Volume 96 Number 50
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Wishing you and yours a happy holiday season filled with family, good times, good friends and good memories. We appreciate the year-round support of members and friends like you, and we wish you all the best at Christmastime and throughout the new year.
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Brotherhood
December 17, 2008
Celebrate ’08 November Honor Roll State Top Associate Agents Applications Written Sandra Espericueta Lodge 30, Taiton District Six
Insurance Written Ronald Pflughaupt Lodge 1, Fayetteville District One
State Top Career Agents Applications Written Toni Coleman Lodge 172, Pasadena District Five
Insurance Written Mark Garcia Lodge 79, Corpus Christi District Seven
State Recruiters of the Month Carmen Kocurek 9 Recruits Lodge 40, El Campo-Hillje Veselé Vánoce a š astný nový rok na SPJST!
State Lodges/Youth Clubs of the Month Lodge 79, Corpus Christi District Seven 16 applications issued
Lodge 217, Alice
District Seven 16 applications issued
Inside This Week’s Vestnik
Lodge Section .....................................8 In Memoriam ......................................22 Youth Section.....................................23 Czech Culture ....................................27 Advertisements .................................29 Activities Calendar ............................30
Tie: 1 Recruit Each Rachel Andel Lodge 24, Cyclone Hannah Hancock Lodge 185, New Braunfels
Lodge 180, Burleson members Carole and Bill Slavik are pictured in their Czech kroj on the SPJST Float at the Burleson parade on December 6.
Vestnik Holiday Deadlines..................2 Family Fun Dates ................................3 Readers Write ......................................3 District News .......................................3 Celebrate ʼ08 Updates ........................4 Interest Rates ......................................7
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District Three gives $3,000 to Education and Nature Center
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Lodge 30, Taiton Youth Club District Six Youth Leader Lisa Bubela 6 applications issued
State King given academic/ sports accolades
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Lodge 29 Taylor Youth Club Christmas fun