Volume 100 Number 32
ˇ ´ VESTNIK S P J S T
Benevolence
H E R A L D
★ Humanity
ISSN —07458800
★ Brotherhood
August 8, 2012
SPJST Vestnik
Grand Salute
SPJST Members, Texas Sokol Units Attend Slet in Czech Republic
See Page 16. Deadline is August 17.
Four Sokol units from Texas and four SPJST lodges were represented at the XV’s Vse Sokolsky Slet (15th All-Sokol Slet) in the four and onehalf mile parade in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 1, 2012. Pictured, left to right, are Jerry Milan of Sokol Fort Worth and SPJST Lodge 154, Fort Worth; Rhonda Liska of Sokol KHB Ennis and SPJST Lodge 135, Ennis; Jerry Sijansky and Gerilyn Donnell, both of Sokol Corpus Christi and SPJST Lodge 79, Corpus Christi; and Bob Podhrasky of Sokol Dallas and SPJST Lodge 130, Dallas.
corpus christi getaway this weekend! schedule on page 4.
Lodge 92, Fort Worth Tarok Tournament Honors Jeff Kubes
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Important Dates ...................................3 Interest Rates.......................................3 Readers Write ......................................4 Lodge Section......................................5 Reunions ............................................10 Youth Section.....................................12
The Kubes and Brezina families are pictured behind a memorial display honoring Jeff Kubes’ love for taroky at Lodge 92, Fort Worth’s 23rd annual tarok tournament held July 21. Jeff participated in many tarok tournaments prior to his passing in 2008 at the age of 31. He is remembered as a patriot with very traditional values who honored the Czech legacy of his Kubes and Brezina families. More on page 10. —Submitted by Sherrie Kubala Watkins
Inside This Week’s Vestnik
Vestnik Grand Salute Form ..............16 In Memoriam ......................................17 Czech Culture ....................................18 Advertisements.............................19-21 Lodge Calendar .................................22 Cookbook Order Form ......................24
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Lodge15 Buckholts members visit Czech Republic
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Lodge 40 El CampoHillje member fiddles at Freedom Fest
Letters to Bibbie
Pages 18-19