Volume 96 Number 32
ˇ ´ VESTNIK S P J S T Benevolence
H E R A L D
Humanity
ISSN —07458800
Brotherhood
August 6, 2008
SPJST youth to showcase talents, skills at annual State Youth Achievement Day this Saturday in Killeen competitions, including 2007-2008 Young people from across Texas ingroupvarious Duchess Kellie and individual talent, nine craft
will be in Killeen on Saturday, August 9 at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center, located at 3601 South WS Young Drive, for SPJST’s Annual State Youth Achievement Day. More than 250 young people will participate in the day-long event which represents the grand finale of summer-long district contests. The competition covers speech, talent, and crafts. The day begins with opening ceremonies at 11 a.m. SPJST youth who received first place honors at their district competitions across Texas this summer will compete at the state level
categories, a special category, and youth club poster and scrapbook. Following judging, all crafts, special category projects, posters, and scrapbooks will be displayed for the public. The talent competition begins at 11:30 a.m. Young people ages six to high school senior will compete in dance, vocal, instrumentals, and dramatics. Prior to the talent contests, the youth will compete in a special category contest. This contest is left a sur-
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2008 - 2009 District Two Royalty
Ihlenfeldt, Queen Lindsey Jones, King Colby Havemann, and Duke Laramie Cass will crown the 2008-2009 State Royalty this Saturday at the SPJST State Youth Achievement Day in Killeen, Texas. See schedule on the back page of this week’s Vestnik.
Lodge 6, Cottonwood member Jerry Janek takes family to Czech Republic Jerry Janek, a member of Lodge
6, Cottonwood and a 1959 West High School graduate, is retired and living on his family farm four miles west of Abbott with his wife, Karen, of 44 years. It has always been a dream of his to take his boys and their wives to the homeland of his ancestors. This became a reality when Jerry, Karen, Brad, Jody, Jeff, Yildiz, and their two youngest grandchildren, Isabella and Nicholas, boarded Lufthansa flight #439 on July 10, 2008, and headed for a 10-day trip to Europe. Here is a brief synopsis of the trip: Congratulations to the 2008-2009 District Two Royalty Court. They were crowned on Sunday, July 27 at Youth Achievement Day in Seaton. They are, left to right, Duchess Macey Malcik and Queen Amber Penn, both of Lodge 24, Cyclone, and King Matthew Hoelscher and Duke Kyle Hoelscher, both of Lodge 47, Seaton.
“Our flight took us first to Frankfurt then on to Istanbul, Turkey. Jeff’s wife Yildiz is from Turkey and her parents Ali and Ummus Torun were anxiously awaiting a visit from their tall, Texas in-laws. Yildiz’s
brother and his wife met our plane and whisked our group off in a van for a four-hour drive to their family summer houses in Erikli on the Aegean Sea. Here, we were greeted with amazing hospitality and kindness. The blue sea was breathtaking. After two days of laughter, delicious authentic food, and meeting family and friends, our two grandchildren were left safely in Turkish grandparent care, and we six adults traveled back to Istanbul by bus for the rest of our trip. We were met at the gigantic bus terminal by Yildiz’s nephew, our wonderful guide in Istanbul. After checking in and resting at the Hotel Angel’s Home, we visited the Topkapi Palace, which is the palace of the Sultans/Harem, the Hagia Sofia Museum, the Basilica cistern
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Inside This Week’ s Vestnik
Interest Rates ......................................3 Family Fun Dates ................................3 State FAC Updates ..............................4 Lodge Section ....................................5 Reunions ............................................15 In Memoriam ......................................16
Youth...................................................17 Czech Culture ....................................20 Czech Calendar .................................21 Advertisements .................................21 Activities Calendar............................22 State YAD Schedule ..........................24
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Lodge 93 Hobson presents 2008 officers
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Lodge 219 El Paso participates in JOIN HANDS DAY
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Lodge 29 Taylor Youth Club members enter YAD