 Bliss was the topic of the day today at Sertoma, but it had little
to do with Valentine's Day. Actually pronounced the same but
spelled BLIHS, it stands for the new Brainerd Lakes Integrated
Health system as explained by Thomas Prusak. President and CEO of
the new parent organization, and Dr. David Boran, Chief Medical
Officer, who visited Sertoma today. Melody Banks who is community
relations coordinator for St. Joseph's introduced the speakers and
assisted with the presentation. She also postponed her Sertoman of
the Day speech to give them more time. The 162 bed primary and
secondary care hospital joined forces with Brainerd Medical
Center, a 50 physician multi specialty group practice. This is not
a merger but a strategy to align economics and to promote health
care development in the area which was being stifled by the two
separate organizations. The hospital will retain its association
with the Catholic Church through this restructuring which has been
a block to any such efforts in the past. Our area is growing
rapidly with the age level of most new residents in the retiree
bracket so the need for services is also growing. Mr. Prusak
explained from the patient's point of view we will have an
expanded range of services especially in cardiology. The goal is
to acquire at least 50 more doctors and create a new Baxter
Medical development on the property which the hospital acquired
several years ago adjacent to the new WalMart area. The third and
final goal is to continue to develop the Community Health Record.
Brainerd Medical Center is no longer a physician owned for profit
organization. The overall goal which this integration hopes to
achieve is a much higher quality of care in the local area. |
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Thanks Joyce Frid for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
| Tuesday, February 20th 7:00 a.m. At TJ's Log
Cabin February Board Meeting |
| Frozen Fore March 2nd-4th World's
Largest Golfing Snowmobiling Event held on Gull Lake. For
details and locations visit their website at Gull Lake Frozen
Fore Golf & Snowmobile Event . New this year at the Big Tent
on Hole In the Day is the "professional" bar stool races. This
is a family event with fun for everyone and it benefits Camp
Confidence as well as other charities. |
| Aitkin Pipe and Drape Rory Coit and
Dale Bolt are in charge. SetUp is March 9th and Take down is
March 11th. The sign up sheet has specific jobs and times or
contact Kari Barnes. |
| The dates have been announced for Camp
Sertoma. Our group was instrumental in the founding of
Camp Sertoma for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children held each
year at Confidence Learning Center. This year again will see
two sessions with the younger students attending July 8-13th
and the older students the 15th-20th. If you can spare some
time to volunteer, plan on joining the kitchen crew. |
| Feb 22 - New Member
Orientation is Thursday at T J's Log Cabin at 5:30. If you
sponsored a new member you should plan on being there with
them for this activity. Sign up at Sertoma to attend. |
| March 5 & 6 - Academic Decathalon
at Cragun's - Judges needed by end of February. State
competition for young people--interesting and fun |
| May 3-5 - Great Plains
Regional Convention in St. Cloud. Make plans to attend--we
will have a hospitality booth encouraging people to attend our
convention the next year. |
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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 |
| March 9th |
Aitkin |
| March 24th |
Princeton |
| March 22-25 |
Lewies RV |
| March 23-26 |
Rolfings |
| March 28-31 |
Brainerd Chamber |
| April 13-15 |
MMBA |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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| Ticket Winner |
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Mike Howard |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| LoAnn Reponen |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: Loren Beilke, Shari Grave from Confidence, Dr. Boran and
Tom Prusak from BLIHS. |
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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 |
| Remember:
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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| Feb 21 |
Jeff Olson, Pete Odell, Bill O'Hara |
| Feb 28 |
Karen Owen, Carole Paulson, Cathe Picek |
| March 7 |
Steve Pelkey, Gerald Peterson, Gary Phillips |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
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Of
Note |
 Kathy Williams brought some old photos to introduce our new
members to Sy Gau who was a past dignitary of Sertoma
International and in whose name our scholarship fund is organized.
Paul Heinlein and Lori Rubin presented a BIG check to Jeff
Olson today with the final proceeds from all the fund raising at
the Rookie Party. |
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Rumor Corner
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Our ambulance chaser wanted to know where the best place to
catch them was at the new Baxter Medical facility. President Mau
had to explain our resident jokester to our illustrious
visitors.
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Our illustrious president forgot to announce the Board Meeting.
For all those who only read the "good" stuff, be at TJ's Log
Cabin on Tuesday February 20th at 7 a.m. for the Board Meeting.
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Welcome back Reed Campbell.
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Vacationland Daytona Race next weekend--a little advertising
plug from Dave Burggraph. Pam and Mary got in their promote the
Chap fine today also.
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Mr. Truth, Justice and the American Way (our flag captain Mike
Howard) is richer today.
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Nate got fined today for ALWAYS talking.
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David Pundt forgot who he was--oh no not CRS already.All of our
lovely real estate agents paid a fine today, our Board Chairman
didn't sell his house fast enough.
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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 (tamiwebb61@yahoo.com) is the person
in charge of awards and meeting paraphernalia. |
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