 Nancy
Cross from Community Action was on a threefold mission when she
joined the Brainerd Noon Sertoma Club for lunch today. She, of
course, came to share the latest update on the 4th of July
Celebration. As she remarked, "The 4th of July is always tomorrow
in my life." She went on to explain how our celebration is unique
in the opportunities it provides for free family fun. She talked
about the "local" members of the nationally known band "October
Road" that is scheduled for the celebration that evening at Don
Adamson Field. The festivities will be opened on June 24th and
25th with something new, the Brainerd Lakes Air Show at the
airport. Another new activity will be the July 3rd Blue Thunder
Supports Our Troops game at Mills Field with special Army
Olympics. Then she invited us all to stop by the Commerce and
Industry Show Community Action booth next weekend and purchase a
tied dyed t shirt for $15, a coffee mug for $8 or an insulated bag
for $7 to help support the activities which are all paid for
through fund raising. Finally, she talked about a project that
involved our sister city of Long Beach, Mississippi, and five high
school kids who decided to see that their counterparts had their
senior prom. The activity had been canceled because of the
hurricane's aftermath. These students have been collecting dresses
and dressy outfits for the boys and fundraising to help pay
expenses. They are also traveling to Long Beach to attend school
and help out with the prom. They were $1500 short in costs for the
band and food Nancy left Sertoma today with $428.86 collected from
the group including Tom Steiger's blue ticket winnings. |
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Thanks Mark Sandelin for taking notes! |
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| Announcements |
 Want
to show your administrative assistant a little appreciation
and help out another fine Sertoma organization. Julia Sullivan
and Mike Boen are showing off the half a dozen roses that you
can have delivered to your place of business for a very
reasonable sum of money that goes to support the Northern
Lakes Club. See Mike Boen for details. |
| Want to be a loser? The United Way is
inviting all the businesses in the area of join the Biggest
Loser Lakes Area Team Challenge. Twelve people weigh in on
April 18th standing together on a big scale and then the fun
begins. It includes emphasis on healthy eating and exercise.
Cost is $300 which is contributed to the United Way. Talk to
Steve Mau if you would like to be a Sertoma Team Loser. Final
weigh in is scheduled for June 20th. |
| The Winter Wonderland core committee
met after Sertoma today to begin to plan sales strategy.
Continue to send input on potential customers to Lori Rubin. |
| Don't forget the giant take down at the
Civic Center on Sunday, April 9th at 5 p.m. More hands
mean less work and more time for refreshments provided by
Julia. |
| April 27-29 - Great Plains
Regional Convention in Dubuque, Iowa. Learn more about what is
happening in Sertoma by attending meetings and make some great
new friends with all the fun activities. Sign up at the
meeting or see Kari Robinson. On the home front the Board
voted to include the dues raise to finance the 2008 Convention
in Brainerd. The next nine quarters will see $10 added on to
everyone's dues. This surcharge is non-refundable and will be
used to cover expenses as they arise. Brainerd Noon Sertoma
members are all registered to attend the convention and
prepaid through this charge. |
| Fun things to do in Dubuque: bus trip to
Field of Dreams, trip to arboretum and botanical gardens,
scenic cruise on the Mississippi, shopping at Cable Car Square
at Galena and great breakout sessions at the convention. These
include training in wine-tasting fundraising, legal aspects of Sertoma and working on membership personal enhancement. |
| April 29-30 - Contact Dave Clausen if you are interested in
working at a benefit basketball tournament at Forest View. They need 3 shifts of 3-4 people on
Saturday and 2 shifts on Sunday. Proceeds will go towards the
$500 scholarships awarded in the name of Jeff Oliphant. |
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Brainerd Area
Sertoma Club Calendar
Got a big event coming up—want to let everyone know?
Go to
the
interactive calendar and post it for all
to see. |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
| Where: |
MMBA |
| Set Up: |
Wednesday March 29th - Time to
be determined |
| Take Down: |
Sunday April 2nd - Time to be
determined |
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| Please Note: We will let the P&D
stand at the Civic Center between the MMBA show and C&I
show. |
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| Where: |
C&I |
| Set Up: |
Wednesday April 5th - Time to
be determined |
| Take Down: |
Sunday April 9th - Time to be
determined |
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| Where: |
Pine Tree Patch - Brainerd High
School |
| Set Up: |
Thursday June 22, 2006 10 a.m. |
| Take Down: |
Saturday June 24th 4:30 p.m. |
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| Ceiling Dates |
| May 6, 2006 |
Amanda Kohl Wedding |
| Sept. 2, 2006 |
Eric Bolt & Rena Anderson |
| Sept.30, 2006 |
Emily Segler Wedding |
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| Ticket Winner |
| Tom Steiger |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Steve Lackner |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: Linda Cross from
Community Action and David and Nicole Sprajane from American
Family |
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| *Everyone is encouraged to bring potential
members to a Sertoma meeting with the Club picking up the cost.
However, you will be billed $9.50 for any other guests. |
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| Greeter
Schedule |
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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 for the social committee and
half goes to the Club President along with the bucket of tickets.
Be there by 11:45 and call somebody to substitute for you if you
can't be there. |
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| April 12 |
Lori Ukkelberg, Diane Ulmen, Gary Walters |
| April 19 |
Steven Wardrip, Steve Warren, Tami Webb |
| April 26 |
Nate Grotzke, Keri Weber, Kevin Wernberg |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
 Pam
Bye was awake when her picture was taken for this week's
newsletter. Pam is a long time member of Sertoma and the owner
along with her husband Randy of Timbermist and the Chapparal
Bunkhouse. Their business did include a restaurant and bar until
their recent fire. She encouraged us all to come to TimberMist for
their Easter Brunch so that we could see first hand their
expertise at cooking and catering. Pam joined Sertoma in 1994
because Mary Marana insisted that she join. Actually, it was
business that first brought Pam to the club but she didn't realize
she was joining a family. Her most embarrassing moment involved
trying to tease a snowbird about why she left her husband at home
and being mortified to learn that he had passed away. She says she
has lots of embarrassing Sertoma moments but will leave them to
your imagination or your next conversation with Mary Marana. Her
family includes a boy and a girl and her hobbies center around
family actiities, travel and relaxing when they have a moment from
their busy schedule. She has come a long way from her roots as a
farm girl from Milaca. |
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Of
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Congratulations to Pam Sachs who was nominated by Mary Harder at
Confidence Learning Center and chosen to be Crow Wing County
Volunteer of the Month. We also received a thank you from the
Staples family that we recently worked with in a hearing aide
purchase for one of their children. |
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Rumor Corner
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- An interesting fact from Bonnie Cumberland today at two
minutes and 3 seconds after 1 p.m., the time and date was
01/02/03/04/05/06.
- Welcome back Kevin Donnay, Bob Ehrich, Tom Steiger.
- Gary Walters is specializing in County Noise.
- Charlie Bartles continues to lead us in rousing invocations
and now he is into collecting doggy do do as his retirement job.
- Quote from our President "I am not French." Someone also got
a fine for belittling our President today. That was after the
meeting mysteriously started without him.
- Lester paid a happy fine today. Lynn's medical problems have
turned out not to be cancer and he has a third great grandchild.
- Pam wants to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the
good wishes today and especially thank Camp Confidence for the
honor.
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Photo's |
| 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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