Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 3, 2013 Page: 2 of 32
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Wednesday, July 3,2013
VĚSTNÍK
VĚSTNÍK
SPJST HERALD
SPJST HOME OFFICE
PO Box 100 • Temple, Texas 76503
(800)727-7578 • (254)773-1575
Fax: (254)774-7447
www.spjst.org
věstník editor/
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION
MELANIE ZAVODNY, FIC
Office: (254)773-1575 • Mobile: (254)534-0807
VĚSTNÍK Fax: (254)773-8087
email: melaniez@vvm.com
SUPREME LODGE
PRESIDENT BRIAN VANIČEK, FIC
Offirp- f2541 773-1575
Mobile: (254) 534-2902- Home: (254)985-0007
email: vanicek@spjst.com
VÍCE PRESIDENT GENE McBRIDE, ficf, cffm
Offirp- C2541 773-1575
Mobile: (254) 534-1450- Home: (254)534-1930
email: genemc@spjst.com
SECRETARY-TREASURER
LEONARD D. MIKESKA. FIC
Office: (254)773-1575
Mobile: (254) 721-4739 • Home: (254)778-3720
email: leonardm@spjst.com
DISTRICT ONE DIRECTOR/CHAIRMAN
DONNIE VICTORICK, FIC, CFFM
P.O. Box 85, Snook, Texas 77878-0085
Home: (979)272-3265 • Mobile: (979)224-3125
email: dv.aggie@verizon.net
DISTRICT TWO DIRECTOR
icccc PO^PI^II
4710 FM 1331, Taylor, Texas 76574-2164
Home: (512)365-1110 • Mobile: (512)826-7371
email: jlpospisil@yahoo.com
DISTRICT THREE DIRECTOR
JOHNNIE R. KRIZAN
11500 Heritage Pkway, West, Texas 76691-2017
Home: (254)826-5882
DISTRICT FOUR DIRECTOR
BILLY ROLLWITZ, FIC, CFFM
P.O. Box 195, Rowena, Texas 76875-0195
Home: (325)442-3141 * Mobile: (325)277-5362
Office: (325) 442-3038 • email: brollwitz@verizon.net
DISTRICT FIVE DIRECTOR
LARRY W. PFLUGHAUPT, FIC
1243 Clovis Rd, Houston, Texas 77008-6232
Home: (713)864-2163 • email: lpflugh@aol.com
DISTRICT SIX DIRECTOR
KAREN KAŠPAR, FIC, CFFM
8550 N. State Highway 71
El Campo, Texas 7743/-9819
Home: (979)543-2532 • Mobile: (979)332-1616
email: k-kaspar@hotmail.com
DISTRICT SEVEN DIRECTOR
BOB J. BAYER, FIC
1100 Hospital Blvd, Floresville, Texas 78114-2912
Home: (830)393-9073
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/
MARKETING MANAGER
Don Strickland
Mobile: (254) 239-8206 • Office: (254)773-1575
Fax: (254) 774-1456 • email: dons@spjst.com
FRATERNAL FIELD MANAGERS
DISTRICTS ONE/THREE
Philip (Phil) McBee, FICF, CFFM
Mobile: (254) 239-7580 • Fax: (325) 784-7448
email: philm@spjst.com
DISTRICTS TWO/SEVEN
Hiram Dixon, FICF, LUTCF, CFFM
Mobile: (254) 231-7722 • Fax: (254) 501-4479
email: hadixon2003@yahoo.com
DISTRICT FOUR
Bobby Davis, FICF, CFFM
Mobile: (254) 239-9153 • Fax: (325) 657-2003
email: bobbyd@spjst.com
DISTRICTS FIVE/SIX
Delisle Doherty
Mobile: (254) 239-9616 • Fax: (281)855-3039
email: delisled@spjst.com
FINANCIAL SECRETARY ROY VAJDAK
(254) 773-1575
email: royv@spjst.com
STATE FRATERNAL ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR
FRANK HORÁK
Office: (254)773-1575 • Mobile: (254)534-0681
email: frankh@spjst.com
STATE YOUTH DIRECTOR
LYNETTE TALASEK
Office: (254)773-1575 • Mobile: (254)931-0639
email: lynettet@spjst.com
DISTRICT YOUTH COUNSELORS
District One - Sharon Russell, 1292 CR 441, Dime
Box, Texas 778853 • (979) 884-0807 - email: sharon-
russell28@yahoo.com
District Two - Patsy Koslovsky, 764 S. St. Joseph
Road, Burlington, Texas 76519-3108 - (254) 985-
2396 - email: patsyk2011@yahoo.com
District Three - Bessie Petr, 5406 Morningside Ave,
Dallas, Texas 75206-5840 • (214) 826-3557 - email:
magiclady_46@hotmail.com
District Four - Beverly J. Teplicek, 817 FM 381, Rowena,
Texas 76875 - (325) 442-4841 - email: bjtep@verizon.net
District Five - Barbara Linney-Gonzales - 6043 Pineway
Blvd., Houston, Texas 77023-6510 • (713) 649-6138 -
email: district5dyc@aol.com
District Six - Lisa Bubela, 1405 Divide Street, El
Campo, Texas 77437 • (979) 543-7120 - email:
Ibubela@warpspeed1 .net
District Seven - Wendy Pruski, 3895 CR 430, Pleasan-
ton, Texas 78064 • (210) 535-4916 - email:
poohbear78064@hotmail.com
BY-LAW COMMITTEE
District One - Richard Ford, 2392 CR 424, Dime Box,
Texas 77853 - (979) 884-1451 - email:
dimebox5@aol.com
District Two - Ronnie Rieger, 350 Rieger Road, Coup-
land, Texas 78615 - (512) 365-2000 - (512) 848-2416/cell
-email: RonnieR1056@yahoo.com
District Three - Kay Lynn Kovar, 3303 West Lake Bard-
well Drive, Ennis, Texas 75119 - (972) 875-6827
District Four - Beverly J. Teplicek, 817 FM 381, Rowena,
Texas 76875 - (325) 442-4841 - email: bjtep@verizon.net
District Five - Mildred Holeman, 1006 Chantilly Lané,
Houston, Texas 77018 - (713) 683-0018 - email:
mmholeman@yahoo.com
District Six - Joe Siptak, 2312 Norvell, Bay City, Texas
77414 - (979) 244-4415; (979) 479-3430 cel
District Seven - Bettie House, 1721 Continental Drive,
Pleasanton, Texas 78064 - (830) 281-8246 -email: bv-
house@att.net
FINANCE COMMITTEE
District One - Thomas Cannon, P.O. Box 372, Caldwell,
Texas 77836 - (979) 567-4264
District Two - Edwin Pechal, 10660 State Highway 53,
Temple, Texas 76501 - (254) 985-2282
District Three - Michael Galler, 526 Karen, Waco, Texas
76706 - (254) 662-4934
District Four - Herman D. Weise, 6006 FM Highway 765,
San Angelo, Texas 76905 - (325) 651 -8550
District Five - Marceil Malak, 7444 Meiners Road, Led-
better, Texas 78946-5118 - (979) 249-5940
District Six - Glenn Kaminsky, 902 River Oaks Court,
East Bernard, Texas 77435 - (979) 335-4461
District Seven - Roy Haag, 1334 Rivercrest Drive, New
Braunfels, Texas 78130-3438 - (830) 625-8262
INSURANCE COMMITTEE
District One - Susan Skrabanek, 2657 FM 166, Cald-
well, Texas 77836 - (979) 272-3440
District Two - Dolores Skrabanek, 13107 State High-
way 53, Temple, Texas 76501 - (254) 985-2344
District Three - Daniel Rožnovsky, 2513 Custer
Court, Irving, Texas 75062 - (972) 252-6763
District Four - Leonard Jansa, 6617 Plainview Drive,
San Angelo, Texas 76905 - (325) 234-8117
District Five - Helen Hegwood, 6702 Lindy Ann Lané,
Houston, Texas 77008 - (713) 864-0489
District Six - Jerome Hlavatý, P.O. Box 174, Lolita,
Texas 77971 - (361) 874-4461
District Seven - Wendy Pruski, 3895 CR 430, Pleasan-
ton, Texas 78064 - (210) 535-4916
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
District One - Floyd Kostelka, 1914 CR 403, Dime Box,
Texas 77853 - (979) 540-8531
District Two - Ťammy Whatley, 141 Meadow Park Drive,
Georgetown, Texas 78626 - (512) 948-5339
District Three - Bessie Petr, 5406 Morningside, Dallas,
Texas 75206 - (214) 826-3557
District Four - Sharon Hohmann, 222 Crestwood Drive,
San Angelo, Texas 76903 - (325) 651 -5884
District Five - Lorenda Baldwin, 219 CR 47, Angleton,
Texas 77515 - (979) 922-1279
District Six - Helen Kelner, 911 Avenue K, Rosenberg,
Texas 77471 - (281) 342-2624
District Seven - Jarolyn Popp, 447 Shady Hollow, New
Braunfels, Texas 78132 - (830) 964-5135
HUMAN RESOURCES DEBBIE KLINKOVSKY
(254) 773-1575 • email: debbiek@spjst.com
‘Editors Notě
(rod Pless
America
flappy Fourth of July, Vestnik
readers and SPJST members! Wish-
ing you a very safe and wonderful
holiday celebrating our beautiful
America.
It will be celebmted . . .
with pomp and parade . . .
bonfires and illuminations
from one end ofthis continent
to the other.
—John Adams (1735-1826)
on July 4th celebrations
One SPJST float will be partici-
pating in the Arlington Fourth of July
parade at 9 a.m. and the other float
will be in the Belton Fourth of July
parade at 10 a.m. If you are at these
parades, please shout a big “hello” as
the floats come by.
We háve an early Vestnik deadline
this week due to the Fourth of July
holiday. The deadline for the July 10
Vestnik was Tuesday, July 2 at 12
noon. The deadline for the July 17
Vestnik is Wednesday, July 10 at 5
p.m. Unless otherwise stated, the
deadline for each week’s Vestnik is
the preceding Wednesday at 5 p.m.
And, if you submit something for the
Vestnik and either do not see it in
print or háve not been contacted by
us, please call or email.
Thank you to all of our
contributors. We greatly
appreciate you.
Spaghctti
Lunch Fundraiser
The spaghetti lunch
fundraiser for the Danny
and Lori Slack Family is
Friday, July 12. If you
háve not ordered your
tickets, please do so
today. After the lunch,
we will draw for 20 nice
prizes. Prizes include 32-inch LCD
HDTV; $200 Lowe’s Gift Card;
$100 Visa Gift Card; $75 Green’s
Sausage House Gift Card; $30 Co-
ufal-Prater Gift Card; $25 Oscar
Store Gift Certificate and Tee-Shirt;
$20 Best Quality Meats Gift Certifi-
cate and Bottle of Seasoning; 2-
Bumer Gas Grill; 16-Gallon Shop
Vac; Motorcycle Tire Plus Mount at
Troy’s Auto Care; Front-End Align-
ment at Troy’s Auto Care; 5-Gallon
Car Wash Bucket with Supplies;
iLive Portable Music System
($89.99 value); Bag of Hair Care
Products ($80 value); Handcrafted
Wreath; “Movies In and Out” Gift
Basket; 14-Cup Coffee Maker;
Wes’s Burger Shack Fish Dinner for
2, Hot Sauce, and Tee-Shirt; Ratiboř
Country GrilFs Hamburger Steak
Dinner for 2; and Ratiboř Country
GrilFs 1/2 Chicken-Fried Steak Din-
ner for 2. What awesome prizes!
Call the Home Office for more de-
tails. All of these prizes háve been
donated, and we greatly appreciate
the donors. Speciál thanks also to
those who háve contributed money
for the fundraiser. We will recognize
all of the donors in a future Vestnik.
The prizes are pictured below.
— SPJST—
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76503-0100. Subscription rates are $25 per year for non-members. Members’
fees are paid as part of the insurance fee collected by SPJST, 520 North Main,
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for publication. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to VĚSTNÍK c/o Fi-
nancial Secretary Roy Vajdak, P.O. Box 100, Temple, TX 76503-0100.
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Zavodny, Melanie. Věstník (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 3, 2013, newspaper, July 3, 2013; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth632073/m1/2/?q=%22People+-+Ethnic+Groups+-+Czechs%22: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas.