 Sgt. Curt S. Mowers was the honored guest and speaker today at
Sertoma. He combined a very serious subject with a very
entertaining speech. His interaction with various members of the
audience was good for some chuckles before he got down to
serious business. Curt is the Safety Education Officer of
District 2800-Brainerd. In this capacity he travels a seven
county district talking to groups such as ours to encourage
public awareness of how serious the problem of traffic
fatalities is in Minnesota. For instance, in the year 2000, 626
people were killed. That means that we average two funerals per
day in the state due to careless driving. Locally in 2001, 59
people were killed and 36 of them were not wearing seat belts.
Total traffic injuries were at 1,800 and
 600 of them were not
wearing restraints either. Sgt. Mowers worked as a patrolman in
several areas including Aitkin and Brainerd before taking on
this job. He showed us a picture of his very first traffic
fatality case that involved a head on collision with a school
bus. He showed us a graph constructed from the little book
published by the state each year and entitled “Crash Facts”. He
then went on to present the four points that he wished us to
remember First of all seat belts are not made for children. If
you are concerned about your child’s safety, make
 sure they use
a booster until they are adult sized. If you are ejected from
the vehicle, your chances of being killed are four times
greater. Secondly speeding is risky business. For every 10 miles
an hour you drive over 50 your chances of being killed or
injured goes up ten times. He emphasized the fact that .08 is
under the influence of alcohol and the only thing that sobers
people up is time. His last point was to recognize that many
people who consider themselves good drivers are aggressive
drivers who cause accidents. Do not encourage an aggressive
driver—avoid eye contact, don’t return gestures, and get out of
their way. The question and answer session that followed dealt
with some serious issues like uninsured motorists, reporting bad
drivers and the chance to ride with a patrolman (call 828-2400
and ask for Captain O’Grady). Thanks for a very informative
speech Curt. Just keep this one quote from Sgt. Mowers in mind
as you drive, “This year, to date, the State Patrol has
investigated 22 fatal crashes and most of these people were not
wearing their seat belts”. Buckle up! |
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| Announcements |
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Kari Robinson is now handing around the sign-up sheet for the
family bowling event at Paul Bunyan Bowl on Sunday Feb 12,
2003 at 2 p.m. $10 per person covers the cost of two games, shoes,
and food during the event. |
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Chris Kellet is looking for younger children who do volunteer work
to be part of a series that Lakeland Public Television is
doing to give some recognition to young people who are already
giving back to their community. Contact her with names. |
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Karen Owen is still desperately searching for the missing
blue folder with the old newsletters and information in it. The
committee is trying to work on the 25 anniversary information and
needs it, so please call Karen if you know of its whereabouts. |
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Corrections: Mike Boen did donate his Pot of Gold money to
Shoes for Haiti as did Rick Besmehn who was the FAS winner last
week. Many thanks from Tom Rosenberger and apologies from Pam.
Attendance last week was 72 members and 8 guests. |
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Tom Rosenberger was the winner of the ticket to the Teen
Idol Concert that were returned by last week’s winner. |
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Our prayers and thoughts go with Pete Mogenson whose father
recently had a heart attack. |
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Our club turns 25 this year. Plan on being at the Madden's Town
Hall on May 17th, 2003 to celebrate. The planning committee
has been formed and is open to suggestions for how to commemorate
our anniversary. |
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FAS: Would have been Joyce Seymour, but she didn’t make
the meeting. Thanks for the call Joyce. Chuck Whalen did not call. |
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| Lori Redmond |
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Would have been Mark Korte |
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(Keep bringing in those potential new members) |
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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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Ryan Hokanson, Andrea Holmes, Dan Holmes |
| February 12 |
Mike Howard, Dallas Humphrey, Chuck
Isackson |
| February 19 |
Doug Johnson, Jolene Jensen, Milo
Johnson |
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Sertoman of the Day
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Rumor Corner |
- What fledgling senator was recently visited by a certain
local attorney who shall be nameless and discovered with his
feet up on his desk contemplating “fresh” law to make his mark.
- What Swinging Sertoman returned to the fold today from far
far away in the big city? (Welcome back Pooch)
- What other Swinging Sertoman says he is taking lessons from
Lester in how to be unemployed?
- Put them together and what do they spell—nephews, haircuts,
Todd Alguire and the highway patrolman?
- And then there is Deb Ryan who was singled out for her close
personal acquaintance with today’s speaker—he did assure us it
was not in his professional capacity but did not elaborate
further.
- Chuck Brenny was fined by the highway patrolman for his slip
of the tongue during Curt’s speech.
- Julia Sullivan was still lamenting the fact that Godfather’s
is going to be the last to open-one of our guests today was the
person who is opening the Sylvan Learning Center tomorrow.
- Tom Rosenberger tried to force us to vote between who was
the better joke teller—him or the state patrolman. His joke was
related to Karen Owen and her forgetfulness and was very funny.
- The find a sawbuck winners this week if they bother to read
to the bottom of the newsletter are Reed Campbell and Jeff Birks.
They should call Pam and eight two nine seven seven six one to
collect their money.
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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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Pipe and Drape |
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2002 Pipe and Drape Schedule |
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