 Our two visitors today brought home to Sertomans the impact of
technology on an area very near and dear to Sertoman
hearts--classroom amplification. Pam Dyson from District 181 and
Ron R Engstrom from LightSpeed gave us an excellent idea of the
advances that have been made in this crucial program. The focus is
no longer
 on individual students who have hearing problems. The
Brainerd program has begun to focus on portable units that follow
the students with problems. This is especially important in areas
like the media center and the computer lab. Mr. Engstrom's video
and actual demonstration of the device convinced many of the
audience of the advantage of the new technology which benefits
everyone in the room. Laser light projects a normal sounding voice
(wireless infra-red technology) throughout the room with the aid
of speakers. The benefits are tremendous for all students who show
increases in achievement scores, reading, and literacy. The
teacher benefits because there is much less stress on their voices
as well as much less need for redirection for individual students.
Mr. Engstrom explained that his company has long been associated
with Sertoma and its work in classrooms. The future classrooms
will all be equipped with these advanced amplification devices and
when they are combined with interactive white boards will allow
both students and teachers to be heard and understood by everyone.
Two facts make classroom amplification for all important. Children
hear differently from adults and because of their limited
vocabularies, they need absolute clarity. Also, our classrooms
have become increasingly noisy places due to things like
computers, printers etc. Thanks Pam Dyson for sharing with us how
we are helping in the classroom. |
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Thanks Ron Morris for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
| Everyone is still working hard on the Pipe
and Drape committee. All of the helpers for the C & I show
were thanked. Everyone who has been working on shaping up the
equipment was thanked. Special accolades went to Scott Fisher
and most of all to Kari Barnes who today introduced herself
and left off the family business and just said Pipe and Drape.
This is a huge responsibility and we need to give her all the
support and help she needs. Good news is the re-association
with Cragun's that has already resulted in a show. |
| April President Mau has extended the bring
a guest to Sertoma month to April. We had four potential
new members today--the more the merrier. |
| Thanks to the Vacationland clean-up crew.
Our prayers are with Donna, Dave and the family. Dave is
currently at home. |
| The Jail Lock-Up for the male
Sertomans has been canceled. The women will be helping out the
26th, but the men didn't decide to participate. |
| Roses, Roses, Roses for April
25th-Administrative Professionals Day Mike Boen and the
Northern Lakes Sertoma Club are again raising money for their
programs through the sale of flowers for what used to be
termed "Secretary's Day" If you would like to order a bouquet
of 6 roses for $12 to be delivered on the appropriate day,
contact Mike either by email or phone. Mike's email address is
biggermike@brainerd.net. |
| Get your Classic Booster Tickets from
your local Sertoma ladies who are in competition with the Twin
Cities crew to sell the most before June 15th and 16th when
the golf and fishing events are scheduled It's not too early
to mark your calendar for the Mariucci Fiesta on June 15th. |
| May 3-5 - Great Plains
Regional Convention in St. Cloud. Make plans to attend--we
will have a hospitality booth encouraging people to attend our
convention the next year. |
| The dates have been announced for Camp
Sertoma. Our group was instrumental in the founding of
Camp Sertoma for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children held each
year at Confidence Learning Center. This year again will see
two sessions with the younger students attending July 8-13th
and the older students the 15th-20th. If you can spare some
time to volunteer, plan on joining the kitchen crew. |
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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 |
| March 28-31 |
Commerce and
Industry Show at 3 p.m |
| April 13-15 |
MMBA |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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The rookie team '06 is looking for a few good volunteers. |
| April 12 |
Thurs. at The Armory set up from Noon-2 |
| April 13 |
Fri. at the Brainerd High School. Set up
for prom 10a.m.-3 |
| April 14 |
Sun. teardown at Brainerd High School 10-11 |
| April 15 |
Mon. teardown Noon-1 at the Armory. |
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Blue Ticket Winner |
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Randy Hukriede |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Would have been Dallas Humphrey |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: Pam Dyson from District 181, Ken Engstrom from
LightSpeed, Trista Diem from Melaleuca The Wellness Company,
Trevor Tobin from American Family Insurance, Wanda Neyens from
Wanda's Cleaning Service, and Beth Lacy from Ocelco. |
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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 |
| Remember:
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 11 |
Joyce Seymour, Lisa Shattuck, Bob Sherman |
| April 18 |
Tom Steiger, Richard Stoltman Julia Sullivan |
| April 25 |
Stephanie Thurlow, Jo Trebil, Steve Trebil |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
 David Allen Pundt who is currently a rookie but has belonged to
Sertoma before was today,S Sertoman of the Day. His jokes were
definitely not going over too well. His elaborate explanation of
being embarrassed about working out (his most embarrassing moment)
was not exactly funny until Anita Traveca from the YMCA remarked,
"I have seen you work out at the Y and you should be embarrassed!"
David is married to Carol Anne. He has been in the announcing
field off and on for 26 years. He is currently News Director at
KLKS, the only singly-owned radio station in the area. He calls
himself the oldest rookie in the club. Dave also talked about his
acting career which has been a passion since he moved back to
Brainerd for the second time. His hobbies include reading,
writing, and biking. His current sponsor is John Raboin and he was
very active on the committee that produced the Putting on the Ritz
party. |
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We continue to pray for the Burggraff family and for a complete
recovery for Dave. |
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Rumor Corner
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Mike Boen is not only selling flowers but he is picking on short
people at Pipe and Drape--shame on you (from someone who is
short).
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Aaron Meister paid a fine for going to the takedown rather than
the setup for Pipe and Drape because he figured there was more
beer on Monday!!
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Art Becker got kudos for being the official unofficial greeter
today. We do appreciate the fact that he turned down the job at
Walmart just so he could continue in this capacity.
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Dale Bolt also got in trouble at Pipe and Drape, some sexists
remarks got him in a little hot water.
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Kristine Hoheisel didn't get an award for the hotel
industry--Nancy Hallam did. Guess who got fined?
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David Allen Pundt's jokes flew over everyone's head today--even
Lori Ukkelberg who admitted to laughing at him years ago when he
was first on the radio.
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Welcome back Erica Eigner and Jerry Keimig.
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A certain unnamed clown interrupted our actor/announcer to
explain to everyone that his hobbies related to whichever woman
he was married to at the time--Dave did have a bit of a foot in
mouth problem when was discussing how many years he had been
married.
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Photo's |
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Photos
Photos Everywhere New photos go up almost every week on our new
Sertoma Photo Gallery.
http://sertomaphotos.brainerd.com |
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| FYI |
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If you are not receiving the newsletter notification or the
emails announcing special events, please contact Pam Sachs
either at 218 829 7761 or
eglponys@brainerd.net. |
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Sandra Bonde (ehrichappraisals@charter.net) is in charge of the
Sertoman of the Day schedule. Contact her to take advantage of
this great opportunity to share your story and get some free
advertising (and no fines for the day). The form is also
available here on our website.
Kari Barnes and her assistant Cathy Picek are the go-to folks
for Pipe and Drape information.
Need awards? Did you lose your pin? Tami Webb (tamiwebb61@yahoo.com) is the person
in charge of awards and meeting paraphernalia. |
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