 The
crowd was small--the Chamber golf tournament took away some of
our members and others were on an annual fishing trip to Canada.
Basically the program combined a board report and a question and
answer session about the Winter Wonderland project. The Board
meeting did not have any surprises, however Rory explained that
the phonic ear moneys donated to the school system were a bit
behind because of their budget issues. Cathe Picek presented a
Pipe and Drape guideline form for the use of the equipment by
Sertomans and non profit groups. The guidelines will be handed
out at one of the next meetings, but the basic premise is that
there is no charge but advanced notice must be given. Joe and
Rory are attending 5 different regional meetings to promote our
convention in 2008. It has also been proposed to host another
comedy night with Scott Hansen to raise more money for
convention expenses.The Winter Wonderland project is the main
focus of the club for the rest of this year. Thirty three
thousand dollars has already been committed . When copies of the
budget are presented, people need to realize that the $113,000
expense is not expected to be paid in one year. The break even
point is around fifty or sixty thousand dollars depending on the
cost of the electrical installations. Jim Grant of Jim's
Electric has been very active in soliciting materials and
working with the Brainerd Utilities to keep these costs down. BL
Broadcasting has also committed serious air time to promoting
the Winter Wonderland. It is currently scheduled to open after
Thanksgiving and run until December 31st (5 nights a week).
To see a summary of this event, click on the fundraisers tab
and go to the Winter Wonderland page. A serious website for
promoting this is in the works at Midwest Captions. Many thanks
to the committee for all their hard work. All members of the
Brainerd Noon Club have to make a serious effort to get involved
in this project.
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Thanks Diane Ulmen for taking notes! |
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Great In '08 website is up. Take a look. |
| Pictures Pictures Pictures--what
happens when two shutterbugs get together and take photos--a
tremendous number of new pictures up on the Webshots Camp
Confidence site http://communitywebshots.com/user/campconfidence.com
Tom Krekow added his considerable talents to the mix to
produce some very professional picture of the Fiesta as well
as the Golf and Fishing. Camp Confidence and Sertoma thank
him for his efforts. Pam just bumbled along and took her
usual stuff!! Tom created an excellent collage for all three
Classic events. Click here for the Mariucci photo collage. |
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Brainerd Area
Sertoma Club Calendar
Got a big event coming up—want to let everyone know?
Go to
the
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| Ceiling Dates |
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Blue Ticket Winner |
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Paul Gropper |
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Winner |
| Would have been Roger Dondelinger |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: Paulette Buck, Retired Teacher |
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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
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| August 29 |
Bob Ehrich, Erika Eigner, Kim Ellingson |
| Sept. 12 |
Sandy Fowler, Les Franz, Joyce Frid |
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Dear Sertoma Club Members: On behalf of the Board of Directors of
the Crow Wing County Fiar Association I would like to thank all
of you for the flag display on the fairgrounds fence. It was
very impressive when viewed from 13th Street. This donation of
$100 for your club shows our appreciation for the time and
efforts it took to display these flags. We greatly appreciate
your efforts for the fair. Patty Olson, Office Manager Crow Wing
County Fair Association. |
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Rumor Corner
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- Pam Sachs has to scare up a harem for Les Franz since she
messed up last week and gave him one instead of Bob Ehrich. Mea
Culpa
- Gary Walters has a new business Matches are Us--see the
newspaper for details. Charlie Bartles in starting an arson
investigation firm to look into the matter.
- Anna Gorecki paid an "everyone looks at the cute girl" fine.
Anna is definitely worth looking at, ask any of the Sertoma
guys!
- Vern, Vern, Vern, how do you get to be a cheating banker?
- Sue Slaybaugh stayed away on her birthday, didn't bring any new
baby pictures and maxed out her fine potential today.
- George Moore, Kari Robinson-twins for a day?
- Art Becker has been to too many car races--he thinks its cool to
duct tape your car together. It is amazing how much duct tape
you see at the dirt tracks!!!
- We have a local celebrity who was our speaker last week and who
is a contestant on the search for "So You Think You Can Dance"
program.
- Welcome new member Paul Lindquist. Welcome back Gary Phillips
and Doug Campbell.
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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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Notes from your President |
Greetings my Sertoma friends,
As I have mentioned at our weekly meetings, I would like to see
our Sertoma club increase in membership with the goal during my
presidential year do an increase of 10% in our current
membership or 16 new members net. This does not mean we have to
stop at 16 new members! I know many of you have already been
working on this an I applaud your efforts! In my own opinion,
we need more members to accomplish our fundraising goals. We
have an ambitious Pipe and Drape schedule, Gossamer has taken on
a life of it's own, and our Flag Project has been very
successful. This is how we give back to our community! In a time
when so many of our fellow citizens are facing hard times and
struggling with everyday life, we need to step up to the plate
and deliver. I encourage all our members to volunteer in our
many fundraising endeavors.
Thank you for allowing me the honor and the privilege of serving
as your president.
Proud to be a SERTOMAN!
Julia |
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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? Bonnie Cumberland
(bcumberland@mailstation.com) is the person
in charge of awards and meeting paraphernalia. |
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