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 As
Dick Stoltman remarked when he entered the meeting room today, “We
either have a speaker or we are all in trouble.” He was referring
to the fact that our speakers of the day were Brainerd Police
Chief John Bolduc and the new Baxter Chief of Police of five
months, James Exsted. They spoke about the joint ventures that
the two offices are undertaking. Except for the funding questions,
both officers assured the Sertomans that their forces are in
complete cooperation and work as one unit. As a later question
brought out, there is very little political feeling for an actual
merging of the two offices. John introduced Jim and explained that
Baxter is fortunate to have him since he is a visionary leader.
The three major joint ventures that their groups are cooperating
on include the Safe and Sober Grant which has all law enforcement
in the area working overtime during peak periods to attempt to
reduce the number of traffic fatalities in the County which ranks
14th in the State. They also talked about the Lakes Area Drug
Investigation Division and thanked members of the task force for
their input and help in the drug war. The final area that the two
groups are working on is tech updates. The plan is to put laptop
computers in all vehicles since our police are definitely out of
date on this technology issue. The benefit of this, according to
Exsted, is the elimination of redundancy as well as in the
increase in efficiency. For instance, vehicle and license checks
will only have to be entered once at the time of the stop rather
than three or four times. It will also give access to up to date
information on individuals while they are “in hand” so to speak.
John told a funny story about the Crow Wing County Sheriff that
involved him using his new computer and finding out that the woman
he was “giving a ride to” was actually someone with several arrest
warrants. The ability to access online pictures will be of great
benefit to the officers also. This technology will also free up
support staff to do other work and cut down on the need for more
people.
Thanks Bonnie Franke for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
| Board Meeting - The big news is the
fact that the Board has decided to try and go ahead with a bid
for the Regional Sertoma Convention in 2008. |
| Bell Ringing - We can still win! The
champion bell ringers so far are Bonnie Cumberland, Bonnie
Franke and Diane Rook Johnson. Mike Howard is up for a four
hour stint at Herbergers and we can still ring tomorrow in
front of the old K Mart. In the spirit of the season, Rory
decided to donate our fine money to the Salvation Army this
week since most of the fines came from those who paid their
dollar because they did not sign up to ring. |
 We
showed out appreciation for the fact that Deb who takes such
good care of us is back as our server with a large tip from
the room. She wished each and all a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year. |
| Jan 6 - New Member Induction, Sawmill
Inn at Noon. Contact Kris Hoheisel (Welle) at Hawthorne if you
need to sign up. |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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| Ticket Winner |
| Terry Curtis |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Jeff Marchand |
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| Attendance |
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| Guests:
James Exsted, Baxter Chief of Police; John Bolduc, Brainerd Chief
of Police and Laura Sertog from Midwest Sound and Light. |
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| Greeter
Schedule |
| 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 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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| Dec 29 |
Erik Paulson, Matt Pecarich, Steve Pelkey |
| Jan 5 |
Gary Phillips, Randy Phillips, Dave Pundt |
| Jan 12 |
Mark Puschinsky, John Raboin, Dennis
Renowski |
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| Sertoman of
the Day |
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Of
Note |
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| Welcome back Deb Ryan. |
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| Prayers and thoughts with Julia’s
daughter who is having some health problems and the new baby boy
Linn who was born a month early and had to be hospitalized. |
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| Rumor Corner |
- Dave Hauking in the microphone Clausen won $50 in a weight
loss contest-looking good Dave.
- Paul Gropper makes his wife cry for Christmas.
- Rick Besmehn, Old Chap, has just returned from an excursion
to Merry Olde England.
- Fecal what Charlie Bartels?
- Police Chief suck ups of the day—Joe Schulte and Gary
Walters.
- Tami Webb’s seasonal job as Santa’s helper ends soon—she is
still looking for another one.
- How do you re-retire Bonnie? Must be the same way Brian
Lehman rings bells inside outside.
- Best Christmas tie award goes to Brian Barre.
- Thanks Cub Foods—Pam really appreciates the $25 gift
certificate from the Rookie Party that went to help finance her
Christmas Lasagna for the multitudes fund.
- And a very Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight.
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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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