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 Win
Borden who billed himself as a farmer and an author was
today's speaker. He also mentioned his past experiences as a
lawyer, politician and incarcerated tax evader. He began by
thanking Sertoma for its involvement in the community,
mentioning specifically the promotion of the Arboretum and
Camp Confidence. His humorous but solid message which is
presented in his book "Ruminations" contains a guidebook for
successful living especially for seniors. His 8 lessons of
life were:
Live in today and enjoy life.
Learn from mistakes and endure.
Open your box of dreams often and rejuvenate it.
Take an inventory daily.
Less is often more.
Be friendly with your mental companions.
Remember the kids.
We are not perfect. The book which sells for
$10.50 was available for sale after the meeting. Win is
currently writing another book and also encouraged everyone
to patronize the local farm markets.
Rory Coit presented the wrap-up of the Sertoma State
Regional Convention. His
presentation can be accessed by clicking here. Rory
ended his speech with a heartfelt acknowledgement of all the
help he was given. He was overwhelmed by the compliments of
the attendees from other clubs.
Thanks David Allen Pundt for taking notes! |
Congratulations
to Chris Dens who was the scholarship winner
who attended today's noon meeting. The other
two $500 Scholarships went to: Sarah
Pfingsten and Tyler Rose who weren't at the
meeting. Chris plans on attending the
University of Minnesota to obtain a degree
in bio-medical engineering. President Korte
gave him his first Sertoma job-collecting
fines and encouraged him to come back when
he finishes school and consider joining our
organization.
David
Downing shared his story today as Sertoman of the Day. David is
the head of Kinship Partners and has worked closely with Sertoma
and Gary Walters in his efforts to promote mentoring in the
Brainerd Lakes Area. He last spoke to the group when he was
organizing the 100 mentors in 100 days effort which succeeded.
The attention did bring many new children into the program so
there is still a great need for Kinship partners. David has an
older and younger set of children and the fact that the older
set resided in Minnesota brought him back to the area from
Florida. This is his first job that has not been faith based. He
took it because he wanted to be directly involved in helping the
community in a project where the results were more visible.
David's enthusiasm for his work is very evident. His most
embarrassing moment involved a family trip (he's an Okie from
Muskogee) where he threw up all over the maintenance guy who
happened to be occupying the stall he made it to when he started
feeling nauseated. 