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Thunder Baseball was the topic of discussion at today's meeting in
honor of the expedition planned to the game on Thursday, August
11th. Steve Mau and Julia Sullivan substituted for the
representative who was supposed to make the presentation. Steve is
the announcer along with Gus and Julia is in charge of the
concessions.
This is the third baseball team that has attempted to make
Brainerd its home. The owners realize that this previous
experience will mean hard work to make a success of the wooden bat
league team. Steve explained that that means the players are
college students who retain their eligibility by playing in a
pro-like league. The schedule is 68 games in 60 days and the
players get a taste of "chasing the dream". The Northwoods League
has 12 teams in places including Wisconsin, Canada and Iowa. The
Blue Thunder has a 500 average and this week is the last
opportunity to see them play. The owners are local and they are
working hard to fit into the community. For instance they donated
$1 of each admission to Camp Confidence on their day at the ball
game. The players live out of a suitcase and have some strict
rules to follow.
One of the players who started the season was drafted by the
Cincinnati Reds and is now playing on their minor league team.
There are lots of kid and adult "fun" activities that take place
during the game. Deck cost is usually $17 per person, but groups
are encouraged to take over the space for a game to get a variety
of people at the games. Attendance in Brainerd is lowest in the
league. For instance the Madison team averages about five thousand
per game and we are around 400. Steve is looking forward to
pitching the first ball on Thursday. |
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Thanks Rita Johnson for taking notes!!!! |
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| Announcements |
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Viking Football Books - Mike Boen gave a quick report
on the football books for new members. This is the major fund
raiser for the Northern Lakes Sertoma Club that was BANCed by
our club. They have donated money to the schools for phonic
ears, provided hearing aides, and a $5,000 Scholarship. You
have 32 chances to win, a chance to win on the Super Bowl and
a final chance to win in the "losers" lottery. See Mike if you
are interested. |
| Auction & Run Volunteers Wanted - Camp
Confidence is looking for volunteer help on its two upcoming
fundraisers-the Outdoor Auction which is August 13th, and the
Rally Up North which is September 3rd. If you can help
out, especially at the Rally, please sign up at one of the
next few meetings!! |
| Aug. 13 - Camp Confidence is looking
for volunteers for the Outdoor Auction |
| Sept. 3 - Camp Confidence is
looking for volunteers for the Rally Up North. If you
can help out, at the Rally, please sign up at one of the next
few meetings!! |
| Sept. 9 - Camp Sertoma Golf
Tournament at Eagle Landing. Shotgun Start at Noon. Cost
is $100 per player with corporate sponsors paying $550. They
would like 36 teams to help support next year’s Camp Sertoma
which will again be two weeks. Dave Burggraph would like to
encourage everyone to sign up early and pay in advance to help
them get more organized and to work with the people at the
Fort Steakhouse on the dinner. |
| Sept. 23 & 24 - First scheduled Pipe
and Drape at the Agents Expo at the Civic Center. We have to
set up 30 booths so make room on your schedule. |
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Civic Center |
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Agents Expo |
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| Lori Ukkelberg |
| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Karla Nelson |
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Schedule |
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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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Kevin Goedker, Jim Grant, Paul Gropper |
| Aug 24 |
Chris Gross, Allen Hall, Allen Hall |
| Aug 31 |
Jim Hanson, Curt Hawkinson, Jinny Haugen |
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| Sertoman of
the Day |
 Lori
Ruben who has returned to the Brainerd Noon Sertoma Club was
today's honored member. Lori joined our club when she moved to
Brainerd seven years ago. She was brought into the club by Paul
Gropper who was also the person who helped her get a fresh start
when she and her three children were re-grouping after her
divorce. Paul renting her a place to live helped her get settled.
She eventually started working for Integra and her job finally
took her to St. Cloud so she transferred to the West Side Sertoma.
She is very proud of her project there which was to organize a
comedy night starring Scot Hanson who is a personal friend of
hers.
Lori is a Cass Lake native. She currently works for Screaming
Eagle Promotions which is a Twin Cities based company that has
promotional products that include apparel and almost anything that
could convey your business logo to the public. Lori's goal is to
be a much more active member of Sertoma and she ended her speech
with "I have blond moments all the time, so spend 10 minutes with
me and we can share my embarrassing moments!" |
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Dave Burggraph stopped to see Pam Bye and gave us an update today.
Pam and Randy have finally moved into their new home. She is
feeling pretty good right now but is scheduled for a second round
of chemo soon. They plan to replace their restaurant by adding on
to the Timber Mist Building. The debris from the fire has been
cleaned up and things are looking much better. |
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| Rumor Corner
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was a whoops day-whoops no speaker and whoops not enough blue
tickets.
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Lightning Bolt decided her could be assistant bell dinger today.
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Dave Bergen flunked Daddy to Be this last week.
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Welcome back Dennis Lutterman
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Mike Howard wants all the guys to join the Pink Shirt Club
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Gary Walters has taken up cigar smoking
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The Bremer girls were trading fines today!
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What elusive Sertoma member was recently caught by our wandering
photographer enjoying a evening on the lake? Just an opportunity
to thank Midwest Captions and Bob and Ann Sherman for all their
work on our website!
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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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