 Linda
Gettelman, Executive Director of the Nisswa Chamber of Commerce
was the first speaker of the year for the Brainerd Noon Sertoma
Club. Although she has only lived here for six years, she has
been a summer visitor or resident most of her life. She
remarked, “This is a job I love because it is a culmination of
all my careers.” Her love for the job certainly showed in her
enthusiastic presentation. The Nisswa Chamber has grown 41% in
the last two years to its current membership of 330. The
community itself continues to grow and it is definitely a
tourist and business destination. The 150,000 visitors to their
website at www.nisswa.com
is certain proof of that with inquiries about lodging, retail
and professional services, and business opportunities.
Information for members is at
www.nisswachamber.com
There you can find details about “Nisswa at Night” which is
their after hours meetings for members and potential members.
External customer service is their number one goal and as Linda
said, “We will do anything it takes to help our customers.” The
group is dynamic and working to improve services with workshops.
Their mission statement is a result of one such meeting and
states their goal to make Nisswa “the best destination to live,
work and play in the Brainerd Lakes area.” They are also
striving to be a strong effective organization focused on
promoting businesses, community, and quality of life.” She
concluded her speech with some philosophy that hit home to our
service oriented group. The Paradoxical Commandments have been
around since the 60’s when Doctor Kent Keith devised them for a
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- People are illogical, unreasonable, and self centered.
Love them anyway.
- If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior
motives. Do good anyway.
- If you are successful, you win false friends and true
enemies. Succeed anyway.
- The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good
anyway.
- Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and
frank anyway.
- The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be
shut down by the smallest men and women with the smallest
ideas. Think big anyway.
- People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for
a few underdogs anyway.
- What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
- People really need help but may attack you if you do help
them. Help people anyway.
- Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in
the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.
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Announcements |
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Acting President Rory Coit took a moment to thank the Sertoma
volunteers who screened 425 students at the Washington Middle
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We received our annual invitation from Camp Sertoma to continue
our support of the deaf and hard of hearing camp scheduled for
this summer. Costs per camper will be $350. They are looking for
eligible campers, monetary support, volunteers to work, and
donations of food. See Mike Howard. |
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Jan. 17 - Jaycees Annual $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza.
Camp Sertoma Bucket Checkers needed. |
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Jan. 24 - The sign up sheet for the Holiday Party at Ernies
made its first rounds today. Cost is $15 per person with a social
hour, dinner, games and dancing on the agenda. Formal dress is
optional. |
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Feb. 29 - Washington Middle School Auditorium Michael Johnson
Concert. We need to sell 200 tickets to break even and the
rest will be profit. Greg Larson of Remax of Nisswa is a personal
friend of Michael’s and assures us that the concert will be
tremendous, Michael is very enthusiastic about visiting the area,
and that we should be prepared not only to hear some fine music,
but also to be highly entertained. See Jim Potvin if you would
like to help coordinate this activity. |
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May 22 - CAMP CONFIDENCE CLEAN UP DAY everyone welcome |
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June 12 - Minnesota Twins are sponsoring a Sertoma Night.
The more people who attend the game, the more money we will have
to donate to a charity since tickets will be sold at regular
prices with discount which goes up based on the number of tickets
sold becoming dollars for charity. |
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July 11-17 Great Plains Region Camp Sertoma—volunteers
needed to cook, donations of food or ideas of where to get
donations welcome. |
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FAS: Congratulations to Steve Mau who won the FAS money
by noticing that there weren't any names in the last edition. If
Scott Blake or Kevin Goedker is reading this and calls Pam at
829-7761, they will win their sawbuck. |
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| Pipe and
Drape Schedule |
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Winner |
| Steve Rose |
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Would have been Todd Froemming |
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Attendance |
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| Guests: Linda
Gettelman, Executive Director of the Nisswa Chamber; Teresa
Melrose from Bremer Trust, David Ellingson from ReMax, and Pat
Charalson of the Red Cross who is joining. |
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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 Patty Hartman. |
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Chuck Bartels, Susan Beck, Art Becker |
| Jan 21 |
LeeAnn Benjamin, Dale Benson, Dave
Bergin |
| Jan 28 |
Denny Benjamin, Randy Aldous, Jason
Bertram |
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Sertoman of the Day
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Of Note: |
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Bonnie Franke is doing much better. She sent the club a thank you
for all the support during her recent illnesses. We are looking
forward to seeing you at meetings again Bonnie. |
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Congratulations Dave Burggraff on daughter’s wedding and 50th
birthday party. |
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Rory Coit is the new owner of Quality Graphics! |
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We also received a thank you from our Sertoma server, Debbie, for
our Christmas gift of the fine money. |
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Rumors Corner: |
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- Paul Koering made a flying visit to Sertoma today to hug all
the girls, try to collect $50 from Trent Baumann and to remind
our speaker that he saved the turtle races!
- John Raboin has another new career-pro wrestling.
- Karla is Kruising—be sure to ask her about her TWO trips to
Florida when you next see her.
- Edie is falling behind in the job race, Lynn is now with
another company.
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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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