knight’s Message OFFICERS

GRAND KNIGHT

DAVID DALE

CHAPL AIN

REV. ANTHONY KUZIA, CM

DEP. GRAND K NIGHT

J IM PREISENDORFER

CHANCELLOR

PAUL PARISI JR.

RECORDER

JOHN DAIGLE

TREASURER

J IM MARSHALL

FIN. SECRETA RY

GEORGE WEBER

WARDEN

ROBERT F. JURSIK

ADVOCATE

JAMES CAILLER

INSIDE GUARD

FRANK VINCIGUERRA

OUTSIDE GUARD

PETER CONTEH

TRUSTEES

KEIT H THIBEAULT

GLENN P. CAMLEY

PAUL McAULIFFE

DISTRICT DE PUTY

FIELD AGE NT

KEIT H SHOEMAKER

STATE DE PUTY

GREG TAILLON

WELCOME!

You hold in your hands a remarkable document: the newly-designed newsletter for Concord Council 112. I am happy and privileged to be able to create it for you. It is our sincere hope that it will keep you up-to-date with all council news

and also be entertaining. If you have any news you want included in this letter, send it to me at rjursik@comcast.net. I’ll strive to include anything that’s of interest to our membership. God bless you and enjoy.

VOLUME 1 , ISSUE 1 JULY 2008

Knightly News

CONCORD KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 112

GRAND KNIGHT

DAVID DALE

Bob Jursik, FDD

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Officer elections for the 2008-2009 fraternal year were conducted at the June 9th business meeting. The position of Financial Secretary is appointed by the Supreme

Council and is not open for a vote. The positions of Chaplain and Lecturer are appointed at the discretion of the Grand Knight. All offices begin their term as of July 1st.

Grand Knight—David Dale

Chaplain—Rev. Anthony Kuzia, CM

Deputy GK—Jim Preisendorfer

Chancellor—Paul Parisi Jr.

Recorder—John Daigle

The deadline for reserving your tickets for the August 16th council trip to Foxwoods Resort Casino is approaching quickly. After July 26th, no more ticket requests will be accepted.

Council 112’s specially-chartered motor coach will depart from the Concord Trailways bus terminal on August 16th at 6:00 AM. Snacks and soft drinks will be available on board. The bus will arrive at Foxwoods later that morning at approximately 9:30 AM. Passengers will be given a $10 voucher for a meal at the casino.

Departure from Foxwoods will not be until 6:30 PM, allowing for plenty of time to do and see everything at the resort.

The ticket price is $35 and they are going fast, so be sure not to miss your chance. For more information, contact Ladies Program president Debbie Thibeault at (603) 753-9493 or e-mail kdkmc@ comcast.net. Also, check out the council’s website at www. kofc112.org for the most recent updates. No payment refunds for cancellations will be made after July 15th.

4th—Independence Day

7th—Officers Meeting, 52 Bradley St, 7:00 PM

14th—Business Meeting, 52 Bradley St, 7:00 PM

19th—4th Degree Exemplification (“Economical”), St. Peter’s Parish Center, 10:00 AM

27th—NH K of C Quarterly Meeting, Plaistow, 12:00 PM

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AUGUST 1st

2008-2009 Officer Election Results

Deadline coming for Foxwoods reservations

JULY CALENDAR

Treasurer—Jim Marshall

Fin. Secretary—George Weber

Warden—Robert Jursik

Advocate—Jim Cailler

Inside Guard—Frank Vinciguerra

Outside Guard—Peter Conteh

Trustee (1) - Keith Thibeault

Trustee (2) - Glenn Camley

Trustee (3) - Paul McAuliffe

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Franklin councils, Goffstown, and Hillsborough. State Historian Rick Plichta of Goffstown had been temporarily assigned as District Deputy in 2008 but also resigned. District Five has no current Deputy. PGK Thibeault has since been unanimously elected as the 2008-2009 Faithful Navigator of Assembly 627.

Council Trustee Keith Thibeault, PGK has turned down an offer from New Hampshire State Deputy Greg Taillon to serve as the Deputy for District Five. PGK Thibeault had previously served as the District’s Warden but resigned with FDD Robert Jursik in December 2007. District Five is comprised of Council 112, both

The 2008 Council 112 Family Day Picnic will be held on Sunday, August 24th at 11:00 AM at the Elm Brook State Park in Hopkinton, NH. Elm Brook State Park is a multiple-use facility that provides many recreational opportunities for visitors to the 10,000 acre Everett Lakes project. Hunting, fishing, & hiking are just some of the activities enjoyed here. Council 112's Family Day picnic will be held at Site #1 and will feature a cookout with chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, Red Brochu's "Famous" baked beans, salads, desserts, chips, and soda. Assembly 627 will

Council 112 continued a tradition begun in 2007 by honoring brother Knights 80 years old and above at a special dinner held on June 23rd. The “Greatest Generation” dinner has become a popular way for current membership to respect and learn the council’s history and for the honorees to unite together and reflect on old times. Council master chef Red Brochu created a delicious

PGK Thibeault opts out of DD offer

Family Day Picnic Set for August 24th

Council honors 2008 “Greatest Generation”

chicken meal and GK Keith Thibeault presented awards for the last time of his tenure in office. Among this year’s honorees, several have exceptional years of service in the order. Dick Malfait, PSD Sal Garofalo, Lou Sillari, and Ken Fortier have all been Knights for at least 53 years—with Dick Malfait spending all of his 56 years solely in Council 112.

also be drawing the winner of their 40” HD television raffle. The council must bring its own plastic bags to pick up trash and remove it from the Park. To assist in setting up and cleaning the facilities after the picnic, and to reserve your family's place, please call Keith Thibeault at (603) 753-9493 or e-mail kdkmc@comcast.net. Picnic fee is $7.00 per person or $20.00 per family; with a Park entrance fee of $1.00 for each automobile passenger ($4.00 maximum per vehicle). When entering through the Park's front gate, be sure to mention you are with the Concord Knights of Columbus.

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With the fraternal year drawing quickly to a close, Council 112 was able to conduct an abbreviated Tootsie Roll Drive by collecting donations at local parishes the weekend of June 21st/22nd. With no actual Drive chairman, Council Treasurer Jim Marshall, PGK was able to organize the annual fundraiser by concentrating specifically on area Catholic churches. The

Tootsie Roll Drive has become a yearly feature of Council 112’s community service, accepting donations to assist with Concord’s Special Olympics programs. Since the program’s inception many years ago, the New Hampshire State Council has raised tens of thousands of dollars for the benefit of the mentally handicapped in the community.

Monsignor Buckley Assembly 627 in Concord has elected to host a first-ever experimental “Economic” 4th Degree Exemplification. Proposed by District Master PSD Ed Kennedy, the exemplification is designed to appeal to 3rd Degree Knights with limited incomes or college commitments. With no Ladies’ Program or dinner banquet, the fee for the ceremony registration is lowered by nearly half to $40. Spectators can observe for only $10. A light lunch will be provided.

The exemplification will be conducted on Saturday, July 19th at St. Peter’s Parish Center, with registrants asked to arrive for 10:00 AM. As always, all 4th Degree Knights with regalia are strongly encouraged to attend. DM Kennedy must receive all Form 4s and registration payments no later than July 12th or the candidate will not be able to take the degree. Make checks payable to “District Master, NH Knights of Columbus” and send to Ed Kennedy, 933 Route 12 South, Fitzwilliam, NH, 03447.

Knight of

the Month

George Weber

Tootsie Roll Drive Visits Churches

Concord Assembly hosts “No Frills” 4th Degree

Family of

the Month

The Jim Audet Family

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You've read it here before and you'll read it here over and over again. Unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare in excess of $100 trillion will sink Medicaid Long Term Care (LTC). That means most Americans will have to pay for their own long-term care in the future. Medicaid will no longer remain the principal LTC payor for the middle class and affluent. What's the connection? Social Security and Medicare don't pay for long-term care. So what effect does their financial weakness have on Medicaid and LTC? People on Medicaid have to contribute their income toward their cost of care. Social Security is a big part of the income of old people on Medicaid. So, when Social Security has to cut back, Medicaid LTC will lose a major source of funding. Medicare doesn't pay for LTC but it does fund 17 percent of nursing home expenditures and 38 percent of home health expenditures. And it pays generously. That's what keeps nursing homes and home health

agencies afloat financially despite dismally inadequate Medicaid reimbursements. So, when Medicare has to cut back, Medicaid LTC will be devastated. Okay, what's the evidence Social Security and Medicare can't go on propping Medicaid LTC up much longer? The 2008 Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund reports tag the programs' combined infinite-horizon unfunded liabilities at $16 trillion and $85 trillion, respectively. That's a total of $101 trillion, or around $330,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States. But look at it another way. According to today's Wall Street Journal, the total wealth of American households is $56 trillion. In other words, Social Security and Medicare are unfunded in an amount nearly equal to double the value of everything we as a nation of highly productive people own. Or consider this, according to Wikipedia, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the USA in 2007 was $13.8 trillion. GDP is the total market

Insurance Report by The Center for Long-Term Care

value of all final goods and services produced within the country in a calendar year. So, the combined unfunded liability of Social Security and Medicare equals over seven years of the total productivity of the American economy. Get it now? Medicaid pays for most expensive long-term care in the U.S. It pays for the poor, but also for most of the middle-class and affluent who need LTC. But Medicaid is propped up by Social Security and Medicare, both of which programs are financially unsustainable. When they cut back, Medicaid LTC will collapse. That means most American's, all but the poorest of the poor, will have to pay for their own LTC in the future. In other words, the idea that people must buy LTC insurance to avoid catastrophic LTC spend down which was only a myth up to now will become the reality of the future. Consumers and financial advisors who are looking at LTC through the rear-view window won't see this coming. Those looking at LTC through the windshield will.

JULY BIRTHDAYS Dick Mueller

Council Inside Guard Frank Vinciguerra Jon Gallo

Council Chancellor Paul Parisi Jr. Grand Knight David Dale

Rev. Tad Maciejewski, CM Rev. Mr. Jim Rock

Don Willis Paul Cantin

PSD Ricardo St.Hilaire Sal Ciccarello

Rev. Mr. Winton DeRosia Myles Sweeney

Charles Landry Dick Naya

John Dennen Tom Foote Adam Roy

Barney Colgan Dick Auclair

Jack Philbrick Peter Bombaci

Council Chaplain Rev. Anthony Kuzia, CM Bob Bain

Dick Patten Todd Haywood

produce significant savings for the membership, as photocopying and mailing costs frequently run into the hundreds each month. Those receiving the newsletter by e-mail will have several advantages. They will receive their copy of the newsletter only moments after it is completed, making the news that much more timely. They will be able to print off one or dozens of copies as they see fit. And archiving personal copies of the newsletter will be made easier with its reduced size.

In an effort to further control council communications expenses, GK David Dale has agreed to support an initiative to deliver council newsletter copies by e-mail to those brother Knights so equipped. Other copies of the newsletter will be regularly archived on the council’s official website www.kofc112.org. Those Knights without online access will, of course, continue to receive paper newsletters—which will be smaller in length so as to assist in reducing photocopying costs. It is expected that these innovations will

GK Dale approves digital newsletter initiative

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