VESTNIK January 26:Layout 1
1/21/11
Volume 99 Number 4
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S P J S T Benevolence
H E R A L D
Humanity ISSN —07458800
Brotherhood
SPJST Awards Banquet Saturday, January 29
For more information, visit www.spjst.org or contact Tammy (800) 727-7578/email tammym@spjst.com
from the Vestnik!
Send your special someone a valentine greeting in the February 9 Vestnik. A form appears on page 3 or greetings can be submitted online at www.spjst.org. Click on Vestnik. Deadline is Monday, January 31!
February 1 SPJST Scholarship/ Leadership Grant Application Deadline
The deadline for submitting SPJST Scholarship and Leadership Grant Applications and all necessary paperwork is Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Applications must be postmarked no later than February 1. For more information, call Sandra at the SPJST Home Office (800) 727-7578.
Interest Rates.......................................3 Important Dates ...................................3 Vestnik Valentines Form .....................3 Readers Write ......................................3 100 Pennies Donor Update.................4 Lodge Section .....................................6
Lodge 142 Houston’s Gift
Czech Heritage Museum Treasurer Jesse Pospisil, center, of Lodge 29, Taylor and CHM Director Mildred Holeman of Lodge 88, Houston proudly accept a $10,000 donation from SPJST Lodge 142, Houston Treasurer Mary Ann Kieschnick. Hats off to Lodge 142 members for their generosity!
Frank W. Mayborn Convention Center 3303 North 3rd Street • Temple, Texas 76501 Doors Open at 12 noon Program Begins at 1 p.m. “Let’s Sailabrate” by Keynote Speaker Joe Annotti Awards Presentations Banquet Dinner
Happy Valentine’s Day
January 26, 2011
Generations of SPJST
Longtime Lodge 133, San Antonio members Emil and Evelyn Matula, seated, enjoy sharing the day with their children and grandchildren and spouses at a recent lodge social. Thanks to these families for their longtime commitment to fraternalism and SPJST.
Inside This Week’s Vestnik
Financial University...........................15 Youth Section ....................................18 In Memoriam ......................................24 Czech Culture ...................................27 Advertisements..................................29 Lodge Calendar .................................30
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Supreme Lodge presents service awards
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Lodge 79 Corpus Christi members help make a wish
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Lodge 154 Fort Worth member shares story of family home