 Smile
Again Ministeries was founded by Pat and Judy
Misener and is based in Cross Lake, Minnesota.
Judy shared her personal story about losing a child
which was the inspiration for establishing their
Smile Again Ministeries. Their vision is to help
people find hope and peace within their pain.Her
rose metaphor brought home the cruelty of the
unexpected death of her 7th grade daughter Micky who
died of a very unexpected heart failure. White Tail
Lodge is part of the program and has been
established as a grief center. Sessions will be
scheduled from Monday through Saturday with chances
for whole families to work through the grieving
process. Divorce often follows the death of a child
for instance and Pat and Judy would like to give
families the opportunity to have the support they
need to get through to the other side of grief. "We
as a nation, do not grieve well," Pat remarked. This
is a different approach than the grieving camp which
is held at Confidence Learning Center each spring
which focuses on children and adolescents only. A
question and answer session concentrated on the
issues that men deal with. This is a non profit
group that wants to be a resource for Sertoma
members. Thanks to Kathy Williams, Kim Ellingson and
Bonnie Cumberland for their able assistance with
photos and attendance.
 Brainerd
Noon Sertoma Presents Annual Awards
The Brainerd Noon Sertoma, a very active civic group
in the Brainerd area, recently recognized two
outstanding individuals who represent the best that
the club has to offer. Tad Hoskins, an independent
general contractor, received the Rookie of the Year
Award. Lori Rubin who is an account executive at
Consolidated Telephone Company received the
prestigious Sertoman of the Year Award.
The Brainerd Noon Sertoma Club which often holds the
title of largest Sertoma Club in the World, gathers
its members from all walks of life and all ages. Tad
recently moved to the area and his goal as an
independent contractor is to help people especially
senior citizens have a reliable handyman type of
contractor available for those smaller jobs they can
no longer handle on their own. Tad immediately
immersed himself in the service to mankind aspect of
Sertoma. He volunteered to assist the Pipe and Drape
Chairman, Kari Barnes, who praised him in the
nomination speech. She remarked, "Tad has given more
than most of us will know to the club and its
members." She complimented him on his many
innovations and his willingness to take on the
chairmanship responsibilities. President Korte
presented him with his award and added, "This year
the rookies have been outstanding." He went on to
list Tad's other achievements which include chairing
the rookie party which will be held on February 21st
and working extensively with the Winter Wonderland
Project.
Lori Rubin since her return to the Brainerd area and
the Brainerd Noon Sertoma Club can only be described
as a dedicated Service to Mankind member. Vision and
hearing screening, pipe and drape, gossamer ceiling,
flags and the Sertoma Fiesta at Confidence Learning
Center are just a few of the "regular" activities
she has been involved in to rack up 236 volunteer
hours this past year. Her work with the marketing
and sales aspects of Winter Wonderland have
contributed enormously to the success of the
project. She has been named co-chair for 2009. Her
work with the Regional Convention held last May was
outstanding and resulted in a nationally known
speaker, Kathy Buckley, keynoting the event. Lori
continues to involve her significant other and her
family in her continuing efforts to make Brainerd a
better place to live for all. She was humble about
accepting this award and said, "I am really lucky to
be in a club that provides such worthwhile
activities that allow me to have fun and
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We are going to vote on our bylaws.
(View bylaws) We need everyone to
mark the date of that Sertoma meeting on
their calendars. You have to be there to
vote and your dues must be up to date. That
meeting will occur on Wednesday, Feb 25th at
12:05 p.m. at Bonanza Restaurant in Baxter,
Minnesota. Any members in good standing of
the Brainerd Area Sertoma Club as of January
14th are entitled to notice of this special
meeting and participation as voting members.
Proxies will not be allowed. The purpose of
the special meeting will be to revue and
approve the proposed revised by-laws for the
organization. A link on the newsletter web
page will be available until the voting day
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Brainerd for A Lifetime 2009 Senior
Safety Day Central Lakes College Saturday,
March 7 at 9:00 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m.
Exhibits and Workshops for seniors. Lunch
cost $5. See Bonnie Cumberland for more
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February 23 5:30 Super Eight Induction
for new members. Sponsors, committee chairs
are all invited to make this a special
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Mac, the DJ from the Power Loon, is the
EmCee for the Rookie Party. The
Rookies are promising to let the good times
roll. They are using a New Orleans Mardis
Gras theme. Rooms are running out quickly at
the Lodge-commit by Friday. A Sober Cab will
also be available. Contact Tad Hoskins if
you need tickets and are not planning on
attending the meeting next week 218 838 7617 |
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application for Winter Wonderland
Sponsorship are available online at the
Sertoma site. They are also linked to the
Winter Wonderland Site. Encourage applicants
to go and get a copy to fill out. These will
be officially completed by late April or
early May. |
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Be sure to keep the big Pipe and Drape
shows on your calendar. Pam reminded
everyone that our very own Sertoma Calendar
is kept up to date and you can check on any
community events that have been announced at
Sertoma. If your event is for a good cause,
we will publicize it on our calendar--just
email Pam with the details. |
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Winter Wonderland is only about half
dismantled. Skiing is done for the year but
the rest does need to come down soon. The
wet weather has been hampering the efforts. |
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National Guard would like some volunteers
for the Baton Death March Walk. If you
are interested talk to Joe Schulte. A total
of 92 volunteers are needed because the
National Guard Unit is getting ready to
deploy. Not a money raising event--they need
workers. |
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Taste of Home Cooking Show March 24,
2009 Tickets are $10 contact Beth Burnard
for more details |
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Brainerd Area
Sertoma Club Calendar
Got a big event coming up—want to let everyone know?
Please send to Pam Sachs and it will be posted.
eglponys@brainerd.net |
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Raboin Consortium wins |
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| Would have been Jerry Peterson |
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Guests: Judy and Pat Misener from Smile Again Ministries, Barb
Nelson from Lakes Printing, Dr. Sarah Nelson from Accucare,
Lottie Oehrlein from Chrysalis Cosmetics, Ryan Crum from Food
Services of America, David Kesti from Legacy Hardwood Floors,
Nicole who is Randy's daughter, and the Power Loon's DJ Colin
Macdonald. |
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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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Kristine Hoheisel, Andrea Holmes, Douglas
Benzer |
| Feb. 25 |
Dan Holmes, Jayme Holmes and Bob Morey |
| Mar. 4 |
Tad Hoskins, Dallas Humphrey, Nathan Kempka |
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As part of their sponsorship and support of Winter Wonderland the
Dispatch recently printed a full page of thank you's. Lori is
getting more copies for anyone who missed it and would like to
have one.
Download the Thank You page in PDF. Kari Robinson has
broken her ankle and can use a little moral support. |
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Business Notes |
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Bursch Travel 829-1976 Walt Disney World Special Pay for
4 nights and get 3 free. Call Beth for more information.
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- George and Sue V had a smartass contest before the meeting.
Sue won.
- Art has definitely made it as director emeritus of the red
ticket program.
- The "Fuzz" was excited when he arrived today--they have the
ground hog day in Massachusetts, we have the first motorcycle on
the highway--6 more weeks of winter of course.
- Welcome back Randy Phillips. Your new protege Pete was
sooooooo disappointed when the Prez informed him he couldn't do
his Sertoman of the Day speech today. Oh well, keep it on the
back burner for a week.
- Kathy Williams complimented Pam on her speech making
abilities when she urged everyone to make better use of the
Sertoma Calendar. Kathy doesn't cry over spilt milk either--she
is going to have to get a sippy cup for Sertoma since this is
her second milk bath.
- Mark Korte greeted the late Sandy Fowler at the door with a
question what time is it? It is not Howdy Doody time, but
Sertoma time.
- Mike Boen got in a plug for Stella's list in his intro
today.
- Raboin etc??? Hmmm leaves a great deal to the imagination.
- Mark encouraged the Dog Pound to take advantage of Senior
Safety Day. Brian volunteered to be safety patrol to see that
everyone got to the meeting.
- Rumor has it Bryan Jelinski is going to be arrested for
fraud--he cheated to make Raboin the winner of the ticket
drawing. John has joined Facebook--Pam S offered to photoshop
his picture so more people would check him out.
- Brian was very upset that he missed the sexuality and body
parts discussion last week. He was also complaining about the
Valentine's Day stuff. Mike Boen was in the women's magazine
wearing a pink shirt. Brian thought the whole idea was
exclusionary. He appointed John Raboin the future Abe Lincoln
and the spokesperson for the men's revolt. Brian definitely made
a few feminist enemies especially since he fined all the women
$2.
- Sertomans at the Salad Bar are like a flock of sea gulls
landing at the dump was the parting zinger from Mike Boen who
felt a bit upstaged by his partner.
- Brian left a mess up at the podium and the Prez offered to
get a "woman" to clean up after him. Of course none of the poor
penniless women would lift a finger to help Brian.
- Judy our speaker denied knowing her classmate Brian
Kirkpatrick--he said he didn't remember her at any of the keg
parties.
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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 |
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If you are not receiving the newsletter notification or the
emails announcing special events, please contact Pam Sachs
either at 218-821-1130 or
eglponys@brainerd.net. |
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Sue VanWagner (suekvw@brainerd.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 is the go-to person
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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