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Brothers,

I cant believe that I have been Grand Knight now for over half a year, and that my term is over in 5 short months!!  Besides that fact, there is still a lot of work to do, and a lot still going on here at Council..

This month brings to us:  NWS wrestling on Feb 5th, and Super Bowl Sunday on Feb 7th. As of this writing, these events have yet to take place, along with a concert on Jan 23rd by VOR, for two worthwhile charities, but I’m sure they will be successful, and a report will be done for next month.

Our annual Tricky Tray is to be held on Feb 27th.  This event normally packs them in, raises much needed funds, and the Tricky Tray girls always put together a great event with their hard work and dedication.  Feb 27th is also a Council pilgrimage to the new Yankee Stadium.

Events we already had since the last Digest were:

I forgot to mention last month, that our Nativity lighting ceremonies were also attended by the Mayor, Mr. Terrezza and his lovely wife.

Our Breakfast with Santa, this year, chaired by the Columbiettes, was a success as usual.  Due to a snow storm the night before, Santa ran a few minutes behind, but the hall was crowded and the food was enjoyable that there wasn’t a complaint about it. The children had a great time and we hope they got what they wanted.
 
The Semi-Annual Chili contest returned this year, and it was held on Jan 16th.  There were a lot of good entries this year, from Best tasting to Hottest.  

This brings me to an event that took place on Jan 17th, here at the Council, that in my opinion, was long overdue.  We had a ceremony here to honor the surviving Veterans of World War II.  We had 26 of our Veterans there, along with Mr. Thomas Mahoney, who is one of the last remaining survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  This was a great day, as these gentlemen showed up, dressed proudly, had there families with them, and shared stories with us and each other.  Some haven’t had seen each other in a while.

We hosted them, and they proceeded to teach us about courage and respect, not by saying so, but just by being there, and by the memory of those who weren’t there.  This event was well attended by our Brothers, as even though there was a playoff game on, and some were interested in that, those that were there were greatly moved by the experience.

I would truly like to thank those that were involved in putting this day together.  Especially, Steve Nagy, for coming up with the idea and running with it.  For this and all his ideas and passion around here, I thank him, His wife Carol needs to be thanked for baking the cakes, taking all the phone messages, and helping where ever she could.  Mike Kramer, for setting up and all around help, Frank and Joe for the top-notch service as usual, Lenny Komar and his daughter Kelly, who helped out and took the time to bring along all their Display Merchandise of hats, helmets, shells, canteens, and other items from the service.  Along with putting together a special DVD that the gentlemen watched throughout the day. I also would like to thank the Columbian Club for the hospitality towards these gentlemen.  Tom Dudek and Buddy Cotter should be acknowledged as well, as Buddy took the time to scan in all the photos, and Tom provided the Then and Now photos, and posted everything on the website...and to My kids, Robbie and Eva Ann who walked around and made sure that every table had enough water throughout the day.

I know these Gentlemen, and Ladies,  don’t want to be called out and thanked, but it needed to be done, as this day was a great display of what we are all about.

  Thank you and God Bless,

  Robert Salvatore
  Grand Knight