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Today was the day for an International Convention report from
incoming president Jim Potvin. Jim and his family made a
vacation of the trip taking an extra week to explore the wonders
of New Mexico which Jim says are mostly brown, brown and more
shades of brown. The convention was held in Albuquerque and Jim
said the scenery made Nebraska look good on the way back to the
great state of Minnesota. If he wasn't enthusiastic about the
scenery, he was definitely the opposite about the experience.
Jim remarked, "Thank you for letting me attend. I cannot
encourage you enough to grab this opportunity if you ever have
the chance." The convention was marred by the sudden death of
two prominent attendees including a past president but was one
of the most non political conventions Sertoma has had. Sheila
Redding did win her bid to become a VP. Skye Martin was elected
unopposed as president. Every country that has a Sertoma was
represented and that included Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and a
collegiate club that has been established in Russia. The
experience was very uplifting for the Russia delegation since
they had been raised to believe that Americans didnšt care for
anything but themselves. The most well represented area was the
southeast. Our regional had twenty five people in attendance.
Rory Coit will look forward to next year's meeting in Kansas
City and Dave Clausen will be headed for New Orleans when he is
president elect. Jim also presented Tami with the award which
our club won last year for gaining nine good and enthusiastic
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Announcements |
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Aug 4-9 United Way Week of Caring The United Way is
painting 5 local houses as part of their United Way Week of
Caring. Laura Bielke spoke briefly to the group (Laura's new job
is with the United Way. Cheryal Hills also has a new job a the
Lakes Country Journal). Since over 500 volunteers will be needed
for this job, Roy Miller was put in charge of organizing a Sertoma
Team to become involved in the painting project. |
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Brats and burger lunch provided by the St. Cloud Sertoma Club will
be the first item on the agenda at Camp Sertoma Golf this
Friday. Lunch and registration starts at 11:00. Our golf team
consists of Rory Coit, Joe Schulte, Mike Howard, and Cheryal
Hills. Mike Howard (828-8224) is still looking for some volunteers
to help out with the games. |
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Saturday Aug 9th from 5-9 p.m. at the American Legion is
benefit for Ed and Linda Vobeda who are trying to rebuild
their building after a disastrous fire. Both are very active in
the Jaycees. |
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Steve Augustinack has produced new labels for everyone.
Those who need them can pick them up when they get their badges.
If they are NOT correct, just leave them on the sheet and make the
corrections and a second printing will be forthcoming. Mary Marana
was kind enough to send the tech committee and the newsletter
committee an email thanking them for all their hard work on the
website and the newsletter. A big thanks to Gus for all his work
on the badges. |
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FAS: Would have been Hawk who called in but didn't make the
meeting. Mary Aakus Olson did not call. |
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| Rick Besmehn |
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Would have been Erica Eigner |
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Attendance |
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| Guests: Pam McCloud
potential new member from MNDOT, Gary Meyerhoffer potential new
member from Brainerd Savings and Diane Rook Johnson's co-worker
and soul mate Buford from Financial Group of Minnesota. |
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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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Coleen Reynolds, Pam Sachs, Joe Schulte |
| Aug 20 |
Lon Schmidt, Joe Schulte, Kevin Schwanz |
| Aug 27 |
Tom Schwegman, Joyce Seymour, Lisa
Shattuck |
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Sertoman of the Day
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Notes |
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Rumor Corner: |
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 Our
outgoing president Tami Webb is getting much too relaxed. She
was talking about "nooners" today and was accused of irregular
placement of hands in aphoto shoot with today's speaker. She
also fined Mark Korte before the meeting ever began for not
paying attention.
- Diane Ulman has opened a new business called Nature Thyme
Bed and Breakfast
- Bill Mitsch has two corvettes and Edie is very jealous.
- If Mary Marana or Karla Nelson call in they can win a
sawbuck.
- Kristine Well and Laura Beilke were BIR ticket winners at a
recent event.
- Luke Jordan needs to look up the definition of bejeebers so
he can quit scaring them out of Edie when she is in the middle
of an innocent bonding session with her daughter.
- Todd Alguire has a new nickname--Turkey Todd.
- Trixie Seymour has a very becoming new hairstyle.
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The Rookie Committee intends to announce the location of
the Rookie Party next week. This week we all had to solve puzzles
that related to their hard work preparing for this gala event. The
dog pound flunked (but someone gave them the hardest one on
purpose). They were:
Head in the Sand
Getting it all Together
Balancing the Budget
Close encounters of the Third Kind
The Odds are against You
The Whole is greater than the Sum of its Parts.
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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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Watch the regular announcements until a new schedule can be made. |
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