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Volume 101 Number 30
S P J S T Benevolence
H E R A L D
★ Humanity ISSN —07458800
★ Brotherhood
July 31, 2013
SPJST to Celebrate Youth this Saturday
The more you give, the more you get
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. James Roskey! They are the winners of the West Gala grand prize - a trip for two to the Czech Republic, provided by V2 Incentives. They are pictured with Honorary District Two Director Frank Klinkovsky who sold them their ticket. Mr. and Mrs. Roskey in turn donated the prize money to the West Benevolence Fund. The West Gala held July 20 at SPJST Lodge 47, Seaton and hosted by Slovacek’s Sausage, RVOS, and SPJST raised more than $43,000 for the fund. Winners of $250 VISA gift cards courtesy of RVOS, Gulf Claims Service, and Purifoy and Co. Insurance were Glenn Frei, Ruth Krizan, Cindy Messer, Stephanie Vanicek, and Donnie Victorick. More on pages 13 and 14.
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Interest Rates.......................................3 Important Dates ...................................3 Readers Write ......................................3 State YAD Schedule ............................3 Lodge Section......................................4 Reunions ............................................10
Home Office staff members Sharla Pechal, left, and Tammy Martinez prepare salad for a spaghetti lunch fundraiser held July 12 for the Slack family. The event raised $5,651.98. Thanks to all who contributed. More on pages 11 and 12.
SPJST will showcase its youth at State Youth Achievement Day this Saturday, August 3 at the Frank W. Mayborn Convention Center, located at 3303 North Third Street in Temple. All youth participants must register their entries between 9 and 10 a.m. in the lobby of the convention center. Royalty contestants are asked to meet at the stage for a brief rehearsal and further instructions at 9:30 a.m. Youth will compete in a special category contest at 10 a.m. in the dining room. This contest is left a surprise to all competitors until the day of the event. Past special category contests have included play-dough construction, story-telling, and drawing.
Opening Ceremonies at 11 a.m. The day’s program begins with opening ceremonies at 11 a.m. A lunch, which will include ham or turkey sandwich (choice of white or wheat bread), bag of chips, pickle, cookie, and tea or lemonade, will be available for $5 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Other food will be available throughout the day. SPJST youth who received first place honors at their district competitions across Texas this summer will compete at the state level in various competitions, including group and individual talent, speech, nine craft categories, special category, and youth club poster and scrapbook. Following judging, crafts, special category entries, posters, and scrapbooks will be displayed for the public. Talent competition begins at approximately 11:30 a.m. Young people who have completed kindergarten to high school senior will compete in
Inside Th is Week’s Vestnik
In Memoriam ......................................15 Youth Section.....................................17 Vestnik Project ..................................18 Czech Culture ....................................29 Advertisements .................................29 Lodge Calendar .................................30
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Lodge 25 Ennis youth share summer activities
dance, vocal, instrumentals, and dramatics. The Ceska Beseda dance exhibition will be performed prior to the beginning of the talent competition. Scholarships totaling $11,500 will be presented to SPJST youth members during the day.
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District Six Royalty
Congratulations to 2013 District Six Queen Sarah Siptak of Lodge 4, Hallettsville and Duchess Emily Kresta of Lodge 30, Taiton. They were crowned at District Six Youth Achievement Day held July 21 at Lodge 40, El Campo-Hillje.
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Lodge 87 Temple Youth Club enjoys trip to Crystal Beach
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Scenes from District Six Youth Achievement Day