 The Bethany Good Samaritan name is associated with three
different buildings in Brainerd at the present time, the two
nursing homes and something which is called Bethany House. Our
two speakers, Craig Ammermann, administer of the Bethany Good
Samaritan Village and the chaplain Lilia Bear were at Noon
Sertoma to present a project that they feel is very necessary
for our community, especially considering the fact that we will
need 80% more care facilities in the next ten years. The Bethany
House is currently operating and providing a 10 bed
non-traditional facility for early Alzheimer’s patients. Because
it is run with a family atmosphere and built to be more like a
home than an institution, these patients are much more
comfortable. This concept which is the future that the nursing
home profession wishes to move towards will be expanded in the
Brainerd area if they can build Samaritan House which will
provide a 16 bed facility and deal more generally with all kinds
of patients. Samaritan House will not only provide less
stressful living for these patients but will allow the nursing
homes to move toward more private rooms and more common space
for those people that are being se rved in the traditional
atmosphere. Reverend Bear was very inspiring. She began by
saying, “We are all in this together”. She went on to explain
that only 20% of people normally need nursing home care, but we
have all been touched by this experience through family members
and friends. She handed out Treasures, chocolate candies which
everyone enjoyed, to represent the treasures that are the
nursing home patients. If Paul Gropper reads this and calls Pam
at eight two nine seven seven six one before Wednesday, he will
collect his fas money. Their presentation was best summed up by
her closing statement, “We need to provide good housing for our
fragile elderly right here in the Brainerd area.” Both speakers
encouraged us to come and visit the nursing homes and especially
Bethany House to see the difference the home environment makes
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 A special thanks goes to the social committee for its
efforts in producing the family bowling event held at Paul Bunyan
Bowl on Sunday. The facilities were wonderful, the food was good,
and everyone had a good time. It was definitely kid’s week at
Sertoma since they were invited to the opening Sertoma party at
Godfather’s by Julia Sullivan and the crew. If you would like to
see more pictures of the events, click on the link at the bottom
of the page and go to our MSN Photo Albums. Pam apologizes for the
fact that this is the first time you will get to see the Christmas
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FAS: Congratulations to Edie Hindman who collected her FAS
money this week. Thanks to all the folks who read the announcement
and called thinking that there weren’t any names (tricky is what
they called me). Pete Mogenson didn’t win. |
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What a record crowd we had today—80 members and 8 guests.
We had visitors from Bethany, the DNR, Ernies/Kinetico, It’s
About Time Catering, and the Office Shop and one brother-in-law. |
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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 Club Treasurer (Diane Rook
Johnson) 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 Jeff Birks @
820-5544 if you can't make it.
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Rita Johnson, Bob Joyhce, Christine
Kellet |
| March 12 |
Brian Kirkpatrick, Paul Koering, Deb
Kohan |
| March 19 |
George Kohan, Mark Korte, Jeff Kozitzka |
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Rumor Corner |
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- What homeless flower guy was caught on camera hugging what
lady opening a pizza place? See MSN Photo Albums for details.
Also caught hugging was a garbage guy and his wife
- What two Sertoman non bowlers spent their Sunday afternoon
getting hugged in the bar at Paul Bunyan Bowl? If Kevin Donnay
reads this and calls Pam at eight two nine seven seven six one
before next Wednesday he will collect his fas money. See MSN
Photo Album for Details.
- What guy won the award for the most serious bowler of all
times? Check out the bowling pictures on our MSN home page.
- What guy thought he was the statue of liberty with his
bowling ball? Check out the MSN Photo Albums and vote for the
goofiest looking bowler.
- Who is threatening to bring a bar of soap for Hawk if he
doesn’t clean up his act—boob pictures on the tour of Computer
One Plus???????????
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Find a Sawbuck Corner: Call 829-7761
The FAS Program was designed to encourage people to read the newsletter. Even those who attend the meeting can benefit from reviewing the announcements etc. If you find the letters FAS followed by your name, you must call the number provided and just leave a message that you called and attend the next meeting to collect your money. Simple--however 90% of the people never respond. |
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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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2002 Pipe and Drape Schedule |
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