GAPA Chicago 2012: Current & Updated Info

GAPA Chicago's 2012 Calendar Year

Celebrating 37 Years of GAPA Gemuetlichkeit!

GAPA Gals show off their dirndls!
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Carol Haas, Judy Brumley, Susan Petry, Kelly Huinker & Kris Hunger
The GAPA is planning a Rhine River Cruise for its members and friends in August of 2012! Contact Trip Meister Tom Moritz now for further and more exclusive details at 815-464-4665!

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Rhine River Cruise Overview

Rhine River Cruise Itinerary

Prices per Person

Rhine River Cruise Application Form

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Father Dan Brandt, the CPD's new FOP Chairman has agreed to be GAPA's Chaplain as well!

Our general membership meeting day will be changed to the 2nd Tuesday of the month beginning on 10 January 2012! Please make note of this!
 
Congratulations! GAPA's 2012 Scholarship Winners:
Jamie Koch, Nicole Schaefer, Rachel Volkl, Jessica Zaehringer, Leah Mathey,
Adam Regal, Tyler Koch, Ethan Mikell,
Elise Volkl, Kaitlyn Laduzinsky, Valerie Watts, Aaron Kozlowicz, Paul Kurtzner,Jr., JP Sullivan, Mark Laduzinsky, Kaetlyn Watts, Lauren Mikell, Kurt Haas, Renee Aztlan, Julians Schuld.
 
Please vote for member Diann Marsalek, Lorna Propes and also Aurelia Pucinski, Erica Reddick and Ed Maloney in their respective races for judgeships.
 
T-shirts tailor cut for GAPA Gals are now being designed by Kris Hunger and will be marketed by our GAPA Promotions Meister Tom Buttner in the near future!
 
 
Lord Hear Our Prayer

Craig Phillips, the son of Rita Geoghegan (mother & former longtime GAPA Director) and sister of Renee Phillips (present GAPA Director), passed on after a long and painful bout with lung cancer. The wake is Sunday, 15 February , at Montclare Funeral Home, 6901 W. Belmont, from 3pm to 9pm. We ask all of our members to keep Craig in your prayers for the repose of his soul.
 

Mike Haas Sr., father of GAPA Chicago Secretary/Brennpunkt & Website Editor Mike Haas Jr., is undergoing chemotherapy for prostrate and bone cancer.
 
 
Peter Hasiuk, father-in-law of Mike Haas, Jr. recently suffered a massive stroke. Now at St. Benedict's Nursing Home, his roomate is Art Owald's father, Marko Oswald.
 
Jay Jonagan is attempting to recover from a stroke.
 
Jerry Koch, Jr. has been diagnosed with cancer.
 
Welcome New Members:
Thomas Weiser, Dupage County Sheriffs Dept.; Associate member Lorna Propes
 
St. Alphonsus, the only Catholic church in Chicago which still holds a German speaking mass, has thanked the GAPA for our annual Christmas donations and has inscribed our name along with other donors who have contributed to the church's restoration fund during these last eight years on a commemorative plaque which is now prominently displayed in the church.
 
No cost lodging for cops visiting the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, New York. If you know of any cops who are coming to Rochester for medical reasons and would like to stay in free, fully furnished apartments provided for by the Rochester Police Benevolent Association and the Olmsted County Deputy Sheriff's Association, contact Don Bray via email at dbray@rochestermn.gov or by phone at 507-251-3197.