November - CSA Fraternal Life

M e m b e rVolunteers toRecord Booksfor ColoradoTalking BookLibraryLodge Mile-Hi Czechs, No. 432,Lakewood, Colorado - The lodge’sSeptember potluck and meeting atDenny and Sheila Nessler’s home wascancelled. They live on LookoutMountain. They were not in the floodarea, but a four-wheel drive vehicle wasneeded to get to their house.We would like to thank CSA homeoffice for making a donation to theColorado flood relief. On September 9,2013, a slow-moving cold front settledover Colorado. This resulted in heavyrain and catastrophic flooding along theFront Range. The floodwaters affected17 counties. There were eight deathsand two still missing last I heard.Thousands of people had to be rescued.Several earthen dams burst and waterwent over the top of other dams. Thedamage to buildings and land is unbelievable.There are homes and buildingsthat are uninhabitable and others thatneed repair. The floods started in themountains, and the water flooded creeksand rivers, driving the water out into theplains.Debbie MacLeod, our October programspeaker from ColoradoTalking Book Library.Mike and Kelly Payer were at Vera Payer’s for a weekend in September. Theycame to attend Kristin Payer’s high school homecoming game and dance. She wasSenior Princess, and, of course, Vera was an immensely proud grandma and enjoyedthe weekend with everyone.Pat Kenning and grandson Peter Campe took a North Atlantic cruise September9 through 26, 2013. To the disappointment of everyone aboard the ship, three portstops were cancelled because of an arctic storm: Belfast, Iceland and Greenland.Also, they spend seven turbulent days at sea. In spite of the bad weather and portsclosing, Peter and Pat had a marvelous trip.The October 3 lodge meeting was held at Saint Bernadette Church with the programpresented by Debbie MacLeod of Colorado Talking Book Library. This is anexcellent program that provides Colorado residents with large print and recordedbooks. Lodge member Adella Schulz has volunteered to record books for the program.Sandra Doe provided refreshments for the meeting, which everyone enjoyed.Fraternally,Maryellen Hruska VialpandoKeepSendingButtonsBetsy Ross No. 151 - Cicero,Illinois - Congratulations to JeanHemzacek Laukant on winning theFraternalist of the Year - a welldeservedhonor.Our annual meeting for electionof officers will take place onNovember 13 at noon at theBerwyn Library. The date waschanged due to Thanksgiving.Please keep sending buttons.You can send them to me at 436Turner Ave., Glen Ellyn, Illinois60137, as the home office is makingsome changes and may not be ableto handle them right now.Donʼt forget to keep compostinggarden waste as you pull out annuals,rake leaves, and make that lastgrass cutting. They will have allwinter to break down. Good foodfor your garden!Fraternally,Nancy L. ReaganFraternal WellWishesEleanor BurkhammerLodge Ohio Star No. 152Cecil CifkaLodge Mile-Hi Czechs No. 432Paula CifkaLodge Mile-Hi Czechs No. 432Jake JacobsLodge Mile-Hi Czechs No. 432Jackie KourimLodge Yankee-JungmannNo. 77Lillian PichaLodge Yankee-JungmannNo. 77l o d g e h a p p e n i n g sRead the Journal online at: www.csafraternallife.org NOVEMBER 2013 — CSA JOURNAL — 29