ˇ ´ VESTNIK S P J S T
Volume 107 Number 23
Benevolence
H E R A L D
★ Humanity
★ Brotherhood
July 31, 2019
ISSN —07458800
feeding the need in houston Jelisa and Clay Zapalac, both of Lodge 232, Houston Midtown, joined members of Lodge 88, Houston to volunteer at Houston Food Bank, which is America’s largest food bank in distribution leading hunger relief in 18 southeast Texas counties. More on page 16.
9 2019-2020 District Three Royalty 9
Congratulations to 2019-2020 District Three Royalty. They are, left to right, Duchess Aubrey Roberts and Queen Misty Dvorak, both of Lodge 25, Ennis, and King Reid Jones and Nikolas Noble, both of Lodge 154, Fort Worth. They won the titles at District Three Youth Achievement Day held Saturday, July 20 at Lodge 183, Arlington. District Three YAD photos and results appear on pages 19 to 21.
SPJST STATE YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT DAY THIS SATURDAY SPJST will showcase its youth at center. Royalty contestants are asked to State Youth Achievement Day (YAD) meet at the stage for a brief rehearsal Saturday, August 3, 2019, at Frank W. and further instructions at 9:15 a.m. Mayborn Civic after they register and Convention their entries. Center, located at 3303 North Third Program Begins Street in Temple. at 10:15 a.m. SPJST youth The day’s who received first program begins at place honors at 10:15 a.m. in the their district comauditorium with petitions across SPJST Youth Texas this Club members summer will performing the compete at the Ceska Beseda state level in vardance. Group and ious competitions, individual talent including group competition foland individual tallows. Young ent, speech, nine people who have craft categories, completed kinderand youth club garten to high poster and scrapschool senior will book. Following compete in dance, judging, all crafts, vocal, instrumenSPJST State King Nash posters, and 2018-2019 Campbell of Lodge 24, Cyclone and tals, and drascrapbooks will State Queen Kelly House of Lodge matics. be displayed for 202, Jourdanton will crown the 2019viewing. 2020 State Royalty this Saturday at Lunch Available Lunch will be the Frank W. Mayborn Convention Center in Temple. Contestant bios ap- catered by Oscar Registration is pear on pages 24 and 25. The State Store. It will in8:45 to 10 a.m. All youth par- YAD schedule is on the back page. clude a hamburger ticipants must or cheeseburger, register their entries between 8:45 and chips, cookie, and tea for $6 and be 10 a.m. in the lobby of the convention Continued on Page 3.
( ( ( ( ( Inside This Week’s Věstník ( ( ( ( ( Important Dates ...................................3 Readers Write ......................................3 Interest Rates.......................................3 Supreme Lodge Meeting Minutes ......4 District Director Reports.....................6 Lodge Section....................................11
Youth Section ....................................26 In Memoriam ......................................28 Czech Culture ....................................29 Advertisements .................................29 Lodge Calendar .................................30 State YAD Schedule ..........................32
Lodge 189 BryanCollege youth sees BIG FOOT! Page 18
District Five YAD Results and Photos Pages 22 - 23
Meet the 2019-2020 SPJST State Royalty Contestants Pages 24 - 25