 Our scheduled speaker did not show up today so instead we are
celebrating the fact that we achieved our Gold Honor Club status
with the International today. After a special vote to admit the
three new members who showed up with applications and checks in
hand, we were at the magic number of 215 members. This
represents a total net gain of 25 members this year The Gold
Honor Award has been awarded to the club three years in a row
and six out of the last seven years. This phenomenal growth
explains why our club continues to be the largest Sertoma Club
in the world. It is time to stop and take note of the
accomplishments of this year's officers and issue a big thank
you as the next meeting will see their term of office end. Diane
Rook Johnson took advantage of this opportunity to thank
everyone for the privilege of being treasurer this year. The
honor roll of officers will be a special part of the Officer
Induction which will be held September 10th. Randy and P am are
promising a very special five course meal which will showcase
their new facility and everyone should plan on attending. Tami's
somebody, everybody, no one and someone that helped her achieve
her gold coat and join the ranks of such dignitaries as Tom
Rosenberger, Mike Boen, Dave Burggraff, and Gary Walters to
mention only a few are (left to right in picture: Bill
Livingston of Bremer Bank, Randy Hukried of the Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency, Kirk Helmberger of WalMart, and Randy
Aldous of Bisys Retirement Services. Isn't it great that we made
them smile and not look so serious !!! Welcome to the club and
thank you for helping us achieve our membership goal. |
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Announcements |
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Sept 3 - Jim Potvin Leadership Meeting 6:00 p.m. Godfathers--all
committee members and chairs and all others interested in seeing
that next year runs smoothly should attend. |
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Sept 7 - Open House Lakeland Public Television, 422 NW 3rd
St. Brainerd, Minnesota from noon to 3:00 p.m. |
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Sept 10 - New Officer's Induction Meeting (Additional Note)
We WILL have our regular meeting that Wednesday in addition to the
evening function. |
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Sept 18 - The Rookies revealed the location for their
party. It will be at Ernies. |
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Sept 26 - Setup for Pipe and Drape at Civic Center at noon. |
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Sept 27 - Pipe and Drape Takedown at Civic Center
will be at 5:30 p.m |
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Rory shared some information about Event Planning courses
being offered in Staples under the auspices of the University of
Minnesota in October. A flyer with more information is available
at the meetings. |
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Prayers go out to Mark Puschinsky who is in Abbott Northwestern
Hospital with heart problems. The good news is Mark has had a
bypass and is doing well. The doctor is pleased with his progress
so far and there is a possibility he will be home by Sunday or
Monday of next week. |
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Julie Sullivan from Godfather's Pizza has Vikings Refrigerator
magnets to give away (get the schedule of the games and the number
to call for great pizza). |
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Congratulations to Krissy Young who won the FAS money this week.
Art Becker did not call. If Coleen Reynolds or Joe Schultes reads
this and puts in their call, they will win next week. |
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FAS: Krissy Young |
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| Dan Holmes, Bryan Barre who donated their
winnings to Shoes for Haiti |
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Kari Robinson |
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Attendance |
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Lots of folks attending Chamber Golf Event. All three guests
became members before the meeting was over. |
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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 Club Treasurer (Diane
Rook Johnson) 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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Bob Sherman, Brian Skogen, Tom Steiger |
| Sept 10 |
Michelle Sjoblom, Lois Skinner, Brian
Skogen |
| Sept 17 |
Breet Smith, Chuck Steinbauer, Greg
Straka |
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Sertoman of the Day
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Of Note: |
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Thanks to Edie Hindman for her great work this year as Sergeant.
She can be especially remembered for her talent for coming up with
great nicknames--Coupon Jeff, Pokey Engstrand, Bookie Boen --to
name a few. |
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Lowell got called on the carpet and fined for his sooner nooner
club. Edie checked with him to see what time it started--she
didn't want to be late. |
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You can get fined for having too many Jeremys in your life. |
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Big Note: the new member that Pam brought in last week is
not named Tim, Bob or Alphonse. His real name is Bill.
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Find a Sawbuck Corner: Call 829-7761
The FAS Program was designed to encourage people to read the
newsletter. Even those who attend the meeting can benefit from
reviewing the announcements etc. If you find the letters FAS
followed by your name, you must call the number provided and just
leave a message that you called and attend the next meeting to
collect your money. Simple--however 90% of the people never
respond.
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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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Pipe and Drape |
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