COUNCIL RECOGNITION

KNIGHTS OF THE MONTH

December 2022

Frank Lewis

Frank Lewis took on the task of pressure washing the church property along with Giuseppe Sita. That was not a simple task. They have been working on it for over a year, when they have time. They still have some areas yet to finish. They put in many hours and had some help from others, but ninety percent of the work was due to these two dedicated brother Knights. Frank is also a Past Grand Knight of our council.

December 2022

Giuseppe Sita

Giuseppe Site took on the task of pressure washing the church property. That was not a simple task. He and Frank Lewis have been working on it for over a year. Giuseppe started a group called Helping Hand. He put in many hours doing various jobs to help member Knights and others in our community who need handicap ramps, paint jobs and other repairs. He also started the Church Social program to bring Knights and families together. He puts in many hours and does get help from others. He is a dedicated brother Knight.

December 2017

Joseph Charland

Joe Charland has been selected as Knight of the month for December 2017. As most of you know, Joe is active in our council and church at many levels. He is an active member of St. Vincent de Paul and handles the food and collects food for that organization. He is also the assistant head usher at the 5:30 Mass on Saturdays. He fills in at other Masses when needed. Joe can be seen at most of our council meetings and events. He is our Inside Guard for our council and the go-to-guy if we need something done. He is always willing to help with a smile on his face. If we had more like him, we wouldn’t lack a thing.

November 2017

Richard Douglas

Richard Douglas was selected as Knight of the Month for November. He drove his truck and trailer to North Carolina mountains to pickup the Christmas Trees for our council's annual Christmas tree ales. Richard also showed up everyday during the tree sales transporting the trees back and forth from his home to our tree lot. He also did the setup each day and provided all the tools necessary to make our tree lot run effectively. Richard spent many cold days to help sell trees and fill in when needed. During all this time he provided fellowship and kept our spirits up with his humor when times were hard. We couldn't have been successful without his involvement.

October 2017

"Rocky" Pizzarello

Rocky has been involved in helping start the new Knights council at Our Lady of the Lake. He is involved in the Christmas Tree and other activities in the new council.

September 2017

Keith Seymour

Keith Seymour has been a member of the Knights since 2003. He is one of those Knights that are always there first to volunteer for any activity. Last month he composed a letter to encourage our Knights brothers to become more involved in our Tootsie Roll Drive. It was so special, it was sent out to all our members. Keith recently volunteered to be our Church Director. He is a lector at church and is involved in the church and community in many other ways.

August 2017

NO ONE NOMINATED IN AUGUST

July 2017

Carlos Zamarron

Carlos has been very active in the Knights since joining our council last December. He has worked in our Blood Drives and Pancake breakfasts. He also does more then his share selling tickets and signing up parishioners after Mass. We are proud to have him as a Brother Knight. .

June 2017

Donald Moore

Don Moore was chosen as Knight of the Month for his involvement with our Aluminum Cans collection. He is responsible for setting up and transporting the the trailer to the collection center. He was our council Lector and Deputy Grand Knight during the last year. Don is a very active Knight and gives much of his spare time helping others. We are very fortunate to have him as a member in our council.

May 2017

Carlos Guzman

Carlos Guzman was nominated for Knight of the Month for his help in the Parish Pancake breakfast. He spent most of his time in the kitchen and also helped serve. He also signed up to give blood. Carlos along with his fellow Brother Knights worked at other events thru the year assisting us in collections and working with the community to promote our council. We are very fortunate to have him in our council.

April 2017

Robert Denter

Robert helps with membership by taking any Knight and their family out to dinner to better get to know them and encourage them to take part in our activities. He does this at his own expense.

March 2017

Harold Cecil

Harold is our councils Recorder. He takes part in most of our activities and also ushers at church. Harold is also backup on sending emails.

February 2017

Richard Roshto

Richard has held several officer positions over the years. His dedication to the Knights Council is above and beyond what is expected of a good Knight.

January 2017

Robert Denter

Robert Denter is a driving force behind the annual Christmas dinner held at Our Lady of the Hills by the 4th Degree Knights for our veterans. He is also a big supporter in getting members to join our council. Robert was always a big supporter of the Military when we held a dinner for the soldiers from Fort Jackson who couldn't make it home for Christmas. One day I asked Robert why he was so dedicated. He said he had many members of his family serve and die for our country. While attending a 4th of July Mass at Our Lady of the Hills I found out why. The Mass was dedicated to the Fallen Members of Brother Knight Robert Denter’s family. During the prayers, Fr. Dave Whitman called out the names of Robert’s brothers and sons who died in the service of our country. They were; • Corporal Frank Denter • PFC William Denter • PFC Harold Denter • PFC Richard Denter • PFC Sherman Busse • SGT William Moss On this Independence Day, it was very emotional to hear so many names from one family that died during to the service to our country. Even though Robert Denter could not serve himself, he was classified 4F, his family sacrificed more for our country than many of our own families could ever do. Robert is a member of a very patriotic family. What an honor to call Robert “Our Brother”.

December 2016

John Lisic

John Lisic was awarded Knight of the Month for his service to the council as communications director. John has been doing this function for eight years and recently started a website for the council. He also ushers at church and supports many of our councils events.

November 2016

Richard Douglas

Richard was a key member in the success of the Christmas tree sales. He drove his covered trailer to North Carolina and picked up the trees. This saved us $500 in delivery fees. He also transported the tree back and forth each day to ensure none were left on for free takers. He filled in the times when no one else was available to sell trees. He paid for it with a bad cold.

October 2016

Lewis Frankie

Frankie Lewis just joined our council two months ago and is already making his mark. In his previous life he was a chef. He has already helped cook at our pancake breakfast.

September 2016

Richard Rochto

Richard Roshto has been a very active Knight for many years. Last month he saved our council hundreds of dollars by locating a huge amount of winter clothes at a big discount to help us with our program to dress the homeless for the winter. Richard not only did that but he is our council Chancellor and Admissions Director. He is always there when we have events, either serving or supporting us. We are fortunate to have such a dedicated Knight.

August 2016

Zeeff Peter

Peter is not only our Knights Insurance Agent, he is an active member of our council. He arranges several major events at our church throughout the year and does the majority of the advanced work himself. In the past two years he has worked with others to hold Military Appreciation Dinners for our veteran's and activate duty servicemen and women. He seems to have contacts ever where and solicits silent auction items to sell at many of our events. Peter doesn't stop there. During the events you can't stop him, he is constantly in motion making sure everything goes as planned. On top of all that he has connections through he wife and has provided the LMSO Symphony Orchestra to entertain our troops. The amazing thing is, Peter doesn’t do this just for us, he does things like this for all his councils. We just see the tip of the iceberg. On top of all that Peter is a dynamic speaker for the Knights and a great Insurance Agent. He is our friend and Brother Knight.

July 2016

Felipe Rojas

Felipe Rojas is a recent member of our council He was very involved in the collection of donations during the 40 Cans for Lent" program held this year. He is starting a Coffee and Donuts after Mass as a social for the Hispanic community. He attends most of our meetings and events. Felipe has signed up several members to join our council and is a key member in the interface with the other members of our church.

June 2016

John Birdsong