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Tidbits from Toronto was the title of today’s program presented
by First VP Tami Webb and President Gary Walters who both
attended the International Convention held in Toronto. The tone
of the convention was their first topic of discussion. Although
they agreed that all Sertomans share many of the same issues,
theyfelt that the multiversity of people in attendance created
an atmosphere very different from the friendly rivalry evident
at our regional conventions. One of those issues that the Great
Plains Region was very concerned with was the attempt to
streamline and cut costs by eliminating those local regional
meetings. According to Tami, “Great Plains is the strongest
region with the most members and we objected to this idea
strenuously.” Other issues were loss of membership, too little
participation, and changing the fiscal year. Sheila Redding won
her bid for office and is looking forward to next year’s
convention in Albuquerque where we should have eleven delegates
in attendance to support her run for the gold. Tom Brush, the
new International President, intends to visit us in Brainerd
according to Gary. Tami and Gary both stressed the idea of
getting to 188 members before the end of his term in office.
Everyone would like to see Gary earn his gold coat and Tami be
the president of the largest Sertoma Club. These personal honors
notwithstanding, both stressed the idea that this competition
and fun is what makes our local club unique and more people
means more opportunities for all. Gary closed by saying, “Tami
represented the club very well and through her social skills
made some excellent networking connections.” |
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July 27 - Project Lead in Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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July 27 - Relay for Life, starts Friday night at 7 p.m. See
Lori Abear Anderson if you wish to participate or donate.
Sign up with Lori Abear Anderson for the Relay for Life.
She is looking for 15 people to be part of the Sertoma team. |
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Aug 2 - Camp Sertoma Golf Fundraiser at Vintage in Staples.
We are sponsoring a team (Bonnie Franke, Todd Froemming, Kevin
Goedker and Deb Ryan were the lucky winners). Karen Owen is
looking for team members. Some activity of Camp Sertoma will be
part of the fun at the hole the Noon Club is sponsoring.
Registration is 10:30 and shotgun start at 12:00. Call Dave
Burggraff for more info. |
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Aug 10 - Project Lead in Huron S.D. Brenda Meech will
become a certified Project Lead Trainer during this session. Tami
Webb stressed the importance of people like Brenda who are willing
to volunteer their time to develop leadership in our Sertoma
Clubs. |
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FAS: Allen Hall did call about his FAS money but was unable
to make the meeting. Mike Boen did not win. |
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Would have been Jim Engel |
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Remember: 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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| July 24 |
Todd Alguire, Ken Anderson,
Joyce Anderson |
| July 31 |
Lori Abear Anderson, Steve
Augustinack, Melody Banks |
| August 7 |
Bryan Barrer, Melody Banks,
Chuck Bartels |
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Sertoman of the Day
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 We said goodbye to our favorite waitress Cheryl who is off to a
new job at Applebys with fas 829-7761 Bill Mitsch a pail of tips
from Sertoma and best wishes from all of us. |
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Brat sale report by George Moore including big thanks to all who
helped and congratulations on making $410. Fas 829-7761 Bob
Sherman. Fifty dollars was added to that total thanks to Bob Nibbe
and his idea for a tip jar. George also thanked Todd Dunlapp for
the great sign. |
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Todd was the topic of conversation also when Rory Coit presented
the report on the miniature golf social. Kevin Goedker one of the
members of the hardworking social committee is pictured lost in
the "rough". This was a great event with 20 kids under the age of
12 enjoying a round on the club. Todd has served as chairman of
the social committee through two great years and he is handing the
job over the Kari Robinson at the end of this summer. We all need
to express our gratitude to Todd for all the wonderful
opportunities we have had to socialize and become better friends.
We hope he has enjoyed it half as much as we have. |
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Find a Sawbuck Corner:
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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