 Gary
Walters is probably most famous in the Brainerd area for his
last four organized efforts to raise money and promote
mentorship for Kinship Partners. Gary biked from New Orleans,
walked across Minnesota, Perched on the Water Tower, and swam
Lake Mille Lacs. However, he also is a very important part of
Sertoma. A Past President, he is currently serving as District
Governor and in that capacity he attended the International
Convention Last week. He gave us some statistics since the most
pressing problem Sertoma faces is its shrinking membership.
Currently the nation has 593 clubs with 17,000 members. We
belong to the Great Plains
 Region
which is the biggest one and currently hold the title of the
World's largest club although that may be in dispute right now.
The Initiatives that came from this gathering included a new
guideline that says all new clubs must have a minimum of 25
members to start and must maintain that minimum. The group also
voted to merge the International and the Foundation. This will
save paperwork and bring more money into the Foundation since
membership will no longer be optional. Gary remarked that he
just learned that 100% of the "Fellow" monies is GEM Award. The
fellow donation of $100 or more raised $98,000 last year. He
encouraged people to follow the advice of the keynote speaker
when trying to promote new members, Ask the potential member
what they would like to get out of their service club. He
concluded his remarks with the comment, "Our club is phenomenal
and other Sertomans want to know how we do it." Each year our
rookies achieve GEM Awards that make us a leader in that area
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Thanks Pam Sachs for taking notes! |
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| Announcements |
| Kari Barnes wishes to thank the people who
helped with the Pipe and Drape Set Up and Take Down at the
Fair. |
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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
interactive calendar and post it for all
to see. |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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The rookie team '06 is looking for a few good volunteers. |
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Blue Ticket Winner |
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Tina Dunlap |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Would have been Kathy Bittner Lee |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: Heidi Funk from United Way, Tina Snidarich and Paul
Lundquist from Northwoods Mortgage, and Ryan Bengsten from
Nor-Son. |
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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
can't be there. |
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| August 15 |
Bonnie Cumberland, Terry Curtis, Kari Dayton |
| August 22 |
Kevin Donnay, Amy Doyle, Tina Dunlap |
| August 29 |
Bob Ehrich, Erika Eigner, Kim Ellingson |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
 Bill
Goers is pictured with his famous accordion. He volunteered to
be Sertoman of the Day and shared more of his fun anecdotes
about his family. He and his wife Vicki have been married for 30
years and have four children. The youngest is 17 and they are
contemplating the phenomenon of having spare time and what to do
with it. Bill likes the outdoors, music, woodworking, and
sitting by the campfire with a guitar and a box of wine. He is
the President and Owner of Cygneture Title and Abstract. He
originally was an absentee partner in the business but moved to
Brainerd in 1998 to take the reins. The company's job is to make
ownership issues clear for real estate brokers and land buyers
and sellers. They usually participate when a sale is executed.
Bill does not specialize in paper work, instead is good at
challenges and dealing with problems. His second most
embarrassing moment (who can forget the Barbi Doll in the ear
story) was meeting an old girlfriend in the grocery store and
asking her when her baby was due--unfortunately she wasn't
pregnant at the time. Bill came to Sertoma by way of Karen Owen
and has served as sergeant, captained the social committee, and
headed up a flag team as well as being an integral part of his
rookie party. |
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Our prayers included Joyce Frid who was recently diagnosed with
bladder cancer and is waiting for further details. |
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Rumor Corner
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Welcome back Tina Dunlap, just in time to win money.
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Bob Nibbe has a cute summer haircut and according to a certain
wise guy from Cub Foods has finally almost filled in his summer
sandbox.
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Learn what kind of a car Sergeant Mary drives--she fines you if
you don't wave at her.
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Chuck Brenny, Alaskan insurance executive, had to pay a big fine
for his trip.
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Heidi Funk is joining Sertoman because (Raboin quote) "She is
tired of the Rotarians taking out their teeth after dinner."
Visiting the Rotarians when Sergeant Mary is giving a Crisis
Line speech is expensive also--ask Amie Anderson.
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Karla Kay Nelson Nelson got fined for being the only person who
included their middle name on their roster info.
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Jerry Peterson who looked like a grocery store manager wannabee
(Mary's wit again) probably won't wear that spiffy white shirt
too often.
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Mr. Clausen was encouraged to wear his pin even if he had to pin
it on his underwear to save his expensive duds.
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Gary Walters poked a little fun at our new southern fearless
International Leader who has lots of "idears".
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Mary isn't even afraid of the big bad sheriff with all that
fancy stuff on his chest--she fined him for not having a pin
amidst the other official stuff.
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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 (tjwebb61@yahoo.com) is the person
in charge of awards and meeting paraphernalia. |
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