Volume 93 Number 39
ˇ ´ VESTNIK S P J S T Benevolence
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Brotherhood
October 5, 2005
ISSN —07458800
District Fall Fun Days
The SPJST kicked off its annual 100 Pennies Scholarship Fund Drive on October 1. Donations are tax-deductible and 100 percent of the amount contributed is applied toward scholarships. Acknowledgement of individual donations will be published in the Vestnik. To contribute to the 100 Pennies Scholarship Fund Drive, please send your check to: 100 Pennies Scholarship Fund Drive, c/o SPJST Home Office, PO Box 100, Temple, Texas 76503. Please contact the Fraternal Department at (800) 727-7578 for printed solicitation forms, like the one pictured above. Thank you for your generous support.
Inside
Sales Rep. CE Class Photos Pages 9-11
SPJST gives to Sokol Page 15
Lodge 25 youth swim party Page 21
Straight from the Czech Republic
All of the items pictured above are from the Czech Republic, and they will be awarded to winners in this year’s Czech Heritage Month Word Find and Coloring Fun activities that appear on page 19 of this week’s Vestnik. The only way to win one of these prizes is to send your entry in by October 31, 2005, to the Vestnik Office. Thanks to the first four entrants: Kathryn Adamek of Lodge 29, Taylor; Hilda Burtis of Lodge 15, Buckholts; Eugene Hejl of Lodge 47, Seaton; and Vallie Mae Hrachovy of Lodge 24, Cyclone. Good luck!
It’s Czech Heritage Month! Pages 26-29
Interest Rates .....................3 Family Fun Dates ...............3 District News ......................6 Lodge Letters .....................9 Reunions ..........................17 In Memoriam.....................18 Czech Heritage Contest ..19 Youth .................................20 Vestnik Project .................22 Czech Culture...................26 Activities Calendar...........30
It’s the season for fall district meetings. TOP PHOTO: Costume contest participants at the District Two Fall Fun Day on September 17 at Lodge 29, Taylor. More pictures on page 7. CENTER PHOTO: The cake walk at the District Five Fall Meeting on September 16 in Iowa Colony. More pictures on page 12. ABOVE: Billy Pavliska of Lodge 107, Floresville, right, contributes to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort organized by District Seven youth at the Fall Meeting. Collecting are Travis Barta and Domingo Gonzales, both of Lodge 202, Jourdanton. More pictures on page 8.
Celebrate Czech Heritage Month October 1 - 31, 2005