 It
was a two pie day at Sertoma. The guest speaker was Ron Burnard
from the Sportland Cafe who is also the Mary Etta Pie person.
His two scrumptious pies were auctioned off at the end of the
meeting to provide a little extra money for his real reason for
coming to Sertoma. Ron shared his experiences as a Shriner with
us as well as showing us a very moving video about the good word
that the Shriner's are doing with the children's hospital
facilities. He encouraged us all to support their efforts
especially by encouraging people with children that have
orthopedic or burn problems to contact either of the two local
numbers to get help (218-831-6637 or 218-851-1885). The
Shriner's fund raising events support 22 hospitals including the
one in Minneapolis. The Aadzuhman Shrine Club of Brainerd has
180 members. They want to invite everyone who is a motorcycle
enthusiast to participate in their Paul Bunyan Shriner Rally
which starts at 11 a.m. Beginning at Paul Bunyan Bowl. They have
a website for more infor at
www.paulbunyanshrinerrally.comThe local organization has
a 7 passenger van to transport children and their families to
the facility. All care is provided free of charge. About 94% of
all money raised goes directly to the hospitals which are also
well known for their teaching programs for doctors. Tom
mentioned one of their outstanding "graduates" of the program,
former local teacher and current state representative John Ward.
Ron remarked, "I want to personally thank Sertoma for all the
hard work you do that helps make the community what it is
today." He went on to reiterate something that was stressed
later on by Board Chairman Steve Mau, our flag program has had a
tremendous impact on the veterans in the Brainerd area as well
as everyone else with any kind of feeling of patriotism. Gary
Walters dug deep and came up with $50 to take home the caramel
apple confection while Veronica Jensen paid $47.50 for the
rhubarb pie. Steve Mau had a great deal of fun pretending to be
an auctioneer. |
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Thanks Sandra Bonde for taking notes. |
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| Announcements |
Board Report Highlights
- We had two drops--Rita Johnson and Deb Kohan
- A policy is being formulated to govern the use of Pipe
and Drape by members and other non-profits.
- Camp received a little over $2000 for its part in Pipe
and Drape
- A questionnaire is being developed about expanding
Sertoma's role in the community.
Election Highlights
- Mary Marana is not only our new third VP but she is
also a sergeant
- The other sergeant will be none other than Pam Bye.
- Cathe Picek has stepped into the role of secretary-
elect.
- Sandra Bonde will be our treasurer-elect
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| Brat Sale Next week Wed-Thursday at
the Brainerd Cub Food. This is their annual two day produce
sale so the grocery guys think it will be a success. George
Moore thanks everyone who filled up the sign-up sheet to
work today. |
| July 31st Armed Forces Day at the Crow
Wing County Fair. The crew is lined up to put up the flags.
Call Mike Howard or sign up next week to help with take
down. The issue of volunteers for the flag project has
gotten serious enough to be discussed at the Board Meeting
last week. |
| Julia Sullivan and Cathe Picek did a 42
minute marathon shopping expedition that sent sweat shirts,
socks, underwear and shoes off to the wounded warriors.
They are now looking for support in the form of 60 to 90
minute phone cards--anyone having contacts in the area
should let Julia know. |
| Pictures Pictures Pictures--what
happens when two shutterbugs get together and take photos--a
tremendous number of new pictures up on the Webshots Camp
Confidence site http://communitywebshots.com/user/campconfidence.com
Tom Krekow added his considerable talents to the mix to
produce some very professional picture of the Fiesta as well
as the Golf and Fishing. Camp Confidence and Sertoma thank
him for his efforts. Pam just bumbled along and took her
usual stuff!! Tom created an excellent collage for all three
Classic events. Click here for the Mariucci photo collage. |
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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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The rookie team '06 is looking for a few good volunteers. |
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Blue Ticket Winner |
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Veronica Jensen (I think she bought a pie with her winnings) |
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| Pot-O-Gold
Winner |
| Milo Johnson |
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| Attendance |
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Guests: Ron Burnard from Sportland Corners, Mary Etta's Pies,
and the Shriners and Brent Nelson from Close Converse. |
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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 |
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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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| July 25 |
Pam Bye, Doug Campbell, Reed Campbell |
| August 1 |
Lowell Carlson, Dave Clausen, Chris Close |
| August 15 |
Bonnie Cumberland, Terry Curtis, Kari Dayton |
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Of
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Congratulations to Grandma Jinny Haugen on the birth of Becket
Michael. Thanks Reed and Doug Campbell, Lori Rubin and Paul
Heinlein for holding down the Sertoma spot at the Jaycees
barbecue contest. |
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Rumor Corner
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Mike Boen the ballot stuffer was trying to get us to fill in the
extras at the good table!!
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Milo needed his cargo shorts--lots of pockets to haul home the
winnings.
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What a great time we had auctioning off the pies--you have a
fall-back career Steve.
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Charlie Bartels is the "It's time for change" guy--maybe because
he got aced out of a seat at the dog-pound table by the guy with
the gun.
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Let's hope Mary's rotator cuff heals in time for her to take on
all her new responsibilities at Sertoma. Thanks for being a Good
Enthusiastic Member Mary.
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Wonder if the speed shoppers hire out for those of us who hate
shopping?
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Chairman Mau (anyone feel a little Chinese vibe there) certainly
doesn't have the devil-may-care attitude of our previous board
chairman. He was actually sitting by himself cramming for his
presentation today.
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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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