Knight of the Month – April 2016
James Smith Here’s a checklist for James Smith: two knee replacements, one hip replacement and one big ol’ heart that’s often on display given his boundless enthusiasm and energy to […]
James Smith Here’s a checklist for James Smith: two knee replacements, one hip replacement and one big ol’ heart that’s often on display given his boundless enthusiasm and energy to […]
Luis “Tony” Gonzalez Tony has wasted little time in becoming involved in the council. Wasted no time, actually. He was inducted in November 2015 at the urging of his brother, […]
Jim Richardson It appears Jim enjoys this Knight business. He’s completing his second fraternal year as the council’s Deputy Grand Knight while doubling as Assembly 2799’s Faithful Navigator, the Fourth […]
Jim Stavinoha The council went looking for a new director of church activities late last year after Pat May earned a respite from the duties after many years. We couldn’t […]
Larry Balagna Larry is a tireless contributor to council activities. It seems like we don’t scramble an egg or set up and take down a room without him pitching in. […]
Ed O’Brien Ed is one of many past Grand Knights of 8157 who continue to be active in council activities. Before you know it, it will time for Lenten fish […]
Dan Murphy Dan has been very active lately both within and beyond his duties as our director of community activities. He is organizing the next semi-annual cookout at St. Joseph’s […]
Bill Dover Bill is now in his 52nd year as a Knight. We’ll do the math for you – he joined in June 1964 in the south Texas town of […]
Jeff Miller Jeff joined the Knights in 1998 at the invitation of the council’s Grand Knight then, Bill Chalko. In 1987, he and wife Frances moved to the Dallas area […]
Mike Rumsey Mike was one of the many heroes of the council’s efforts during the youth baseball World Series staged at multiple venues across Cedar Hill in late June. As […]
Ray Rivera It was appropriate that Ray Rivera wasn’t able to accept his certificate for Knight of the Month at the June monthly membership meeting because was busy doing KC […]
Mike Luna Six years after joining the order, Mike Luna ascended to the Fourth Degree last fall. He refers to it as “a sense of accomplishment.” He considers himself a […]
La’Don Wright La’Don completed a quick journey through the order’s degrees, from his First Degree ceremony in November 2013 to Major Degrees in February 2014 to entry into the Fourth […]
Peter Perta Peter began serving as our Financial Secretary in April 2013, taking on the considerable task of following Ernie Coy. He’s a charter member of Tom Greco’s degree team, […]
Ben Luna Ben earned national attention and local recognition for his actions as a Duncanville police officer on the first Saturday in January. Ben could have sparked an incident reminiscent […]
Gilbert Zuñiga, Sr. Gilbert’s adult life has been dominated by trucks – first driving, then owning. But on the morning of Holy Spirit’s annual Breakfast with St. Nicholas in mid-December, […]
Cris Valdez When informed he’d been named Knight of the Month for December given he has been a “whirling dervish” in recent weeks, Cris laughed and said, “I don’t know […]
Larry Balagna David Dybala said every time he got ready to take care of something in his capacity as the logistics manager at the parish’s recent Fall Festival, Larry had […]
Jack Ramsden “Keep on Truckin’ “was the theme song for Jack Ramsden in recent months. He spent 200 hours helping to prepare for the Fall Festival, much of that hauling […]
Mike Moloughney Mike took both his first and major degrees early in 2005 and is scheduled to advance to the Fourth Degree on Sept. 27. “Just bought my tux,” he […]
James Smith We unfortunately don’t see enough of James these days because he’s wrestling with a painful knee condition. It takes something like that to slow him down. He’s been […]
Jim Stavinoha Jim wasted little time becoming involved after joining the council in April. He worked the concession stand counter during the youth baseball World Series, cooked during both the […]
Frank Salazar Well before most of the estimated 1,100 Holy Spirit parishioners were on site for the parish’s 40th anniversary Mass and picnic on June 8, Frank and his cooking […]
Ken Rarick Ken estimates he was working in some fashion from the time he was 9 years old until he retired from the manufactured housing business seven years ago. Now, […]
Bennie Sikorski Personally congratulating Bennie on being named the council’s Knight of the Month for April anytime soon will require either substantial disposable income or a heap of frequent-flier miles. […]
Rod Kinard [dropcaps] W [/dropcaps] hen attending or working at any of the fish fry dinners this Lenten season, take a moment to appreciate that Rod took it upon himself […]
Art Senato Maybe we should retire the February Knight of the Month award for Art Senato since he has repeated in earning that distinction for the second consecutive year. […]
Jesse Radillo Jesse followed a family tradition when he took his First Degree in October. His father, Eduardo, was a Knight in the 1950s, when the Radillo family lived in […]
Ray Rivera You could have hardly blamed Ray Rivera if he snickered or at least breathed a sigh of relief during the recent icy spell here in north Texas. Ray […]
Jim Ouimet It can be somewhat challenging to identify a council activity that Jim Ouimet hasn’t participated in since he joined the Knights back in May. From setting up the […]