 Brian Bachman, the president of the North American Bear
Foundation, which is headquartered in Brainerd, was our very
interesting and entertaining guest speaker today. Brian got
interested in forming an alliance to work to preserve the bears
because of his work with the National Wild Turkey Federation.
The NABF mission statement reads as follows, The NABF is
dedicated to the native bears and all other wildlife of North
America by promoting public awareness, education, and sound
management of our natural resources and through habitat
conservation restoration and enhancement. Basically what this
means is that Brian travels all over North America working with
people who hunt bears, wildlife management agencies, and people
who are having problems with bears. For instance, he is off to
Kodiak Island to work with grizzlies in conjunction with
Wildlife Forever and the Brown Bear Trust. The State of
Minnesota has decided to let his group be in charge of its bear
education program next year. That effort is threefold--promote
safe and responsible hunting, educate the public, and finally,
provide speakers for groups who are interested in bears. They
will also be helping in the effort to count the bears in
Minnesota. This is a very tricky task and those doing the
counting can only estimate that our population is around 20,000
because of work that has been done with tetracycline which ends
up in bones and teeth and can be analyzed after a hunter has
harvested a bear. Bears used to be just varmints that anyone
could hunt but when their population got down into the lower
part of five thousand, they were granted big game status with
protection. Brian remarked, "
 The bear is a tough animal to
manage and they are a steadily growing population any place
where black bears are located." He particularly mentioned the
problems the eastern states like New Jersey were having. He
brought samples of his very colorful and well written magazine
called North American Bear to share with us. A question and
answer session followed Brian's presentation. We learned that
bears are nocturnal so if they are bothering your bird feeders,
you should take them down at night. Nuisance bears are always
destroyed by the DNR, so one should not call them unless the
bear has become aggressive. An aggressive black bear is best
faced and scared off by making loud noises and actually fighting
back if it is attacking you. Bears range in our area anywhere
from two to ten miles. The conclusion of the question session
was a very funny story about a big brawny biker guy camping in a
woods and cowering in his tent when a black bear came by. He was
"saved" by a small boy beating a pan assisted ably by a
little Chihuahua dog. This was an excellent program, thanks very
much Brian. If you want more information about his organization
go to www.nabf.org and
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July 14 - Get up and join the Sertoma Board in the regular Tuesday
morning 7:00 a.m. meeting at the Northwinds. If Bob McBeath or
Reed Campbell reads this announcement, gets back to Pam before
Tuesday, and comes to the next meeting, they will win their
sawbuck. |
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July 25 - Come and support Sven and Lars in their first paid
performance at the Wheel in Merrifield. All profits made by the
comic duo will be donated to the Camp Sertoma Fund. |
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July 25 - Beth Burnard is collecting money for the Relay for
Life on July 25th. She will not be here next week, but you can
still sign up on the 23rd. |
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July 29 - Pirates Cove Adventure Family Golf social has
been changed to a new date due to conflict with Mid Minnesota
Builders. Bring the kids and enjoy a picnic and round of golf on
Tuesday, July 29th. Time is 6:30 with a charge of $5.50 for adults
and $5 for kids under twelve. |
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Aug 1-3 Fishing has No Boundaries Inaugural Event--Confidence
Learning Center. |
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Sign up for the August 8th Camp Sertoma Golf Tourney at the
Vintage Golf Course in Staples. Dave Burggraff has signs and sign
up materials for those interested in displaying them at their
place of business. |
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Special thanks from Tom Rosenberger, Father Glen and the whole
Haiti Mission to Todd Bymark for making the Ruttgeršs Trip
arrangements for the auction. |
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Welcome back Jim Grant, long time no see. |
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Congratulations to Dave Burggraff, the brand new grandpa. |
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Hey all you softball players out there. The two St. Cloud Sertoma
Clubs are challenging us to a grudge match sometime time in
September. Last time we played, we won. Keep those arms in shape. |
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Gary Walter, Cyclist of American, went 1543 miles on his trip and
raised more than $10,000 for Kinship Partners. Congratulations
Gary. |
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FAS: Lori Ukkelberg won her FAS money this week even though
she was a bit late for the meeting, and Mike Boen did not. |
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| Diane Rook Johnson |
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Would have been Lindell Timothy. |
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Attendance |
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Matt Fabian who is working with Curt Olson in his new job and
Tanya Mrazek from CLC. |
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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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Dave Pundt, John Raboin, Lori Ukkelburg |
| July 23 |
Dennis Renowski, LoAnn Reponen, Janelle
Riley |
| July 30 |
Brent Rivers, Kari Robinson, Steve Rose |
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Sertoman of the Day
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We received a very nice lengthy thank you letter from Aimee
Spitzack, Director of Marketing and Special Events at Camp
Confidence. She summed up the whole letter in her handwritten
addition at the end, "I couldnšt have done it without you! The joy
and smiles you have helped us bring cannot be measured and we are
very lucky to have Sertoma as a supporter." |
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- Everyone got fined today, simply because someone told Edie
she wasn't doing her job. Then she and Hawk picked out the
people who had to pay $2 for some transgression. The fun part
was those people got to pick someone else to join them in the $2
Fine for a Day Club.
- Someone, and it could have been the boss was totally
disappointed at a little Computer One Plus gathering about the
tree huggers who wanted to sit in the shade and drink liquid
refreshments rather than play volleyball. Does it sound like
anyone we know?
- Who but Hawk could get a speeding ticket under his very own
billboard which is actually close to the Casino.
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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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