 Kevin
Pelkey from Habitat for Humanity which has been in the Brainerd
Area for fifteen years joined the group today to talk about his
program. Kevin admitted that he was a total construction newbie
when he undertook his job eight years ago (most embarrassing
moment, first day on the job, had to admit he didn’t know what a
footing was).
He talked about house #51 which just closed last week and the
family that was moving in. Kevin remarked, “This is really not
just a house to our clients; it is a castle.” This particular
family saw this modest home as being “huge” and again brought back
to Steve how much of a change it is for the people. “The community
builds this simple, safe and affordable housing with us and for
us,” he continued, “And
 they
make the job so much easier by volunteering.”
If you would like to be on the email list to receive weekly
updates of volunteer jobs please click on the link and email Steve
at hab4hum@huslink.net.
Their new fundraising endeavor which is named The Restore takes
all materials that contractors donate when they do demolition work
and offers them for sale to the public. In a year, this effort has
raised $83,000 for Habitat. Since the average houses they build
cost between $55,000 and $60,000, this is a great way to recycle.
The store is located ½ mile south of the Crow Wing County
Fairgrounds on County Rd 45. |
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Thanks Laura Beilke for taking notes!!!! |
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| Announcements |
| The Gossamer Ceiling High School Setup has
been CANCELLED this week due to inability of custodial staff
to set the necessary bolts in place. |
| April 29 - Bluegrass Fundraiser
Arboretum |
| May 2 - Super Bowl Day at Jack’s
for Good Samaritan Sloppy Joes served all day and $1 of
every lunch (11:00-3:30) buffet or dinner (4:30-9:00) buffet
sold will go to the cause. |
| May 7 - 9:00-4:00 Diamond in the
Rough Day. Confidence Learning Center—come for all day or
just an hour or two to help make Camp shine for the summer
season. Sign up sheet next week so they know approximately how
many to expect for lunch. Please share this with other
service, business and church groups—all are welcome to help us
meet our goal of one hundred workers to make light work. Dock
installers need waders and those people who can loan their
power washers are most welcome! Many of our members will be
gone to the Regional Convention so if you can help, now is the
time. Please sign up at the next meeting. |
 May
6 - Rock and Roll with the Skayters at the Arboretum.
Both these events were shared with us by one of our visitors
Dale Braddy who has just taken over as the Executive Director.
If you would like to read about Dale and his background and
plans for the Arboretum, just clink on this
Dispatch Link to see Wednesday’s story Dale Braddy. |
| May 5 - 7 Regional Convention
in Aberdeen S.D. Please plan on attending this event that
has many special events. Tami Webb gave a presentation in her
capacity as District Governor and noting that we will be
making our bid for the 2008 Convention. We actually have two
proposals—one to host locally and one to host on a cruise. |
| May 21 - First date for flags is coming up May
21st. Last year the flag project already made over $4,000
after paying for the initial investment. |
| May 21 & 22 - First Camp
Journey will be held at Camp Confidence for grieving children.
Cheryal Lee Hills thanked the Sertoman Club for contributing
to this worthwhile cause and invited all the ladies to a fund
raising wine dinner at Prairie Bay on May 16th. Contact
Cheryal if you are interested in attending. |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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| Where : |
Brainerd High School - Prom - CANCELLED
for this week. |
| April 28 |
Set - Up Thursday at 4:00pm-6:00pm |
| May 2 |
Take - Down Monday at 11:00am-Noo |
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| Where : |
Brainerd National Guard Armory
Loftis - Wedding |
| June 16 |
Set - Up Thursday at 4:00pm-6:00pm |
| June 20 |
Take - Down Monday at 11:00am-Noo |
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| Where : |
Brainerd National Guard Armory - Wedding
July 2, 2005 - Sara Miles |
| June 30 |
Set - Up Thursday at 4:00pm-6:00pm |
| July 5 |
Take - Down Tuesday at 11:00am-Noon |
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| Ticket Winner |
| Amy Doyle |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Would have been Bob Joyce |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: Dale Braddy from the
Arboretum, Kevin Pelkey from Habitat for Humanity, Rusty Moore
from Coupon Clippers who is joining, and Nicle Schell who is a
Marketing Developer |
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| Greeter
Schedule |
| Remember:
Greeters (Be sure to take care of your duties that include meeting
people at the door and getting the ticket money counted and
divided with half going to Tami to give away and half to Diane for
the social committee's budget). As greeter you have several
duties. You need to arrive about 10 minutes early. It is your job
to greet people, help them find their badges and sell them a
ticket if they wish to participate. The money collected must be
divided by the Greeters equally--half goes to the Current Club
Treasurer and half goes to the Club President along with the
bucket of tickets. Be there by 11:45 and call somebody if you
can't. Call Patty Hartman. |
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| May 4 |
Reed Campbell, Lowell Carlson, Dave Clausen |
| May 11 |
Laura Beilke, Denny Benjamin, Dale Benson |
| May 18 |
Dave Bergin, Jason Bertram, Rick Besmehn |
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| Sertoman of
the Day |
 Erica
Eigner of Tradition Mortgage was today’s honored Sertoman. She
began by explaining to Pam that she didn’t write down any of the
information on the top of the page because she knew who she was
married to and what her children’s names were. After that chuckle
she went on to explain how her and her husband Ty have alternated
being active members of Sertoma because of the responsibility of
raising a family. They now have two children.Erica is from
Apple Valley and she met Ty there and they had actually purchased
a house and settled down in that area before she transferred to
Brainerd to start a branch office for her company. About 50 people
work at Tradition Mortgage state wide where arrange financing for
developments, golf courses, and homes and businesses as well as
provide financial services. She is a Mortgage advisor and has been
in the Brainerd area for 6 years.
She joined Sertoma because relationships and giving are both
important personal and professional values for her. Her sponsor
was Brian Kirkpatrick. She is one of those busy people who
considers her family a worthwhile “hobby” activity, but she also
likes to run. See Sandra Bonde if you would like to be Sertoman of
the Day. |
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Of
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Pam Bye is home this week. |
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Congratulations to second time great grandmother Sandy Fowler. |
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Happy Anniversary to the cruising Stoltman’s who celebrated their
30th. |
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Congratulations to Rory Coit and his daughter who receiver her
Certificate of Ministry recently. |
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Thanks to the gossamer ceiling crew that worked last week. |
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Special thanks to Bonnie Cumberland and her committee who have
chosen the three Brainerd High School Senior Scholarship winners:
Susan Beck, Julia Sullivan and Tom Rosenberger. |
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| Rumor Corner
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- Joyce Seymour has a new reputation as a table wrecker.
- Chuck Brenny’s guess as the where the Habitat Celebration
was held was “The Iron Rail Saloon”.
- John Raboin’s intro was pretty unsharable today!!!!
- Thanks Habitat and Restore for providing Camp Confidence
with some recycled cabinets.
- Guess who has a bar named in her honor—just for one week
though. Head on out to Ivan’s and have a drink at the Laura
Beilke Martini Bar.
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| Photos Photos Everywhere New photos
go up almost every week on our new MSN Community homepage. This
community is for the club, easy to join and gives you the
opportunity to add edit or delete any photos that are posted as
well as leave messages for fellow Sertomans. It is a good way to
thank someone for doing a good job or give them some positive
feedback for a big event in their life. If you wish to view the
current photographs or check out the new online directory go
to: http://communities.msn.com/BrainerdNoonSertoma/_whatsnew.msnw |
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