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KC Newsletter
Knights of Columbus
Father William P. O’Reilley Council #4967
North St. Paul, MN
Father William P. O’Reilley Council News JULY 2011 Volume 3; Issue 23
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GRAND KNIGHTS MESSAGE
INSURANCE CORNER
Brother Knights,
ARE YOU BEING TOLD YOU CAN DO
I want to express my humble gratitude for your BETTER?
confidence in electing me Grand Knight for the
upcoming fraternal year. I look forward to Brother Knights and families,
another year of successful activities and events
A couple of weeks ago, I received a "conservation" notice
and am sure you share that vision. With your
from Supreme that a brother Knight was transferring his
continued support we will achieve our goal. Also, family's policies to another insurance company. He had
I want to offer thanks to our outgoing GK, Mark been told by the replacing agent that he would have much
Slaikeu, for his leadership during a most better rates of return, lower costs, and a higher dividend
satisfying past year. It was fitting for him to close than his KC policies provided. Intrigued, I called our
out his highly successful term by accepting the member on the phone and arranged a visit to do a
prestigious Star Council award on behalf of our comparison. What I found was disturbing.
council. Good job Mark! Finally, -I look forward
to seeing all of you at our council picnic next The insurance industry has a well deserved "black eye"
month. because of claims made by insurance companies/agents
that simply aren't true. Agents are often viewed with a
skeptically because it is difficult to separate fact from
May God bless all of you and your families.
fiction. Figures can be deceiving. In this particular
instance, the replacing agent simply assumed that his new
Denny Reber policies would outperform the KC policies and told the
Grand Knight client as much. He provided documentation on his
company's performance but had none on the KC's. He
simply told my client that the KC's costs were higher and
our performance was lower. Nothing to back it up.
THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!
I showed our client the KC performance history and it
Thank you to all the Knights that have worked confirmed that he had been a victim of
events, Knights events and Parish events and for what "misrepresentation." Misrepresentation is when an agent
you do for our community. We had a great year be misleads or fails to disclose information about a policy. It
is usually done to make a sale and the negative impact on
sure to show up for the Family Picnic and bring your
the client may not be known for years. Yes, it is also
friends and family. illegal and prosecutable. In this case, we significantly
outperformed the new policies in EVERY category!
WEBSITE UPDATE
If it is suggested that you replace your KC insurance it
will be to your advantage to contact me first. I will do a As many of you have noticed that our website has had
fair analysis and comparison. I will respect that it is technical difficulties for the updates. Zack will be working
ultimately your decision but at least you'll be able to make to get everything updated so please continue sending
an informed decision. updated information to zack@jm-innovations.com.
Thanks!
God bless,
Dale Robinson Each month’s updated newsletter are available on the
Council website, as well as past issues.
Dale Robinson, FIC www.kofc4967.com
Certified Senior Advisor
Knights of Columbus Field Agent NEWSLETTER UPDATE
651-757-4400 (office) We continue to collect and update the email address list.
dale.robinson@kofclife.com We now have over half of the council on our list. We will
continue to try to improve the reliability and readability of
PROUD TO BE A KofC the newsletter. If you have suggestions for improvement or
if we are not delivering your newsletter electronically we
It is always great to see brother knights working at may have an incorrect address so send an email to John
events and doing good things for the community. July Lawless @ maryjon.lawless@comcast.net.
and August seem to be the months that we kind of
kick back and take it easy. It is good to take a break
and regroup but lets not forget that it is a great time FIRST DEGREE TEAM
of the year for picnics and we have a great one The council is putting together a First Degree Team.
coming up in august. Be sure to attend and bring your If you are interested in being involved call Ben
family and friends. Rauen at 651-777-9176
COUNCIL 4967 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
CHAPLAIN FR. STAN MASLOWSKI 789-3163 TRUSTEE YR 3 MARK SLAIKEU 777-5187
GRAND KNIGHT DENNIS REBER 777-2383 TRUSTEE YR 2 FRANK SCHULTZ 770-0749
DPY GRD KNIGHT TERRY THELEN 714-9135 TRUSTEE YR 1 KEN JONES 481-3237
CHANCELLOR ERICH HASTREITER 748-0647 WARDEN BEN RAUEN 777-9176
RECORDER JOE MORRISETTE 770-5203 FINANCIAL SEC John LAWLESS 779-0917
ADVOCATE JIM HURT 777-5829 TREASURER MIKE STAHLMANN 770-9148
INSIDE GUARD MARK MAURER 777-2617 INSURANCE AGENT DALE ROBINSON 757-4400
OUTSIDE GUARD TOM TURCOTTE 777-4198 DISTRICT DEPUTY DENNIS BECHEL 429-6665
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS:
All events are held at St. Peter’s Catholic Church or School unless noted otherwise.
To volunteer for an event, call Program Director Al Worm at 651-777-0910 or via email at
wt12@msn.com
DATE EVENT CHAIR
August 13 Family Picnic at Casey Lake Park Zach Morgan
Remember that all council members are encouraged to attend the council meetings and stay for
refreshments and fellowship after the meeting!
UPCOMING FULL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS:
Monday, July 18, 2011 in Fellowship Hall; Rosary at 6:45 pm Meeting at 7:00 pm
Monday, August 15, 2011 in Fellowship Hall; Rosary at 6:45 pm Meeting at 7:00 pm
Monday, Sept. 19,2011 in Fellowship Hall; Rosary at 6:45 pm Meeting at 7:00 pm
UPCOMING OFFICERS & DIRECTORS MEETINGS:
Monday, August 1, 2011 in Conference Room C, Meeting at 7:00 pm
Monday, Sept. 12, 2011 in Conference Room C; Meeting at 7:00 pm
Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 in Conference Room C, Meeting at 7:00 pm.