 The
chocolate residue found in an ancient pot suggests that Mayans
were drinking chocolate 2,600 years ago, which is the earliest
record of cacao use. From there to modern day Valentine's Day,
chocolate has been a big part of life. The latest news says dark
chocolate is good for you because it contains many antioxidants.
Our speaker today was Nancy Williams from Chocolate Etc.
Her store is located downtown and has a huge in store collection
of chocolates and the capacity to order many more varieties and
shapes. She is offering a special for those who order before the
12th. Not only did Nancy give our Board Chairman Dave Clausen
lessons in how to make a short, to the point, speech but she
brought treats. If you didn't attend today you missed the
scrumptious combination of potato chips and chocolate. Nancy
specializes in what she calls "Little Red Boxes" where you can
have any combination of candies you would like. She has many
special molds for different occasions and even has "adult" gifts.
Of course the mention of this was solicited by one of our members
with a question who probably rushed right over to the store to buy
a strip checkers game. Nancy remarked, "My question was what was I
going to do next, and the answer was sniff chocolate!" |
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Thanks Mike Howard for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
| 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. |
| Thanks to all who helped unload the Pipe
and Drape. A special thanks to Gene Farone and the Lake
Region Storage Company who are providing space for this
project. |
| The pipe and drape dates are March 9th
Aitkin, March 24th, Princeton, March 22-25
Lewies RV, March 23-26 Rolfings, March 28-31
Brainerd Chamber, and April 13-15 MMBA. Watch the Pipe
and Drape Section of the newsletter for the official
announcement of times and dates--but get these on your
calendar now. |
| Our hard-working Pipe and Drape Committee
has gathered up $4,000 in grants. Grand Casino Mille Lacs
under the guidance of our own Amy Doyle has provided $2,000
and Steve Augustinack as a member of the Crow Wing County
Power Board presented a check for another $2,000 at today's
meeting. He explained that Crow Wing does not usually grant
money to service clubs but their Board was convinced of the
need to support Sertoma that covers areas in the community
that it does not in its charitable efforts. Thanks Tom
Rosenberger for an excellent presentation to that Board. |
| Feb 10 - Big Annual Alexandria
Sertoman Ice Fishing Contest. Mike Boen has their raffle
tickets that include a Harley and a nice portable fish house
as prizes. |
| 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 |
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| Ceiling Dates |
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| Ticket Winner |
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Sue Slaybaugh (more money for the diaper fund) |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Would have been Joyce Seymour |
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| Attendance |
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Thanks to all who didn't make the meeting because they were
screening at South Campus. |
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Guests: Nancy Williams from Chocolate Etc. , Karen
Munsterteiger who is director of accouting for MidMinnesota
Federal Credit Union who is planning on joining. |
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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 14 |
Sarah Nelson, Ian Newkirk and Bob Nibbe |
| Feb 21 |
Jeff Olson, Pete Odell, Bill O'Hara |
| Feb 28 |
Karen Owen, Carole Paulson, Cathe Picek |
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| Sertoman of the Day |
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Of
Note |
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Dave Clausen spoke today to encourage people to attend the
Regional Convention in May in St. Cloud. He remarked, "People who
go to conventions get more involved in the club." He stressed the
networking and the chance to get to know people from our club and
other clubs much more personally and make lifelong friends. He
stressed what a dynamic club we have compared to many others in
our region. Not only are we one of the largest clubs but we have
so many great projects and give back so much to our community. |
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Rumor Corner
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Thanks for doing such a great job getting us ready for our
regional convention Kathy Williams, lots of green windshirts
being worn. Kathy is putting together her last order--so get
yours now!!
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John Raboin's new shops is Butterscotch Etc.
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Karen Owen welcomed our potential new member by telling her we
can always use another Karen.
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Welcome back Vern and Hawk.
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Greg Straka sexually assaulted Les in the food line. Good thing
it wasn't girls scouts today!!
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Holly Connaker's new job "Help You Buy a Lund Boat" got her in
trouble today along with sitting by Gus.
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Mary Marana was fined for being horny in the parking lot (mmm
being good last week must have been hard on our sergeants.)
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Sergeant Bill came up with a new way to make the temperature
improve--he fined everyone who works for Bremer Bank so they
would go back to the office and encourage the boss to advertise
better temps.
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Dave Clausen is not the conscience of our club (but he is a darn
good walking advertisement for the fun we have as well as the
work we do).
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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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