Chicago Federation Welcomes Miss SNPJ 2020 SNPJ Fraternal Sympathies
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Your for News prosvetaOfficial Publication of the Slovene National Benefit Society In This Issue YEAR CXII USPS: 448-080 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 ISSUE 9 ISSN: 1080-0263 Up-and-Coming Calendar of Events ......... 2 Slovenia from the Source .......................... 3 PROSVETA Crossword Puzzle ................. 4 Chicago Federation welcomes Miss SNPJ 2020 SNPJ Fraternal Sympathies ...................... 6 SNPJ Fraternal Honorees ......................... 7 by Tina Rigler (449) Federation Recording Secretary CHICAGO — On Aug. 18, the Chicago District Federation hosted its 10th annual SNPJ young adult briefly dinner dance at the Slovenian Catholic Center members greeted Miss SNPJ during her visit in Lemont, Ill. Members and friends from to Chicago. [From left] PROSVETA deadlines SNPJ Lodges 1, 2, 8, 449 and 559 gathered MEREDITH MARESH to enjoy good food, music and socializing. (449), LANiE MARESH moving to Mondays Federation President Edward Dabrowski (449), ROBERT RiGLER (449) welcomed and thanked everyone who (449), Miss SNPJ 2020 IMPERIAL, Pa. — Starting with the came. He introduced the Federation officers DANiELLA VOLPE, October 2019 issue, the deadline for (449), in attendance: Vice President Vince Rigler, JUSTiN RiGLER submissions to PROSVETA will be KAitlyn CHiappetta noon on Mondays as indicated on the SEE CHiCAGO FEDERATiON (559) and MIKE publications calendar (see page 6) and in (559). ON PAGE 10 CHiappetta “The Deadline” notification below. The deadline dates for upcoming issues are announced in each issue. When submit- ting materials for publication, be sure to address all e-mail correspondence to [email protected]. And the winner is... Lodge 225 schedules The $100 winner of the second quarter drawing in the 2019 SNPJ Recommender Program is: next meeting for Sept. 8 , Lodge 6, Sygan, Pa. GIRARD, Kan. — Due to the fact that Laurie Lorenzato the Arma homecoming was held the week- Congratulations, and thank you for participating! PERIODICAL MATERIAL end of Aug. 11, Lodge 225 will hold its next meeting Sunday, Sept. 8. All Lodge members are encouraged to attend. Linda Scales Lodge 225 Secretary/Treasurer Mid-September meeting planned for Lodge 257 CLEVELAND — The next Lodge 257 meeting will be held Thursday, Sept. 19, starting at 6 p.m. at Brecksville Methodist Church, 65 Public Square in Brecksville, Ohio. A light meal will be served prior to the meeting. RUDY PIVIK Lodge 257 Lodge 723 filling officer Call for Candidates vacancy in September Photos submitted by Sis. Joann Krance (729) SNPJ Recreation FONTANA, Calif. — During the Lodge On The Road with the Westmoreland Federation 723 meeting being held Sept. 19, 2019, at Center Committee 6:30 p.m. at the Fontana Slovene Hall, we [Above] In July, a group of SNPJ members from Westmoreland County, Pa., paid a visit to the This announcement serves as a call to SNPJ Recreation Center to attend the 38th annual Slovenefest. will be holding nominations, election and all members interested in serving on the installation for the office of Lodge vice [Below] In August, Federation members took a trip to the Syria Shrine Center in Cheswick, Pa., SNPJ Recreation Center Committee. Two president, as well as one position on the to enjoy the food, music and festivities of the 77th American-Slovene Day. Both bus trips were sponsored by the Westmoreland County Federation of SNPJ Lodges. positions for terms of three years each will Fontana Slovene Hall Board of Directors. be filled during the Sept. 20, 2019, SNPJ PHYLLiS WOOD National Board meeting. Lodge 723 Secretary/Treasurer • Mileage reimbursement will only be paid up to a 100-mile radius of the THE SNPJ Recreation Center DEADLINE • Compensation also includes a $50 per diem The next two PROSVETA issue dates are Oct. 1 and Nov. 1. All material must Resumes for these positions should be received by noon on Monday, Sept. be forwarded by Sept. 9, 2019, to: 16, for the Oct. 1 issue, and by Monday, Oct. 14, for the Nov. 1 issue. If you’re Slovene National concerned about making the deadline, Benefit Society send an e-mail to [email protected] Joseph C. Evanish or submit your material via the publica- National President/CEO tions area of our website, www.snpj.org. 247 West Allegheny Road Imperial, PA 15126 e-mail: [email protected] 2019 Young Adult projects serve local communities by MEREDITH MARESH (449) and LANIE MARESH (449) CICERO, Ill. — SNPJ young adult members had an eventful conference the weekend of June 14-16. We opened the weekend with pizza and ice-breaker activities Friday evening, during which we learned participants came from near and far – from Pennsylvania to Chicago, even from New Mexico! It was great to see some new faces and some regular attendees returning this year. In total, we had 38 delegates and surrogate delegates participating. On Saturday, the young adults had the special opportunity to meet Consul General of the Republic of Slovenia Andrej Gregor Rode. He shared what services the consulate office in Cleveland provides, as well as some insight into his role as a diplomat. The young adults engaged in great conversation and asked some insightful questions of our special guest. • Mack A. Pintar The young adults also got to meet SNPJ National Sales Director David Ely. Born Feb. 16, 2019 David spoke about the cost of waiting to save for retirement. He demonstrated Sygan, Pa., Lodge 6 just how much more money can be saved by starting in our twenties rather than Sygan, Pa., Lodge 6 welcomes new member waiting until 30 or 40 years of age. He gave us background information on SNPJ Mack A. Pintar to the Society. Mack is the life insurance and annuity products. It was helpful to learn more about SNPJ son of Joshua (6) and Christiana Pintar; product options and to see how they can help us build a healthy financial future. grandson of Michael Pintar (6) and Colleen After the presentations, the group worked on two service projects: the Ronald Pintar, and Judy and the late Mack Goeglein; McDonald House packages and the Adopt-a-Highway roadside cleanup. We raised and great-grandson of Ruth (6) and the late approximately $2,000 in items ranging from household essentials to snacks to Delegates to the 2019 SNPJ Young Adult Conference filled baskets with goods totaling more than $2,000. The baskets Richard Pintar (6). We welcome Mack to SEE YOUNG ADULT CONFERENCE were donated to various Ronald McDonald Houses in Ohio, the SNPJ and extend our best wishes to ON PAGE 5 Pennsylvania and Illinois. his entire family. PROSVETA www.snpj.org • [email protected] 2 September 2, 2019 PROSVETA ENLIGHTENMENT Lodge 771 project helps the homeless and the environment (USPS 448-080) by CAROL PENWELL for deployed service members which tions. The care packages were then form a single long strand. We roll (ISSN 1080-0263) Lodge 771 Secretary/Treasurer was being sponsored by Centers For delivered to Centers For Hearing. A our plarn into a ball, then donate The Official Publication of the HILLSVILLE, Pa. — Following Hearing. Small containers of food big thank you to the members who it to a local church that is making Slovene National a discussion of activities we could and travel-size personal items were donated! mats for the homeless. We feel that participate in to help improve our among the donations collected. Lodge 771 members are now we are helping both the homeless Benefit Society surroundings held during the May 6 Since the project end date was making “plarn,” which is short for and the environment. 247 W. Allegheny Road Lodge 771 meeting, Lodge members July 31, the Lodge meeting date plastic yarn. Plarn is made by cut- I hope everyone has had a great imperial, PA 15126-9774 decided to donate care packages for for August was moved to July 16 so ting plastic grocery bags into strips, summer, and will enjoy the weather Phone: (724) 695-1100 the Operation Care Package program we could assemble all of the dona- which are then strung together to and activities in the months to come. Toll-Free: 1-800-843-7675 (THE SNPJ) Fax: (724) 695-1555 e-mail: [email protected] website: www.snpj.org Conemaugh Fed hosting Editor: Jay Sedmak Associate Editor: annual honorees dinner Kimberly Winters Subscription rate is $8 per year for non-SNPJ by Evelyn Dimpfl (749) hope that each of you will give members in the United States (Fla. subscrib- Federation Secretary ers, please add 6 percent sales tax). Canadian consideration and will attend. and foreign subscriptions, $50 per year. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — On Though many live at a great Advertising information available by writing Sunday, Sept. 29, members of distance and it would not be our office. Material concerning the official SNPJ Lodges affiliated with convenient for you to attend, workings of the Slovene National Benefit So- ciety is given publication priority. Unsolicited the Conemaugh Valley Federa- be assured that you will be manuscripts returned only if a self-addressed, tion who have attained 50, 60, recognized. stamped envelope is enclosed. 70 or 80 years of membership in Other family members are Postmaster: Send all address changes to: the Society in 2019 are invited welcome to attend. The cost of PROSVETA, 247 W. Allegheny Rd., to a dinner in their honor and the dinner is $20 per person, imperial, PA 15126-9774 will be guests of the Federation. and tickets must be reserved (Published monthly) The dinner will be held and paid for prior to the event (Periodical postage paid at imperial, Pa., at the Homestead Inn, 1939 date. No tickets will be avail- and additional mailing office.) [From left] Helper, Utah, Lodge 689 members RACQUEL DAViS, TAMARA (KLARiCH) Forest Hills Drive in Elton, able at the door.