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Volume 104 Number 13
S P J S T Benevolence
H E R A L D
★ Humanity ISSN —07458800
★ Brotherhood
March 30, 2016
Convention Souvenir Program Book Deadline is April 4
The 32nd SPJST Convention will be sist with ad design. Please include the held June 13 to 15, 2016, at Killeen text for the ad and photos or clip art images. Digital imCivic and Conferages saved in ence Center in TIFF, EPS, JPEG, Killeen, Texas. or PDF files will Plans include pubwork best. Digilishing a souvenir tal-ready adverprogram book, tisements should and members, be saved as PDF lodges, districts, files. All text, businesses, and photographs, or friends are cordigital files must dially invited to place an adver32nd SPJST Convention be received with payment by April tisement in the June 12 to 15, 2016 4, 2016. Please book. Killeen Civic mail or email to: The Official and Conference Center Convention SouKilleen, Texas SPJST Vestnik venir Program Editor/Director of Book will be disCommunication tributed to apMelanie Zavodny proximately 300 PO Box 100 delegates and visTemple, Texas itors at the con76503-0100 vention. All advertisers will receive a complimenemail: melaniez@vvm.com tary book. Prices for advertisements in the Official Convention Souvenir ProChecks made payable to SPJST can gram Book are: be mailed to the address above and must accompany advertisement inforFull Page Ad — $100 mation by April 4. All proceeds from Half Page Ad — $60 advertisement sales will go to the Quarter Page Ad — $35 Czech Heritage Museum and GenealEighth Page Ad — $20 ogy Center and SPJST Education and In Memoriam — $10 Nature Center. (photo can be included) For questions or additional informaWell Wish Greeting — $5 tion, please contact the SPJST Vest(one line of text) nik/Communication Department at or email All advertisements will be printed in 800-727-7578 full color. The SPJST Vestnik/Commu- melaniez@vvm.com. —SPJST— nication Department is available to as-
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Important Dates ...................................3 Interest Rates ......................................3 Convention 2016 Information.............8 ENC Job Postings ...............................9 Financial Statement ..........................10 From the Districts..............................11
Easter Egg-citement
A big SPJST congratulations to Zoey Hyatt for winning first place in the ages four and under coloring contest at the Lodge 196, Houston-West Easter egg hunt held Sunday, March 6. Zoey displays her coloring sheet in one hand and her Easter bunny prize in the other hand. See article and more photos on page 23. —Submitted by Mark Childres, President
Early SPJST Voting
Lodge 81, Needville member Dan Pavlas displays a voting “machine” used in the 1920s at SPJST Conventions and meetings. Dan demonstrated the device at the lodge’s meeting held March 20.
Inside Th is Week’s Vestnik
Lodge Section....................................14 Youth Section ....................................27 In Memoriam ......................................32 Czech Culture ....................................35 Advertisements .................................37 Lodge Calendar .................................38
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Lodge 17 New Tabor welcomes new members
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Lodge 80 Holland hosts St. Patrick’s Day Bingo
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Youth clubs participate in state food drive