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I I I I I I Out of this World with SPJST
Dear SPJST Youth and Parents,
Welcome to the SPJST Youth Program! SPJST is a fraternal organization founded on the time-honored idea of doing good for each other and for the communities that we seek to serve. Our youth mission is to provide a well-rounded educational, patriotic, and social program. We also like to have fun!
Through active participation in local SPJST Youth Clubs and statewide events, youngsters between the ages of five and 18 develop a greater awareness of the common bonds that we all share. SPJST Youth Clubs also work with community-based organizations to tailor programs to fit local needs.
SPJST Summer Camp fosters a spirit of cooperation, forms an appreciation of the natural environment, and helps campers to achieve their full potential. Summer camp is provided on the basis of active participation.
SPJST sponsors Youth Achievement Day (YAD) competitions on the district and state levels as an educational activity for SPJST Youth Club members. Contestants field entries in a range of areas including arts and crafts, music, dance, drama, and public speak - ing. Individuals participating in YAD must be a member.
Knowledge is power. SPJST strongly encourages its outstanding young members to continue their educational development. Since its inception, the SPJST Scholarship Program has awarded more than $1.2 million to deserving, college-bound youth. Selections are based on academics and leadership. Active youth may also qualify for educational scholarships.
If you have any questions about participation in the SPJST Youth Program, browse the handbook. If you would like to request membership information, please contact me anytime on my cell phone at 254.534.0681. Or, feel free to email me at [email protected] or my assistant, Tammy, at [email protected]. I look forward to meeting you!
Fraternally yours,
Frank Horak SPJST Fraternal Director
1 20 18- 20 19 Youth Cl ub Handbook C hanges PAGE 21 products that are made with “quick acting” the American Camping Association (ACA) ratio. leavening agents such as baking powder and Chaperones will follow the outlined camp pro - 7. SPJST Contests and SPJST 100 Pennies baking soda instead of yeast.* gram as supervisors.* Scholarship Fund Drive ✯ ★★ ★★ No toppings, glazes, or decorations of any All adult chaperones/SPJST camp staff must 5 Points Each kind. Top of quick bread must be visible for complete an online SPJST Camp Staff/Volunteer judging purposes. Application and submit it to the State Fraternal • Flag Day Contest.* Maximum of one entry. ✯ Director no later than March 31. These applica - • Camp Tee-Shirt Design Contest.* No muffin, mini muffin, or mini loafs Maximum of one entry. allowed.* tions are available through the SPJST website. No adult may assist at SPJST Camp without a com - ✯ Nuts are acceptable in all quick bread.* pleted SPJST Camp Staff/Volunteer Application PAGE 24 on file for the current year. All adult chaperones ✯ Examples: Banana, strawberry, date, apri - and SPJST camp staff paid for by SPJST will Scrapbooks to be judged at the 2018 YAD must cot, zucchini, sweet potato, carrot, poppy undergo background checks which the SPJST include all of the following: seed, chocolate chip, etc.* Home Office will complete.* ❒ ✯ A cover that reflects the 2017-2018 youth The typed recipe must accompany the YAD PAGE 37 year theme: “SPJST - Live the Adventure.”* entry card on an index card no larger than 4- inches by 6-inches. PAGE 25 Christmas Ornament Contest PAGE 27 Who can enter? Posters to be judged at the 2018 YAD must contain SPJST members entering kindergarten or Photography* the 2017-2018 youth year theme: “SPJST - Live age 5 to high school senior. The age group will be the Adventure.”* 2018: Bridge(s) 2019: Scenic/Nature determined by the age of the current youth year.* PAGE 25 2020: Flowers* ✯ All entries must illustrate the current year’s PAGE 37 Craft Contest Categories category — Bridge(s).* Dessert* ✯ One-half of the picture must be the subject of Camp Tee-Shirt Design Contest PAGE 26 the category to be judged. The “bridge(s)” subject in the photograph can be any kind of Who can enter? bridge(s) as long as it is not offensive or Active SPJST members entering kinder - Constructed Items* depicting alcohol, tobacco, or a drug prod - garten or age 5 to high school senior. The age uct.* group will be determined by the age of the current 2018: Paper ✯ youth year.* 2019: Copper, Metal, Tin Photographs can be color, black and white, 2020: Clay or Dough Molded* or sepia. Camera effects are permitted. No PAGE 38 ✯ computer or printer modifications allowed. The project must be free formed and can be ✯ made from all types of paper, including, but All photographs must be 8-inches by 10- not limited to all weights from tissue paper to inches with no border. Decorated Rock Contest cardboard. Examples: origami, polyhedron.* ✯ Who Can Enter? ✯ Photograph must be taken by the youth; not Hardware (paint, embellishments, etc.) as of the youth, friends, or family. SPJST members entering kindergarten or age 5 to high school senior. The age group will be listed in the instructions or necessary to com - ✯ plete the project is acceptable.* Photographs must be displayed in a clear, determined by the age of the current youth year.* protective sleeve. No matting, mounting, or framing allowed. PAGE 26 PAGE 39 PAGE 30 Dessert* Flag Day Contest Each year, a different type of dessert will be selected for the contest. Royalty Speech Topic for 2018 * Who Can Enter? All SPJST members who are entering kinder - 2018: Quick Bread* The topic for the 2018 royalty speeches is: 2019: Candies “Out of this World with SPJST.” * garten or age 5 to high school senior. Youth club 2020: Cookies* membership is not required. The age group will be determined by the age of the current youth ✯ PAGE 35 Quick bread must be baked in an 8-inch by year. 3.75-inch by 2.5-inch disposable loaf pan.* 2019 Theme ✯ Adult Chaperones Quick breads are made with NO yeast . (Camp Counselors)* “The American Flag and What It Means To Quick breads include a variety of baked The chaperone to camper ratio will follow Me ”*
2 SPJST Table of Contents SPJST Youth Club Motto ...... 3 State Fraternal Director and District Youth Counselors ...... 4 YOUTH CLUB Supreme Lodge and Home Office Contacts ...... 5 DYCs, Assistants, and Youth Leaders ...... 6 SPJST Youth Program History ...... 8 HANDBOOK SPJST Youth Program Overview: Missions and Goals ...... 11 Definitions ...... 11 Youth Program Structure ...... 12 Organizing a Youth Club ...... 13 Youth Club Policy ...... 13 DYC Responsibilities ...... 13 Youth Leader Responsibilities ...... 14 Leader-In-Training Responsibilities ...... 15 Youth Club Member Responsibilities ...... 15 Membership Privileges ...... 15 SPJST Youth Club Democracy: Order of Business Meeting ...... 16 Conducting Youth Club Business ...... 16 Youth Club Officers and Their Roles ...... 17 Youth Club Committees and Their Roles ...... 17 Elections ...... 18 Merit Point System ...... 19 Youth Point Values ...... 20 Youth Achievement Day ...... 22 General Rules ...... 22 Competition Procedures ...... 24 YOUTH CLUB MOTTO Scrapbook and Poster Contests ...... 24 Special Category Contest ...... 25 Craft Contests ...... 25 Talent Contests ...... 28 I pledge my support Beseda Dance ...... 29 Royalty Contests ...... 30 to uphold the high State YAD Awards and Guidelines ...... 32 Youth Achievement Award ...... 33 ideals of the SPJST: Summer Camp ...... 34 SS Youth Contests eeking brotherhood; Christmas Ornament Contest ...... 37 P Camp Tee-Shirt Design Contest ...... 37 P Decorated Rock Contest ...... 38 ledging benevolence; Flag Day Contest ...... 39 JJ President’s Volunteer Service Award ...... 40 oining hands; Vestnik and Publicity ...... 41 SS SPJST Scholarships and Grants Program upporting humanity; General Scholarships ...... 42 TT Leadership Grants ...... 42 rusting in my ability State Merit Scholarship ...... 44 District Merit Scholarship ...... 44 to make this world Royalty Scholarship ...... 44 Rules of Conduct for Youth Activities ...... 45 a better place. SPJST Privacy Policy ...... 50 United States Flag: Display and Respect ...... 51 This I pledge. SPJST Mascot: Orel the Eagle ...... 56 From the Archives ...... 57 © 2018 by SPJST Out of this World Membership Campaign ...... 66 3 20 18-20 19 SPJST Youth Cl ub Ha ndbook
Dear Youth Club Members SPJST is like a beautiful bracelet. Each jewel and Adult Leaders, in the bracelet is brilliant, but the exquisite artistry SPJST is based on the time-honored idea of lies in their connectivity. SPJST Youth Leaders and “doing good”—doing good for each other and District Youth Counselors provide the supervision doing good for the communities that our lodges and direction necessary to keep our young members seek to serve. We do this in many ways. One of the on track and involved. The stronger your involve - ment, the more dynamic your local lodge’s youth most rewarding programs that we offer to our program can be. young members is the SPJST Youth Program. Thank you for your interest and involvement in Whether you are a youth club member or an adult the SPJST Youth Program. I encourage you to keep leader, I hope that you find your participation in up the good work in the year ahead. the SPJST youth program an enjoyable and reward - Fraternally yours, N ing experience. This handbook outlines the many O Brian Vanicek I
T aspects of the program, including guidelines for Supreme Lodge President A participation and the 2018 membership drive. Head of the Youth Department M R
O District Three - Kay Weeks F State Fraternal Director 4203 Treehaven Court N I
Arlington, TX 76016-4616
T Frank Horak Phone: 817.896.5277 C SPJST Home Office Email: [email protected] A
T PO Box 100 N Temple, TX 76503-0100 District Four - Pam Lehmann O PO Box 637
C Office: 254.773.1575 • 800.727.7578 Tahoka, TX 79373-0637 Mobile: 254.534.0681 Phone: 806.561.5105 Fax: 254.774.7447 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] District Five - Barbara Linney-Gonzales 6043 Pineway Boulevard District Youth Counselors Houston, TX 77023-6510 Phone: 713.649.6138 District One - Sharon Russell Email: [email protected] 1292 County Road 441 District Six - Lisa Bubela Dime Box, TX 77853-5361 1405 Divide Street Phone: 979.884.0807 El Campo, TX 77437-6152 Email: [email protected] Phone: 979.543.7120 Email: [email protected] District Two - Patsy Koslovsky District Seven - Lian Pruski 764 South St. Joseph Road 418 West Hunt Street Burlington, TX 76519-3108 Pleasanton, TX 78064-3413 Phone: 254.718.1606 Phone: 830.480-2737 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 4 SPJST O ff ic ers, D irectors and H ome O ff ice Con ta cts
District Six - Karen Kaspar, FIC, CFFM Officers 8550 N. State Highway 71; El Campo, TX 77437-9819 President Brian Vanicek, FIC Home: 979.543.2532; Mobile: 979.332.1616 Office: 254.773.1575 Email: [email protected] Mobile: 254.534.2902 Email: [email protected] District Seven - Bob J. Bayer, FIC 1100 Hospital Boulevard; Floresville, TX 78114-2912 Vice President Hiram Dixon, FICF, LUTCF, CFFM Mobile: 830.391.3375 Office: 254.773.1575 Email: [email protected] Mobile: 254.231.7722 Email: [email protected] Chief Financial Officer Leonard D. Mikeska, FIC Vestnik Editor/ Office: 254.773.1575; Home: 254.778.3720 C Mobile: 254.721.4739 Director of Communication O Email: [email protected] N Melanie Zavodny, FIC T A
Director of Accounting/ Office: 254.773.1575; Mobile: 254.534.0807 C Information Technology Services Roy Vajdak Fax: 254.773.8087 T
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District One - Donnie Victorick, FIC, CFFM Richard Hrbacek O
PO Box 85; Snook, TX 77878-0085 Office: 254.773.1575 N Home: 979.272.3265; Mobile: 979.224.3125 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
District Two - Jesse Pospisil 4710 FM 1331; Taylor, TX 76574-2164 Home: 512.365.1110; Mobile: 512.826.7371 Fraternal Field Managers Email: [email protected] Districts One/Two/Three District Three - John Engelke Philip McBee, FICF, CFFM 6475 Gholson Road; Waco, TX 76705-5330 Mobile: 325.647.1949 Home: 254.799.4247 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Districts Four/Seven District Four - Billy Rollwitz, FIC, CFFM Bobby G. Davis, FICF, CFFM PO Box 195; Rowena, TX 76875-0195 Mobile: 325.450.3748 Home: 325.442.3141; Mobile: 325.277.5362 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
District Five - Bradley Stavinoha, FIC Districts Five/Six 10522 Will Lehman Road, Needville, TX 77461-9164 Delisle Doherty Mobile: 979.739.2386 Mobile: 832.232.2049 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 5 20 18 - 20 19 SPJST DY Cs, Assis tants, and Youth Leaders
District Youth Counselors Local Lodge Youth Leaders and Assistants Lodge 6, Cottonwood (District 3) Peggy Dobecka 254.717.0383 District One Email: [email protected] DYC Sharon Russell 979.884.0807 Email: [email protected] Lodge 9, Snook (District 1) Assistant Holly Narro 979.218.4931 Loree Lewis 979.220.4733 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Assistant Hannah Kovar 979.220.7904 Email: [email protected] Lodge 13, Dime Box (District 1) Julie Schneider 512.269.8180 District Two Email: [email protected] DYC Patsy Koslovsky 254.985.2396 N Email: [email protected] Lodge 17, New Tabor (District 1) O
I Assistant Cristy Girod 512.468.1347 Holly Narro 979.218.4931 T Email: [email protected]
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M Assistant Amber Bartek 254.931.0295
R Email: [email protected] Lodge 20, Granger (District 2)
O Emilie Tischler 254.721.7735 F District Three Email: [email protected] N I
DYC Kay Weeks 817.896.5277
T Email: [email protected] Lodge 24, Cyclone (District 2) C Assistant CarrieAnn Jones 817.371.1727 Kim Campbell 254.721.0586 A
T Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] N
O District Four Lodge 25, Ennis (District 3) C DYC Pam Lehmann 806.535.8356 Rita Holland 469.337.2284 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Assistant Laura Pospichal 325.365.6485 Email: [email protected] Lodge 29, Taylor (District 2) Cristy Girod 512.468.1347 District Five Email: [email protected] DYC Barbara Linney-Gonzales 713.649.6138 Email: [email protected] Lodge 30, Taiton (District 6) Assistant Michelle Wockenfuss 713.254.3362 Lisa Bubela 979.543.7120 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Lodge 40, El Campo-Hillje (District 6) District Six Cathy Garcia 979.332.1614 DYC Lisa Bubela 979.543.7120 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Assistant Susan Siptak 979.244.4415 Lodge 47, Seaton (District 2) Amber Bartek 254.931.0295 District Seven Email: [email protected] DYC Lian Pruski 830.480-2737 Email: [email protected] Lodge 48, Beyersville (District 2) Assistant Regina House 830.570.2046 Michelle Newsom 512.913.0226 Email: [email protected] Email: mrn [email protected] 6 Lodge 49, Rowena (District 4) Lodge 154, Fort Worth (District 3) Becky Wood 325.656.0029 Lesli Milan 817.320.7129 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] CarrieAnn Jones 817.371.1727 Lodge 79, Corpus Christi (District 7) Email: [email protected] Marcia Rew 361.947.8233 Lodge 162, Iowa Colony (District 5) Email: [email protected] Brenda Moyle 713.303.1471 Lodge 80, Holland (District 2) Email: [email protected] Kelly Taisler 254.913.3309 Email: [email protected] Lodge 182, Falls County (District 2) Becky Beckendorf 254.749.5732 Lodge 81, Needville (District 5) Email: [email protected] Madeline Gadway 979.900.9566 Email: [email protected] Lodge 183, Arlington (District 3) Debra Daniel 817.800.6189 Lodge 84, Dallas (District 3) Email: [email protected] Lynda Novak 972.948.4456 Email: [email protected] Lodge 185, New Braunfels (District 7) Theresa Haag 830.625.8262
Lodge 88, Houston (District 5) C Email: [email protected] Barbara Linney-Gonzales 713.649.6138 O Email: [email protected] N
Lodge 186, Caldwell (District 1) T A
Lodge 92, Fort Worth (District 3) Yolanda Brinkman 979.567.0637 C Email: [email protected] T
Jolie Paprskar Mozingo 817.791.4570 I
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Lodge 187, Round Rock (District 2) F Lodge 107, Floresville (District 7) Jennifer McCarthy 512.565.9156 O R
Lian Pruski 830.480.2737 Email: [email protected] M
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Lodge 202, Jourdanton (District 7) I Lodge 142, Houston (District 5) Regina House 830.570.2046 O N Catherine Manchack 832.443.0469 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Lodge 215, South Plains (District 4) Lodge 148, El Maton (District 6) Melissa Zielonka 979.618.1890 Janeece Williams 806.632.5239 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Lodge 160, San Angelo (District 4) Lodge 219, El Paso (District 4) Ryan Jansa 325.234.5879 Aracely Quiz 915.999.2062 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
7 SPJST Youth Progr am Addresses Social Nee ds and Civic Re spons ibilit ies
SPJST Youth Program is an ongoing part of local youth The Early Years club activities. State and local programs address a range of areas, including human relations, nature, par - According to A History of the SPJST compiled by liamentary procedure, juvenile decency, arts and crafts, late Supreme Lodge President Nick A. Morris, the the fine arts, music, dramatics, and ethnic tradition. SPJST youth program began as early as 1937 when a Youth club members range from kindergarten to high youth group on the lodge level was formed at Lodge school senior. 25, Ennis. The second such youth group was formed at The patriotic program consists of ceremonial rituals Lodge 88, Houston in 1948. and an annual essay contest. The third youth group was The objective is to teach the formed at Lodge 4, The purpose of the SPJST Youth Department operation of a free democrat - Hallettsville in 1953. The ic society and majority rule. fourth and fifth youth groups continues to be twofold: The social program includes were organized at Lodge 66, Y first, to build character among socials, dances, picnics, pag - R Waco and Lodge 84, Dallas. eants, hayrides, and family
O the younger members Both were formed in 1954. group activities geared to T
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I foster family unity. SPJST’s Youth Movement in H In addition, SPJST makes
our young people in activities the early 1950s was Birdie summer camping trips available M Hilsher Pech. In a Vestnik that will prepare them for A to its active young members.
R column that Sister Pech leadership positions at all According to the current SPJST G wrote in 1953, she says, “If levels of our Society By-Laws, each of the seven dis - O you think that the grass is just R and in their adult lives. tricts will camp at Camp P a little greener on the other
Kubena in Ledbetter, Texas. side of the fence, better think H Some districts have combined T twice. Our SPJST has all of camp sessions. U the green grass. It is up to us to keep it watered now Generally stated, SPJST camp is provided on the O
Y and keep it growing bigger and better all the time. Keep basis of participation in SPJST activities. To qualify for our youth and keep them entertained for a greater future camp, active youth club members must attend seven of our SPJST, for without them, we would perish as out of 12 youth meetings in the months preceding grass would die without water.” camp. Any youth (previous member or new certificate) Sixty-five years later, these words still ring true. The who initially joins the youth club must attend the purpose of the SPJST Youth Department continues to be majority of meetings to be eligible for camp. Another twofold: first, to build character among the younger way to qualify for camp is to attend seven out of 12 members and secondly, to involve our young people in adult meetings in lodges where there are no youth activities that will prepare them for leadership positions clubs. Non-active youth members may attend camp for at all levels of our Society and in their adult lives. a fee that is determined by their district’s District Youth Counselor. Youth camp funds come from an allocation by the SPJST Supreme Lodge. A Three-Part Program A number of professional assistants are hired for instruction in archery, aquatics, horsemanship, and as On an annual basis, SPJST Youth Clubs sponsor a camp nurse. Much of the chaperoning and program - wide range of social activities, community service proj - ming is done by parents and SPJST trained leaders. ects and charity projects. The SPJST youth club is Adult leaders are trained at an annual workshop about having fun, but it’s also about contributing to the held in March or April. District Youth Counselors and welfare of the people of Texas. trained specialists instruct youth leaders in various The SPJST Youth Program has three parts: educa - aspects of the SPJST youth program, including camp - tional, patriotic, and social. The educational part of the ing, first aid and team-building.
8 A second workshop, the leaders-in-training work - shop, for high school youth club members is held in Coming to America early June. The exiled Czechs emigrated into Germany, In addition to its summer camp program, SPJST Russia, England, and the United States. The first offers its young people a program which encourages arrived in North America after the Battle of White them to participate in a range of individual and group Mountain, settling in New Amsterdam, which is now skills and talent competitions. The program culminates known as New York. Many others soon followed. with the State Youth Achievement Day and Royalty They brought with them the spirit of liberty that Contest, held on a statewide basis on the first Saturday had been crushed at White Mountain. They took great in August. More than 300 young people from across the pride in this country which gave them the privilege to state participate in the event which represents the grand determine their own destiny and to bind together to finale of the summer long district contests. The compe - achieve even greater accomplishments. tition covers talent, speech and crafts. Between 1834 and 1900, approximately 200,000 It is cooperative efforts such as these that truly people of Czech descent immigrated from their native symbolize the great potential land to America. Many of of SPJST — young and old those ended up in Texas. To — working together to In addition to its make life more enjoyable, the achieve common goals and summer camp program, Czech immigrants and their enjoying life together. SPJST offers its young people families stuck together. Texans have long been familiar with the initials a program which encourages SPJST. Less familiar is the them to participate in a range Strength Czech name they represent— of individual and group skills
Slovanska Podporujici in Numbers S and talent competitions. P
Jednota Statu Texas. English J
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Benevolent Order of the H with the State Youth others across the United State of Texas. By any name, I States in a fraternal benefit S SPJST is an organization Achievement Day T union called the CSPS, now O with a proud past and a bright and Royalty Contest. known as the Czechoslovak R future. Y Society of America (CSA). The first Texas lodge was organized April 13, 1894. At that time, the CSPS was undergoing a period of Paradise on Earth internal strife, mainly centering around disagreement To better understand SPJST and why it was estab - over money matters. Generally stated, Texans believed lished, it is important to know a little about the group’s that CSPS ties lay overwhelmingly in favor of eastern founders and their homeland — the Czech lands of industrial workers, rather than in favor of the farming Moravia, Slovakia and Bohemia. families of the west. Combined, this region represents a section of central Certain financial demands were not met by the Europe, rich in natural resources and often referred to in CSPS, and western and Texas delegates grew disen - song and poetry as “Zemsky Raj to na Pokled” or chanted with the organization of the society. Giving up “Paradise on Earth.” their efforts at fiscal reform, Texas Czechs shortly after Because it was so well-endowed by natural 1896 decided on secession from the CSPS. And on resources, the Czech lands were among the most pro - December 28 of that year, Texas delegates gathered at La gressive and highly developed in Central Europe. With Grange and set about the task of forming a new society. the establishment of the first university, Charles After some discussion, a three-member committee University, in Prague in 1348, the region also became a was elected to draw up a set of by-laws for the new center of higher education. For these and other reasons, organization. The committee elected consisted of J.R. the Czech lands became an attractive prize and the target Kubena, A. Haidusek, and F. Cihal. Haidusek later gave of recurring assaults by its neighbors. These attacks cul - up the job, and L.V. Vanek was named to this commit - minated with the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 when tee. In March of 1897, the constitution was submitted to the Czech people were thoroughly defeated. The nation the Texas CSPS lodges for consideration. Seven of the ceased to exist, and all its people were either killed or 25 Texas lodges approved the constitution and with - sent into exile and its wealth went to its conquerors. drew from the older society.
9 These seven lodges represented the vanguard of the adopted these American values, SPJST members fledgling SPJST organization. Official records indicate became better citizens. that the first convention was held in La Grange on June SPJST served its purpose well. Over the course of 20, 1897, and the society started operations on July 1, the next two generations, American society and 1897, with 782 members and 25 lodges. SPJST lifestyles changed dramatically. Our state and our received its state charter on August 12, 1897. nation was becoming progressively more industrial - ized. At the same time, the country was becoming more urban and less rural. Many people—including the sons The Road to Temple and daughters of the early members—moved away from the farms and into the towns and cities. In many SPJST’s first base of operations was located in cases, they took SPJST with them. Thus, it was during Fayetteville, Texas. The reason being that the central this time that many of our urban lodges were estab - figure in administering the affairs of the Society, lished. It was also during this time, in 1953, that SPJST Secretary J.R. Kubena, had his personal business oper - headquarters moved its state headquarters to Temple. ations located in that city. Until his death in 1938, Once again, SPJST had an important mission to Kubena administered the affairs of SPJST out of a sin - fulfill—to provide its members with identity and sup - gle room in his general merchandise store. port at a time when life in America was becoming It wasn’t until the early 1930s that the other officers increasingly impersonal and unstable. were made full-time, and additional office space was The society served its purpose well. The legacy of needed. That is when the Supreme Lodge officers rent - these days—the S.P.J.S.T. Senior Living Centers, youth ed the building housing the former Fayetteville State program, and various cultural enrichment programs Bank a door or two down in October 1932 for the rental including the Czech Heritage Museum and Camp fee of $30 per month. The building served two, then Kubena—are with us today. three, Supreme Lodge officers until the early 1940s when the records and offices were moved to a larger Y R building on the square in Fayetteville. Following the Looking Ahead O 1952 Convention in Houston, the offices were moved T
S to Temple. Achieving success in the future remains an exciting I The move from Fayetteville to Temple was made prospect. Just as SPJST’s forefathers learned to adjust, H during the months of August and September of 1953. A SPJST is responding to meet the needs of its members T S
J decision had previously been reached to completely in these changing times.
P renovate and remodel the third floor of the Professional From a financial perspective, SPJST offers its S Building on Second Street and Central Avenue to house members a full line of life insurance programs, annu - the officers of the Supreme Lodge. ities, and related member benefits, including home, As the years passed, it became increasingly evident business, and farm and ranch loans. that adequate and suitable quarters would have to be One of the most significant fraternal developments sought elsewhere, and the solutions seemed to lie in the in SPJST over the past decade has been the increase in construction of a new building. Groundbreaking cere - volunteerism and human service projects. In lodges all monies were held on October 25, 1969, with formal over the state, members are committing their time and dedication of the new SPJST Home Office building on energy in support of worthwhile causes, helping people the corner of Main Street and French Avenue taking in need by working in hospitals, senior citizen homes, place on Sunday, January 31, 1971. and raising money for many causes, including scholar - ships, food banks, volun - teer fire departments, drug Society With a Purpose abuse programs, and vari - ous charities. They are tak - From the outset, SPJST lodge meetings made ing the best that SPJST has members feel at home and provided them with the eco - to offer—a tradition of nomic security of fraternal life insurance. But, there helping people to care for was much more to SPJST than that . . . Through partic - their families—and are ipation in lodge meetings and SPJST conventions, extending it to their com - members learned and applied the democratic processes munities. In light of all of their newly adopted homeland. They grew to appre - these things, there is ciate the value of free speech and to express their opin - indeed great promise for ions. Moreover, they learned how to conduct meetings the future of fraternalism and the importance of voting. Having learned and and SPJST.
10 SPJST Youth Pro gram: Mission, Goals, D efi nitions, and Respons ibilit ies
another lodge’s youth club meeting if either their youth Mission and Goals club is not meeting or they need to make up meetings. The mission of the SPJST Youth Program is to pro - In those instances where a lodge does not have a youth club, the youngster may attend adult lodge meetings or vide a well-rounded educational, patriotic, and social the meetings of another youth club. The youngster will program. In support of this mission, the SPJST Youth be eligible for camp and Youth Achievement Day Program will continue to fulfill the following goals. (YAD) after the completion of his/her kindergarten year. Active youth members must be single and not be preg - I. Educational nant or a parent. The age of the youth on June 1 of the A. To educate youth about SPJST, its history, Czech current youth year will be the recognized age in the heritage, purpose, benefits, and future. SPJST Youth Program (camp, YAD, contests, etc.). B. To cultivate a loyalty to SPJST as an organization and a desire to support it and ensure its continued The youth year begins June 1 and ends May 31. progress and existence. Youth club eligibility ends when the youth graduates C. To develop character traits in youth which will make
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E. To provide opportunities for youth to demonstrate SPJST is divided into seven geographic regions T creativeness, talent, and knowledge. across Texas. H
F. To develop the skills and talents that benefit SPJST’s P R
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G. To foster strong leadership and volunteerism in Oversees all district youth activities (camp, youth G
SPJST’s youth and adults. achievement day, district social, etc.). Each of the seven R districts elects a DYC and an assistant(s) in the spring A II. Patriotic district meeting every year. M A. To provide an opportunity for youth to learn about and to practice the democratic process. Head of the Youth Program B. To develop patriotic projects and programs. SPJST Supreme Lodge President.
III. Social Home Office A. To work with families and other community agencies Located at 520 North Main in Temple, Texas. The to provide meaningful leisure time activities for youth. main floor of the building houses SPJST’s business offices and public meeting area. The basement is home to the Achieving the mission will result in capable, competent, SPJST Archives and Texas Czech Genealogical Society’s and caring SPJST members. Czech Veterans’ Wall of Honor and Pioneer Room. Leader-In-Training (LIT) A Leader-In-Training (LIT) is an active high Definitions school- aged youth who is deemed responsible by his/her youth leader and DYC. The youth club member Active Youth Member may attend the LIT workshop, held in June, after com - A youngster with a current SPJST insurance certifi - pleting a Leader-In-Training application and an SPJST cate may enter the youth program the youth year that camp application and with recommendation from he/she will be entering kindergarten or age 5. To be his/her youth leader and District Youth Counselor. LITs considered active, youth club member must attend a with a certificate from the State Fraternal Director must majority (seven) of the monthly meetings at his/her attend and assist with their district’s summer camping home youth club during the year; however, youth may session. LITs will also assist their youth leaders in their attend a maximum of two (2) adult lodge meetings; or youth clubs throughout the year. 11 Local Lodge • Participate in District and State Youth Refers to the SPJST lodge of which the youth club Achievement Days (YAD) and contests. is a part. There cannot be a youth club without a local • Participate in district meetings and outings. lodge. Youth and adult members belong to a local lodge • Attend SPJST camp at the discretion of the by being SPJST life insurance certificate holders. District Youth Counselor. Youth must pay the normal camp fee and must be accompanied by an adult family Meetings member with a current SPJST life insurance certificate The youth club meets only once per month for its in force and who has paid the camp fee. business meetings irrespective of the frequency of lodge meetings. Vestnik Merit Point Contests SPJST’s weekly newspaper. Youth club members earn points for participating in lodge, district, and state activities. The youth leader or Youth Achievement Day (YAD) assistant youth leader is responsible for recording the Youth members, ranging from those who have merit points of each active youth club member. These completed kindergarten as of June 1 of the YAD year to points are to be posted on the Quarterly and Merit Point high school senior, compete in craft, talent, and royalty Report and sent to the State Fraternal Director each contests on the district level. Youth clubs compete in quarter. At District YAD, first through fifth place scrapbook and poster contests. Youth clubs also exhibit awards will be presented to all qualifying youth in the the beseda dance. Contests are held in the seven SPJST junior and teen divisions who have earned a minimum districts in June and July. First place winners in all con - of 60 points. Youth club members are also encouraged tests advance to State YAD competition in August in to keep up with their point totals and provide them to Temple. their youth leaders on a quarterly basis. M
A Quarterly Report Youth Program R All SPJST members entering kindergarten through
G To be completed by the youth leader and/or assis - high school senior and adults working with the youth
O tant youth leader and sent to the State Fraternal
R Director. This report includes the sign-in list and merit such as leaders, assistants, District Youth Counselors, P
point totals. A disbursement of $2 per member per State Fraternal Director, and Supreme Lodge President.
H meeting is mailed each quarter to each youth club pro - Youth members are divided as follows: T vided that there is an average of at least five youngsters U attending each meeting during the quarter. The quarter - Juniors - Ages Entering Kindergarten or Age 5 to 12 Years O
Y ly reports are due as follows.
Teens - Ages 13 Years to High School Senior T S J September 15 - For June, July, August Youth Leader P December 15 - For September, October, November S The person elected by the local lodge to guide the March 15 - For December, January, February youth in an advisory capacity. Assistants help the youth June 1 - For March, April, May leader as needed or requested. State Fraternal Director (SFD) Oversees the SPJST Youth Program. Youth Year June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019. Supreme Lodge The SPJST Supreme Lodge is comprised of four officers — President, Vice President, Chief Financial Youth Program Structure Officer, and Director of Accounting/Information Technology Services — and seven district directors of Name SPJST. SPJST Youth Program.
Uninsurable Youth Purpose Any youth deemed uninsurable according to SPJST To provide a well-balanced educational, physical, underwriting guidelines and whose parent/guardian is a and social program for the benefit of all SPJST mem - member. The youth can partially participate in the SPJST Youth Program in the following ways: bers in good standing, entering kindergarten to high school senior. • Attend youth club meetings and activities; how - ever, youth may not serve as a youth club officer. Mission • Earn merit points; however, youth is ineligible To provide a well-rounded educational, patriotic, for the SPJST Scholarship Program. and social program. 12 Organization Youth Club Reports Age Divisions: It is very essential that a report be presented about Juniors - Ages Entering Kindergarten or Age 5 youth club activities in the adult lodge meeting every to 12 Years month. This report should include the financial status Teens - Ages 13 Years to High School Senior (treasury) of the youth club. While we generally sub - scribe to the policy that what monies or funds are raised Each lodge will determine if there will be a club for by the youth club belong to the youth club, it makes for all ages combined or if there will be a junior club and a a better relationship if the lodge knows what the youth teen club. Equal activities must be planned for both youth club is doing, how the money is being spent, and what clubs or in the case of one youth club, both age groups. the status of the funds are. That way, if the youth club ever runs short of funds, the adult lodge will be more Leadership Structure inclined to perhaps grant funds to the youth club. Supreme Lodge President However, if the adult lodge never receives a report on (Head of the Youth Program) any of the youth activities and the youth club operates State Fraternal Director as a separate and exclusive unit, the adult lodge is not District Youth Counselor/Assistant DYC apt to look favorably upon any request that the youth Lodge Youth Leader/Assistant Youth Leader club may have. Leader-In-Training (LIT) Furthermore, the funds of the youth club are sub - ject to audit just as the funds of the lodge are. In other The Supreme Lodge President and State Fraternal words, there has to be some control and accountability Director have jurisdiction over all phases of the SPJST
on the youth club and its activities. S
Youth Program. P J S
Youth Club Eligibility T
Youth clubs must maintain five members in order to Y receive any monetary allocations or incentive awards. O
Organizing a Youth Club U T
To organize a new youth club or reactivate an inac - H
tive club: District Youth P R
1. Request permission from the local lodge. Counselor’s (DYC) O G
Role and Responsibilities R
2. Secure at least one youth leader who is a member A
of the lodge and who is willing to organize the youth DYC Elections M club. The lodge must secure at least five youth who are The DYC is an elected officer of the district. The members of the lodge and who are willing to join the assistant DYC is also elected by the district during the youth club and become active members. district’s annual spring meeting. The newly elected DYC and assistant DYC will assume office following 3. Contact the DYC to meet with the youth leader to the district’s annual spring meeting. help organize the club. If a district fails to elect or loses a DYC, the State Fraternal Director may directly assist with matters 4. Select a certain place and time to meet each month needing immediate attention until the next district with the approval of the members present and lodge meeting or until a new DYC can be elected. officers. District Camp 5. Elect youth club officers and appoint committee chairmen by the third meeting. The DYC selects the dates for camp as requested by the State Fraternal Director. Each district will camp at Camp Kubena in Ledbetter, Texas. The DYC shall conduct a camp orientation class for the chaperones and Youth Club Policy staff before camp begins. Each DYC will turn in his/her Extensions of Adult Lodge district’s camp attendance to the State Fraternal Youth clubs at local lodges are extensions of the Director no later than seven days after the final day of adult or “parent” lodge, not separate entities. They his/her district camp. This will include attendance num - exist by virtue and because of the local lodge. If there bers of active youth member, non-active youth mem - were no local lodge, then there would be no youth club. bers, adult chaperones, and staff. 13 District Meetings The DYC initiates and conducts all youth programs Youth Leader’s Role at the district meetings. and Responsibilities District Social The DYC, provided that funds are available, plans Youth Leader Elections and coordinates at least one district-wide social for all The youth leader is elected by the local lodge in its youth members in the district per year. annual meeting, usually held in November. The youth leader selects his/her assistant(s) and submits the name(s) District Training to the local lodge for approval. The DYC sets the date and arranges for the location The youth leader is accountable to the local lodge and of district training classes. All costs connected with dis - the District Youth Counselor. trict training classes come out of each district’s youth fund or other funds available from the district treasury. The youth club is under the direct supervision of the This includes mileage, meals, and whatever other elected youth leader. expenses arise that the DYC chooses to compensate. Youth Leader’s Responsibilities ✯ District Youth Achievement Day Consults with the president of the local lodge on all Each DYC is responsible for the date and location of important youth club decisions. his/her district YAD. YAD responsibilities include select - ✯ ing judges, coordinating prizes, and organizing and Presents a monthly youth club report to the youth recruiting workers. Immediately after YAD, the DYC club and to the adult lodge. will forward the entry cards and attachments of all first, ✯ second, and third place winners to the State Fraternal Coordinates and plans with the youth club president M Director.
A the meeting agenda and the order of business. R ✯ G S✯tandards for Selecting YAD Judges Supervises youth club business handled by youth O Not an immediate relative of anyone competing in club officers and committee chairmen. R YAD. Immediate relative includes mother, father, P
✯ grandmother, grandfather, sister, brother, aunt, or uncle. Guides youth members in planning socials and trips. H
T ✯ There must be at least two socials annually; however,
U Has formal training or experience in the assigned there is no limit to the number of socials the member -
O category. ship and leadership wish to have. One each month is Y suggested. T Youth Club Visits S J The DYC is expected to visit each youth club in ✯ P Coordinates and supervises all fundraising activities. S his/her district at least once during the year. If he/she is not invited by the youth leader for a certain date, the ✯ DYC will notify the youth leader in advance when Must attend district training class and state youth he/she will make an annual visit. leaders’ workshop for training and updates on the current youth year’s information. Youth Leader Communication ✯ Each DYC communicates with his/her youth leaders Must conduct monthly youth club meetings. on a regular basis (at least once per quarter). The DYC ✯ will conduct an orientation with a new youth leader. Must have an SPJST life insurance certificate in force. Publicity ✯ The DYC is responsible for the publicity of district Must participate at district functions and district youth events, including YAD and camp, to be published in activities, including district meetings. the Vestnik and local media outlets (newspaper, radio, tel - ✯ evision, community bulletins, internet), when possible. Attends all youth club committee meetings as advi - sor. Reports ✯ The DYC is required to submit an annual report to Communicates with the youth club members’ parents the State Fraternal Director and Supreme Lodge on a regular basis concerning youth club activities via President no later than 30 days following his/her dis - newsletters, calendar of events, telephone, email, etc. trict’s annual spring meeting. The DYC submits quar - ✯ terly reports, including youth club contacts and district Submits quarterly reports and youth club roster on youth fund activity, to the State Fraternal Director. time to the State Fraternal Director. 14 ✯ ✯ Records the merit points on all active youth mem - Develop public speaking skills. bers. These should be kept monthly and sent to the ✯ State Fraternal Director. Enhance problem-solving skills. ✯ ✯ Guides youth in preparing for District and State YAD Develop program ideas from concept to reality. (craft, talent, royalty, scrapbook, poster, beseda). ✯ ✯ Are a positive influence in the development of children. Assists the DYC in coordinating and preparing ✯ District YAD. Work under guidance and direction of a youth club ✯ leader and DYC. Must submit at least one audit report annually. All audit reports will be forwarded to the DYC. Youth Club Member Assistant Youth Leader Role and Responsibilities The assistant youth leader is under the direct supervi - ✯ sion of the youth leader. The assistant helps the youth SPJST life insurance certificate-holding members leader as needed or requested. who are entering kindergarten or age 5 to high school senior. Ages are determined by the age of In determining the number of assistant youth leaders the youth on June 1 of the current youth year. needed, it is suggested to have one for every 10 active ✯ youth club members. Current life insurance premiums.
✯ S Follows the Youth Program rules and regulations, P J as outlined in the SPJST Youth Club Handbook and S Leader’s-In-Training (LIT) T
SPJST By-Laws . Y
Eligibility O
✯ U A Leader-In-Training (LIT) is an active high Member of the youth club in the lodge where the school-aged youth (freshman to senior) who is deemed T responsible and trustworthy by his/her youth leader and insurance certificate is assigned; however, if there H is no youth club in the lodge, a youth can qualify district youth counselor. P for District YAD and camp by attending a majority R The youth club member may attend the LIT work - of the adult lodge meetings. Additionally, a youth O shop, held in June, after completing a Leader-In- may earn points in the merit point system by G R
Training application and an SPJST camp application attending youth club meetings of a neighboring A and with recommendation from his/her youth leader M and District Youth Counselor. LITs with a certificate lodge. from the State Fraternal Director must attend and assist ✯ with their district’s summer camping session. LITs will Current youth club dues, if applicable. Some youth also assist their youth leaders in their youth clubs clubs charge a nominal fee for youth club member - throughout the year. ship. Dues must be current, if applicable, to be eli - gible to vote or attend socials. Opportunities LITs have the opportunity to be positive influences ✯ on the lives of the youth club members, while develop - Attends at least a majority of the meetings during ing important lifelong skills and having the experience the youth year. of their lives. LITs assist their youth leaders and work with youth club members in fun-filled, educational, and challenging activities and programs. LITs: ✯ Active Youth Club Gain valuable experience in positions of leadership and responsibility. Membership Privileges ✯ ✯ Utilize, express, and develop their creative skills Can hold office, serve as a committee chairman, and talents. and serve on committees in the youth club. ✯ Enrich youth club members’ lives and their own by ✯ gaining an understanding of Czech culture, tradi - Can participate in all SPJST programs (see pro - tions, and values. gram guidelines). ✯ ✯ Learn the keys to successful teamwork. Can participate and vote in the meetings. 15 SPJST Youth Cl ub De mocr ac y
12. Old Business Youth Club Meeting Guidelines 13. New Business ✯ Each youth club must and can have only one monthly 14. Announcements business meeting. Special meetings may be called 15. Adjournment when necessary. The youth club will meet monthly, irrespective of the frequency of the adult lodge meet - ings. Conducting Youth Club Business ✯ The time, date, and place of meetings should remain SPJST Youth Clubs practice democracy and parlia - consistent. If a change is necessary, it should be mentary procedure in their meetings. Business is intro - announced at the previous meeting with the approval duced in a meeting by a main motion. Eight steps are of the members. needed to process a main motion. Two of these involve obtaining the floor. Six steps are involved in actually han - The youth club’s annual meeting is held in March. dling the main motion. Y
C Officers and committee chairmen are elected.
A Installations of officers should be held following the Obtaining the Floor R 1. Addressing the Chair (presiding officer).
C elections or no later than the June meeting. New offi - A member stands and says, “Mr. (or Madam)
O cers and committee chairmen take office June 1. President.” M ✯ E Youth club officers include: president, vice president, D
secretary, treasurer, and reporter. 2. Assigning the Floor
B The chair recognizes the member and assigns the
U ✯ floor (that is, gives the right to speak) by calling the
L All members of the youth club will be assigned to a
C member’s name or nodding.
committee if they do not hold an office.
H ✯ T Any time a committee meeting is called, the youth Handling a Motion U leader or assistant youth leader will be present in an 1. Making the motion
O A member introduces a motion by saying, “I move
Y advisory capacity. The youth club president or vice president will also be present. that . . . (states the motion).” ✯ 2. Seconding the Motion When it is mutually beneficial, members of one youth Without standing, another member says, “I second club may meet and hold activities with a neighboring the motion” or “I second” or simply “second.” If youth club. there is no second, your motion will not be consid - ered. Order of Business Meeting 3. Stating the Motion The chair states the motion, “It is moved and second - 1. Call to Order ed that . . .” and opens it to debate by saying, “Is there 2. Pledge of Allegiance any debate?” or “Is there any discussion?” 3. SPJST Youth Club Motto 4. Moment of Silence in Memory 4. Debating the Question of Departed and Sick Members After stating the motion, the chair looks toward the 5. Roll Call maker of the motion who has the right to speak first 6. Introduce New Members and Guests in debate. The maker must claim this right immedi - 7. Minutes ately or lose it. 8. Correspondence 9. Treasurer’s Report 5. Putting the Question. 10. Committee Reports When debate seems to have stopped, the chair again 11. Youth Leader’s Report says, “Is there further debate?” or “Is there further 16 discussion?” (Silence gives consent.) The chair puts ✯Treasurer the question to vote by saying: “The question is on Reports all bills and income and gives a balance at the adoption of the motion that (repeating the ✯ each meeting motion). Those in favor, say ‘aye.’ Those opposed, ✯ Keeps exact and current records of funds say ‘no.’” The chair pauses for each vote, listening Keeps exact record of all membership dues carefully. ✯Reporter 6. Announcing the Result of the Vote ✯ A member of the publicity committee The chair announces, “The ayes have it and the ✯ Reports to the Vestnik at least once per month motion is carried.” or “The noes have it and the Reports to other local news media on youth club activ - motion is lost.” The chair may then add a brief expla - ✯ ities Publicizes special events or socials nation of the resulting action and steps needed to carry out the decision. Action is not complete until ✯Flag Bearer (Optional) the chair has announced the results of the vote and the Knows the Pledge of Allegiance next item of business. ✯ ✯ Knows the SPJST Youth Club Motto ✯ Knows how to carry the flags ✯ Knows the proper placement of the flags Youth Club Officers Knows the proper procedure for folding the flag and Their Roles ✯Sergeant-at-Arms (Optional) Knows and executes the rules and regulations of the Y
The youth club officers are the official board of the ✯ SPJST Youth Program O youth club. The official board has the authority to act on Helps maintain order during meetings, at the request U matters that need immediate attention and cannot wait for of the presiding officer T the next regular meeting. This board has the authority to H meet and deliberate on items to be brought up at the next ✯Assistant Secretary (Optional) C Learns the duties of the secretary L regular meeting. They should get information, prices, ✯ U Takes the minutes in the secretary’s absence detail, etc. to present to the members. ✯ B Presents the secretary’s report when the secretary is absent D President E ✯ M
Starts the meeting on time O ✯ ✯Assistant Treasurer (Optional)
Presides at all meetings C ✯ Learns the duties of the treasurer
✯ R Announces the business to come before the assembly Takes the place of the treasurer and presents the trea - in the proper order A ✯ surer’s report in the treasurer’s absence C
Responsible for maintaining order during meetings Y ✯ Gives overall direction and ideas ✯ Official representative of the youth club ✯ Is the ex-officio member of all committees Youth Club Committees
Vice President and Their Roles ✯ Presides at the meetings in the absence of the presi - ✯Membership dent Plans ways to get new members through invitation, ✯ Assists the president contests, personal contact, telephone, etc. ✯ ✯ Oversees all committee chairmen Introduces new members at meetings ✯ ✯ Sees to it that committees are performing their Contacts members who have been absent and encour - assigned tasks and duties ages them to return New Ideas Secretary ✯ ✯ ✯ Initiates new ideas for socials, parties, etc. Records all proceedings during meetings and keeps Does public relations work minutes up-to-date at all times ✯ Records all motions and votes during regular or spe - Photography cial- called meetings ✯ ✯ Takes pictures at all youth functions Processes all correspondence ✯ ✯ Supplies pictures to the scrapbook committee for use Reads minutes of preceding meetings and makes the ✯ in the scrapbook corrections or additions as needed ✯ Sends pictures with captions and news articles to the Supplies ballots at elections Vestnik and local news media for publication 17 ✯ ✯Poster Only the members present should be nominated ✯ Exhibits the poster when needed ✯ unless there is a good reason for the absence. Has poster ready for judging at District Youth The vice president and all assistant officers can be Achievement Day nominated to the office they have been working with.
P✯ublicity Officer Eligibility ✯ Advertises all youth club activities, meetings, etc. Eligible for election is anyone who is an active mem - Notifies all members of meetings, socials, etc. by ber in good standing who has attended a majority of the ✯ phone, mail, email or personal contact meetings or had a good reason for being absent (deter - Writes letters of information to the Vestnik and local mined by the youth leader). This is applicable to youth ✯ news media clubs organized six months or longer. Keeps the membership informed of upcoming events Terms of Office Refreshments ✯ The term of office is one year from June 1 to May 31. Arranges for refreshments at all events when needed No one can hold the same office or serve as the same ✯ (socials, meetings, etc.) Decides the refreshments for each activity, unless committee chairman for more than two consecutive years. If a youth club officer is absent from three consecutive ✯ otherwise specified Assigns members whose turn it is to furnish their part meetings, the youth leader has the authority to replace the of the refreshments officer. Committees S✯crapbook Keeps the official youth club scrapbook up-to-date Following the election, each committee chairman Y ✯
C may ask for volunteers for that committee. Every member ✯ Exhibits the scrapbook when needed A Has scrapbook ready for judging at District Youth shall be assigned to a committee. The chairman should R Achievement Day call on his/her committee to do some of the jobs during C the year. Committee meetings should be called soon after O Social the election to make plans for the year. M ✯
E Suggests activities or socials to the members to be
D voted on during the business meeting ✯ Vacancies B Takes care of details, planning, etc. for socials and In case there is a vacancy in an office or chairman -
U activities
L ship, the position will be filled by the assistant. An elec -
C tion will be held at the next meeting to fill the vacancy Sunshine
H ✯ created by moving up the assistant. Sends cards to members when they are ill T ✯
U Notifies other members, president, and youth leader Election Procedures
O when a member is ill 1. Count the members eligible to vote. They must have Y their dues current and be in good standing. Elections 2. Elect each office individually. Held in March 3. Read the duties of the office being elected. Elections for officers and committee chairmen are held in the March youth club meeting. Installation of offi - 4. Ask for nominations from the membership for each cers should be held in May following youth club officer office. training. Training date to be determined by District Youth Counselor. New officers and committee chairmen take 5. Hand out ballots for voting to be picked up by the office June 1. tabulating committee. (Secretary supplies ballots). 6. The tabulation committee (two members and the ✯Nominations A nominating committee consisting of the youth youth leader) counts the votes. The president selects leader and assistant(s) will select eligible nominees one member, and the vice president selects one mem - ber to count the votes. ✯ for each office. Consent from all nominated must be received prior to 7. Announce the winners and record their names and ✯ the report at the annual (election) meeting. Nominations from the membership in addition to offices in the minutes of the meeting. those submitted by the nominating committee must be permitted and encouraged. 8. All those elected must receive a majority of the votes. 18 Merit Po int System: What Is It and How It Works
What is the Merit Point System? When in doubt about any activity earning points, Youth club members earn merit points for participat - contact the State Fraternal Director prior to the ing in SPJST lodge, district and state activities. At the conclusion of the contest. end of the youth year, points are totaled and the youth with the highest points in the youth club receive cash Everyone will be subject to the same rules in every awards. contest. Failure to comply with any rule shall mean immediate withdrawal. Contest Dates The Merit Point Contest begins on June 1 of each Merit Point Awards year and concludes on May 31 of the following year. First through fifth place awards are presented in the Only activities meriting points during that time period junior and teen divisions of each youth club. The may be included in the contest. amount of points that top winners receive in both divi - sions will determine where the point rankings of the Age Divisions first through fifth winning categories begin. First place The age of the youth on June 1 of the current con - winners will be those equal to and 20 points below the M E
test will be the recognized age in the Merit Point top place winner in their age division. Second Place R I
Contest. will be 21 to 40 points below the top winner in their age T
division. Third place will be 41 to 60 points below the P Merit Point Contest Age Divisions top winner in their age division. Fourth place will be O I Junior - Entering Kindergarten or Age 5 to 12 Years 61 to 80 points below the top winner in their age divi - N
Teen - Ages 13 Years to High School Senior T
sion. Fifth place will be 81 to 100 points below the top S
winner in their age division. Y
The Rules S T
The youth leader or assistant youth leader is respon - Awards are presented on the lodge, district, and E sible for keeping track of the merit points for each active M state levels in the junior and teen merit point contests. member of the youth club. The points are to be sent to At each District YAD, the Home Office presents first the State Fraternal Director on the Quarterly and Merit through fifth place awards to qualifying junior and teen Point Reports each quarter. Youth club members are youth club members. The junior and teen with the most also encouraged to keep up with their points and turn them in to the youth leader on a quarterly basis. This points in each district also receive recognition. In the system helps both the youth leader and the youth mem - event of a tie, all who tied for first place will receive the ber keep better records of youth participation. award. A youth may only receive the state award once in the age division. State Teen and State Junior awards Current, official Quarterly and Merit Point are presented at State YAD. Reports, available from the State Fraternal Director may only be used in the Merit Point Lodge Junior and Teen Point Awards Contest. First Place - $30 Second Place - $25 The Quarterly and Merit Point Reports sent to Third Place - $20 the State Fraternal Director by the youth leader Fourth Place - $15 will be kept on file for at least six months follow - Fifth Place - $10 ing the conclusion of the contest. District Junior and Teen Point Awards Merit points are earned for only those activities First Place - $20 listed under Youth Point Values. An activity can only earn points in one category on the point State Junior and Teen Point Awards sheet. First Place - $25 and Plaque 19 How to Earn Merit Points 4. Youth Club-Sponsored Participation in the activities listed below will enable Community Service Projects youth club members to earn merit points. Participating in youth club-sponsored community service projects. Youth earn points for a maximum of 1. SPJST Youth Club one community service project each quarter. ★★ ★★ Meetings and Activities 2 Points Each Attending youth club meetings, district meetings and Maximum of four per year. activities, and District/State YAD. Community Service Project Examples ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ❏ 5 Points Each Visiting rest homes and singing or reading to residents. ❏ Making tray favors for rest homes. • Regular youth club meetings. ❏ Doing yard work for the elderly. Maximum of 12 per year. ❏ • District meetings. Collecting toys, clothing, canned goods, etc. for an Maximum of two per year. organization and then delivering the items to the organizations as a group. • District youth activities. ❏ Preparing food baskets for less fortunate families. Maximum of four per year. ❏ Cleaning the community park. • Attend/participate in District YAD. ❏ Maximum of one per year. A youth may only receive points once per year for • Attend/participate in State YAD. each ongoing collection (ex. aluminum cans, news - Maximum of one per year. paper/magazine recycling, etc.) or ongoing project (watering trees at the lodge hall, etc.)
M Community Service Project Guidelines E
T 2. District and State • As many youth as possible should be involved in the S
Y Youth Achievement Day (YAD) project. (Youth leader and youth members will S
decide on community projects.)
T ★★ ★★ 2 Points Each • Projects should serve a definite community purpose N I and require some advance planning. O District YAD • The youth must be involved in the total project. P • Craft entries. Maximum of five entries.
T Donating money out of the youth club treasury to a I • Individual talent. Maximum of one entry. cause is not sufficient. Youth must be involved in R
E • Group talent. Maximum of one entry. earning the money that is donated.
M • Royalty. Maximum of one entry. • Beseda. Maximum of one entry. ★★ ★★ 5. Youth Club-Sponsored Join Hands Day 2 Points Each and National Make a Difference Day ★★ ★★ State YAD 2 Points Each • Special Category. Maximum of one entry . Maximum of two per year. Participating in a youth club- or lodge-sponsored Join Hands Day or National Make a Difference Day 3. District Camp and activity. Join Hands Day is held the first Saturday in Leader-In-Training (LIT) Workshop May. National Make a Difference Day is held the Participating in camp or Leader-In-Training (LIT) fourth Saturday in October. For more information, workshop. Youth must attend all scheduled days to receive credit. Activity absence must be excused by please refer to http://www.usaweekend.com/diff - the DYC for district camp and by the State Fraternal day/. Director for the LIT workshop. Then, points are awarded accordingly. ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 5 Points Each • District Camp. Maximum of one per year. • Leader-In-Training Workshop. Maximum of one per year.
20 6. Vestnik Projects Vestnik Projects are published at the beginning of each month in the Vestnik and are also available from lodge youth leaders. Completion of project with at least 70 percent accuracy and submitted by due date is required to earn point(s). ★ ★ 1 Point Each Maximum of 12 per year.
7. SPJST Contests and SPJST 100 Pennies Scholarship Fund Drive ★★ ★★ 2 Points Each • Minimum $2 Donation to SPJST 100 Pennies Scholarship Fund Drive. Maximum of one per year. ★★ ★★ 5 Points Each • Flag Day Contest.* Maximum of one entry.
• Camp Tee-Shirt Design Contest.* M
Maximum of one entry. E R
• Christmas Ornament Contest. I T
Maximum of one entry. P
• Decorated Rock Contest . O
Maximum of one entry. I N T
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8. Vestnik Submissions S All youth are encouraged to write letters and/or T E
submit photos, original artwork, and/or original M articles, reviews, or verses to SPJST’s weekly news- paper, Vestnik . ★ ★ 1 Point Each Maximum of 3 per quarter.
9. Promoting Czech Heritage Any display of Czech heritage in a public arena. Examples include but are not limited to beseda, Czech dancing, or performing or entering any con- test with any entry that promotes Czech heritage. ★ ★ 1 Point Each Maximum of 4 per year.
Quarterly merit point report forms and other SPJST Youth Program materials are available from local lodge youth leaders or the State Fraternal Director. For any questions or information about the SPJST Youth Program, please contact State Fraternal Director Frank Horak at: 800.727.7578 • Fax: 254.774.7447 Email: [email protected] *Denotes change to Youth Club Handbook from previous year. 21 Youth Achi evement Day: Wh at Is It a nd How It Works
What is Youth How Do You Enter? Achievement Day (YAD)? A YAD contestant must pre-register for all contests Youth Achievement Day consists of the following by completing a separate YAD entry card for each con - contests and exhibitions. test to be entered. YAD entry cards are available from the youth leader, DYC, or State Fraternal Director. Each card must be filled out completely on both Craft Contests sides and returned to the youth leader. The youth leader Talent Contests will be responsible for getting all entry cards and Royalty Contest attachments/inclusions (see below) to the DYC 20 days Scrapbook Contest before District YAD or as determined by DYC. Poster Contest Contestants must submit the following with their YAD Beseda Dance Exhibition cards:
D Special Category Contest A
Y (State YAD only) Craft Entry Cards - Hobby Kit Entries - Instructions must be included Y
A Each district sponsors a YAD in which local lodge with craft cards. D
youth club members compete for district honors. First T place district winners go on to compete at State YAD Dessert Entries - Typed recipe cards must be included N with craft cards. E to be held Saturday, August 4, 2018, at the Frank W.
M Mayborn Center in Temple. E
V Royalty Entry Cards E I Who Can Enter? King and Queen Contestants - Speeches and autobi - H Active youth club members, who have completed ographies must be included with royalty cards. C Autobiography sheets are available from the youth
A their kindergarten year to high school senior, who leader, DYC, or State Fraternal Director.
H attended seven out of 12 youth club meetings during T the youth year, and who perform constructive activities
U Duke and Duchess Contestants - Autobiographies in the lodge are eligible for the YAD contests. O must be included with royalty cards. Y Youth club members participating at YAD must have an insurance certificate in force by the previous Talent Entry Cards youth year and must have attended at least seven meet - Vocal - CD that contains only the song to be used for competition must be included with talent cards. ings. Contestants are encouraged to bring their own back-up CD player to ensure their music can be played during New members joining after June 1 must have their performance. This measure should be taken to attended a majority of meetings since the join date. ensure that there are no compatibility problems with the Certificates must be issued no later than January 31 in CD and the audio equipment used at YAD. order to participate in YAD for that year.
Youth in lodges where there are no youth clubs can General YAD Rules ✯ enter the YAD contest if they attend seven out of 12 Registration - All YAD contestants must be present adult meetings. Youth leaders will verify eligibility of to register their entries and receive any awards. All each contestant selected to compete in District YAD. exceptions must have prior approval from the DYC at District YAD (State Fraternal Director at State YAD). All YAD contestants must be single and not preg - It is the responsibility of the contestant to inform the nant or a parent. DYC or State Fraternal Director when he/she arrives. 22 ✯ ✯ Professional Status - Youth may compete in all District YAD Disqualification - All District YAD YAD contests in which they are not professional. A entries will be accepted at registration. All entries will youth is considered professional if pay or other valu - be checked by the State Fraternal Director or appointed able consideration was accepted for services rendered. Home Office representative. If a discrepancy arises Favors or courtesies are excluded (plaques, trophies, with an entry’s qualification, the entry may be removed from the contest. The State Fraternal Director or certificates, etc.). appointed Home Office representative will inform the ✯ contestant’s DYC. The DYC will then inform the con - False Statement - If it is ascertained that a youth testant’s youth leader. The contestant’s youth leader will has made a false statement in regards to any entry, the inform the contestant. youth shall be excluded from competition and forfeit all ✯ awards. State YAD Craft Committee - At State YAD, a craft committee, consisting of DYCs, will have a final ✯ Entry Protection - Every precaution is taken to pro - inspection of all entries to check for rule violations. If a discrepancy arises with an entry’s qualifications, a 10- tect all entries, but in no case will SPJST be responsible point deduction may be made to the entry’s score. for loss, damage, theft, breakage or for any other form ✯ of loss. State YAD Talent/Royalty Committee - At State ✯ YAD, a talent/royalty committee, consisting of assistant Entry Energy Source - If your craft entry requires DYCs, will determine if talent acts/royalty presenta - electrical power of any kind you will be required to tions violate any rules during competitions. No one is Y provide an energy source. The energy source must be allowed to sit with the committee. No outside protests O battery-operated. (No gas generators or electrical cords will be allowed. U T
✯ H will be allowed.) Rules and Regulations - Everyone is subject to the
✯ same rules and regulations. Anything that is a violation A First Place State Craft Winners may not compete in of the rules will result in disqualification from that par - C the same category the following year. Exception – ticular contest, unless a penalty is otherwise stated. H I unless changing age group. E V
D✯istrict Winners E ✯ M First Place State Individual Talent Winners may not The top three winners at District YAD will retain their entries for competition at State YAD. In the event E compete the following year competing in the same cat - N first place winners are unable to compete at State, the egory of talent. Categories include all genres of T
second place winner will advance. If the second place singing, dance, etc. Exception – unless changing age winner cannot compete, the third place winner will D groups. A advance to State. If a contestant cannot compete at Y
State YAD, the contestant or his/her youth leader or -
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First Place State Group Talent Winners in any cat - DYC must notify the State Fraternal Director no later R egory may participate the following year in that same than 5 p.m. on Tuesday before State YAD with any can - U cellations or changes. L category or another category as long as the group per - E forms a different number. (Example: Group may sing S T✯ie Breaker “Amazing Grace” one year, and the next year sing “The In case of a tie for first place, there will not be a Johnny Appleseed Song.”) There will be no sit-out run-off among the contestants. Ties will be broken for period for group talent winners. first place in all categories and for second place in roy - ✯ alty. The DYC (State Fraternal Director at State YAD) Winning Entry Cards - Immediately following will determine if any other ties need to be broken. District YAD, the DYC will forward the entry cards and attachments of all first, second, and third place winners If scores are tied after the judging, the tabulation to the State Fraternal Director. overseer will determine the winner by reviewing the contestant’s scores. The contestant with the greatest ✯ number of first place scores from the judges will be the State YAD Registration - All State YAD entries will first place winner. be accepted at registration. If a discrepancy arises with an entry’s qualifications, a 10-point deduction will be Tabulation Example made to the entry’s score. The entry will not be removed Judge 1 Judge 2 Judge 3 Total from the contest. The State Fraternal Director and/or Contestant 1 95 85 97 277 Supreme Lodge President will inform the contestant’s Contestant 2 93 88 96 277 DYC. The DYC will then inform the contestant’s youth leader. The contestant’s youth leader will inform the Contestant 1 is the winner since he/she has the two highest contestant. place scores . 23 Competition Results Procedures The following procedures regarding errors in compe - YAD Scrapbook tition entries and results will be followed at the district and Poster Contests competition. Youth Club Scrapbooks Announced Contest Winners All youth clubs are encouraged to keep a scrap - Anyone having a question regarding the announce - book of all youth activities throughout the youth year. ment of contest winners must follow this procedure: Contest Rules 1. Questions at District YAD regarding the announce - Scrapbooks must have lodge name and number on ment of contest winners must be directed to the DYC who the cover. If a youth club does not have all items com - then confers with the State Fraternal Director. pleted, there will be a 10-point deduction. 2. The DYC at District YAD will confer privately with Scrapbooks must include a fly sheet with the follow - the tabulation committee and State Fraternal Director to ing information on page one: verify the contest score sheets. The individual(s) question - ❒ ❒ Lodge name and number; ing the results will not be allowed in the room or shown District number; the score sheets. ❒ ❒ Number of active youth club members;
K ❒ Listing of youth club officers; 3. After the results are verified, the DYC at District Names of scrapbook committee members and O YAD will announce to the individual(s) that the results as their ages; O ❒
B announced are correct and will stand. If an error is discov - ❒ Youth leader’s name; and P ered, a complete explanation will be given to the question - Assistant youth leader(s) name(s). A ing party. It is emphasized that the questioning party is not R
C entitled to see the score or tabulation sheets but does have Scrapbooks to be judged at the 2018 YAD must S
the right to question the accuracy of the score sheets. In include all of the following: - other words, after the request has been made, all figures ❒ Y will be re-checked to see that they are in conformity with A cover that reflects the 2017-2018 youth year A the announcement just made. If not, corrective steps will theme: “SPJST - Live the Adventure.”* D ❒ be taken immediately. The announced results will be final. Record of SPJST youth club members T ❒ News articles pertaining to SPJST youth club activ- N E 4. Score sheets will be destroyed by the DYC (State ❒ ities
M Fraternal Director at State YAD) or designated person Record of youth club activities including dates, E within 30 minutes after award announcements. places and events for the 2017-2018 youth year V E I Contest Entry Eligibility Sheet size of the scrapbook cannot be larger than 12 H inches in one direction and no larger than 18 inches in C Anyone having a concern or question regarding the
A the other direction.
eligibility of a contest entry must follow this procedure: H
T 1. Questions at District YAD regarding the eligibility of Computer-generated collage pages will be allowed. U contest winners must be directed to the DYC who then O confers with the State Fraternal Director within 10 min - Activities or events on the scrapbook pages should be Y utes after all awards are announced. clearly identified with a general description of the event or activity. 2. If necessary, the DYC at District YAD will confer Each lodge may enter one scrapbook at District YAD. with the assistants. Each district may enter two scrapbooks at State YAD 3. The DYC at District YAD will then announce his/her (first and second places at District YAD). decision regarding the eligibility of the entry along with an explanation for the decision. Scrapbook Judging Criteria 4. If the disqualification of an entry is necessary, the Publicity ...... 40 points DYC at District YAD will instruct the judges to disregard Creative Design ...... 30 points the entry. (see General YAD Rules). All decisions are Neatness ...... 15 points final. Cover ...... 15 points Every attempt should be made to overcome the excite - ment, emotion and pressure of the occasion to make sure Scrapbooks that receive first, second, and third place that everything is in order. The audience will not object to awards at State YAD will be displayed in the SPJST the delay if they k now what the delay is about. Home Office for one year. *Denotes change to Youth Club Handbook from previous year. 24 Youth Club Posters All youth clubs are encouraged to enter a poster at YAD Craft Contests District YAD which depicts the youth club’s work or Age Groups aims. The age of the youth on June 1, 2018, will deter - mine the youth’s age group. Contest Rules Poster display size is no larger than 22 inches by 30 Ages Completed Kindergarten to 8 Years inches. Ages 9 to 11 Years Ages 12 to 14 Years Posters to be judged at the 2018 YAD must contain the Ages 15 Years to High School Senior 2017-2018 youth year theme: “SPJST - Live the
Adventure.”* Y
Craft Contest Categories O
Youth may enter five craft contest entries, each in a U Posters must have SPJST on them.
different category. T H
Posters must have the lodge name and number. Constructed Items A Desserts* C All posters will be judged at their respective District’s H Handicraft YAD. I E
Hobby Kits V
Needlework E
The first and second place posters from each District M YAD will compete at State YAD. Photography E
Pictorial Arts N
Poster Judging Criteria Science and Education T
Sewing D
Development of Theme ...... 40 points A Y
Originality ...... 30 points General Craft Rules -
Creative Design ...... 20 points A contestant may not enter more than five entries in P
Neatness ...... 10 points craft, each in a different category. O S
Items must be made by the youth entering them after T
All poster entries at State YAD will be displayed in the E SPJST Home Office for one year. the previous year’s State YAD or the craft entry will be R disqualified. / S P
Any article that has been previously exhibited by an E individual at an SPJST Youth Achievement Day will C I State YAD not be accepted even if the article has been altered or A modified. L
Special Category Contest C Items must be complete before entering. Wet paint, A The Special Category Contest is held at State YAD T glue, etc. will disqualify the item. E
each year. The contest is open to all youth club mem - G bers. Pre-registration with a Special Category Entry Craft contestants must not include their names or their O Card is required. Entry cards must be returned to the photos on any part of the entry. R Y
State Fraternal Director no later than the Wednesday / No living things, other than plants, are allowed in any C prior to State YAD. The Special Category craft varies craft contest. R each year and is announced during the contest. A F
Entries advertising or using any alcohol, tobacco, or T Age Groups drug product logo will not be accepted. The age of the youth on June 1, 2018, will deter - All craft entry instructions and directions must be legi - mine the youth’s age group. bly written or typed on the entry cards. No attachments (except recipe cards in Desserts and kit instructions in Ages Completed Kindergarten to 8 Years Hobby Kits) are allowed. Recipe cards must be typed. Ages 9 to 11 Years Only authorized personnel may assist to set up entries Ages 12 to 14 Years at the DYC’s or State Fraternal Director’s discretion. Ages 15 Years to High School Senior Any entry that requires a flat base for transportation Deadline for all Special Category entries is the must fit the project and be no larger than a 3-feet by 3- Wednesday prior to State YAD. feet by 3-feet surface. *Denotes change to Youth Club Handbook from previous year. 25 Craft Judging Criteria Craft Contest Rules Dessert (Quick Bread) Constructed Items * Taste and Texture ...... 35 points Each year, a different type of building material will Appearance ...... 25 points Level of Difficulty ...... 25 points be selected for the contest. Consistency ...... 15 points 2018: Paper Hobby Kits 2019: Copper, Metal, Tin Level of Difficulty ...... 40 points 2020: Clay or Dough Molded* ✯ Ability to Follow Instructions ...... 40 points The project must be free formed and can be made Neatness and Appearance ...... 20 points from all types of paper, including, but not limited to all weights from tissue paper to cardboard. Photography Examples: origami, polyhedron.* Lighting ...... 35 points ✯ Technique ...... 25 points Glue may be used, if needed. Creativity and Originality ...... 25 points ✯ Color and Appeal ...... 15 points Hardware (paint, embellishments, etc.) as listed in the instructions or necessary to complete the project T is acceptable.* F Science and Education A Level of Difficulty ...... 35 points ✯ R No project may exceed 3-feet by 3-feet by 3-feet.
C Creativity and Design ...... 30 points
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Educational Value ...... 25 points * Y Neatness and Appearance ...... 10 points Dessert
A Each year, a different type of dessert will be select -
D ed for the contest. Constructed Items T
N Handicraft 2018: Quick Bread* E Needlework 2019: Candies M
E Pictorial Arts 2020: Cookies*
V Sewing E
I ✯ The criteria listed below Quick bread must be baked in an 8-inch by 3.75- H applies to the five categories listed above: inch by 2.5-inch disposable loaf pan.* C
A Level of Difficulty ...... 40 points
✯ Creativity and Design ...... 40 points Quick breads are made with NO yeast . Quick H
T Neatness and Appearance ...... 20 points breads include a variety of baked products that are
U made with “quick acting” leavening agents such as
O baking powder and baking soda instead of yeast.* Y ✯ No toppings, glazes, or decorations of any kind. Top of quick bread must be visible for judging pur - poses.* ✯ No muffin, mini muffin, or mini loafs allowed.* ✯ Nuts are acceptable in all quick bread.* ✯ Examples: Banana, strawberry, date, apricot, zuc - chini, sweet potato, carrot, poppy seed, chocolate chip, etc.* ✯ The typed recipe must accompany the YAD entry card on an index card no larger than 4-inches by 6- inches. ✯ Only the dessert item will be judged. ✯ Judges will taste all entries. *Denotes change to Youth Club Handbook from previous year. 26 ✯ ✯ All State YAD entries in the dessert category will be One-half of the picture must be the subject of the cat - sold following judging. This includes dessert item egory to be judged. The “bridge(s)” subject in the and recipe card. All proceeds will benefit the photograph can be any kind of bridge(s) as long as it General SPJST Scholarship Fund (one-half) and the is not offensive or depicting alcohol, tobacco, or a Camp Kubena (one-half). drug product.* ✯ Handicraft Photographs can be color, black and white, or sepia. Any constructed or assembled item which does not Camera effects are permitted. No computer or qualify for any other category. This category includes: printer modifications allowed. ✯ ✯ ✯ Cake decorated items All photographs must be 8-inches by 10-inches with ✯ Ceramics no border. Glass etching ✯ ✯ ✯ Laminated art (decoupage, etc.) Photograph must be taken by the youth; not of the ✯ Liquid lead items youth, friends, or family. ✯ Macramé ✯ Metal punch ✯ Painting on wood, glass, or cloth Photographs must be displayed in a clear, protective ✯ sleeve. No matting, mounting, or framing allowed. ✯ Paper maché ✯ Plaster of Paris
Pre-cut materials such as toothpicks, popsicle P✯ictorial Arts Y
A painting or drawing on paper, canvas, or poster O ✯ sticks, clothespins, matches, etc. ✯ Pre-fabricated wax board. U Stained glass T
✯ ✯ H No craft project may exceed 3-feet by 3-feet by 3- No tracing or stencil letters allowed. Rulers and
feet. graph paper are allowed. A C
✯ H Hobby Kits May be framed. I Projects bought in a kit and completed by the youth. E ✯ V
✯ Items may not be behind glass. E A copy of the instructions must be attached to the ✯ M YAD entry card. Maximum size not to exceed 360 square inches E ✯ (excluding frame). N Projects without instructions will be disqualified. T
✯ ✯ D Kits added to in any way, other than specified in the Additions to the pictorial will disqualify the picture A
instructions, will be disqualified. (additions are anything other than paint, ink, pencil, Y
✯ crayon, chalk, or markers). -
No craft project may exceed 3-feet by 3-feet by 3- feet. C
✯ R Pictures may be sprayed with fix-it. A F
N✯ eedlework T Items made entirely by hand. S✯ewing ✯ Items made by using the sewing machine such as Includes embroidery, crocheting, knitting, needle - clothing, pillows, and quilts. point, and latch hook. ✯ ✯ All stitches must be visible on front and back of No additions, such as glued-on appliques or paint entry. Edges may be finished as long as all stitches are allowed. ✯ are visible. Sewn-on accessories are acceptable. ✯ Items may be framed (no part of the frame may cover any stitches). S✯cience and Education The entry size must be no larger than a standard proj - Photography * ect board - 36-inches in height by 48-inches in width. Each year, a different type of category will be ✯ selected for the contest. Scientific experiment. ✯ Research project. 2018: Bridge(s) ✯ 2019: Scenic/Nature Drafting project. ✯ 2020: Flowers* Collection in which each item is labeled and ✯ described. All entries must illustrate the current year’s catego - ✯ ry — Bridge(s).* No live things, other than plants, allowed. *Denotes change to Youth Club Handbook from previous year. 27 YAD Talent Contests General Talent Rules Talent Contest Categories Setup and Breakdown Time Limits A lodge is not limited to the number of entries in Individual Talent Setup Time Limit: 2 minutes talent. A youth may compete in a maximum of one indi - Individual Breakdown Time Limit: 2 minutes vidual talent and in a maximum of one group talent. Group Talent Setup Time Limit: 4 minutes Individual Talent Contest Group Talent Breakdown Time Limit: 4 minutes Group Talent Contest ❒ A penalty of one point per minute per judge will be Talent contests include: deducted if contestant exceeds the setup or breakdown Dance Dramatic time limit. Gymnastics Instrumental Performance Time Limits Vocal Individual Talent Performance Time Limit: Other 3 minutes Group Talent Performance Time Limit:
T Other talent types include: 5 minutes N Pantomime: A dramatic performance using mute E
L ❒ gestures to show action. A total of three points (one point by each of the A
T Lip-Syncing: An act in which dancing or acting three judges) will be deducted if a contestant exceeds -
out a message is performed along with the move - the talent performance time limit. Time limit begins Y ment of one’s lips in synchronization to a live or A when talent voice, music, or action begins. The time
D recorded accompaniment. Judges will be instruct - limit does not include the talent introduction.
T ed to use this definition in scoring. N
E ❒ Individual Talent Age Groups A group talent is defined as two to 15 individuals M
E The age of the youth on June 1 will determine the performing an activity together at one time or separately
V youth’s age group: in support of the other members of the group, but group E I members cannot perform individually to the exclusion H Ages Completed Kindergarten to 8 Years
C of the rest of the group. In other words, three people Ages 9 to 11 Years A Ages 12 to 14 Years cannot sing three separate solos, each solo having noth - H ing to do with the other two, and count themselves as a T Ages 15 Years to High School Senior
U group, or two people sing portions of a song separately,
O Group Talent Age Groups then sing the last two or three notes together. Y The age of the youth on June 1 will determine the ❒ youth’s age group: A junior youth may compete with a teen group tal - ent, but a teen youth may not compete with a junior Junior Group group talent. The age of the oldest youth in the group (Ages Completed Kindergarten to 12 Years) determines the age category of the group talent. Teen Group ❒ (Ages 13 Years to High School Senior) An individual or group talent in twirling, dancing, vocal, band, or musical instrument may use live or recorded accompaniment. For vocal performances, limited background vocals may be allowed, pending DYC’s approval. Instrumental performances may not be accompanied by the same type of instrument (live or recorded). Any accompaniment will not be judged, and the judges will be publicly informed to that effect. ❒ A talent contestant may not repeat the same talent number during his/her contest years. 28 ❒ ❒ Music selection must be approved by the DYC. Talent contestants are not to encourage audience Please list the talent you will be performing on the YAD participation in their performance. If contestants do card. If you are singing or dancing, we must have the encourage audience participation, they will receive a title of the song. If you are doing a skit, we must have 10-point penalty. the title and theme of the skit. ❒ ❒ No outside assistance with talent acts is allowed. Contestants using recorded accompaniment must Any outside assistance will result in a 10-point penalty provide a CD that contains only the song to be used to the contestant’s score. for competition. CD must be ready for play when ❒ given to sound crew or a penalty of one point per judge Applause will be allowed by the audience after will be assessed. each performance. Noise during the performance is dis - ❒ couraged. All contestants will provide anything needed for their talents. CDs should be checked out prior to the ❒ Talent and talent costumes must be in good taste beginning of YAD to be sure they are working properly. If someone is to assist with any of the equipment, be and age appropriate. The DYC at District YAD (State Fraternal Director at State YAD) will determine talent Y sure they understand how to help and where to start a O
CD so the talent will start as practiced for the contestant. and talent costume appropriateness. Talent must be age U
appropriate and not offensive to the audience. T ❒ H
A standard public address system will be provided A
by the hosting lodge. The DYC is responsible for all Talent Judging Criteria C
equipment being in good working order at District YAD. Technique H I
(Level of Skill Shown) ...... 40 points E
❒ V Contestants will not announce their name, lodge, or Rendition E
hometown. A penalty of five points will be deducted (Creativity) ...... 25 points M
from their total score if they identify themselves in any Stage Presence E N
way to the judges. It is permissible to announce the (Poise/Personality) ...... 20 points T
name of the talent they will perform. Extra Merit ...... 15 points D A Y
Beseda Dance -
T Czechs in Texas have pre - cle. SPJST Youth Clubs exhibit A L
served many aspects of their the Beseda dance at District and E cultural heritage. One of these State Youth Achievement Days N T
cultural activities practiced by and other events. / B
SPJST youth is the Beseda E S
dance, which is a composite of ❒Beseda Rules E the many dance steps that were The SPJST-edited version of D popular in the various the Czech Beseda (Ceska A provinces and regions of what Beseda) will be used. CDs and is now the Czech Republic. The Beseda Dance is a composite of the many dance videos are available from the When the people came steps that were popular in the various provinces State Fraternal Director. and regions of what is now the Czech Republic. together for a Beseda, which ❒ means visiting or social gather - There is no limit to the num - ing, they would each perform the dance representing ber of Beseda circles per lodge performing at District their province. There are actually seven distinctive YAD. Beseda dances, one for each of the provinces or ❒ regions. The combination of all these folk dances Dancers from two or more lodges may combine to became known as the Beseda dance. form a Beseda circle if one lodge does not have enough The Ceska Beseda is the official form danced in the dancers to form a circle. SPJST Youth Program. The Ceska Beseda features the ❒ “Heel and Toe Polka,” or “Double Polka.” The polka Beseda dancers may enter all other YAD contests. and waltz steps are the most frequently used steps in the ❒ Beseda, and they are usually alternated in the dance. Beseda circles are required to perform at State The Beseda is danced by four couples forming a cir - YAD in order to receive their participation awards.
29 Youth Achi evement Day: Royalty Contests R ules and J udg ing Criteria Royalty Categories Competition Each lodge may field multiple queen and king con - State Level testants. The lodge need not have a king contestant in ❒ District queens compete for the title of State Queen. order to have a queen contestant and vice-versa. The ❒ District kings compete for the title of State King. lodge may have a duchess to accompany the queen and ❒ a duke to accompany the king. In the event that a con - The competition includes two interview questions, a brief walk before the judges, and the presentation testant wins the king or queen competition at district of a prepared speech, not to exceed three minutes. level and does not already have a designated duke or The royalty speech topic must incorporate SPJST duchess, the District Youth Counselor may assign a and must make up 50 percent of the speech. duke or duchess from within the district to participate
Y Royalty speech content shall be presented in a pos -
T in the state competition.
L itive manner. A
Y King Contest
O Royalty Speech Topic for 2018 Queen Contest * R
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Duke and Duchess (Not Competing) The topic for the 2018 royalty speeches is:
Y “Out of this World with SPJST.”
A *
D King and Queen Ages ❒
T High School Freshmen The speech must be in the contestant’s own words.
N Through High School Seniors
E ❒ The speech time limit is three minutes. A total of M
E Duke and Duchess Ages three points (one point by each of the three judges) V will be deducted if a contestant exceeds the time E Ages Completed Kindergarten to 10 Years I limit. Time limit begins with the contestant’s first H
C General Royalty Rules word. A
❒ A king/queen contestant may compete at state if H Entry Eligibility T ❒ he/she has no competition at district, provided U No one who has previously won the State King or he/she qualifies in the district and presents his/her O State Queen title is eligible to enter the royalty con - royalty contest speech at district. All efforts must Y test again. also be made by the local youth leaders and the ❒ DYC to see that there is competition. The following youth cannot compete in royalty: • Any female who is or has been pregnant or has given birth to a child. • Any male who has caused a female to get preg - nant. • Any youth who was convicted or treated for the use of drugs or alcohol during the past year. • Any youth who was convicted for any criminal offense (excluding minor traffic violations) during the past year. ❒ King and queen contestants must have participated in a previous YAD prior to participating in the roy - alty competition, unless in the case of a newly- organized youth club. *Denotes change to Youth Club Handbook from previous year. 30 Royalty Entry Cards All royalty contestants must submit the following to their youth leaders with their royalty entry cards. King and Queen Contestants: Speeches and autobiographies must be included with royalty entry card. Autobiographies are available from the youth leader, DYC or State Fraternal Director. Duke and Duchess Contestants: Autobiographies must be included with royalty entry cards. The youth leader will be responsible for getting all entry cards, speeches, and autobiographies to the DYC 20 days before District YAD. The DYC will notify the king and queen contestants 14 days prior to YAD for approval or changes in the speech concerning the incor - Y
poration of SPJST in the contestant’s speech. O 2018 Speech Topic U Attire T Attire for district and state royalty contestants is as H
“Out of this World with SPJST” follows: A C
Queens and Duchesses H I Floor or tea-length formal gowns. E Royalty Judging Criteria V Kings and Dukes E Dress clothes, including a coat and a tie M Interview No. 1 ...... 15 points E (no tuxedos). N
Interview No. 2 ...... 15 points T ❒
The attire does not have to be the same for the dis - Speech Content ...... 30 points D
trict and state royalty contests. This is optional to (Includes adhering to topic) A Y
the contestants. Failure of a king, queen, duke, or Speech Delivery ...... 30 points -
duchess to wear the prescribed attire will mean his Stage Presence R or her exclusion from the contest. The DYC will (Neatness, Poise, Appearance) ...... 10 points O determine the attire appropriateness at district, and Y A
the Supreme Lodge President and State Fraternal L District and State Royalty Rules T
Director will determine the attire appropriateness at Y state. The queen and king will reign for one year. If the queen becomes married and/or pregnant during her ❒ The contestant will have no facial hair and no visible reign, she must relinquish her title to the first runner- body piercing or tattoos. up. If the king becomes married and/or causes a female to get pregnant during his reign, he must relinquish his title to the first runner-up.
❒Dukes and Duchesses State King and A duke or duchess who has previously won at State YAD cannot serve as State Duke or State Duchess State Queen Requirements The State King and State Queen are required to again. make six public appearances together with arrange - ❒ There will be no substitutions allowed for State ments made by the State Fraternal Director. If the State Duke or State Duchess. King or Queen fail to make all six appearances, their $1,500 royalty scholarship will be forfeited. State ❒ During the royalty contest, the dukes and duchess - Royalty will be reimbursed for mileage, meals, and es may be asked to give a short response to ques - other expenses as approved by the Supreme Lodge tions, but they will not be judged. President/Head of the Youth Department.
31 State Youth Achievement D ay Awards a nd G ui del ines
Special Category Youth $5 participation award Participation Awards Talent Contests Each State YAD contestant will receive a participa - tion ribbon and participation awards as follows: $5 for each talent category entered
Beseda Exhibition $25 participation award to each performer Youth Club Participation Awards Craft Contests Each youth club will receive the following partici - $5 participation award for each craft pation awards: category entered Poster Contest Royalty Contests $30 participation award $10 participation award
S to District Kings and Queens Scrapbook Contest D $15 participation award R to District Dukes and Duchesses $25 participation award A
W 2018 District Youth A Achievement Days D District One A
Y Sunday, July 8
E Caldwell Civic Center T
A District Two T Saturday, July 14 S Lodge 24, Cyclone District Three Saturday, June 23 Lodge 183, Arlington District Four Saturday, June 30 Lowake Community Center District Five Sunday, July 22 Lodge 88, Houston District Six Sunday, July 15 Taiton Community Center District Seven Sunday, July 1 Lodge 107, Floresville State Youth Achievement Day Saturday, August 4 Frank W. Mayborn Center 3303 North 3rd Street Temple •
32 Winners Craft Contest Awards are presented to first, second, and third place winners in each of the following age groups: ages completed kindergarten to 8, ages 9 to 11, ages 12 to 14, and ages 15 to high school senior. Individual Talent Contest Awards are presented to first, second, and third place winners in each of the following age groups: ages completed kindergarten to 8, ages 9 to 11, ages 12 to 14, and ages 15 to high school senior. Group Talent Contest Individual awards are presented to first, second, S
and third place category winners in each of the fol - T
lowing age groups: Junior Group - ages post- A T
kindergarten to 12 and Teen Group - ages 13 to E
high school senior. Y A
Poster Contest D
First Place - rosette ribbon A Second Place - rosette ribbon W
Third Place - rosette ribbon Youth Achievement Award A R Scrapbook Contest What is it? D S
First Place - $30 and rosette ribbon / The SPJST Youth Achievement Award recog - Y
Second Place - $25 and rosette ribbon O Third Place - $20 and rosette ribbon nizes the dedicated service and outstanding achieve - U
ment of SPJST youth club members. This award is T Special Category Contest a personalized plaque that is presented at District H
Awards will be determined by the State Fraternal YAD by the District Youth Counselor. A
Director and Supreme Lodge President/Head of the C
Youth Department. H
Youth leaders, assistants, or DYCs recommend I E
Royalty Contest youth club members for this prestigious award by V State Queen: Tiara, trophy, engraved watch, E completing a Youth Achievement Award form, M flowers, and sash available from the State Fraternal Director, and E
State King: Scepter, trophy, engraved watch, N returning it to their DYC for final approval by June and sash T
1. State Duchess: Small tiara, trophy, and sash A
State Duke: Small scepter, trophy, and sash W
Award Qualifications A First and second runners-up will receive awards. Any youth club member who: R D After successfully completing their reigns and ❒ upon their high school graduations, the State King and Is a graduating high school senior; State Queen will each receive the SPJST Royalty ❒ Scholarship in the amount of $1,500. Has been an active youth club member the fol - lowing years: freshman through high school State YAD senior; ❒ Award Guidelines Has demonstrated, through dedication and hard First, second, and third place winners will be work, exceptional leadership abilities and out - announced publicly in craft, poster, scrapbook, spe - standing service on both the youth club and the cial category, talent, and royalty following judging district levels; and and score tabulation. ❒ Contestants must be present at the time of the Meets the district requirements, pending the dis - awards presentation to accept and receive any trict has any additional requirements. award won at State YAD. 33 SPJST Summer Camp: Wh at It Is a nd Who Can Partic ipate
What is it? If a youth submits an application but is not eligible to SPJST provides summer camping for its youth attend according to the youth leader’s qualification form, members. Youth camp funds come from an annual allo - the DYC will contact the youth leader about the matter. cation by the SPJST Supreme Lodge. Each of the seven SPJST districts across the state attend camp. Some dis - All eligible and qualified SPJST youth are entitled to tricts may have combined camp sessions. attend camp with expenses paid in equal proportion from the district’s annual camp fund. If camping facilities are Who can participate? limited and elimination is inevitable, the seniority of Camp is provided on the basis of participation in youth club members will have first consideration. The SPJST activities. Pending that the qualifications are DYC will notify all leaders at least 15 days before camp met, summer camp is available to all SPJST certificate- what extra costs to expect per camper. holding youth members. Campers must also be in good standing with SPJST. The ages for camp are completed kindergarten to high school senior as of June 1 of the General Camp Policies camping year. Graduating high school seniors who are The Supreme Lodge President and the State Fraternal
P active youth club members may attend camp as a Director have jurisdiction over all phases of the SPJST M Senior Leader-In-Training (LIT) during the camp ses - Youth Program. The SPJST Rules of Conduct for Youth A sion that follows their high school graduation. C Activities and SPJST Grievance Guidelines at Youth
R Activities are in effect at all SPJST youth activities. All the E Eligibility
M rules pertaining to camp, including the guidelines, have Qualifications for youth to attend SPJST camp are M based on the previous youth year (June 1 to May 31). To been approved by the Supreme Lodge. The rules are clear, U and there should be no question as to who is in charge of S be eligible to attend camp at no charge, youth members must attend seven out of 12 youth meetings or seven out the planning and arranging for each district camp. of 12 adult lodge meetings if the lodge does not have a youth club. Youth members are requested to also attend Camp Program and Schedule a majority of the youth activities in the youth club or The DYC oversees his/her district camp. The State lodge. Fraternal Director and/or Supreme Lodge President may attend any of the camps and act in an advisory capacity. Youth (previous member or new certificate) who do not meet the above qualifications may attend camp for a Each district camp must be approved by a commit - prorated fee determined by the SPJST Home Office. tee consisting of the Supreme Lodge President, State These funds will be submitted to the State Fraternal Fraternal Director, and the respective District Director Director. before camp funds are approved and allocated.
Life insurance certificates must be issued by May A schedule of a balanced program of recreational 31 of the current youth year in order for youth to be eli - and educational activities will be provided by the camp. gible to attend camp for a fee. This rule also applies to those campers who will be paying to attend camp. This will include swimming, crafts, sports, and if pos - sible, horseback riding. Special activities for teenagers Each camper must submit an online application to will be included, if possible. The ages of the children the State Fraternal Director no later than June 1. These will be considered when scheduling physical activities. applications are available through the SPJST website. No one may attend SPJST Camp without a completed All district camps will have a universal theme, SPJST Eligibility Application on file for the current year. craft, and activities/games. 34 ❒ The DYC will make medical arrangements before Swimming (for all water recreation) - Swimsuits camp and have a Camp Health Officer present on camp for men: swim trunks only (no shorts, cut-off pants, or grounds. Medical staff requirements—a physician, reg - Speedos). Swimsuits for women: One-piece suits rec - istered nurse, licensed vocational nurse, or a person with an American Red Cross Emergency Response certifi - ommended, however, two-piece suits are allowed as cate, or its equivalent, shall be in the camp and on call at long as they are modestly cut. No string, thong, or cro - all times, and will be considered the Camp Health chet suits will be allowed. Swimsuits may only be Officer. The ratio will be one medical staff to every 75 worn during swimming activities. camp attendees.
The duty of the DYC and chaperones is to be with If you choose to dress inappropriately, you will be the youth. asked to change clothes or be required to wear a camp- issued shirt. By planning ahead and packing appropri - There will be at least a one-hour rest period after ately, you will save yourself the inconvenience of hav - the noon meal for all campers and leaders. This is a ing to change and you will be contributing to a pleasant quiet time and must be observed. camp atmosphere. The night curfew for juniors will be earlier than the night curfew for teenagers. Curfews will be deter - mined at each camp. No unauthorized activities will be Adult Chaperones allowed after 12 midnight. (Camp Counselors)* Each district will conduct a mandatory camp Each DYC will prepare a list of supplies and arti - staff/adult chaperone camp training covering State of cles for each camper to bring to camp. Campers will be Texas rules, SPJST rules, camp rules, working with advised if there will be any activity requiring extra children, etc. The training must take place prior to the
money. All details will be published in the Vestnik prior S to camp. beginning of the respective district’s camp. U M
Camp Location and Duration The chaperone to camper ratio will follow the M Each district will be provided camping accommo - E American Camping Association (ACA) ratio. R
dations at Camp Kubena in Ledbetter, Texas. The Chaperones will follow the outlined camp program as C
length of camp will be a minimum of four nights which A supervisors.* includes 10 meal times. M P Camp Dress Code All adult chaperones/SPJST camp staff must com - During your stay at SPJST Summer Camp, we plete an online SPJST Camp Staff/Volunteer want you to have the best experience possible. SPJST Application and submit it to the State Fraternal Director has developed the following dress code to assume that no one will feel offended or uncomfortable during no later than March 31. These applications are available his/her camp stay. through the SPJST website. No adult may assist at ❒ SPJST Camp without a completed SPJST Camp Clothing: All clothing shall be neat, clean, and Staff/Volunteer Application on file for the current year. acceptable in repair and appearance and shall be worn All adult chaperones and SPJST camp staff paid for by within the bounds of decency and good taste as appro - priate for SPJST events. SPJST will undergo background checks which the SPJST Home Office will complete.* ❒ Articles of clothing which display profanity, prod - ucts, or slogans which promote tobacco, alcohol, drugs, All adult chaperones must be SPJST members. The sex, or in any other way distracting, are prohibited. exception is staff hired by the camping facility or DYC ❒ Excessively baggy or tight clothing, and clothing who work in a specialized area and do not reside with which advertises gang symbols or affiliation is prohib - the campers or serve as chaperones. ited. ❒ ❒ Children of a youth leader (ages three to five years Items of clothing which expose bare midriffs, bare old) are not encouraged to attend camp, but the child chests, undergarments, or that are transparent (see- may attend if accompanied by his/her parent, provided through) are prohibited. Tank tops with straps wider than one inch are permitted. Please be advised that that the child’s presence does not interfere with the spaghetti straps, shirts which expose a bare back, halter leader’s duties. These children’s camp expenses will be tops, and tube tops are prohibited. paid in the same proportion as the other campers. *Denotes change to Youth Club Handbook from previous year. 35 Camp Visits 10. No tree climbing or rock throwing. Camping is intended primarily for the young peo - ple and unless adults are there as chaperones, there 11. No abusing camp property or equipment. should not be groups of visitors and guests at camp. However, SPJST always welcomes visits by mem - 12. No stealing. bers/parents at district camps. These visits should be brief and not cover a time period of more than one meal 13. No selling, giving, possessing or using alcohol, tobac - (either breakfast, lunch, or dinner). In addition, the co products, illegal drugs, weapons, or fireworks. guests will be expected to pay for their meals. Payment can be made either by cash or check to the SPJST 14. Proper camp attire and swimming suit must be Home Office. Checks are to be made payable to modest/appropriate and will be enforced at all “SPJST Home Office.” times. What is “proper” will be determined by the DYC, and if necessary, by consulting with the State Camp Insurance Fraternal Director and/or the Supreme Lodge All districts will carry insurance coverage under President. the master policy provided by the Home Office. This coverage will be provided by the Home Office, and the 15. Each camper will keep everything orderly around cost will be deducted from the district’s camp fund. his/her own bunk.
Drug-Free Environment 16. Good sportsmanship and conduct will be observed SPJST seeks to provide a drug-free environment at at all times. all SPJST camps. As such, SPJST may periodically enlist the services of Texas Rapid Response K9 LLC 17. All camp areas will be cleaned before leaving and/or any other such precautionary measures to ensure camp. Campers will be expected to pick up all litter a safe and drug-free environment. on the grounds and inside the cabins. P
M 18. No visible body piercings other than ears. Clear A
C SPJST Summer Camp Rules spacers may be worn in place of jewelry. All campers and chaperones will observe the fol - R
E lowing camp rules and also the SPJST Rules of Conduct
M and Grievance Guidelines. The DYCs may add addi -
M tional rules to accommodate the needs of the camp. 2018 SPJST Summer Camps
U A violation by a camper will be handled by the
S District One DYCs according to the seriousness of the matter, and, Wednesday, July 18 to Sunday, July 22 if necessary, the DYCs will consult with the State Fraternal Director and/or the Supreme Lodge Camp Kubena in Ledbetter President/Head of the Youth Department. District Two Wednesday, June 20 to Sunday, June 24 1. All campers will participate in all scheduled activ - Camp Kubena in Ledbetter ities. District Three 2. If a camper is late for a scheduled activity, it must Wednesday, June 27 to Sunday, July 1 be reported to the adult leader in charge. Camp Kubena in Ledbetter
3. Campers will not be allowed to drive vehicles District Four while at camp. Wednesday, June 27 to Sunday, July 1 Camp Kubena in Ledbetter 4. No one will be allowed to leave the camp grounds. District Five Wednesday, June 27 to Sunday, July 1 5. Lights out will be strictly observed - quiet! Camp Kubena in Ledbetter 6. No boys in the girls’ quarters and vice versa. District Six Wednesday, June 20 to Sunday, June 24 7. No discourteous acts toward anyone. Camp Kubena in Ledbetter 8. No hazing of fellow campers. District Seven Wednesday, July 18 to Sunday, July 22 9. No throwing anyone in any body of water. Camp Kubena in Ledbetter 36 Christ mas Orn ament, Camp T ee-S hi rt, Decor ated Rock, and Flag Day Contests
Awards Winners will receive ribbons. One winning orna - ment in each of the following age categories will be selected:
Ages Entering Kindergarten or Age 5 to 8 Years Ages 9 to 11 Years Christmas Ornament Contest Ages 12 to 14 Years Ages 15 Years to High School Senior What is it? Each year, SPJST sponsors a Christmas ornament The four winning ornaments from each district will contest at each district’s fall meeting/fun day for youth be sent to the SPJST Home Office in Temple where members to showcase their creative ability. they will be displayed on the SPJST Youth Christmas Tree in the Home Office lobby. The four winning orna - Who can enter? ments from each district will receive a certificate of
SPJST members entering kindergarten or age 5 to recognition. A picture of the SPJST Youth Christmas Y high school senior. The age group will be determined Tree will be featured on the front page of the Vestnik O by the age of the current youth year.* with the winners’ names. U T H
Contest Date C
Christmas ornaments will be judged at each dis - O
trict’s annual fall meeting/fun day. C heck with your N youth leader, District Youth Counselor, or the Vestnik Camp Tee-Shirt Design Contest T E for your district’s 2018 fall meeting date, location, and What is it? S T
contest registration time. Each year, SPJST sponsors a tee-shirt design con - S test for youth members to create an artistic design for The Rules the summer camp tee-shirts. ❒ Each youth member may enter one ornament. ❒ Youth member must be present at the district meet - Who can enter? ing and during the award presentation to win. Active SPJST members entering kindergarten or ❒ All ornaments must be homemade or purchased in age 5 to high school senior. The age group will be a pre-assembled kit. No store-bought finished orna - determined by the age of the current youth year.* ments allowed. ❒ Contest Dates May use any material appropriate for a Christmas October 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019. ornament. Food is not appropriate. Styrofoam balls are acceptable. The Rules ❒ ❒ Overall size for ornament must be no larger than To enter, the youth must currently be an active six inches, excluding ornament hanger. ❒ ❒ youth club member. Entry will not display any alcohol, tobacco, or Create a tee-shirt design relating to the 2019 drug-related items. ❒ theme: (2019 theme to be announced) Submit entry, using a black pen, black marker, or Judging any coloring instrument on an official entry form The DYC will secure judges for the contest. (available from SPJST youth leaders or the State Ornaments will be judged on: ❒ Fraternal Director). Entries must be freehand originals created by the Creative Ability ...... 45 points ❒ youth member. Skill and Design ...... 35 points Entries should be simple in design and easy to Appearance and Neatness ...... 20 points reproduce on a tee-shirt. *Denotes change to Youth Club Handbook from previous year. 37 ❒ Entry will not display any alcohol, tobacco, or ❒ drug-related items. Entries become the property of SPJST and will not ❒ be returned. Grand prize winner may not enter the contest for Decorated Rock Contest ❒ one year following winning. Entries must be postmarked by January 31, 2019. ❒ What is it? Mail entries to: The Decorated Rock Contest is sponsored by SPJST SPJST State Fraternal Director Frank Horak to encourage youth members to be creative and express c/o SPJST Home Office their artistic talents. The contest is held at the district PO Box 100 • Temple, Texas 76503-0100 spring meeting. Youth must be present to enter and win. Please check with your youth leader, District Youth Judging Counselor, or the Vestnik for your district’s 2019 Designs will be judged by in-house art specialists. spring meeting date, location, and contest registration Judging is based on the design’s overall appearance and time. appeal; creativity and originality; and ability to repro - duce on a tee-shirt. Who Can Enter? SPJST members entering kindergarten or age 5 to high school senior. The age group will be determined Pictured is the by the age of the current youth year.* winning design in the The Rules 2018 SPJST ❒
S Summer Camp Contestants will decorate a rock that must fit in the T palm of a hand for the contest. You may decorate S Tee-Shirt
E Contest. the rock however you like. Use your imagination! T Congratula- N tions to Zac O Coleman of Judging C
Lodge 142, Rocks will be judged according to the following cri -
H Houston teria: T in District Five U who submitted Creative Ability O the winning Y design. Skill and Design Appearance and Neatness
Awards Awards All SPJST Rock Decorating Contest participants All participants will receive a participation certifi - will receive a participation award, and youth club cate, and youth club members will also receive two members will receive five merit points in the Merit merit points in the Merit Point System. The following prizes will be awarded: Point System. The first place winning rocks from each district will Grand Prize Winner be featured in a display case in the SPJST Home Office $100 gift card and youth member’s design on the lobby through the end of the youth year. 2019 SPJST Camp Tee-Shirts (Youth winning The first place winning rocks from each district will grand prize will not receive age category prize.) also be judged on the state level.
Age Category Prizes State Level Age Category Prizes Ages Entering Kindergarten or Age 5 to 8 Years Ages Entering Kindergarten or Age 5 to 8 Years $75 Gift Card $25 Gift Card Ages 9 to 11 Years Ages 9 to 11 Years $75 Gift Card $25 Gift Card Ages 12 to 14 Years Ages 12 to 14 Years $75 Gift Card $25 Gift Card Ages 15 Years to High School Senior Ages 15 Years to High School Senior $75 Gift Card $25 Gift Card *Denotes change to Youth Club Handbook from previous year. 38 ❒ Flag Day Contest Send entries to: What is it? SPJST State Fraternal Director Frank Horak c/o SPJST Home Office Each year, SPJST sponsors a Flag Day Contest to PO Box 100 • Temple, Texas 76503-0100 promote patriotism and creative writing. Email: [email protected]
Who Can Enter? Judging All SPJST members who are entering kindergarten Entries will be judged by a panel of writing special - or age 5 to high school senior. Youth club membership ists. Judging is based on the entry’s creativity, gram - is not required. The age group will be determined by mar, and neatness. the age of the current youth year. Awards 2019 Theme All participants will receive a participation certifi - “The American Flag and cate. Youth club members will What It Means To Me ”* also receive two merit points in the Merit Point System. The Rules ❒ Winning entries will be pub - Write a Flag Day essay or lished in the Vestnik . poem with the theme “The American Flag and What It Grand Prize Winner Means To Me ” in mind. $100 gift card and winning Essay length must be entry read at the SPJST Flag Day between 150 to 500 words. Ceremony on June 14 at a loca - Y
tion to be announced. (Youth O ❒ Entries must be typed. winning grand prize will not U
receive age category prize.) T
❒ H Entries must be original and
created by the youth member. Age Category Prizes C O
❒ Ages Entering Kindergarten or Age 5 to 8 Years N
Entries become the property of SPJST and will not $50 Gift Card T be returned. E Ages 9 to 11 Years S T
❒ S Entries must include a cover sheet with partici - $50 Gift Card pant’s name, address, phone number, and lodge Ages 12 to 14 Years number. $50 Gift Card Ages 15 Years to High School Senior ❒ Entries must be received by May 31, 2019. $50 Gift Card
SPJST Youth Club Motto I pledge my support to uphold the high ideals of the SPJST: Seeking brotherhood; Pledging benevolence; Joining hands; Supporting humanity; Trusting in my ability to make this world a better place. This I pledge. *Denotes change to Youth Club Handbook from previous year. 39 President’s Vol unt eer Se rvice Award
Individuals must submit their records to the State Fraternal Director who will review and verify their records and order and distribute the award. To be rec - ognized, service activities should meet national or com - munity needs in the areas of youth achievement, parks and open spaces, healthy communities, and public safe - ty and emergency response.
Activities should be unpaid and may not include court-ordered community service. Only one award may D be received for the previous year of service. R A
W What Do Recipients Receive?
A “Nowhere is our unity more evident
Award recipients receive:
E ❒ than in the actions of our volunteer An official President’s Volunteer Service Award C I and charitable organizations pin V that rally to their neighbors’ aid.” ❒ R ❒ A personalized certificate of achievement E —President Donald J. Trump A note of congratulations from the President of the S United States R About the Award ❒ E A letter from the President’s Council on Service E In 2003, President Bush created the President’s
T and Civic Participation Council on Service and Civic Participation to find ways N
U to recognize the valuable contributions volunteers are
L making in our nation. The council brings together lead - How do I apply for the O ers from the worlds of business, entertainment, sports, President’s Volunteer Service Awards? V The SPJST Youth Program is sponsoring the S education, government, nonprofit, and the media. ’
T President’s Volunteer Service Awards for all SPJST
N The President’s Council on Service and Civic youth who are eligible to receive the awards. No youth E Participation created the President’s Volunteer Service may receive more than one President’s Volunteer D I Award Program as a way to thank and honor Americans Service Awards during the preceding calendar year. S
E who, by their demonstrated commitment and example, SPJST will recognize youth for volunteer service dur - R ing January 1 through December 31. Members can P inspire others to engage in volunteer service. track their volunteer hours online. Volunteers can go to Recognizing and honoring volunteers sets a stan - http://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov/ and click dard for service to others. It encourages a sustained com - on the “Get Involved” tab followed by the volunteers mitment to civic participation and inspires others to link and provide the requested information. Applicants make volunteering a central part of their lives. The will receive an email that will provide them with a President’s Volunteer Service Award is a Presidential login and password. Once you are logged in with your recognition program for Americans of all ages, who con - new login and password provided to you from the tribute a significant amount of time to volunteer service. Presidential Service Headquarters, please click “My The program recognizes individuals, families, and Profile” and scroll to the bottom of your screen where groups that have achieved a certain standard - measured you will be prompted to add the SPJST Record of by the number of hours served over a 12-month period. Service Key: VQH-45722. You must enter this key in Guidelines order to register your hours with SPJST. Volunteer To earn an award, individuals, families and groups hours should be logged into the system by March 31 of must keep a record of volunteer activities and hours each year. If you have any questions or need help with served. This Record of Service may be kept as a diary the login, please contact the SPJST Youth Department or calendar or tracked online using the USA Freedom at (800) 727-7578 or email State Fraternal Director Corps Record of Service. Frank Horak at [email protected]. 40 VESTNIK - Pr om ote Yo ur Youth Cl ub In SPJST’s Newsletter
What is it? 10 Tips for Submitting Your News and The Vestnik is SPJST’s weekly newsletter. Both Photos to the Vestnik for Publication printed and email versions are available. The Vestnik 1. The deadline for receiving news and photos for the following contains news and information about SPJST lodges and week’s issue is Wednesday at 5 p.m., unless otherwise posted in the youth clubs across the state. All SPJST members can Vestnik. Submit online at spjst.org; email to [email protected]; text to receive the Vestnik at no charge. To subscribe, call the 254.534.0807; or fax to 254.773.8087. Home Office at 800.727.7578 or visit www.spjst.org. 2. In preparing your youth club reports and features, please include complete information. All stories submitted should be written legibly Who can participate? or typed. Also, take care to check the spelling on names - people love Youth members are encouraged to practice their to see their names in print - especially when they are spelled correctly. journalistic and creative skills by submitting letters and In case there are any questions, it’s always a good idea for the corre - other items to the Vestnik . spondent to include his/her name, address, telephone number, and email address with the article.
❒The Rules V Youth members earn a maximum of one merit point 3. Keep in mind, your well-written youth club letters may also have E strong reader appeal for your local newspaper - especially if your area S each month for the following Vestnik submissions: is served by a weekly paper dedicated to promoting local news and T N • Letters/articles on SPJST youth club activities activities. I
• Book, movie, music, etc. reviews K
• Original poems, creative writing, and artwork 4. In composing your stories, please feel free to be creative. Some W of the most interesting youth club letters and features incorporate col -
A youth club reporter can only earn points after he/she E has written the required monthly meeting report. orful quotes, descriptions, and background information. E K L Submissions must contain: 5. Regarding photographs in the Vestnik, clear color photographs Y ❒ make the best reproductions in the Vestnik. Submitted photos should N Name have a resolution of at least 200 dpi.
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❒ Age W Lodge Number and Lodge Name; and 6. Be creative! People-oriented photos draw readers into your ❒ S
Good grammar and spelling. story. For instance, a shot of two dancers out on the floor will attract P
❒ A Double space lines (if handwritten). much more attention than a picture of two people standing in front of ❒ a wall. Submit your photographs with short, descriptive captions. P All submissions must be written, printed, or typed E ❒ by the youth member. R Letter must be informative and answer the five W’s 7. Good contrast and an uncluttered background are also important for a good photo. When photographing people, it’s especially impor - ❒ — who, what, when, why, and where . tant to be CLOSE to the subjects. People — typically the focal point of Letters containing the same information or letters most photos — are more important than the background. Before you on subjects not considered newsworthy will not be take a photograph, check the background and try different angles if published nor earn points. (examples - events that possible. If necessary, move your subjects to avoid distractions. Light- will be over by publication time or letters from the colored backgrounds work best. same household on the same subjects.) 8. Take special care when shooting photographs of people outdoors. Deadline It’s usually a good idea to use your flash - especially on bright days - All submissions, including emails, texts, and faxes, to fill in the harsh shadows caused by sunlight. must be in the Vestnik office no later than Wednesday 9. The Vestnik is your newspaper and is made available for you to by 5 p.m. (unless otherwise posted) to be published in use as a tool to promote fraternalism in your youth club and throughout the following week’s issue. For photos, please include SPJST. It can also be an effective aid in recruiting new members. It can a short description or article describing what the photo help boost the morale of active members. It can be used as a source of is about. Send letters, reviews, creative writings, and ideas for social and fraternal activities and as a source of information drawings to: about SPJST and its many fraternal insurance and financial products. 10. The Vestnik is always looking for feature stories about lodges and Vestnik Editor Melanie Zavodny youth clubs, lodge and youth club members, and special events that c/o SPJST Home Office will appeal to the readership. If you ever have any suggestions or ques - PO Box 100 • Temple, Texas 76503-0100 tions about submitting your news and photos to the Vestnik , please call Fax: 254.773.8087 • Email: [email protected] the Editor/Director of Communication at 800.727.7578 or Text: 254-534-0807 • Online Submissions: spjst.org 254.773.1575. 41 SPJST Scholars hips and Grants Prog ram
SPJST recognizes and awards its members for aca - scholarship and the leadership grant; however, they are demic excellence, exceptional leadership ability, and only eligible to receive one. (Applications must be outstanding service with its scholarship and leadership postmarked no later than February 1.) grant program. SPJST awards the following scholarships and lead - Selection ership grants: Selections are based on the following criteria: High School Seniors General Scholarships ...... $1,000 ❒ Required application Leadership Grants ...... $1,000 ❒ District Merit Scholarships ...... $1,000 Current official high school transcript with a grade point average on a 4.00 scale State Merit Scholarships ...... $1,500 ❒ Royalty Scholarships ...... $1,500 Official verification of SAT/ACT test scores ❒ S Personal statement T ❒ Any youth member who has been the recipient of References and recommendations N either the State Merit Scholarship, the District Merit ❒ A Photo/Biography
R Scholarship, or the Royalty Scholarship is also eligible to G
apply for a General Scholarship or a Leadership Grant. A College Undergraduates ❒ D youth may receive a maximum of two SPJST scholar - Required application ❒ N ships/grants, excluding the Royalty Scholarship. Current official college transcripts with a grade A point average on a 4.00 scale S ❒ P
I Personal statement ❒
H References and recommendations S SPJST General Scholarships ❒
R Photo/Biography
A and SPJST Leadership L Technical Students
O ❒ Grants Required application
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C General scholarships were established in 1982 for Current official transcript with a grade point aver - S all SPJST members. General scholarships are funded age on a 4.00 scale ❒ by the Supreme Lodge and voluntary contributions by Personal statement ❒ SPJST members. Accordingly, the more funds avail - References and recommendations ❒ able, the more scholarships awarded. Photo/Biography Leadership Grant Applicants Leadership grants were established in 1996 for ❒ active youth club members. Leadership grants are fund - In addition to the previous list of criteria, the ed solely through allocations by the Supreme Lodge. SPJST Leadership Grant is also based on SPJST Youth Program involvement from the eighth to Eligibility 12th grades, including activities listed below: ❒ All scholarship and grant applicants must: Attending district camp ❒ Participating in District Youth Achievement Day ❒ ❒ Have an active SPJST life insurance certificate in Participating in or attending State YAD ❒ force for one year as of February 1; Attending Leader-In-Training (LIT) workshop ❒ ❒ Hold an active SPJST life insurance certificate for Serving as local youth club officer and/or commit - the duration of the scholarship or grant; and ❒ tee member Be a high school senior. ❒ Attending a majority of youth club meetings ❒ Attending district spring meetings General scholarship recipients may only receive ❒ one general scholarship. Active youth club members Attending district fall meetings/fun days ❒ are highly encouraged to apply for both the general Attending district youth socials/trips 42 The Leadership Grant applications will be judged 6. Photo/Biography as follows: The applicant must submit one wallet-sized portrait of himself/herself. Attach the photo (with tape on back) to References/Recommendations an 8 1/2-inch by 11-inch sheet of paper. Add the follow - Personal Statements ...... 30 points ing to the sheet: SPJST Youth Program Involvement ...... 30 points ❒ ❒ Applicant’s full name Grade Point Average ...... 20 points ❒ Street address, city, state, zip SAT/ACT Scores ...... 20 points ❒ Parents’ full names ❒ Applicant’s high school attended ❒ College applicant plans to attend General Scholarship and ❒ Applicant’s planned major Leadership Grant Rules Applicant’s SPJST lodge number and location All required information listed below must be returned to the SPJST Fraternal Department post - Deadline marked no later than February 1. Please note that this The required application information must be fully information is subject to change. Please refer to the completed and postmarked no later than February 1. Office of the President for the most complete and Please note that due to scholarship/grant deadlines, any update information regarding the SPJST Scholarship application postmarked after February 1 cannot be
application process. processed. S C Notification H 1. Application ❒ O
Must be fully completed and signed. Applications are Winners of SPJST General Scholarships and L Leadership Grants are notified in April. A
available from the SPJST Fraternal Department at the R
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SPJST Home Office. H Winning students must apply to the college of their I
choice and request official verification of enroll - P
2. Transcript S
ment to be sent from that college to the SPJST Request school/college to send current, official tran - Fraternal Department as soon as possible after reg - A script to SPJST Fraternal Department. The transcript N istering. D
must have a grade point average on a 4.00 scale. ❒ G SPJST scholarship checks are not issued without R
3. SAT/ACT Scores official proof of enrollment and attendance. A All high school seniors must submit an official verifica - N T
tion of SAT/ACT scores. These scores should be submit - Important Scholarship S ted with a current, official transcript. Only those students and Leadership Grant Dates applying for SPJST Technical Scholarships do not need to submit SAT/ACT scores. Beginning September 1 Scholarship/Grant Applications mailed to appli - 4. Personal Statement cants upon request. The applicant must submit a personal statement that includes why the applicant wishes to go to college, Postmarked no later than February 1 which college he/she plans to attend, and his/her Deadline for all requested paperwork. planned major. The applicant must also explain, in 300 words or less, how the scholarship/grant will help April him/her. Statements must be typed or neatly written on Scholarship/Leadership Grant winners notified. 8 1/2-inch by 11-inch sheets of paper. Student Completes College Enrollment 5. References and Recommendations Student enters school and requests scholarship/grant Application must include three written letters of recom - to be sent to college. Freshman winners must use the mendations from three distinct disciplines (i.e. clergy, scholarship/grant within two years of high school high school officials, employers, professionals, etc.) graduation. Undergraduate winners must use the References should include a judgement of applicant’s scholarship within two years from the date the schol - potential. arship is awarded. 43 ❒The Rules Merit and Royalty Entries must include a cover sheet with participant’s Scholarships and ❒ name, address, phone number, and lodge number. The teen youth club member from each lodge in State Merit Scholarships each district with the total most points over the pre - vious three youth years is eligible to compete for the District Merit Scholarship. Each lodge’s quali - State Merit Scholarships fied teen will be notified by the State Fraternal Director to submit a 850- to 1,000-word essay on What is it? ❒ the current youth year’s theme. The State Merit Scholarship in the amount of In case of a tie for first place, two $1,500 is presented annually at State Youth ❒ scholarships/grants will be awarded. Achievement Day to a teen youth club member. If a youth wins the District Merit Scholarship and also competes for the State Merit Scholarship and wins, he/she must then relinquish his/her District ❒The Rules Entries must include a cover sheet with partici - Merit Scholarship to the second place essay entry pant’s name, address, phone number, and lodge of his/her district. A youth may not win both the State Merit Scholarship and District Merit ❒ number. The teen from each district with the total most ❒ Scholarship. points over the previous three youth years is eligi - A youth may not win more that one District Merit ble to compete for the State Merit Scholarship. ❒ Scholarship.
S Each district’s qualified teen will be notified by the Scholarship/grant recipients must request and use T State Fraternal Director to submit a 850- to 1,000- the scholarships within two years of their high N word essay on the current youth year’s theme. school graduations. A ❒ ❒ R In case of a tie for first place, two scholarships will Any youth who has been the recipient of either the
G State Merit Scholarship, the District Merit
be awarded. ❒ Scholarship, or the Royalty Scholarship may apply
D The grant or scholarship recipient must request and for an SPJST General Scholarship and an SPJST N use the grant or scholarship within two years of
A Leadership Grant. A youth may receive a maximum his/her high school graduation.
S ❒ Any youth who has been the recipient of either the of two scholarships/grants within SPJST, excluding P I State Merit Scholarship, the District Merit the State Merit Scholarship. H
S Scholarship, or the Royalty Scholarship may apply
R for an SPJST General Scholarship and an SPJST Judging
A A panel of writing specialists will judge the essays
L Leadership Grant. A youth may receive a maximum using the following criteria:
O of two scholarships/grants within SPJST, excluding
H the State Merit Scholarship.
C Content ...... 50 percent
S Mechanics ...... 35 percent Judging Neatness ...... 15 percent A panel of writing specialists will judge the essays using the following criteria: Mechanics consists of grammar, spelling, and sen - tence structure. Content ...... 50 percent Mechanics ...... 35 percent Neatness ...... 15 percent Royalty Scholarships What Is It? Mechanics consists of grammar, spelling, and sen - SPJST Royalty Scholarships in the amount of tence structure. $1,500 are presented to the SPJST State King and SPJST State Queen on the successful completion of their reigns. District The Rules Merit Scholarships The State King and State Queen are required to make six public appearances together with arrange - What Is It? ments made by the State Fraternal Director. If the State District Merit Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 King or State Queen fail to make all six appearances, are presented annually at State Youth Achievement Day their scholarships will be forfeited. See complete to teens in each district. Royalty rules on pages 30 and 31. 44 SPJST R ules of Co nduct for Youth Activit ies
❒ SPJST maintains a valued reputation for integrity, Selling, giving, possessing, or using alcohol, tobac - fairness, and for providing the best protection for our co products, illegal drugs, weapons, or fireworks. ❒ Any malicious or deliberate intent to do bodily harm . members and their families. SPJST Rules of Conduct ❒ Stealing. are provided to help you make the right choices. While ❒ there may not always be specific laws to direct us, Engaging in inappropriate physical or sexual integrity and personal responsibility should guide our behavior disruptive or offensive to other members of the SPJST environment. actions. Where there are laws, we have to obey them, ❒ and we should be aware that violations of the law, By- Engaging in conduct constituting a felony as defined by law. Laws, or Rules of Conduct or guidelines set forth in the ❒ SPJST Youth Club Handbook can lead to disciplinary Insubordination, such as disobeying a directive action, dismissal, and prosecution. from SPJST representatives, being disrespectful or No matter how positive our image may be, it can be directing profanity, vulgar language, or obscene damaged by the actions of a few. For that reason, our gestures toward members, leaders, SPJST staff, or any SPJST representative. behavior must be appropriate at all times. Our members ❒ Disobeying the rules as set forth in the current R
have come to expect the highest standards of care and U SPJST Youth Club Handbook. ethical behavior from anyone representing SPJST. We ❒ L Driving a car at camp. (Keys will be turned in to E must continue to live up to those expectations. The S
DYC upon arrival.) Rules of Conduct reflect our ongoing commitment to ❒ O ethical conduct, integrity, and fairness. Negligence of assigned duties. (LIT assignments) F
All youth club members, leaders, chaperones, staff C Consequences for Violations O
personnel, or volunteers representing or acting on N Punishment will be according to severity of the
behalf of SPJST have a responsibility and obligation to D violation. The DYC or youth leader in charge will thoroughly know and understand the SPJST Rules of U
determine the proper punishment. Any decisions by the C Conduct and SPJST Grievance Guidelines at Youth State Fraternal Director, DYC, or youth leader at the T Activities. That is why you are requested to review time of the violation will be final. The State Fraternal these and acknowledge your understanding in writing. Director, DYC, or youth leader will discuss any serious Your signed acknowledgment will become a permanent violations with the youth’s parent or guardian. Any for - part of our files. If you have any questions regarding mal opposition must be made as outlined in the SPJST this acknowledgment, please contact the Supreme Grievance Guidelines at Youth Activities on page 47. Lodge President or State Fraternal Director. Search and Seizure SPJST reserves the right to inspect any youth’s Youth Rules of Conduct belongings, suitcase, bags, bedding, etc. Such inspec - SPJST has jurisdiction over youth club members tion may be done with or without notice and with or during official SPJST state, district, and local lodge without cause. If youth refuses to submit to inspection activities. This jurisdiction includes any SPJST youth when requested, then it shall be deemed an act of gross activity regardless of time or location. Youth club mem - insubordination and shall be grounds to send youth bers who violate these Rules of Conduct will be subject home. to disciplinary action. Youth club members at SPJST youth activities are Disclaimer prohibited from: Should there be any discrepancy or conflict in any ❒ rules, or should a contingency arise not covered by these Leaving SPJST activities without proper authoriza - rules, the SPJST Supreme Lodge President and/or State tion from the party in charge. Fraternal Director reserve the right to interpret and pro - ❒ Hazing. ceed in the way they feel is fairest and best for all con - ❒ Abusing property or equipment. cerned. 45 Adult Rules of Conduct SPJST members, staff personnel, leaders, or any These guidelines reaffirm the importance the adult working in an official capacity (example: chaper - SPJST Society places on high standards and ethical one, driver, etc.) are prohibited from: behavior. Adherence to these standards by all SPJST ❒ members is the only sure way SPJST can merit the sup - ❒ Negligence of assigned duties. Engaging in any conduct constituting a felony as port and confidence SPJST members have come to defined by law.
T ❒ expect. Each SPJST representative is responsible for Stealing. C his or her actions. ❒
U Selling, giving, possessing, or using alcohol or ille -
D ❒ gal drugs while at SPJST youth activities.
N For each, integrity is a personal responsibility. ❒ Possessing a handgun at camp. O Violations, or suspected violations, of any of the guide - Engaging in inappropriate physical or sexual C
lines outlined here, or in our SPJST’s rules and prac - behavior, disruptive or offensive to other SPJST F tices, should be promptly directed to the State Fraternal members or the SPJST environment.
O ❒ Director or Supreme Lodge President. Violations can Any malicious or deliberate act to do bodily harm. S
E result in disciplinary action, including dismissal and L
U criminal prosecution. ❒Consequences for Violations R Will be relieved of duty or assignment by State No one will be permitted to justify an illegal act by ❒ Fraternal Director, DYC, or youth leader in charge. claiming it was approved by someone of authority. No Suspension from working with youth from one one, regardless of position, is ever authorized to month to three years, depending on severity of the instruct or condone an illegal or unethical act. Any violation. reprisal against any member because the member in good faith reported a violation is strictly forbidden. Search and Seizure SPJST reserves the right to inspect any youth’s This form does not include the rules and regula - belongings, suitcase, bags, bedding, etc. Such inspec - tions that apply to every situation. Its contents have tion may be done with or without notice and with or been outlined within the framework of SPJST’s poli - without cause. If youth refuses to submit to inspection cies, practices, instructions, and requirements by law. when requested, then it shall be deemed an act of gross Moreover, the absence of a specific SPJST practice or insubordination and shall be grounds to send youth instruction covering a particular situation does not home. relieve a member from exercising the highest ethical standards applicable to the circumstances. If you have Disclaimer any questions as to what the proper course of conduct Should there be any discrepancy or conflict in any or action should be, consult the State Fraternal Director rules or should a contingency arise not covered by these or Supreme Lodge President. rules, the SPJST Supreme Lodge President and/or State By working together, we will continue to provide Fraternal Director reserve the right to interpret and pro - the best possible care to those who are entrusted to our ceed in the way they feel is fairest and best for all con - care. cerned. 46 such suspension or expulsion. All proceedings under SPJST Grievance Guidelines these rules shall be private, and the name of the mem - at Youth Activities ber under investigation shall not be disclosed in any communication or to any person other than to persons 1. Hearing Procedure for when a written complaint whose testimony is necessary in connection with the has been filed concerning adults and/or youth club proceedings, or to members of the Grievance members during SPJST state, district, or local lodge Committee. However, at the request of the accused youth activities is as follows: member, a disciplinary hearing and the entire record and proceedings shall be made public. All communica - A. The Supreme Lodge Officers will appoint a three- tions concerning disciplinary proceedings are to be member Grievance Committee, each from a different marked “Confidential,” and all disciplinary files are to district other than the accused member’s district. be maintained in strict confidence. A representative of the Supreme Lodge shall make a full report of the find - B. Should a complaint be made against any member ings and action taken by the Supreme Lodge and for violating any part of the rules, regulations, by-laws, inform the member under investigation. or Rules of Conduct for Youth Activities, provisions G contained in Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised R I concerning formal procedures for fair disciplinary G. In the event that any accusation is found to be E unfounded or based on personal spite or malice, the mem - V process must be followed, except if covered in Article A 67 of the SPJST By-Laws, the SPJST By-Laws will ber making the accusation shall be reprimanded by the N govern. Supreme Lodge. If such member continues to make such C E
disturbances, then his membership may be suspended. G
C. All proceedings under these rules shall be private. U
H. If a member is suspended for any other reason I
The name of the member under investigation shall not D except nonpayment of premiums, dues, and assess - be disclosed in any communication or to any person E ment, or misrepresentation or fraud at the time of L other than to persons whose testimony is necessary in I connection with the proceeding, or to members of the admission into SPJST, he may keep his insurance in N E
Grievance Committee. However, at the request of the force by paying his premiums as due. Except that he S / accused member, a disciplinary hearing and the entire may retain his insurance in force, such a suspended C record and proceedings shall be made public. All com - member has no social connection with SPJST or his R I S
munications concerning disciplinary proceedings are to former local lodge. I S
be marked “Confidential,” and all disciplinary files are to be maintained in strict confidence. M A N
D. In the event of a finding of guilt of the charges filed Crisis Management Plan A and a suspension or expulsion from a position, the G Types of Crises SPJST May Be Subject to: E member may appeal, in writing, to the Supreme Lodge ❒ M Fire President for a hearing before the Supreme Lodge. ❒ E Such an appeal must be made within 15 days after ❒ Tornado N receiving the Grievance Committee’s notice of action. ❒ Flooding T Bomb threat Likewise, the aggrieved member, if not satisfied with ❒ ❒ Burglary or robbery the Grievance Committee’s findings, may appeal to the Medical emergency (asthma attack, shooting, Supreme Lodge in the same manner as the accused poisoning, drowning, bodily injury) member. Upon request by the Supreme Lodge ❒ ❒ Adverse weather conditions President, the Grievance Committee will furnish a cer - Sexual abuse tified transcript of the proceedings to the Supreme Lodge President. Briefing ❒ ❒ Locate fire extinguishers. E. The Supreme Lodge shall hear all evidence, and Evacuation plan posted in the event of fire, flood - such member can be suspended with a two-thirds vote ❒ ing, bomb threat, etc. of the members present and voting. Telephone numbers to be posted next to phone: 911 F. The Supreme Lodge shall investigate thoroughly ❒ Poison Control: 800.764.7661 all facts pertinent to the issues of suspension or expul - Adverse weather conditions. Have a central loca - sion of a member from the position and sustain or reject tion designated which will provide protection. 47 ❒ Designated person: ee, volunteer, or independent contractor. Sexual Take charge of the specific crisis harassment includes unwelcome sexual advances, Designate others to assist requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical Administer medical assistance conduct of a sexual nature. Call appropriate emergency personnel Neither consent of the participant to the sexual contact, mistake as to the participant’s age, nor the fact ❒Review Basic Education for: that the sexual contact did not take place at any func - ❒ Evacuation tion are defenses to a complaint of sexual abuse or ❒ Fire safety harassment. ❒ Drowning Upon proof of violation of this policy, the violator ❒ Poisoning will be permanently banned or suspended from any Burglary or robbery Y ❒ functions of SPJST. Every complaint of sexual abuse
C First aid I ❒ or sexual harassment shall be taken seriously and L Adverse weather conditions investigated thoroughly using the following steps O P
Suggested Designated Persons (Note: the pronoun she may also be interpreted as he): T At local functions, it is suggested that the youth N
E leader or his/her designee assess and manage the actual Step One
M crisis; identify and communicate necessary informa - The complainant will be interviewed. S
S tion in a timely manner to all appropriate groups on a ❒ A need-to-know basis; and plan to resume the function as ❒ What does she say happened? R usual, once the specific crisis is under control or ended. Who does she name as the abuser or harasser? A ❒ Where and when did the incident take place? H ❒ At district functions, it is suggested the District ❒ How did she react? D Were there any witnesses?
N Youth Counselor or his/her designee assess and man - ❒ Was it an isolated incident or part of a series? A ❒ age the actual crisis; identify and communicate neces - Has she spoken to anyone else about the incident? E sary information in a timely manner to all appropriate S
U groups on a need-to-know basis; and plan to resume Step Two B the function as usual, once the specific crisis is under
A The accused abuser or harasser will be inter - control or ended. L viewed. The interviewer will stay objective and A assume nothing. Every statement will be put in writing. U At state functions, it is suggested the State X
E Fraternal Director or his/her designee assess and man - Step Three S
/ age the actual crisis; identify and communicate neces - All witnesses will be interviewed. T sary information in a timely manner to all appropriate N E groups on a need-to-know basis; and plan to resume Step Four
M the function as usual, once the specific crisis is under
E All evidence will be weighed. The credibility of control or ended. G the complainant and the alleged abuser or harasser will A be considered. N
A Are there any previous complaints against the
M Sexual Abuse accused abuser or harasser?
S I and Harassment Policy S Step Five
I It is the policy of SPJST that there shall be no sex -
R ual abuse or harassment of anyone involved in any of Take action. Once all the facts are present, the C its functions. interviewer will ask herself if any sexual abuse or Sexual abuse occurs when an employee, volunteer, harassment did occur. If she decides the accusation is or independent contractor touches another for the pur - without merit, she will write a detailed report explain - pose of causing the sexual arousal or gratification of ing why, and have the evidence to back it up. either the participant or the employee, volunteer, or independent contractor. Sexual abuse also occurs when Step Six a participant touches an employee, volunteer, or inde - If sexual abuse or harassment is suspected to have pendent contractor for the sexual arousal or sexual occurred, follow the procedure as set out in the gratification of either the participant or the employee, “Grievance Guidelines at Youth Activities” on page volunteer, or independent contractor, if the touching 47. occurs at the request or with the consent of the employ - (Please see 2006 addendum on page 49.) 48 Addendum to Sexual Abuse Services and/or the applicable law enforcement agency as and Harassment Policy (2006) to their findings. SPJST’s Legal Advisor shall be the In the event an instance of alleged child abuse occurs or spokesperson to Child Protective Services and/or the appli - is reported to have occurred at youth camp or at any other cable law enforcement agency if he/she is available on short SPJST function, the following SPJST personnel should be notice. contacted in the order specified in the diagram below and In the event SPJST’s Legal Advisor is unavailable on verbally described below. short notice to report the alleged incident to the appropriate The complainant child’s chaperone and/or District authorities, the District Director and SPJST Officers having Youth Counselor should interview the complainant and knowledge of the alleged incident may agree among them - make a written report of the incident as set forth above. selves as to the person who shall act as spokesperson for After the interview of the complainant is taken, the com - SPJST. plainant’s chaperone and/or District Youth Counselor shall It should be understood that the above framework for deliver his or their findings to the State Fraternal Director. investigating and reporting allegations of child abuse may If the State Fraternal Director determines that the alle - not fit each and every situation. Accordingly, the circum - gations of child abuse against the complainant have merit stances surrounding a particular incident may warrant an by assessing all of the available information, he shall imme - alternative chain of reporting. diately report the incident and provide copies of all docu - However, unless the circumstances are such that it is mentation to the District Director, SPJST President, and undeniable that an incident of child abuse has occurred and SPJST Officers according to their relative availability. the child is in need of immediate attention, the child’s chap -
The District Director in conjunction with those SPJST erone, District Youth Counselor, or State Fraternal Director S Officers apprised of the alleged incident shall ascertain the should not directly contact Child Protective Services and/or E X
veracity of the allegations and make the determination as to the appropriate law enforcement agency without first con - U
whether it is appropriate to contact Child Protective sulting with a member of the Supreme Lodge. A L
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SPJST’s Policy for Reporting Suspected Child Abuse B SPJST strives to provide a safe environment SPJST will not tolerate or condone any form of U for its members and to protect the opportunity of its abuse of its members while they are participating in S E
members to participate in our camps in an atmos - an SPJST camp, youth activity, or event conducted A
phere that is free of abusive practices. under the auspices of SPJST. It can include phys - N
ical contact—or the threat of it—that intentionally D
Child Abuse Occurs causes bodily harm or injury to a child. It can H
include touching for the purpose of causing sexual A
arousal or gratification that involves a child. It can R also include chronic attacks on a child’s self- A S
esteem. This includes such psychologically S destructive behavior as ridiculing, screaming at or M E
Chaperone District Youth swearing at, racism, threatening, stalking, hazing, N
Counselor (DYC) and isolating. SPJST’s Sexual Abuse and T
Harassment Policy is addressed in greater detail P above. O L I In the event that there is cause to believe that C Y child abuse has occurred to any youth at camp or State Fraternal any other SPJST activity, the following chart identi - Director (SFD) fies the people and the order in which they should be contacted to address the situation.
Appropriate SPJST Supreme SPJST Supreme District Director Lodge President Lodge Officers
Child Protective Spokesperson: Services and Police SPJST Legal Advisor
49 SPJST Priv acy Policy
Protecting the privacy of information about you is a responsibil - Information-Sharing Practices Within SPJST ity we take very seriously. We understand your information is person - We may share the information we have about you within al, and it is important to you that we keep it confidential. The policies SPJST and with your local lodge. However, we do not share person - and procedures we established to protect the confidential nature of ally identifiable medical information for any reason except to deter - your information are rigorous and thorough. mine your insurability, to administer your claim, or to which you consent. This notice describes the privacy policy of SPJST. And, it S❒haring your information enables us to: explains the types of information about you that we collect and dis - Provide you with better customer service and account mainte - close, with whom that information may be shared, and how we protect ❒ nance. the confidentiality of your information. Help you make decisions about your products, services, and ❒ benefits by considering your entire relationship with us. Be assured that in keeping with our heritage, we are committed Inform you of products, services, and benefits that may be of to being respectful of your privacy wishes. As long as our policies and interest to you. procedures meet your expectations, there is nothing you need to do. Sharing Information Outside SPJST Security of Information We may make disclosures to other organizations as permitted or required by law. For example, we are permitted to share informa - We have strict standards of security to safeguard the confidential -
Y tion about you to help us underwrite insurance, process transac - ity of your information. The technology we use to protect your infor - C tions, and administer claims that you request or authorize. We also I mation is reviewed frequently, and we improve the process as needed.
L are permitted to share your information with organizations that per - form services for us or on our behalf such as reinsurance, printing, O
P Information about you is available to authorized employees, field and mailing. In addition, we are required to disclose information staff, youth leaders, fraternal leaders and local lodges. Their access to about you in certain instances, such as to detect fraud or to comply Y
C your information is limited to only the information they need to pro - with an inquiry by a government agency or regulator.
A vide products, services and benefits to you. We train our employees,
V We may share your identifying information (such as name, I field staff, and youth and fraternal leaders to respect and guard the
R confidentiality of your information. Those who are granted access to address, telephone number, age, and gender) and your fraternal rela -
P tionship information (such as local lodge number) with the inde - your information are held accountable to follow established standards,
T pendent group or groups that select the Fraternalist of the Year,
S policies, and laws.
J scholarship winners, and similar purposes. P
S Information Collected Accuracy of Your Information The reason we collect information is to create and foster relation - Our goal is to keep your information accurate and up-to-date. ships and so that we can provide and service your insurance needs, fra - You may request access to and correction of your information by ternal activities, youth activities, and the official publication of informa - writing us at our address at the end of this notice. tion for the Society called Vestnik . Having accurate information about you permits us to provide better member service, increase the efficiency Our Treatment of Information of our operations and comply with legal and regulatory requirements. About Former Members If you no longer have products or services with us, we will not disclose your information to other organizations, other than as per - The information we collect about you varies according to the mitted or required by law. We may continue to share information products, services, or benefits you request and may include: about you with SPJST field personnel, youth and fraternal leaders, ❒ and local lodges. Information we receive from you on applications or other forms, such as name, address, social security number, birth date, assets, Website and income. Visitors to our website remain anonymous. We do not collect ❒ Information we receive from consumer reporting agencies, such identifying information about visitors to our site other than we may as credit history. collect information used for statistical purposes to determine the ❒ Information obtained from our local lodges and conventions. level of interest in our website. ❒ Information about your transaction and experience with us, such Questions as products or services purchased, your certificate values, Please feel free to call or write about the SPJST Privacy Policy account balances, and payment history. ❒ at the phone numbers or address shown below. Information from other outside sources that relates to their rela - tionship with you or that verifies representations made by you, SPJST Home Office such as your employment history, other insurance coverage, PO Box 100 • Temple, Texas 76503 claims history, and medical records. www.spjst.org - [email protected] ❒ Other general information, such as demographic information. 254.773.1575 - 800.727.7578
50 The Fl ag: How to Display It and How to Respect It
The colors of the Flag may be thus The Living explained: The red is for valor, zeal, and Symbol of fervency; the white for hope, purity, clean - liness of life, and rectitude of conduct; the Our Great Republic blue, the color of heaven, for reverence to God, loyalty, sincerity, justice, and truth. On Flag Day, June 14, 1923, represen - tatives of over 68 organizations met in The star (an ancient symbol of India, Washington for a conference, called by and Persia and Egypt) symbolizes dominion conducted under the auspices of the and sovereignty, as well as lofty aspira - National Americanism Commission of The tions. The constellation of the stars within American Legion, to draft an authentic Information in this section the union, one star for each state, is provided through the cour - code of flag etiquette. The code drafted by U te sy of The American Legion. emblematic of our Federal Constitution, .
that conference was printed by the which reserves to the States their individ - S .
American Legion and given nation-wide
ual sovereignty except as to rights delegat - F
distribution. Millions of copies have been placed in the ed by them to the Federal Government. L A
hands of interested citizens since 1923-24. G
The symbolism of the Flag was thus interpreted by The 77th Congress of the United States (Second Washington: “We take the stars from Heaven, the red from D I Session) passed Public Law 623, which is a codification S
our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus P
of the Flag Code. This law was later amended, and the showing that we have separated from her, and the white L A
Flag Code has now been changed to comply with the stripes shall go down to posterity representing Liberty.” Y
law. Since the original Flag Conferences, in 1923-24, A
the code has been adopted for use by 45 other organiza - In 1791, Vermont, and in 1792, Kentucky were N
tions. American Legion Posts should bring the rules and admitted to the Union and the number of stars and D
diagrams contained in this revised edition of the code to stripes was raised to 15 in correspondence. As other R states came into the Union, it become evident there E
the attention of schools and citizens generally. S
would be too many stripes. So in 1818, Congress P E
enacted that the number of stripes be reduced and C
restricted henceforth to 13, representing the 13 original T History Of The Flag states; while a star should be added for each succeeding state. That law is the law of today. The United States Flag is the third oldest of the National Standards of the world; older than the Union The name “Old Glory” was given to our National Jack of Britain or the Tricolor of France. Flag on August 10, 1831, by Captain William Driver of the brig Charles Doggett. The flag was first authorized by Congress on June 14, 1777. This date is now observed as Flag Day The flag was first carried in battle at the throughout America. Brandywine on September 11, 1777. It first flew over foreign territory on January 28, 1778, at Nassau, Bahama Islands; Fort Nassau having been captured by The flag was first flown from Fort Stanwix, on the the Americans in the course of the war for independ - site of the present city of Rome, New York, on August ence. The first foreign salute to the flag was rendered 3, 1777. It was first under fire three days later in the by the French admiral LaMotte Piguet, off Quiberon Battle of Oriskany on August 6, 1777. Bay, on February 13, 1778.
It was first decreed that there should be a star and a The United States Flag is unique in the deep and stripe for each state, making 13 of both; for the states at noble significance of its message to the entire world, a that time had just been erected from the original 13 message of national independence, of individual liber - colonies. ty, of idealism, of patriotism.
51 It symbolizes national independence and popular The American’s Creed sovereignty. It is not the Flag of a reigning family or Wm. Tyler Page royal house, but of 305 million free people welded into a Nation, one and inseparable, united not only by com - I believe in the United States of America as a munity of interest, but by vital unity of sentiment and government of the people, by the people, for the peo - purpose; a Nation distinguished for the clear individual ple; whose just powers are derived from the consent conception of its citizens alike of their duties and their of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sover - privileges, their obligations and their rights. eign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those princi - It incarnates for all mankind, the spirit of Liberty ples of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for and the glorious ideal of human Freedom; not the free - which American patriots sacrificed their lives and dom of unrestraint or the liberty of license, but a unique fortunes. ideal of equal opportunity for life, liberty, and the pur - suit of happiness, safeguarded by the stern and lofty principles of duty, of righteousness and justice, and I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to attainable by obedience to self-imposed laws. love it; to support its constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag; and to defend it against all enemies. Floating from the lofty pinnacle of American ideal - ism, it is a beacon of enduring hope, like the famous
T Bartholdi Statute of Liberty Enlightening the World to Respect The Flag C
E the oppressed of all lands. It floats over a wondrous P assemblage of people from every racial stock of the When you see the Stars and Stripes displayed, son, S
E earth whose united hearts constitute an indivisible and stand up and take off your hat. Somebody may titter. It R invincible force for the defense and succor of the down - is in the blood of some to deride all expression of noble D trodden. sentiment. You may blaspheme in the street and stagger N
A drunken in public places, and the bystanders will not
Y It embodies the essence of patriotism. Its spirit is pay much attention to you; but if you should get down A the spirit of the American nation. Its history is the his - on your knees and pray to Almighty God, or if you L
P tory of the American people. Emblazoned upon its should stand bareheaded while a company of old sol - S I folds in letters of living light are the names and fame of diers marches by the flags to the breeze, some people D our heroic dead, the Fathers of the Republic who devot - will think you are showing off. G ed upon its altars their lives, their fortunes, and their A
L sacred honor. Twice told tales of National honor and But don’t you mind! When Old Glory comes F
. glory cluster thickly about it. Ever victorious, it has along, salute, and let them think what they please! S . emerged triumphant from eight great National con - When you hear the band play “The Star-Spangled U flicts. It flew at Saratoga, at Yorktown, at Palo Alto, at Banner” while you are in a restaurant or hotel dining Gettysburg, at Manila Bay, at Chateau-Thierry, at Iwo room, get up—even if you rise alone; stand there and Jima. It bears witness to the immense expansion of our don’t be ashamed of it, either! national boundaries, the development of our natural resources, and the splendid structure of our civilization. For of all the signs and symbols since the world It prophesies the triumph of popular government, of began, there is none other so full of meaning as the civic and religious liberty, and the national righteous - ness throughout the world. flag of this country. That piece of red, white, and blue bunting means 5,000 years of struggle upward. It is The flag first rose over 13 states along the Atlantic the full-grown flower of ages of fighting for liberty. It seaboard, with a population of some three million peo - is the century plant of human hope in bloom. ple. Today, it flies over 50 states, extending across the continent, and over great islands of the two oceans: and Your flag stands for humanity, for an equal oppor - 305 million owe it allegiance. It has been brought to tunity to all the sons of men. Of course, we haven’t this proud position by love and sacrifice. Citizens have arrived yet at the goal; there are many injustices yet advanced it, and heroes have died for it. It is the sign among us, many senseless and cruel customs of the past made visible of the strong spirit that has brought liberty still clinging to us, but the only hope of righting the and prosperity to the people of America. It is the flag wrongs of men lies in the feeling produced in our bos - of all of us alike. Let us accord it honor and loyalty. oms by the sight of that flag. 52 Other flags mean a glorious past, this flag a glori - And where is that band, who so valiantly swore, ous future. It is not so much the flag of our fathers as That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion, it is the flag of our children, and of all children’s chil - A home and a country should leave us no more? dren yet unborn. It is the flag of tomorrow. It is the sig - Their blood has wash’d out their foul nal of the “Good Time Coming.” It is not the flag of footsteps’ pollution; your king - it is the flag of yourself and of all your No refuge could save the hireling or slave neighbors. From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, Don’t be ashamed when your throat chokes and the And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave tears come, as you see it flying from the masts of our O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. ships on all the seas or floating from every flagstaff of the Republic. You will never have a worthier emotion. O, thus be in ever when freemen shall stand Reverence it as you would reverence the signature of Between their lov’d homes and the war’s the Deity. desolation! Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Listen, son! The band is playing the national heav’n-rescued land anthem - “The Star-Spangled Banner!” They have let Praise the power that hath made and preserved loose Old Glory yonder. Stand up - and others will us a nation! stand with you. Then conquer we must, when our cause
it is just, U .
This tribute to the flag is offered to the country in And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.” S .
appeal to all men and women of all races, colors, and And the star-spangled banner in triumph F
tongues, that they may come to understand that our flag shall wave L A
is the symbol of liberty and learn to love it. O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. G
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Alvin M. Owsley. “I would like to go a step further and insist upon I S
Past National Commander, The American Legion Americans being able to sing “The Star-Spangled P L
Banner.” A Y
“I have noted audiences singing - I should say try - A
Star-Spangled Banner N ing to sing - the American national air, but outside of D
O Say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, about 2 percent they are only mumbling or pretending What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s R to sing. I would like to have the spirit of America show E
last gleaming, itself in song. I hope you will insist upon some suitable S P
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, provision to that end in your code.” E through the perilous fight, C T O’er the ramparts we watch’d, — President Harding to the were so gallantly streaming? National Flag Conference And the rockets’ red glare, called by the American Legion. the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream; ‘Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
53 How to Display t he Flag ON SPEAKER’S PLATFORM The U.S. flag should be ABOVE and BEHIND the speaker. T C E P S E R The U.S. flag should be D
N of superior prominence, A
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The Union is always on TOP and on the Horizontal observer’s LEFT. 54 IN PROCESSION IF GROUPED WITH OTHER FLAGS . . . WITH OTHER FLAGS . . . U . S .
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The U.S. flag should be L A
The U.S. flag is in the CENTER or at the G on the marcher’s RIGHT HIGHEST POINT. D I S
(observer’s LEFT). P L A Y
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The U.S. flag goes to its own RIGHT and is hoisted BEFORE other flags. Flags of different Or in a line with other flags, nations are flown at the SAME the U.S. flag may be in HEIGHT. FRONT and CENTER of that line.
55 OVER A STREET SPJST Mascot Or el t he E agle E L G A E
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L vertically with the Union E R toward: O / T C
E NORTH on East-West streets P
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G Hello! My name is Orel. I fly all over the A
L state of Texas telling everyone about all of F
the great SPJST programs and events. . S . I am an eagle and I symbolize U the ideals of SPJST: strong, stable, clear vision, soaring spirit, dedicated, focused, determined and proud to be an American ON THE SAME STAFF and a Texan. Did you know that Orel The U.S. flag is always at peak means “eagle” in Czech? above any state, city, or SPJST has many great programs for all ages, especially families. SPJST is so much society flag. When flown fun! from adjacent staffs, the U.S. I look forward to meeting you. Hope to see flag should be hoisted first. you at an SPJST event real soon.
56 From t he Arc hives: Past Leaders and Youth Award Wi nners
Heads of the 2010 to 2012 District Five Frank Horak Maxine Sefcik, 1958-1964 Youth Department Tillie Helmcamp, 1964-1967 Evelyn Mattes, 1968-1969 1956 to 1968 2013 to 2017 Lynette Talasek Wanda Kennedy, 1969-1971 Vice President Joe B. Hejny Geraldine Mikolajewski, 1971-1972 2017 to Present Tom Caraway, 1972-1973 1968 to 1984 Marlene Caraway, 1973-1976 President Nick A. Morris State Fraternal Director Frank Horak Richard Wahlberg, 1976-1981 Joyce Mynar, 1981-1982 1984 to 2004 Dorothy Pflughaupt, 1983-1986 President Howard B. Leshikar Marie Stayton, 1987-2003 District Youth Barbara Linney-Gonzales, 2004 to Present Counselors 2003 to Present President Brian A. Vanicek
District One District Six O
Lillie Matejka, 1960-1969 Elsie Brdecka, 1956-1980 U State Youth Directors Lola Vavra, 1969-1970 Janet Marek, 1980-1986 T
Alvin Vavra, 1970-1972 Anita Roye, 1987-1991 O
1953 to 1955 Lola Vavra, 1972-1976 Karen Kaspar, 1992 F
Birdie Hilsher Pech Melinda (Faust) Wilson, 1976-1980 Marcy Dorotik, 1993-2008 T Lisa Bubela, 2008 to Present H
Marlene (Horak) Strong, 1980-1983 E
1964 to 1965 Susan Skrabanek, 1984 to 2013 A
Jim Kucera Sharon Russell, 2013 to Present District Seven R Marcella Kleprlik, 1959-1964 C 1965 to 1971 District Two Maxine Pavliska, 1964-1992 H I James J. Janousek Clara Hejl, 1960-1965 Susan Bohnenberger, 1993-1999 V Liz Bielefeld, 1999-2003 E Emily (Mikeska) Stuteville, S 1971 to 1980 1965-1969 Wendy Pruski, 2004 to 2015 Dorothy Massey Jerlene Balusek, 1969-1971 Theresa Haag, 2015 to 2016 Frank Klinkovsky, 1971-1988 Lian Pruski, 2016 to Present 1980 to 1983 Patsy Koslovsky, 1989 to Present Jann Wilson District Three Mr. and Miss SPJST 1985 to 1987 Emma Ceska, 1957-1960 The Miss SPJST Contest began at Sue Meadows Wilma Nesuda, 1960-1965 the 1960 convention. Miss SPJST Carol Ann Nesuda 1965-1966 was selected at each quadrennial 1987 to 1991 Wilma Nesuda 1966-1977 SPJST convention from 1960 to Claudette Reese Ed Kamas, 1977-1981 1980. Miss SPJST Winners were: Bessie Petr, 1982 to 2014 1991 to 1998 Kay Weeks, 2014 to Present 1960 Joni Lange Sandra Watson District Four District Five; Lodge 166, Beaumont 1998 to 2004 Julia Bayer, 1960 Melanie Zavodny Mary Haisler, 1960-1985 1964 Susan Bohnenberger, 1986-1989 Betty Jo Machann 2004 Sandra Jansa, 1990-2003 District Five; Lodge 88, Houston Trissa Klement Leta Cross, 2003-2006 Janice Stevens, 2006 to 2012 1968 2004 to 2010 Beverly Teplicek, 2012 to 2014 Joan Pavliska John Hoelscher Pam Lehmann, 2014 to Present District Seven; Lodge 107, Floresville 57 1972 mechanics. The winners of the 1983 Kathy Simcik SPJST State Merit Scholarships Terry Hykel District Four; Lodge 160, San Angelo have been as follows: District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood 1976 1970 1984 Mary Cavanaugh Debbie Sodek Darrell Uptmor District Two; Lodge 20, Granger District Two; Lodge 47, Seaton District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood 1980 1971 1985 Charlotte Banik Karl Mahdak Shirley Dobecka District Three; Lodge 35, Elk District Three; Lodge 84, Dallas District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood
At the 1992 and 1996 conven - 1972 1986 tions, Mr. and Miss SPJST Contests Sally Sembera Loree Kovar were held. Contestants ranged in District Six; Lodge 153, LaSalle District One; Lodge 9, Snook age from 18 to 22 years. They were judged on speech, talent, and per - 1973 1987 sonal interview. Past Mr. and Miss Connie Hrncir Donna Schoeneman SPJST winners are: District Seven; Lodge 117, Robstown District One; Lodge 9, Snook 1992 1974 1988 Mr. SPJST Michael Morris John See, III District Two; Lodge 47, Seaton Carol Dobecka District One; Lodge 9, Snook District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood
S Miss SPJST Lori Everett E 1989 1975 V District One; Lodge 39, Bryan Scott McKenney I Debbie Uptmor District Two; Lodge 74, Lovelady H 1996 District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood C
R Mr. SPJST Jason Hermis 1990 A District Five; Lodge 142, Houston 1976 Cheryl Schoeneman E Douglas Uptmor District One; Lodge 9, Snook H Miss SPJST Meribeth Novak
T District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood
F District Three; Lodge 84, Dallas 1991
O 1977 Melissa Victorick
T At the 1996 convention, dele - Joyce Wachsmann District One; Lodge 9, Snook
U gates voted for a Youth Spectacular District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood
O at the conventions instead of the Mr. 1992 and Miss SPJST contest. The Youth 1978 Chad Kovar Spectacular featured youth club tal - David Dobecka District One; Lodge 9, Snook ent acts from across the state and District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood was held at the 2000 and 2004 con - 1993 ventions. 1979 Rebekah See Edward Hykel, Jr. District One; Lodge 9, Snook District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood SPJST State Merit 1994 1980 Sharon Borak Scholarship Winners District Six; Jan Schoenemann Lodge 40, El Campo Hillje In 1970, a $250 scholarship was District One; Lodge 9, Snook awarded at State YAD to the young - sters who had earned the most 1995 merit points in his/her lodge over Robert Hykel John Buri the preceding three-year period. District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District Five; Lodge 142, Houston Today, a $1,500 scholarship is pre - sented at State YAD to a teen youth 1981 1996 club member. The teen from each Delores Dobecka Kathryn Kovar district with the most total merit District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood points over the previous three years District One; Lodge 9, Snook is eligible to compete for this schol - arship. The top teen submits an 1982 1997 850- to 1,000-word essay that is Sandra Schoeneman Karen Bender judged on neatness, content and District One; Lodge 9, Snook District Five; Lodge 88, Houston 58 1998 2013 1966 Amy Gaas Audree Williams Queen Frances Kudrna District One; Lodge 9, Snook District Four; Lodge 215, South Plains District Three Lodge 25, Ennis 1999 2014 Justin Engelke Samuel Hoggard King Randy Dodgen District Three; Lodge 66, Waco District Seven; District Two Lodge 202, Jourdanton Lodge 87, Temple 2000 Jason Gaas 2015 1967 District One; Lodge 9, Snook Brady Alexander Queen Bonnie Cox District Two; Lodge 47, Seaton District Five 2001 Lodge 88, Houston Candice Macik 2016 District One; Lodge 9, Snook Amanda Hoggard King Ernie Makovy District Seven; Lodge 202, Jourdanton District Three 2002 Lodge 6, Cottonwood Nathan Block 2017 District Four; Lodge 160, San Angelo April Dvorak 1968 District Three; Lodge 25, Ennis Queen Karen Matl 2003 District Two Crystal Bartek Lodge 87, Temple District Two; Lodge 47, Seaton SPJST State Royalty O
King Robert Leshikar U 2004 The king and queen are selected
District Two T on the basis of the presentation of a Phillip Barta
Lodge 48, Beyersville O District Seven; Lodge 202, Jourdanton prepared speech during which they are scored on content, delivery and F
1969 T
overall poise. All of the individuals H 2005 Queen Janice Haskovec Kyle Skrabanek competing for the titles of SPJST E District Three District One; Lodge 17, New Tabor State King and SPJST State Queen A are winners in their own right, hav - Lodge 25, Ennis R ing been selected to represent their C
2006 H respective districts as king and King Robert Urban Lindsey Jones I queen candidates. The first SPJST District Three V
District One; Lodge 17, New Tabor E
State Queen was selected in 1963 Lodge 84, Dallas S 2007 and an SPJST State King was added Victoria Pajestka for the first time in 1966. 1970 Today’s winning representatives District Two; Lodge 80, Holland Queen Patsy Kalina receive scholarships and represent District Six SPJST at various statewide func - Lodge 58, Hungerford 2008 tions, parades and festivals and var - Amber Penn ious city and community events. District Two; Lodge 24, Cyclone King Theodore Dusek, Jr. The following is a listing of past District One statewide king and queen winners: 2009 Lodge 17, New Tabor Anna Dulock 1963 District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood 1971 Queen Frances Miller Queen Pat Parma District Three 2010 Lodge 66, Waco District Three Stephanie Vanicek Lodge 130, Dallas District Two; Lodge 24, Cyclone 1964 Queen Lillie Mae Melnar King Anton Kaluza 2011 District Five District Three Samuel Vanicek Lodge 142, Houston Lodge 6, Cottonwood District Two; Lodge 24, Cyclone 1965 1972 2012 Queen Susan Ilse Queen Connie Hrncir Zachary Shelfer District Six District Seven District One; Lodge 9, Snook Lodge 30, Taiton Lodge 117, Robstown 59 King Marvin Patak King Donnie Lueck King Joe Landin District Three District Two District Seven Lodge 135, Ennis Lodge 177, Academy Lodge 117, Robstown
1973 1979 1985 Queen Cindy Horak Queen Kelly Cavanaugh Queen Lisa Reznik District Three District Two District Three Lodge 84, Dallas Lodge 20, Granger Lodge 84, Dallas
King Lin Lesak King Terry Wayne Loessin King Michael Marek District Five District Two District Six Lodge 88, Houston Lodge 20, Granger Lodge 40, El Campo Hillje
1974 1980 1986 Queen Jo Beth Hornung Queen Carol Skrabanek Queen Sheri Michka District Seven District Three District Two Lodge 117, Robstown Lodge 130, Dallas Lodge 74, Lovelady
King Scott Eliff King Eddie Banik King John See, III District Seven District Three District One Lodge 117, Robstown Lodge 35, Elk Lodge 9, Snook S E
V 1975 1981 1987 I
H Queen Jan Hajda Queen Kelly Korenek Queen Melissa Victorick
C District Two District Six District One R
A Lodge 20, Granger Lodge 30, Taiton Lodge 9, Snook
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H King Stephen Parrish King Joe Prachyl King Michael Morris T
F District Two District Three District Two
O Lodge 74, Lovelady Lodge 84, Dallas Lodge 47, Seaton
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U 1976 1982 1988 O Queen Charlotte Banik Queen Mandy Mikulencak Queen Marcy Dorotik District Three District Two District Six Lodge 35, Elk Lodge 20, Granger Lodge 30, Taiton
King Randy Flasowski King Darrin Banik King Daryl Kortis District Two District Three District Two Lodge 74, Lovelady Lodge 35, Elk Lodge 47, Seaton
1977 1983 1989 Queen Donna Trcalek Queen Shana Patterson Queen Stephanie Roye District One District Two District Six Lodge 17, New Tabor Lodge 47, Seaton Lodge 30, Taiton
King Steven Stanislav King Donald Steinke King Brian Becan District Three District Three District Three Lodge 66, Waco Lodge 35, Elk Lodge 84, Dallas
1978 1984 1990 Queen Tena Urbanek Queen Staci Engel Queen Leslie Barnes District Three District Seven District Three Lodge 66, Waco Lodge 117, Robstown Lodge 84, Dallas 60 King Jason Reese 1997 2003 District Two Queen Elizabeth Wagner Queen Alicia Ford Lodge 47, Seaton District Six District One Lodge 4, Hallettsville Lodge 13, Dime Box 1991 Queen Bridget Schwartz King J.J. Novak King Dale Korth District Four District Three District One Lodge 160, San Angelo Lodge 84, Dallas Lodge 13, Dime Box King Tommy Rieger District Two 1998 2004 Lodge 29, Taylor Queen Jennifer Block Queen Jessica Schumann District Four District One 1992 Lodge 160, San Angelo Lodge 13, Dime Box Queen Lindsey Michalak District Five King Jonathan Haag King Joshua Siptak Lodge 88, Houston District Seven District Six Lodge 185, New Braunfels Lodge 4, Hallettsville King Paul Pflughaupt District Five 1999 2005 Lodge 88, Houston Queen Colette Kenney Queen Rachel Hunter District Three District Three 1993 O
Queen Valerie Roye Lodge 84, Dallas Lodge 25, Ennis U District Six T
Lodge 30, Taiton King Paxton Davies King Nick Culliton O District Three District Three F
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King John Buri Lodge 92, Fort Worth Lodge 183, Arlington H
District Five E
Lodge 142, Houston 2000 2006 A R
Queen Megan Marcaurele Queen Raychel Anne Clark C
1994 District Six District Three H I
Queen Delia Wiederhold Lodge 30, Taiton Lodge 25, Ennis V
District One E S Lodge 13, Dime Box King Jarod Olds King Ryan Patrick Edwards King Jason Cervenka District Three District Three District Two Lodge 84, Dallas Lodge 84, Dallas Lodge 29, Taylor 2001 2007 1995 Queen Jamie Lyn Novak Queen Lindsey Jones Queen Brandi Dum District Three District One District Six Lodge 84, Dallas Lodge 17, New Tabor Lodge 97, Placedo King Nathan Block King Colby Havemann King C.J. Novak District Four District One District Three Lodge 160, San Angelo Lodge 17, New Tabor Lodge 84, Dallas 2002 2008 1996 Queen Karen Bender Queen Marchele Olds Queen Alexa Hubenek District Five District Three District Three Lodge 88, Houston Lodge 84, Dallas Lodge 92, Fort Worth
King Justin Engelke King Jake Holland King Gerard Marcaurele District Three District Three District Six Lodge 66, Waco Lodge 25, Ennis Lodge 30, Taiton 61 2009 2016 Top Teens Queen Grace Dusek Queen Amanda Hoggard District One District Seven and Top Juniors Lodge 17, New Tabor Lodge 202, Jourdanton Beginning in 1966, the merit King Jackson Durham King Colby See point winners were divided into two District Three District One age groups, teens and juniors. Lodge 92, Fort Worth Lodge 9, Snook Again, there was no prohibition on winning the award more than once. 2010 2017 Today, a youth may only receive the Queen Jacqueline Klaus Queen April Dvorak award once. The State Teen of the District Two District Three Year and the State Junior of the Year Lodge 29, Taylor Lodge 25, Ennis awards are presented at State YAD. Each youth receives a plaque and King Samuel Vanicek King Austen Holland $25. The listing of winners is: District Two District Three Lodge 24, Cyclone Lodge 25, Ennis ★ ★ ★ ★ Teens of the Year 2011 Queen Alyssa Torres State 1966 District Two Merit Point Winners Kathy Dixon Lodge 48, Beyersville District Five; Lodge 88, Houston Beginning in 1958, recognition 1967 King Robert Lewis was given to the youth who accumu - Jimmy Fucik District One S lated the most points under the merit District Six; Lodge 30, Taiton E Lodge 9, Snook point system. They received V I plaques. There was no prohibition 1968
H 2012 against winning the award two or Debbie Sodek C Queen Emily Lewis
R more years in succession. The District One District Two; Lodge 47, Seaton
A recipients were: Lodge 9, Snook E 1969 H 1958 Dana Balusek T King Jerry Pechal Carole Nemec F District Two District Two; Lodge 47, Seaton
O Lodge 47, Seaton District Three; Lodge 84, Dallas
T 1970
U 2013 1959 Sally Sembera
O Queen Julia Zavodny James Janousek District Six; Lodge 153, LaSalle District Two District Three; Lodge 84, Dallas Lodge 47, Seaton 1971 1962 King Sammy Hoggard Karl Mahdak Larry Petr District Three; Lodge 84, Dallas District Seven District Three; Lodge 84, Dallas Lodge 202, Jourdanton 1972 1963 2014 Karen Dorotik Queen Denae Bronikowski Kathy Vrla District Six; Lodge 30, Taiton District Five District Three; Lodge 130, Dallas Lodge 88, Houston 1973 1964 Debbie Uptmor King Nikolas Faust Kathy Vrla District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District One District Three; Lodge 130, Dallas Lodge 9, Snook 1974 1965 Debbie Uptmor District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood 2015 Bonnie Sue Cox Queen Kacie Vanecek District Five; Lodge 88, Houston 1975 District Two Debbie Uptmor Lodge 48, Beyersville District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood King Brady Alexander 1976 District Two Douglas Uptmor Lodge 47, Seaton District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood 62 1977 1992 2009 Joyce Wachsmann Mica Petty Kenna Bubela District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District One; Lodge 17, New Tabor District Six; Lodge 30, Taiton 1978 2010 1993 Zachary Shelfer David Dobecka Rebekah See District One; Lodge 9, Snook District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District One; Lodge 9, Snook 2011 1979 1994 Samuel Vanicek Delores Dobecka Randall See District Two; Lodge 24, Cyclone District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District One; Lodge 9, Snook 2012 1980 Brandon Hoelscher 1995 District Two; Lodge 47, Seaton Jan Schoenemann Kathryn Kovar District One; Lodge 9, Snook District One; Lodge 9, Snook 2013 Brittanie Gaas 1981 1996 District One; Lodge 17, New Tabor Jan Schoenemann District One; Lodge 9, Snook Amy Gaas 2014 District One; Lodge 9, Snook Brady Alexander 1982 District Two; Lodge 47, Seaton 1997 Darrell Uptmor 2015 District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood Justin Engelke District Three; Lodge 66, Waco Justin Kraatz 1983 District Two; Lodge 47, Seaton Scott McKenney 1998 O
Jason Gaas U District Two; Lodge 74, Lovelady District One; Lodge 9, Snook 2016 T
Dillon Narro 1984 1999 District One; Lodge 17, New Tabor O Darrell Uptmor Candice Macik F
District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District One; Lodge 9, Snook 2017 T Grace Lewis H E
1985 2000 District One; Lodge 9, Snook Heather Slenk A
Donna Schoeneman R District One; Lodge 9, Snook District One; Lodge 9, Snook ★ ★ ★ ★ C 2001 Juniors of the Year H I
1986 Kirby Bubela V John See, III District Six; Lodge 30, Taiton 1966 E District One; Lodge 9, Snook Marian Dorotik S 2002 District Six; Lodge 30, Taiton Donna Schoeneman Kyle Kaspar District One; Lodge 9, Snook District Six; Lodge 30, Taiton 1967 Susan Schenburn 2003 District Five; Lodge 88, Houston 1987 Traci Dobecka John See, III District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood 1968 District One; Lodge 9, Snook Sally Sembera 2004 District Six; Lodge 153, LaSalle 1988 Kyle Skrabanek Marcy Dorotik District One; Lodge 17, New Tabor 1969 District Six; Lodge 30, Taiton 2005 Sally Sembera Victoria Pajestka District Six; Lodge 153, LaSalle 1989 District Two; Lodge 80, Holland Marcy Dorotik 1970 District Six; Lodge 30, Taiton 2006 Marilyn Vincik Bradley Shelfer District Six; Lodge 153, LaSalle District One; Lodge 9, Snook 1990 1971 Cheryl Schoeneman 2007 Douglas Uptmor District One; Lodge 9, Snook Cyril Pajestka District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District Two; Lodge 80, Holland 1991 2008 1972 Melissa Victorick Blake Ryan Debbie Uptmor District One; Lodge 9, Snook District Three; Lodge 25, Ennis District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood 63 1973 1988 2004 Douglas Uptmor Rebekah See Victoria Pajestka District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District One; Lodge 9, Snook District Two; Lodge 80, Holland 2005 1974 1989 Cyril Pajestka Jeannetta Klechka Rebekah See District Two; Lodge 80, Holland District Five; Lodge 172, Pasadena District One; Lodge 9, Snook 2006 1975 1990 Zachery Shelfer Darrell Uptmor Sandra Trickett District One; Lodge 9, Snook District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District Three; Lodge 66, Waco 2007 Mikhaila Nelson 1976 1991 District Two; Lodge 18, Elgin Darrell Uptmor Kathryn Kovar District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District One; Lodge 9, Snook 2008 Samantha White 1977 1992 District Two; Lodge 80, Holland Darrell Uptmor Mabrey Petty and Marshall Petty 2009 District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District One; Lodge 17, New Tabor Allison Wockenfuss District Five; Lodge 88, Houston 1978 1993 Darrell Uptmor Candace Macik 2010 District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood Brandon Hoelscher District One; Lodge 9, Snook District Two; Lodge 47, Seaton S
E 1979
V 1994 2011 I Darrell Uptmor Amy Gaas Dillon Narro and Macy Narro (tie) H District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District One; Lodge 9, Snook
C District One; Lodge 17, New Tabor R
A 1980 1995
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E Darrell Uptmor Dwayne Macik Justin Kraatz H District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District One; Lodge 9, Snook District Two; Lodge 47, Seaton T
F 1996 1981 2013
O Heather Slenk Darrell Uptmor Brandon Teplicek
T District One; Lodge 9, Snook District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District Four; Lodge 49, Rowena U 1997 O 1982 Kimberly Gaas 2014 Shirley Dobecka District One; Lodge 9, Snook Brandon Girod District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District Two; Lodge 29, Taylor 1998 Douglas Galler 2015 1983 District Three; Lodge 66, Waco Hunter Wood and Tanner Wood (tie) Kevin Dobecka District Four; Lodge 49, Rowena District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood 1999 Lucas Schoppe 2016 1984 District One; Lodge 9, Snook Jered Polly and Nathan Polly (tie) Kevin Dobecka District Five; Lodge 88, Houston District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood 2000 Traci Dobecka 2017 District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood 1985 Keith Wockenfuss District Five; Lodge 88, Houston Cheryl Schoeneman 2001 District One; Lodge 9, Snook Christi Sparkman District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood 1986 Ashley Victorick 2002 Travis Purchis District One; Lodge 9, Snook District Seven; Lodge 107, Floresville 1987 2003 Tammi Dobecka Bradley Shelfer District Three; Lodge 6, Cottonwood District One; Lodge 9, Snook 64 SPJST Camp 1997 2008 Karen Bender Ryan Bronikowski Tee-Shirt Design District Five District Five Contest Winners Lodge 88, Houston Lodge 88, Houston Beginning in 1988, the Youth 1998 2009 Program sponsored a tee-shirt design contest for youth members to Tracey Dusek Stephanie Vanicek create an artistic design for summer District Four District Two camp tee-shirts. Grand prize win - Lodge 160, San Angelo Lodge 24, Cyclone ners are: 1999 2010 1988 Jessica Kelner Rachel McManus Darlene Migl District Six District Three District Five Lodge 28, East Bernard Lodge 84, Dallas Lodge 88, Houston 2000 2011 1989 Kyle Skrabanek Colby Havemann Marlene Migl District One District One District Five Lodge 17, New Tabor Lodge 17, New Tabor Lodge 88, Houston 2001 2012 1990 Jessica Lyon Brooke Hoelscher O Stephanie Roye District Two District Two U T
District Six Lodge 177, Academy Lodge 47, Seaton Lodge 30, Taiton O F
2002 2013 T 1991 Jeannie Beckendorf Sydney Faust H E
Lisa Reck
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District Six Lodge 182, Falls County Lodge 9, Snook R Lodge 40, El Campo C H
2003 2014 I 1992 V
Blake Ryan Weston Beasley E
Laura Spanel-Weber District Three District One S District Two Lodge 25, Ennis Lodge 17, New Tabor Lodge 20, Granger 2004 2015 1993 Kimberley Huizar Bethany Baker Nicholas Rackel District Seven District Six District One Lodge 13, Dime Box Lodge 202, Jourdanton Lodge 30, Taiton
1994 2005 2016 Jessica Kelner Domingo Gonzales, III Riley Green District Six District Seven District One Lodge 28, East Bernard Lodge 202, Jourdanton Lodge 9, Snook
1995 2006 2017 Candice Macik Stephanie Vanicek Jered Polly District One District Two District Five Lodge 9, Snook Lodge 24, Cyclone Lodge 88, Houston
1996 2007 2018 Scott Hudson Brooke Hoelscher Zac Coleman District Two District Two District Five Lodge 24, Cyclone Lodge 47, Seaton Lodge 142, Houston 65 OUT OF THIS WORLD WITH SPJST 2018 SPJST Membership Drive
Youth Program Incentives SPJST believes that the values and leadership skills learned early on are important building blocks for life. Thanks to SPJST Youth Clubs, young people in lodges around the state are encouraged to take a greater interest in their community and make good life choices. SPJST Youth Clubs also represent a starting point for youth to learn about becoming and staying active in the affairs of SPJST. For that reason, efforts to grow our local SPJST Youth Clubs are encouraged and share an important role in the 2018 SPJST Membership Drive.
To Qualify for Youth Program Incentives The District Youth Counselor (DYC) will submit a checklist to the State Youth Director on January 1, 2019, acknowledging if the youth club has met the following obligations in order for the youth club, youth leader, and/or assistant(s) and DYC and/or assistant(s) to OUT OF THIS WORLD WITH SPJST M qualify for cash incentives in the Membership Program. A
R The following requirement is mandatory: G The youth club must meet all requirements as specified in the SPJST Youth Club O
R Handbook. It is especially important to note that the youth club be in good standing
P and meeting the “Five Member Rule.”
P I In addition to meeting the above requirement, it will be necessary for the H
S youth club to meet at least five of the eight objectives listed below: R E
B 1. Participation in District Youth Achievement Day (YAD). In the event that there
M are no youth club members participating, the youth leader can still help with E District YAD. M
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S 2. Participation in State Youth Achievement Day. In the event that there are no J
P youth club members participating, the youth leader can still help with State YAD. S 3. Attendance at the district spring meeting. In the event that there are no youth club members in attendance, the youth leader and/or assistant are still encouraged to attend.
4. Attendance at the district fall meeting. In the event that there are no youth club members in attendance, the youth leader and/or assistant are still encouraged to attend.
5. Youth club participation in a district outing.
6. Host a membership rally. This may be done in conjunction with the adult lodge or in conjunction with a district event.
7. Spring Youth Leaders Retreat - youth leader in attendance.
8. District training meetings as called by the DYC - youth leader in attendance.
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District Youth Club Incentive Requirements •Host a district youth membership rally (may be held in conjunction with district spring or fall meeting). • Meet “Requirements to Qualify for Youth Program Incentives.”
Incentive Award $100 for each youth club in respective district that achieves its youth club goal. Funds must be used for the benefit of the youth in the respective district. DISTRICT ONE GOAL DISTRICT THREE GOAL Lodge 88, Houston 5
s Lodge 9, Snook 5 Lodge 6, Cottonwood 5
l Lodge 142, Houston 5 S
a Lodge 17, New Tabor 5 Lodge 25, Ennis 5 Lodge 162, Iowa Colony 3 P
o Lodge 186, Caldwell 5 Lodge 84, Dallas 5 J
Lodge 13, Dime Box 3 Lodge 154, Fort Worth 5 S
G DISTRICT SIX GOAL
Lodge 183, Arlington 5 Lodge 30, Taiton 5 T b
DISTRICT TWO GOAL M
u Lodge 40, El Campo-Hillje 3
l Lodge 20, Granger 3 DISTRICT FOUR GOAL Lodge 148, El Maton 3 E
Lodge 24, Cyclone 5 Lodge 49, Rowena 5 M C Lodge 29, Taylor 5 Lodge 160, San Angelo 3 B
h DISTRICT SEVEN GOAL
Lodge 47, Seaton 5 Lodge 215, South Plains 5 E t
Lodge 48, Beyersville 5 Lodge 219, El Paso 3 Lodge 79, Corpus Christi 5 R u
Lodge 107, Floresville 3 S
o Lodge 80, Holland 5
Lodge 182, Falls County 3 DISTRICT FIVE GOAL Lodge 185, New Braunfels 5 H Y I
Lodge 187, Round Rock 3 Lodge 81, Needville 5 Lodge 202, Jourdanton 5 P
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Requirements G
• Meet “Requirements to Qualify for Youth Program Incentives.” R A
Incentive Award M • $10 for each certificate issued, ages 0 to 17, in the respective lodge. •Additional $10 for each certificate issued that joins the youth club ($20 total). Top“ Youth Club in District” Award Top active youth club with most certificates issued in 2018 that remain in force. (Winning youth club must have a minimum of 5 certificates issued in 2018 and meet “Requirements to Qualify for Youth Program Incentives.”) The winning youth club will receive a party for youth club members, families, and friends. Cost not to exceed $200. Youth Leader Incentive Requirements • Youth club must meet “Requirements to Qualify for Youth Program Incentives.”
Incentive Award • Youth club increases average attendance for the year by 5 members: Youth Leader receives $100. • Youth club increases average attendance for the year by 10 or more members: Youth Leader receives $200.
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