Volume 103 Number 3
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2015 State Tournaments Kick Off with Progressive 42 Dominos
Congratulations to the 2015 State Progressive 42 Domino Tournament winners. They are, second from left to right, first place - Jarrod Carroll; second place - Jerry Brezina; third place - Jon Durham of Lodge 92, Fort Worth; and fourth place - Leon Flusche of Lodge 180, Burleson. Also pictured are State Fraternal Activities Coordinator Frank Horak, far left, and Fraternal Services Specialist Tammy Martinez.
SPJST State Progressive 42 Domino Tournament was hosted by members of Lodge 92, Fort Worth on Saturday, January 10, 2015. Twelve players registered to play in the tournament. Thank you to the members of Lodge 92, Fort Worth for the delicious kolaches and snacks during the morning’s six rounds. At 12:05 p.m., we broke for lunch, and the lodge served Riscky’s Barbeque beef stew, cornbread, and some wonderful desserts. Players returned to their sets and played three more rounds and completed the last round at 2 p.m. Door prizes were drawn while results were being tabulated. Door prize winners were Jarrod Carroll, Jon Durham, Leon Flusche, Don Wesley, Kyle
Stuckly, and Jerry Brezina. Winners of the tournament were: First Place—Jarrod Carroll non-member Second Place—Jerry Brezina non-member Third Place—Jon Durham Lodge 92, Fort Worth Fourth Place—Leon Flusche Lodge 180, Burleson
Each winner received a plaque and money. Fraternally, Frank Horak State Fraternal Activities Coordinator —SPJST—
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Important Dates ...................................3 Interest Rates.......................................3 Fraternalists of the Year Salute..........4 Lodge Section......................................7 In Memoriam ......................................15 Youth Section ....................................16
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SPJST Insurance Team Looking for a Few Good Men and Women
That includes sharing the SPJST story Dear Members, Greetings from the SPJST Insurance with those we meet. Part of that story Team! We’re looking forward to a is remembering our glorious past. Part of that story is letting members and great year in 2015. Taking care of our members will be prospective members know that SPJST the top priority of the SPJST Insurance remains a solid financial organization Team in 2015. We have an extremely with quality and affordable life insurdevoted team comprised of Home Of- ance products to meet their needs well fice staff, fraternal field managers, and into the future. Your help in this mission is greatly sales agents. Those of you who grew appreciated. The up in SPJST know SPJST Insurance the value of having Department is lookan active SPJST ing for a few good lodge in your commen and women to munity. Quite join our team as often, a big part of agents in 2015. your life revolves We’re especially around the local looking for those lodge and its servmen and women ice to the commuwho know SPJST nity. Those local and can identify lodge experiences with the fraternal have helped to 2015 Membership Program objectives that it so 1,500 New Issued Certificates shape the way so dearly embraces. If many of us see The 2015 Membership Program that sounds like you SPJST — as a car- “Let the good times roll!” will be or someone you ing group of friends introduced at the SPJST Awards know, let us know. that understands the Banquet on Saturday, January 31 SPJST sales agents at Frank W. Mayborn Convention earn competitive value of a tight-knit Center in Temple. commissions, join community that works and plays together. If you didn’t in exciting incentive programs, and regrow up in that environment, 2015 is a ceive superb training and support. For more information, please call one of fresh opportunity for all of us to move our fraternal field managers listed on in that direction. the inside front cover (page 2) of the We all have a role to play in this Vestnik. You can also contact me at the mission of “Insuring and Enriching SPJST Home Office or by email at Lives.” In the Insurance Department, cliftonc@spjst.com. one of our team’s primary objectives Fraternally, will be working to ensure that your curClifton Coufal rent life insurance needs are being met. Supreme Lodge And that extends to those family memVice President bers and friends who are not members. —SPJST—
Let the good times roll!
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Inside This Week’s Vestnik
Merit Points Report ...........................17 Quarterly Report................................19 Czech Culture ....................................20 Advertisements .................................21 Lodge Calendar .................................22 Vestnik Valentines .............................24
January 21, 2015
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Lodge 38 Kovar hosts member appreciation dinner
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Lodge 189 Bryan-College Station enjoys Christmas party
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Lodge 84 Dallas Youth Club shares meeting scenes